ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ehsaas programme had been featured as an international best practice in the recently released edition of United Nations Principles for Responsible Digital Payments 2021 report. According to UN’s report, Ehsaas simplified the know-your-customer procedure for users by collecting simple data fields and issuing accounts after basic verification. Incentivized 500,000 branchless banking agents to […]
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Top UN official urges re-think over impact of sanctions on human rights
UNITED NATIONS: Unilateral and coercive sanctions imposed by governments can create severe and undue suffering for innocent people who bear no responsibility for alleged misconduct, the UN rights chief had warned the Human Rights Council. While there is a place for asset bans, visa restrictions, and other punitive measures against individuals who perpetrate severe human […]
Pakistan helping in plans to fly medical supplies to Afghanistan: WHO
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan is supporting efforts to fly humanitarian supplies into Afghanistan where medical stocks are dwindling and the airport in Kabul crippled by a terrorist attack, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) said in Geneva Friday. “We have only a few days of supplies left and we’re exploring all options to bring more […]
Malala Yousafzai celebrates her 24th birthday in UK
The youngest Nobel Peace Laureate from Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, celebrated her 24th birthday on July 12 in United Kingdom (UK). The Pakistani education activist was born in the Mingora district during 1997. She went on to raise her voice on the promotion of female education after experiencing a life-death combat with Taliban in 2012 which […]
Pakistan expresses ‘unwavering support’ to Palestine cause
ANTALYA: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday expressed Pakistan’s unwavering support for the Palestinian cause and underscored the importance of a two-state solution based on pre-1967 borders under the relevant UNSC resolutions for sustainable peace in the region. In a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr. Riyad Al Maliki on the sidelines of Antalya […]
Pakistan’s performance on SDGs in Covid19
To build sustainable communities around the world, Sustainable Development Goals play a crucial role in this regard. Although implementing the 17 goals of the UN is a daunting task for the states, especially the developing ones which are struggling in all the social, political, and economic aspects, the Covid-19 pandemic has heightened the concerns of […]
ILO to celebrate 2021 as year to eliminate child labour
ISLAMABAD: International Labor Organization (ILO) has planned to hold a series of programs to celebrate 2021 as the International year to eliminate child labour. According to an official, 2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, as declared by the United Nations (UN), adding that the UN asked the ILO to celebrate […]
FO says Pakistan deeply values ‘blue helmets’ role for world peace, stability
ISLAMABAD: As the international community celebrates the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Pakistan reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that peacekeeping remained an effective mechanism for maintaining peace, security and stability in the world. “As one of the top troop-contributing countries, Pakistan deeply values the vital role played by blue helmets in maintaining security and […]
Senators call for effective measures to resolve Palestine issue
ISLAMABAD: Senators on Tuesday called for taking effective and concrete measures at the international level to resolve the issue of Palestine as soon as possible as per aspirations of the Palestinians. They said that Muslim Ummah should wake up and utilize their all-out resources to address the issue of Palestine and urged the United Nations […]
‘We are at war’ with Covid, says UN chief
The world is “at war” against Covid-19, the United Nation’s chief said on Monday, ca for the application of wartime logic and the inequitable access to the weapons needed to fight the pandemic. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the “tsunami of suffering” sparked by the coronavirus crisis while addressing the member states at the […]