Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that he was reiterating his offer for talks with the opposition but also emphasised that dialogue between the two sides could only proceed on “legitimate matters”. The proposition by the premier was made during a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, where he referred to news reports of the […]
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At UN, Pakistan demands Israel end illegal settlement activity
Pakistan Tuesday called for a halt to the dramatic increase in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016). “Any attempt to alter the demographic, legal or historical character of the occupied territories, including around Al-Haram Al-Sharif, is illegal and must be reversed,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar […]
UN expert demands end to Imran’s ‘solitary confinement’
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has urged the Government of Pakistan to take immediate and effective action to address reports of inhumane and undignified detention conditions of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, warning that they could amount to torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment. “I call on Pakistani authorities to […]
Pakistan demands stronger climate finance at COP30
Pakistan has pressed the UN climate leadership for a major scale-up in global climate finance and stronger support for adaptation, as senior officials met on the sidelines of the COP30 summit in Belem, Brazil. In a bilateral meeting with the UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, Pakistan’s head of delegation and Secretary for Climate Change, Aisha […]
PPP demands briefing on Pak-Saudi strategic defence agreement
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has demanded that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif take party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari into confidence over the recently signed Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence agreement upon his return to the country. PPP spokesperson Shazia Marri said the party was unaware of the details of the agreement and hoped that the prime minister […]
Aurat March demands proactive actions for women facilitation
HYDERABAD: Aurat March Hyderabad (AMH) Thursday urged the Sindh Government to take proactive actions for establishing working women hostels in major urban centres like Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Larkana. Addressing a press conference here at Hyderabad Press club, Amar Sindhu said women and girls were facing issues in social and economic sphere of their lives […]
US demands Iran free seized ship, vows to protect Gulf oil lifeline
DUBAI: The US on Thursday demanded Iran immediately release a vessel it seized in the Gulf and a US military commander in the region said the US would work “aggressively” to ensure free passage of vessels through the vital waterway. Responding to an announcement by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that they had seized a foreign tanker […]
Iran demands Britain release tanker held in Gibraltar
TEHRAN: Iran demanded Friday that Britain immediately release an oil tanker it has detained in Gibraltar, accusing it of acting at the bidding of the United States. A senior foreign ministry official “described the UK move as unacceptable” in a meeting with British ambassador Rob Macaire, who had been summoned to hear a formal protest, […]
Trump says he does not think North Korea is ready to negotiate
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States was looking very seriously at North Korea’s latest missile launch and that while North Korea wants to negotiate with the United States, he does not think it is ready to do so. “We’re looking at it very seriously right now. They were smaller missiles, they […]