Category: International News

NEW YORK, June 25 (APP):Most Americans think immigration is good for their country, a new poll has found, amid controversy over President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies. The number — 75 percent — is a “record-high” and includes majorities from all party groups, according to Gallup poll. The findings are based on a poll conduced between… Continue reading Seventyfive percent of Americans say immigration is ‘good’: Poll

  UNITED NATIONS, Jun 24 (APP):Women’s rights are under threat from a “backlash” of conservatism and fundamentalism around the world, a United Nation panel has warned. “Alarming pushbacks have been progressing across regions of the globe,” through what the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice described as “alliance of conservative… Continue reading Women’s rights face global pushback from conservativism, fundamentalism: UN warns

  LONDON, Jun 24 (APP):Former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that he would to return to Pakistan after the recovery of his wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, whose health condition was still critical and she was on a ventilator. Nawaz said he had planned to return to Pakistan soon after seeing his ailing wife… Continue reading Nawaz says he will return to Pakistan after Kalsoom’s recovery

  JEDDAH, Jun 23 (APP):Pakistan Saturday expressed its concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen and urged all parties to return to the negotiation table as only a political settlement could ensure lasting peace in the country. Addressing the Meeting of the Information Ministers of the Coalition Countries for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen… Continue reading Pakistan calls for political settlement to revive peace in Yemen

UNITED NATIONS, June 23 (APP)::UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will visit Pakistan and three other South Asian nations to thank troop-contributors for their service and to update them on the ongoing reforms to strengthen the world body’s flagship activity. Lacroix will visit Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Pakistan from June 23 to July 3.… Continue reading UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix to visit Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS, June 23 (APP)::The United States government decision to end its border policy of forcibly separating migrant children from their parents, does not help thousands of youngsters already in detention, who should be released and reunited with their families, a group of UN rights experts said on Friday. The group comprising 11 independent Special… Continue reading US migrant children policy reversal still doesn’t address address problem: UN right experts

LONDON, Jun 22 (APP):Hussain Nawaz here on Friday contradicted the media reports that his ailing mother Begum Kalsoom Nawaz has passed away. Talking to Pakistani media outside the Harley Street Clinic this afternoon, where his mother was admitted after a cardiac arrest, a few days back, he said “She is still gravely ill and risky… Continue reading Hussain Nawaz denies his mother’s death

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (APP):Heads of counter-terrorism agencies from across the world will be meeting at UN Headquarters in New York next week for the first time, to pool expertise, resources and ideas to fight back against the growing scourge of international terrorism, the official who heads the world body’s year-old Office of Counter-Terrorism has… Continue reading First-ever global conference of national counter-terrorism chiefs to be held at UN next week

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (APP)::The United Nations Friday expressed its appreciation for Pakistan’s willingness to the visit of U.N.’s Commission of Inquiry (COI) to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and hoped that all countries would cooperate with the world body’s human rights mechanisms. “We are always pleased when member states cooperate with the work of… Continue reading UN ‘pleased’ with Pakistan’s willingness to allow its inquiry commission to visit AJK

BEIJING, June 22 (APP):Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of International Relations said on Friday India may resist the joint construction by China and Nepal of a cross-border railway connecting the Tibet Autonomous Region with Kathmandu as the country believes Nepal is heavily dependent on it. China has… Continue reading India may resist China-Nepal cross-border railways construction project: Analysts

LONDON, June 22 (APP):A delegation of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan headed by Professor Dr. Mahmood ul Hassan Butt, its Chairman, called on Syed Ibne Abbas, the High Commissioner of Pakistan to United Kingdom (UK) here on Friday. Ms. Rosemary Hilhorst, Country Director, British Council Pakistan was also accompanying the delegation, said a… Continue reading HEC delegation calls on High Commissioner

LONDON, Jun 22 (APP):The High Commission for Pakistan, London and Consulate General of Pakistan, Manchester will be hosting the “Fourth Councillors Convention-2018” on Saturday, June 23 at Manchester. According to a statement issued by the High Commission here Friday, the theme of the event will be Celebrating Diversity & Multiculturism in Northwest UK. A large… Continue reading 4th Councillors Convention to be held in Manchester tomorrow

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (APP):The new UN envoy for Myanmar has told authorities in her first visit to the strife-torn country that those behind atrocities and attacks against persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state “must be held accountable.” In a statement released by the UN Spokesperson’s office Thursday, the envoy, Christine Schraner Burgener, said that… Continue reading Perpetrators of anti-Rohingya attacks in Myanmar must be held accountable: UN envoy