EU mission to visit Pakistan to review GSP+ criteria on October 16, 2018BRUSSELS: A monitoring mission of the European Union (EU) would visit Pakistan next week to review progress on 27 core conventions Pakistan had signed under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) facility. The delegation would include officials from Directorate General of Trade, Directorate General of Employment of the European Commission and European External Action […]
Amnesty International to pay tribute to Shaheed Salmaan Taseer on October 13, 2018FRANKFURT: The human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) to pay tribute to Shaheed Salmaan Taseer as well as journalists and rights activists who lost their lives for humanity from across the globe during the world’s biggest book fair in Germany. The renowned human rights organisation has setup a bus-stall at the book fair carrying the pictures […]
Brexit and GSP+future on October 9, 2018BRUSSELS: Britain’s exit (Brexit) from European Union is about to shake the influence of the former empire on its erstwhile colonies while also denting Pakistan’s position in Europe as most of the supporters of Pakistan in EU parliament hail from the United Kingdom. The phenomenon is also likely to jeopardise the precious Generalised Scheme of […]
Business moot to boost trade between Pakistan and Europe on August 6, 2018The Second Pakistan – Belgium Business and Investment Opportunities Conference jointly organized by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) and Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry (BECI) took place this weekend. A 30 member strong delegation of RCCI led by its president Zahid Latif Khan and businessmen from different regions of Belgium participated in […]
‘Bacha Khan’s legacy lives on in ANP’ on July 19, 2018HEIDELBERG: The only way to rid Pakistan of extremis is to promote the teachings of Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) and the Awami National Party (ANP) has just proved that by staying peaceful in the face of sheer terror against its workers and leadership, said Quaid e Azam University’s Department of Social Sciences Dean Prof […]
ANP European wing blames withdrawal of security for Peshawar suicide attack on July 13, 2018BRUSSELS/LONDON: The Awami National Party’s (ANP) European wing Thursday said that failure of law enforcement agencies and withdrawal of official security from Barrister Haroon Bilour had resulted into the tragic attack on ANP’s corner meeting in Yakatoot area of Peshawar that had claimed at least 19 lives, besides injuring more than 60 people. The ANP […]
AI urges caretaker Punjab CM to recover Raza Khan on June 30, 2018BERLIN: The German office of Amnesty International (AI) has launched a letter-writing campaign, calling for the release of Raza Khan, who was working on a peace initiative between Pakistan and India, and urging Punjab Chief Minister (CM) to ensure his safe recovery and protect other human rights activists as well. Reportedly, the AI has sent […]
EU decides to deploy observers for general polls on June 19, 2018The European Union has decided to deploy an EU Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) for the forth coming general elections scheduled for July 25, 2018 naming German Member of European Parliament (MEP) Michael Gahler as chief of the mission. Daily Times had reported the likely deployment of EU-EOM on March 29, 2018, while confirming that Pakistan […]
Pakistan set to increase trade with EU as top businessmen meet on May 11, 2018BRUSSELS: Pakistan Embassy in Belgium organised its first ever conference on ‘Pakistan- Belgium Business and Investment Opportunities’ in collaboration with Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) to improve business ties with the EU countries on Thursday. High level representatives from the Belgian government, office bearers of chambers of commerce and industry and leading businessmen […]
Pakistani-Italian women lead miserable lives in Sana Cheema’s hometown, say activists on May 10, 2018MILAN: Local activists of Sana Cheema’s hometown in Italy have revealed disturbing facts about the lives of Pakistani women, many of whom are forced to live in isolation and are married at young age to male cousins they’ve never met in their life just so that the men can migrate to Italy. Brescia, a town […]