‘Christmas Bazaar’ attracts many at German Embassy on November 26, 2016ISLAMABAD: The German Embassy arranged an annual ‘Christmas Bazaar’ here on Friday evening, which attracted a large number of diplomatic corps, United Nations officials and the local people. As the Christmas season is about to start, the German Embassy is welcoming it with the traditional Christmas spirit, traditional German food, homemade cakes, cookies and waffles […]
UK calls for immediate end to violence in IHK on November 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: The British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has shown concern over confrontation on the Line of Control (LoC) and advised Pakistan and India to resolve their problems through negotiations and dialogue. He expressed these views in a joint press stakeout with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz here on Thursday at […]
India behind terrorism in Pakistan, says Aziz on November 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said that India is directly involved in sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan and also trying to destabilise the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Speaking at the inaugural of two days international conference on ‘Strengthening Peace and Cooperation in South Asia: Incentives and Constraints’ organised […]
Exhibition on disasters of social evils held at PNCA on November 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: An exhibition of paintings from budding youth artists from diverse localities of the county was held to portray the outrageous buoyancy of teenagers in the perspective of what they are foreseeing about the transformation of stagnated life of common man into vibrant hours of propitious life. Oh: this is lizard of ignorance, now on […]
Workshop stresses importance of human rights on November 15, 2016LAHORE: Government officials, human right activists, lawyers, representatives of civil society and journalists have expressed their resolve to continue to raise their voice for the protection of human rights. They made this commitment here on the last two days of a workshop on human rights, which was organised by Freedom Gate Pakistan (FGP) with the […]
Afghan refugee repatriation suspended till March 2017 on November 12, 2016ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has repatriated more than 377,749 Afghan refugees to their homeland from Pakistan. Due to the winter season, they have suspended the repatriation of refugees and will resume the process from 1st March, 2017, except those prescheduled for repatriation. UNHCR spokesman Asif Shehzad told Daily Times that […]
Pakistan welcomes Trump mediation offer on Kashmir on November 10, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has congratulated Donald Trump over his victory in the US elections and welcomed his offer to mediate between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir dispute. In an interview with an Indian newspaper in October, Trump had said he would be pleased to mediate between Pakistan and India. During a weekly press […]
Foreign diplomats closely watching political situation on October 31, 2016ISLAMABAD: Embassies and high commissions are monitoring the political situation, especially the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) protest against PM Nawaz Sharif for his failure to present himself for accountability. Talking to Daily Times, various foreign diplomats said they are monitoring the political situation after Kaptaan’s announcement to lockdown Islamabad against corruption. They are sending communiqué to […]
Casualties linked to violence on the rise in Pakistan on October 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: As many as 1,092 causalities (651 dead and 441 injured) were recorded between July-September. This was revealed by the quarterly security monitoring report of Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS). The report said that 19.4% increase was observed in violence-related activities in the country during this quarter. Additionally, 265 militants, criminals and insurgents […]
300,000 Afghan refugees sent to homeland on October 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has repatriated more than 300,000 Afghan refugees to their homeland from Pakistan. UNHCR spokesman Asif Shehzad told Daily Times that this year, from January 1 until October 27, some 313,584 registered Afghans have been facilitated through voluntary repatriation programme for returning to Afghanistan. “We have repatriated […]