Türkiye helps Pakistan mitigate food security challenges on November 12, 2022Türkiye’s state-run aid agency is assisting flood-battered farmers in Pakistan to mitigate a looming threat to food security caused by recent super floods and rains that inundated millions of acres of croplands across the South Asian country. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has launched a program to provide wheat seeds to thousands of […]
Pakistan faces fresh inflows of Afghan asylum seekers on June 20, 2022Pakistan is facing new inflows of asylum seekers from neighboring Afghanistan, following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, according to the UN refugee agency. Speaking to Anadolu Agency on the eve of World Refugees Day, observed on June 20 every year, the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Pakistan, Qaiser Khan Afridi, said […]
Taliban hopeful for airport deal with Turkey, Qatar on March 13, 2022While attending the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister told Anadolu Agency on Saturday that he is “hopeful” on reaching an agreement with Turkey and Qatar on operating the airport servicing the Afghan capital. Noting that agreement had been secured on “a number of issues regarding Kabul Airport” with these two countries, Amir Khan […]
Wildlife in Pakistan showing signs of recovery on March 3, 2022Massive destruction and alteration of natural habitats, water dispersion, deforestation and illegal hunting and trade have taken a toll on Pakistan’s struggling wildlife over the past decade, posing serious threats to several rare species, according to experts and government officials. Nevertheless, they said some “balancing” conservation efforts by the government and wildlife groups in collaboration […]
Masood Khan calls UN role in disputed region ‘disappointing’ on July 14, 2021The president of Pakistan-administered Kashmir deplores the role of the international community, mainly the UN, in the long-standing Kashmir dispute, calling it “conspicuously disappointing.” “The UN role in Kashmir has been conspicuously disappointing because practically it has taken a hands-off approach, though they realize Kashmir is the elephant in the room,” Masood Khan said in […]
Pakistani family awaits return of oldest Guantanamo prisoner on May 20, 2021The family of a Pakistani businessman, who is the oldest prisoner at the notorious Guantanamo Bay jail, excitedly awaits his return after more than 17 years as the US government approved his release earlier this week. The family which lives at a high-end locality of the southern port city of Karachi received the news with […]
Indian gov’t website declares 97% Muslim Kashmir ‘predominantly Hindu’ on May 12, 2021At a time when fears of a demographic invasion are running rife in Indian administered Kashmir, a government website has declared the conflict-ridden Muslim majority region a Hindu majority. The InvestJK website, run by the Industries and Commerce Department, describes under its heading on Temples that, “be it Kashmir or Jammu, the population is predominantly […]