Peshawar : (TW) __ The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) held a prize distribution ceremony to successfully conclude a meat processing competition in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, as part of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Project for Agro-Food and Agro-Industry Development Assistance (PAFAID). The competition formed a pivotal component of a year-long initiative aimed...
Peshawar : (TW) __ The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) held an event, marking the upgradation and operationalization of a meat testing laboratory in collaboration with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety & Halal Food Authority (KPFS&HFA). The initiative is funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as a part of the Project for Agro-Food and Agro-Industry Development Assistance (PAFAID). The upgraded laboratory is now equipped...
A new UNICEF study finds that investing in resilient energy would also add US$ 2.3 billion to Pakistan’s economy, bring a triple return on investment and boost education. ISLAMABAD/ NEW YORK, (TW) – A new UNICEF study shows that powering more health facilities with resilient energy in Pakistan could avert over 175,000 deaths by 2030 and contribute...
Dr. Afsar Rathore, President of Lios-Soil and former UN Executive Officer based in Vienna, Austria. Visited Lahore Pakistan Minhaj University with an Austrian delegation. Professor Dr. Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors at Minhaj University Lahore, presented commemorative shields to the International Conference on Navigating Regional Dynamics. Moving from Conflict to...
On International Day of UN Peacekeepers, the United Nations releases a video featuring a peacekeeper from Pakistan who saved lives under fire. ISLAMABAD, (TW) – As the world celebrates International Day of UN Peacekeepers today, the United Nations in Pakistan has released a short video featuring the selfless actions of a peacekeeper from Pakistan, Major Furqan Niazi, who...
ISLAMABAD, (TW) __ A delegation of Kashmiri Diaspora met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharief Sahib at Prime Ministerial secretariat in Islamabad. The delegation included Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Mr. Nazir Qureishi, Mr. Mohammad Ghalib, Mr. Muzzammil Ayub Thakur, Mr. Fahim Kayani, Mr. Zafar Qureishi, Sardar Zulfiqar Roshan Khan and Dr. Waleed Rasool. The Prime Minister...
This May 24th marks the first-ever celebration of ‘International Day of the Markhor’, proclaimed by the United Nations earlier this month ISLAMABAD, (TW) – Today Pakistan and the world celebrated ‘International Day of the Markhor’, Pakistan’s iconic national animal, for the first time. On May 2nd this year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by...
ISLAMABAD (TW) – Funded by the German Embassy Islamabad, UNDP Pakistan implemented a project to promote access to justice mechanisms for women, girls and transgender persons in Balochistan. The project focused on strengthening linkages between the provincial government and vulnerable communities to protect socio-cultural, economic and environmental rights. Notable achievements were the drafting of the “Women’s...
Mohamed Yahya tells his story on ‘Awake at Night’ Mohamed Yahya, the new United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Pakistan, is a refugee from Somalia; he and his family can’t go home. He told Melissa Fleming, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, his story in this season’s second episode of ‘Awake At Night’, called “No place...
ISLAMABAD (TW) — The International Organization for Migration (IOM), with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark conducted specialized training for Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials on Document Examination and Fraud Detection Procedures at the FIA Academy in Islamabad from 6 to 17 May 2024. The training was organized as part of...
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