Bodies floated amid splintered wreckage in the water off a Greek island Thursday as the death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats rose to 21, with many still missing. The boats went down hundreds of miles apart, in one case prompting a dramatic overnight rescue effort, as residents and firefighters pulled shipwrecked migrants […]
United Nations General Assembly
UNGA president Bozkir saddened at India’s reaction, reiterates remarks on Kashmir
President of United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, has reiterated that his recent remarks on Jammu and Kashmir were consistent with the long-standing UN position regarding the decades-old dispute. Bozkir’s Deputy Spokesperson, Amy Quantrill told reporters at regular briefing in New York that the President has expressed regrets that India took his remarks on the […]
UNGA president departs after three-day official visit
ISLAMABAD: The President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, Friday departed here on completion of his three-day visit to Pakistan. The UNGA president visited Pakistan at the invitation of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. President Bozkir began his engagements by delivering an address at the National Defence University, where […]
BJP’s madness spell
The ongoing 2019 elections in India have initiated a winning countdown between the two prominent political parties – Congress and the BJP. PM Modi is campaigning hard to cover up his horrendous acts against inhuman killings of Muslims, igniting ethnicity under Hindutva ideology and remained involved in exporting terrorism. He is making sweeping statements without […]
Indo-Pak foreign ministers to meet in New York
NEW DELHI: Indian Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj will meet in New York this month. Following a letter from Prime Minister Imran Khan to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has confirmed that Qureshi and Sushma Swaraj will meet on the sidelines […]
Emergency UN General Assembly meeting on Gaza called for Wednesday
The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting next Wednesday at 3:00 pm (19:00 GMT) to vote on an Arab-backed resolution on Gaza, the body’s president Miroslav Lajcak announced Friday. The resolution will condemn Israel, and will be similar to one vetoed by the United States in the Security Council last week, which called […]