The appointment of Munir Akram as Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City may not have exactly sent shockwaves across the length and breadth of Pakistan’s diplomatic establishment, but it does mark the end of an era. Maleeha Lodhi, the outgoing UN envoy, will leave New York City to take up […]
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Lodhi announces Pak commitment against corrupt practices
Pakistan, on Saturday, called for greater efforts to plug loopholes, which impeded the ability of the international community, to combat illicit financial flows. Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi addressed high-level meeting on International Cooperation to Combat Illicit Financial Flows at the UN. She added that the illicit financial flows remained a key contributory factor for the economic […]
Lodhi calls LLF’s phenomenal presence in NY ‘proof of Pak’s cultural development’
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, on Sunday, lauded the administration of Lahore Literary Festival (LLF) New York for successfully holding the fourth edition. She said this while inaugurating the international festival where she noted that cultural activities helped highlight the positive image of any country. The annual organisation of the literary festival […]
Amb Lodhi takes pride in Pak’s commitment to gender parity
Pakistan is deploying a female infantry engagement team to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said the country’s permanent representative to the UN on Saturday. As she gave her two cents during a debate in the General Assembly on sexual violence, Maleeha Lodhi added, “Pakistan has achieved the goal of deployment of 15 per cent […]
Pakistan pledges to unite the world against Islamophobia
Pakistan’s representative to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, on Wednesday, warned that the rise in anti-Islam sentiments was fast emerging as a threat to global peace. She said this while sponsoring a resolution presented by Turkey in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) that strongly condemned continuing violence and terrorism against individuals, particularly those belonging to religious […]
193 UN peacekeepers killed in five years: UN Lodhi
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, on Sunday, has underscored the need to ensure the security of the organisation’s peacekeepers operating in hot spots around the world. She said this in her address at a meeting co-hosted by Pakistan at UN Headquarters, where she raised concern over the increasing casualties of UN peacekeeping […]
‘Selective’ Responsibility to Protect reflects double standards of International Community: Maleeha Lodhi
NEW YORK: Pakistan’s representative to United Nations (UN) Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Saturday condemned international community’s double standards for implementing its international responsibility to protect civilians and prevent crimes against humanity. Lodhi while addressing the General Assembly debate on ‘Responsibility to Protect and Prevent Crimes against Humanity’ said that “selectivity” of the international community has […]
Pakistan calls for an independent inquiry on Israeli massacre against Palestinians
NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi on Wednesday asked for an independent inquiry against Israeli brutality in Gaza. Addressing the media after the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, Lohdi said that she had raised alarm against the slaughter of Palestinians by the Israeli state […]