Springfield field, Virginia. September 9, 2024 (TW) __The preparations are all underway for a peaceful protest to be held at the UN headquarter in New York during the intervention of Indian delegate to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Indian delegate will be addressing the UNGA on Saturday, September 28 at...
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Unchecked vehicular growth leads to high air pollution in Pakistan
Reduced productivity, premature deaths and healthcare costs from poor air costing Pakistan 6.5 % of its GDP Islamabad,September 7, 2024 (TW) __ Vehicular growth has happened at the cost of the human economy in Pakistan. Air pollution cuts short average life by 5 years in most polluted areas of Pakistan. Blind growth strategies, lack of...
ILO Launches Groundbreaking Training on Evidence-Based Policymaking in Pakistan
Evidence-Based policymaking is crucial for developing, advocating and influencing policies that promote decent work. Islamabad, Pakistan (TW) – In an era where policymaking is increasingly influenced by ideologies, opinions, and political agendas, the ability to distinguish evidence from anecdote has never been more crucial. The International Labour Organization (ILO) recognizes the challenges policymakers face in a landscape...
Reflections on the third anniversary of Syed Ali Geelani
Dallas, Texas. August 31, 2024.(TW) __ “First, the most essential facet of any revolutionary, anticolonial struggle requires clarity of vision. Syed Ali Geelani presented Kashmir not as a separatist movement but as a legitimate struggle for self-determination. Second, the nature of resistance necessitates fearlessness in the face of eventual death. At present, Kashmir suffers from...
FAO’s Climate Monitoring Tower Inaugurated in Multan
Secretary Agriculture Inaugurates the Eddy Covariance Flux Tower in Multan to Enhance Climate-Resilient Agriculture. Multan, Pakistan, 31st August 2024 (TW) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, with funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and co-financing from the Governments of Punjab and Sindh, has inaugurated an Eddy Covariance Flux Tower at...
Conservative Councillor Qaisar Abbas has been appointed Vice Chair of British-Pakistani Mayors Association
LONDON,(TW) __Thurrock Councillor Qaisar Abbas has been appointed Vice Chairman of British-Pakistani Mayors Association (BPMA), a cross-party organisation representing British Mayors and Deputy Mayors of Pakistani heritage. Announcing the appointment, BPMA Chair, Mr. Mushtaq Lashari CBE said: ” There are hundreds of Mayors, Deputy Mayors and Councillors of Pakistani heritage which is a good sign...
PDMAs and coastal communities strengthen disaster risk management with support from the Government of Japan and UNDP
Islamabad, (TW) — Supported by the Government of Japan and in partnership with the Economic Affairs Division and PDMAs in Sindh and Balochistan, UNDP has jointly conducted a closing ceremony to commemorate the successful completion of USD 3.7 Million project ‘Strengthening Tsunami and Earthquake Preparedness in Coastal Areas of Pakistan’ in Islamabad today. The project has concluded,...
JICA, UNHCR urge all education partners tscale-up Accelerated Learning Programmes to help address education emergency in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, (TW) __ Participants at a national education workshop called upon education actors in Pakistan to work together to scale-up Accelerated Learning Programmes (ALPs) to provide education for disadvantaged, over-age, out-of-school children and youth, who missed out on or had their education interrupted. Jointly organized by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Japan International Cooperation...
Kashmiri Americans will gather at the UN on September 26. Sardar Zarif Khan
Washington, D.C. August 26, 2024 (TW) __“Although, I am still confined to bed due to the latest surgery, but I have decided to participate in the peaceful rally on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at the United Nations, New York during the speech of Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India,” this was stated by Sardar...
Raja Sikandar Khan and Kala Khan expressed regret over the tragedy of Azad Patan
LONDON : The Chairman Global Pak Kashmir Supreme Council Raja Sikander Khan along with the President Global Pak Kashmir Supreme Council Kala Khan and their office bearers in their joint statement have expressed their deep grief and sorrow over the accident that happened near Azad Patan. About 25 passengers lost their precious lives in the...









