Brussels, (Unib Rashid) __ A new KU Leuven spin-off says it has achieved a global first: enabling encrypted computer data to be processed without ever being decrypted. Belfort announced on Wednesday that it had raised 5 million euros in seed funding to develop the technology. Belfort, born out of KU Leuven’s renowned COSIC research group...
Category: PAKISTAN-ASIA
Europe’s most innovative law enforcement projects honoured at Europol’s 2025 Excellence Awards
Brussels, (Unib Rashid) __ At the annual European Police Chiefs Convention (EPCC) in The Hague, Europol announced the winners of the 2025 Europol Excellence Awards in Innovation. These awards recognise outstanding projects that demonstrate how innovation can strengthen operational effectiveness, ethical policing, and cross-border cooperation in Europe. This year, law enforcement agencies from Portugal, Germany...
OIC wants to intensify efforts toward a peaceful, equitable, and sustainable resolution of Kashmir
New York, September 24, (TW News) __ On September 23, 2025, during the opening of the High-level Segment of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) organized a Contact Group on Jammu & Kashmir meeting in Room 11 at the UN headquarters in New York. The OIC Contact...
EU’s New Ambassador Marks First Month in Islamabad with Focus on Green Growth and Investment in Pakistan
Brussels, (Unib Rashid) – The European Union’s newly appointed Ambassador to Pakistan, Raimundas Karoblis shared details of his first month of engagements in Islamabad. According to a social media message released by the EU office in Islamabad, the Ambassador described his initial month as “productive.” He held meetings with Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and...
Dr. Shugafta Urges International Action Against Sexual Violence in occupied Kashmir, Kashmiri women are not just victims but builders of peace
Geneva, (Unib Rashid) __ At a sideline event during the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Dr. Shugafta Ashraf delivered a powerful address on the plight of Kashmiri women under Indian occupation, calling on the international community to end its silence and take urgent action. Speaking on the theme “Women for...
UN-Habitat Organized an Expert Group Meeting to Develop Seismic Retrofitting Guidelines in Pakistan
Islamabad, (TW News) — UN-Habitat Pakistan convened an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) with representatives from the Government of Pakistan, the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), UN agencies, NGOs, civil society, and the engineering community to develop practical guidelines for the seismic retrofitting of schools in earthquake-prone areas of the country. These...
Ambassador for Peace Muhammad Amir Siddique Brings Joy to Disabled Children in Karachi
Karachi (TW News) – On September 20, 2025, a heartwarming program was organized by the Maryam Foundation in collaboration with an international organization at The Society for the Rehabilitation of Special Children (SRSC), Karachi. The event was dedicated to spreading happiness among disabled children through the distribution of gifts, food, and birthday cakes. Ambassador for...
Wani bereaved over the demise of Prof. Bhat
Islamabad, (TW News) __ Vice Chairman Jammu and Kashmir National Front, Altaf Hussain Wani, has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the demise of veteran Kashmiri intellectual and former chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat, who breathed his last on Wednesday evening at his residence in north Kashmir’s Sopore. In his condolence...
Pakistan joins 150 countries to protect 13 million girls from cervical cancer with WHO-prequalified vaccine
Over 49,000 Pakistani health workers trained by the World Health Organization will be mobilized by the Government of Pakistan in a campaign that targets girls aged 9–14 years WHO Representative in Pakistan, Dr Dapeng Luo, joined the official launch of the campaign presided over by Federal Minister of Health Syed Mustafa Kamal. Photo: WHO Pakistan/Hamid...
At UNHRC, Wani Urges UN to Restore Kashmiris’ Right to Self-Determination
Geneva, (TW News) __ Prominent rights activist and chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations Altaf Hussain Wani has strongly condemned India’s continued denial of the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination. Speaking during the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order at the 60th Session of the...









