United Nations

Pakistan, India foreign secretaries meet, discuss bilateral issues

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Tuesday called on his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar… Read More

Kerry signs agreement with grand daughter on his lap

United Nations: US Secretary of State John Kerry brought his 2-year old granddaughter Isabelle to… Read More

Pakistan signs world climate deal

PARIS: Pakistan along with 174 other countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change in… Read More

Security situation stable in Kurram Agency: UN officer

PESHAWAR: The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan Neil Buhne concluded his two-day visit… Read More

OIC meeting: Sartaj highlights human right violations in India-held Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir met on… Read More

UN Secretary General willing to play role for Pak-India talks

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has offered his services to resolve the… Read More

Pakistani girl wins UN poster competition

GENEVA: A 15-year-old Pakistani girl has won the children’s poster competition organized by the United… Read More

UN Security Council to vote on new North Korea sanctions on Tuesday – U.S.

The U.N. Security Council plans to vote on a resolution on Tuesday that would dramatically… Read More

Pakistan oppose new permanent members in UNSC

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has opposed the addition of new permanent members in the United Nations… Read More

Pakistan establish diplomatic relations with Solomon Islands

ISLAMABAD: Diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Solomon Islands were formally… Read More

UN-Habitat, MHI, celebrate completion ceremony of project for N.Waziristan TDPs

ISLAMABAD: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Muslim Hands International (MHI) jointly held the… Read More

Pakistan reaffirms commitment to UN peacekeeping missions

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's permanent representative at UN Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi has stressed the need for strengthening… Read More

Pakistani woman appointed to first ever high-level UN panel on women empowerment

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan's Fiza Farhan from Pakistan was named as a member of the first… Read More

Injustice, economic deprivation major causes of extremism: Maleeha Lodhi

NEW YORK: Pakistan's Ambassador at UN Dr Maleeha Lodhi has called for comprehensive planning to… Read More

In Yemen war, hospitals bombed to rubble, starvation spreads

DUBAI: Elderly Hamama Yousif was rushed to the main hospital in one of Yemen's largest… Read More

Queen Máxima urges Pakistan to bring the poorest into financial system

ISLAMABAD: Queen Máxima of the Netherlands arrived in Pakistan on a three-day visit today in… Read More

U.N. council condemns N.Korea launch, U.S. vows ‘serious consequences’

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council on Sunday condemned North Korea's latest rocket launch… Read More

PM questions UN’s failure in implementing Kashmir resolutions

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has questioned “why the United Nations has failed in implementing… Read More

WHO meets to decide whether to declare Zika virus a global emergency

GENEVA: Independent experts to the World Health Organization began deliberating on Monday whether to declare… Read More

Blasts close to Damascus’ main shrine kill 70 – monitor

DAMASCUS: At least 70 people were killed and dozens wounded on Sunday by a car… Read More