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 the Central Cotton Research Institute...
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 of our involvement in local...
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, but resilient empowered, knowledgeable communities...
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 Agency (JICA), the workshop dedicated...
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 Zarif Khan, Advisor to the...
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 accident. Expressing their heartfelt condolences...
An open letter to Honorable Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice August 23, 2024 The Ummah is exceptionally grateful for your unwearied efforts in advancing the cause of Palestine for the last more than five decades. You have been consistent in pleading the case of ‘two-state solution’ for Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During an interview with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo, on October 17, 2023,...
“How to evaluate India’s fallacious claims regarding Kashmir”
Speech given by Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman, World Forum for Peace & Justice at a seminar organized today (August 22, 2024) by Istanbul-based ‘Kashmir Monitoring Center & Asia-Pacific Workshop.’ Government Of India says that because Maharajah signed the Instrument of Accession (IOA) on October 26, 1947, so the accession of Kashmir to India is final. Let us try to...
KARACHI HOSTS KEY WORKSHOP TO STRENGTHEN MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT: U.S. AND UNODC BACK PAKISTAN’S EFFORTS AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING
KARACHI (TW) – A key Legal Workshop focused on enhancing interagency collaboration for maritime law enforcement has commenced in Karachi. Organized under the project ‘Improved National Response against Drugs and Contraband Trafficking in the Maritime Domain (Phase II),’ funded by the U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Pakistan, the workshop supports Pakistan’s counternarcotics and maritime law...
FAO organizes dissemination workshop on the Integrated Water Resources Management Policy and Water Bill for Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, (TW) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a Dissemination Workshop on the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Policy and Water Bill for Balochistan in Quetta on Tuesday. The event brought together approximately 80 participants, including representatives from the Balochistan government’s irrigation, agriculture, forestry, and livestock departments, media professionals, and representatives from local and international...