Pakistan’s bold commitments to help transform the world on December 1, 2019The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 was held in the Kenyan capital last month, with partners making bold commitments to transform the world by ending all maternal deaths, unmet need for family planning and gender-based violence and harmful practices against women and girls by 2030. Coming 25 years after the original 1994 International Conference on Population […]
Speakers vow to raise voice against terrorism on December 18, 2016PESHAWAR: Paying rich tributes to the martyrs of Army Public School (APS), the speakers at a seminar vowed that they would raise voice against the terrorism and extremism aimed at creating peaceful environment in the country. The seminar was organized at Peshawar Press Club on Saturday under the auspices of Pakistan Awami Teherek (PAT) youth […]
PML-N leader calls PTI Raiwand march a flop show on October 2, 2016PESHAWAR: Terming the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Raiwind rally a flop show, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter Senior Vice President, Ikhtiyar Wali has warned that his party workers will come to streets across the province and besiege the Chief Minister’s house if Imran Khan, didn’t stop anti-Prime Minister campaign forthwith. Addressing a news conference […]
Granting India access to NSG will be discriminatory on June 23, 2016BERLIN: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Asim Bajwa Thursday said that making India a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) would be discriminatory. In an interview with Urdu service of Deutsche Welle, he said the biggest reason behind confronting relation with India was the issue of Kashmir. He said Pakistan had also protested […]
Italy hopeful of hurting champions Spain on June 23, 2016LILLE/FRANCE: Italy coach Antonio Conte believes his team can thrive as the underdogs when they face Spain in the first knockout round at Euro 2016 next Monday. The Azzurri’s reward for finishing top of Group E is a meeting with the reigning champions in a repeat of the Euro 2012 final, when Spain outclassed the […]
Olympics: Suspended Kuwait seeks $1bn in damages from IOC on June 23, 2016KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has filed suit in a Swiss court seeking $1 billion in damages from the International Olympic Committee over its suspension from competition, its youth and information minister said. The IOC and world football governing body FIFA suspended Kuwait in October over laws that allow government interference in sports. Sheikh Salman al-Humoud Al-Sabah […]
Funds for grassroots development still well below promised on June 23, 2016PESHAWAR: Analysing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) fiscal year 2016-17, Rashda Dohad, Executive Director, Umer Asghar Khan Foundation (UAK) on Wednesday has said that the provincial government has failed to allocate 30 percent developmental funds to grassroots levels. Mrs Dohad also pointed out that the Hazara division, which consists of six districts, including Abbottabad, Haripur, Battagram, […]