ISLAMABAD, (TW) __Pakistan is experiencing rapid urbanization, with projections suggesting that nearly half of its population will reside in urban areas by 2025. However, this urban growth is not being met with corresponding development. Issues such as inadequate planning, mismanagement, insufficient municipal services, lack of affordable housing, and substandard infrastructure are hindering economic growth and...
Islamabad (TW) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan, the German development cooperation and UNICEF in close collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment Coordination and Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives hosted a workshop on Pakistan’s long-term vision for Low Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS). Attended by around 250 representatives from the...
Islamabad – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a US$ 9.8 million climate risk management initiative aimed at strengthening resilience to extreme climate in flood-prone districts in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, to be implemented by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan. By strengthening the technical capacity...
Washington, DC. July 24, 2024.(TW) __The abrogation of article 370 and 35 A was an act of ultimate aggression and assault on the rights of the people of the State of Jammu & Kashmir. Such attempts are in open contravention of UN resolution #90 of 1951, #122 adopted on January 24, 1957; # 123 adopted...
-A man loved across all cultures-Community and religious leaders gathered to celebrate International Nelson Mandela Day 2024, shining the light on a man who fiercely believed in equality, justice and freedom for all. Imprisoned for 27 years for his beliefs, his mind never stopped working and planning for peace. On his release, he showed true...
Washington, D.C. July 14, 2024 (TW) __ An important meeting was held at the residence of Sardar Zarif Khan to discuss the possibility of holding a peaceful protest on August 5, 2024 – the day which cast ominous shadow to panic when Narendra Modi abrogated Article 370 & 35 A on August 5, 2019, a...
Washington, D.C. July 13h, 2024.(TW) __ Dr. Imtiaz Khan, Kashmiri American scholar said that on 13 July 1931, thousands of Kashmiris flocked to the central jail in Srinagar to see the trial of Abdul Qadeer. As the time for obligatory Zuhr prayer approached, a Kashmiri stood up to deliver the sermon to call the worshippers...
ISLAMABAD,(TW) : Reehana Rifat Raza, the Regional Director for the Asia and Pacific Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) recently visited Pakistan to deepen IFAD’s existing partnership with the country and meet government counterparts, key development partners and the United Nations in Pakistan. A key objective of the visit was to explore new...
Washington, D.C., USA. July 10, 2024 (TW) __ Finally, Sardar Zarif Khan, Advisor to the President of Azad Kashmir and founding Chairman of ‘Kashmir American welfare Association’ (KAWA) is at home after spending 34 long days at INOVA Hospital and 21 days Inpatient Rehabilitation Center, Fairfax, Virginia. At this stage, we feel obliged to give...
ISLAMABAD, (TW) – Wrapping up a three-day visit, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called for a bolstering of efforts towards longer-term solutions for Afghans in Pakistan, and support for their host communities. Grandi visited Peshawar and Haripur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, meeting with Afghan refugees in urban settings as well as...
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