Brussels, (Unib Rashid) __ Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday unveiled a wide-ranging austerity and energy conservation plan aimed at reducing government expenditure and fuel consumption to protect the public from the impact of surging global oil prices. The measures were announced in a televised address after a high-level meeting involving federal and provincial leaders to review the country’s...
Justice for Women Must Include the Forgotten Women of Kashmir
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace and Justice March 9, 2026 The seventieth session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) opened today, on March 9, 2026, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Established in 1946 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Commission remains the world’s foremost intergovernmental body dedicated...
Kashmir:A Land of Beauty,Sorrow and Enduring Spirit.
There exists a valley in the northern reaches of the subcontinent where mountains, perpetually shrouded in mist, cradle waters so still and pure that one might almost believe the world’s sorrows have never touched them. Yet, if one lingers beneath the trembling leaves of chinar and cypress, or watches the houseboats sway upon Dal Lake, one perceives a deeper truth:...
Pakistan Must Incentivize Grid-Scale Battery Storage — Not Penalize Solar Growth.
Lahore/Brussels, (Unib Rashid) __ Pakistan’s energy transition stands at a decisive inflection point. Over the past decade, the country has expanded rooftop solar, wind capacity in Sindh, and hydropower generation. Yet the structural flaw in our power system remains unchanged: we generate clean electricity during the day but burn imported fossil fuels at night to meet peak demand. This imbalance...
When Women Refuse Silence: Kashmir and the Meaning of International Women’s Day.
Every year, International Women’s Day arrives with familiar slogans about equality, empowerment and progress. Across continents, from Latin America to Africa, from Palestine to Afghanistan, women are not merely demanding rights. They are organizing, resisting, documenting and rebuilding societies. And among the most powerful examples of resilience today are Kashmiri women. Their story is not only about suffering. It is...
KIIR Chief Highlights Plight of Kashmiri Women on International Women’s Day.
Geneva, (Unib Rashid) __ On the occasion of International Women’s Day, prominent Kashmiri human rights activist and chairman of the Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR), Altaf Hussain Wani, has paid glowing tribute to Kashmiri women for their resilience and sacrifices amidst ongoing conflict in region.In his statement, Wani said that women in Kashmir have borne the brunt of prolonged...
Special video messages from female officers of the Embassy of Pakistan in Brussels on International Women’s Day.
Brussels, (Unib Rashid) Today, March 8, Women’s Day was celebrated all over the world. On this occasion, two female officials serving in the embassy recorded their messages separately on the social media account of the Embassy of Pakistan in Brussels. One statement was by Second Secretary Miss Hadiqa Qureshi And while the other video message was by Commercial Attaché Sidra...
From Honey to Olive Oil: Diverse SME Clusters Now on One Platform
SMEDA to Train SME Clusters in Value Addition and Export Branding Islamabad/Brussels, (Unib Rashid) __ A high-level meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production, Haroon Akhtar Khan, to review initiatives aimed at strengthening Pakistan’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector. During the meeting, SMEDA Board Member Mashhood Ali Khan...
Petroleum Levy: The Real Burden Behind Pakistan’s Petrol Price Hike.
Pakistan’s economy has been under immense pressure from rising inflation, dwindling foreign reserves, and persistent trade imbalances, while households grapple with limited purchasing power. Against this backdrop, the government has increasingly relied on petroleum levy as a major revenue source rather than cutting unnecessary expenditures or reforming inefficient public spending. Currently, Pakistan collects around rupees 84 per litre as petroleum levy on petrol...
Shadows Over the Valley:The Silent Agony of Kashmir.
Across Kashmir’s long and troubled history runs a silent yet unbroken thread of grief — the grief of its people whose yearning for dignity and freedom has repeatedly been met with force. In recent days, that familiar anguish has once again cast its shadow across the Valley, as reports emerge of hundreds of young Kashmiris arrested in sweeping crackdown by...