Islamabad/Riyadh, – UNICEF and The Muslim World League (MWL) have signed a US$1.5 million agreement to enhance education and skill-building programmes in Chad and Pakistan and to improve maternal, newborn and childcare services in Afghanistan. The agreement was signed by UNICEF Representative to Pakistan, Abdullah A. Fadil, on behalf of UNICEF’s Executive Director, Catherine Russell, and MWL’s General Manager of Strategic...
Violations of Articles, Principles, & Conventions continue throughout the world unabated
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Congress for Peace & Justice January 15, 2025 First World Congress on Enforced Disappearances (WCED) began today (January 15) in Geneva, Switzerland with the keynote address by Nada Youssef A. AL NASHIF, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights and will continue until January 16. The World Congress is co-organized by ‘Convention Against Enforced Disappearances...
The Forgotten Right: U.S. Complicity in Kashmir’s Struggle for Self-Determination
Tariq Ahmed America’s Moral Duplicity in Foreign Policy The United States has long presented itself as a beacon of liberty and democracy, a “Shining City on the Hill.” However, its foreign policy often reveals a different story. While Washington claims to uphold human rights, strategic interests and geopolitical concerns frequently overshadow these ideals, exposing a glaring moral hypocrisy. This gap...
Schallenberg takes over Chancellor’s agenda in Austria.
Vienna Austria, (Report: Muhammad Amir Siddique) __ Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) was sworn in as Chancellor by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen on Friday. He is entrusting the longest-serving member of the federal government with the office, said Van der Bellen. Until the next government is sworn in, Schallenberg will take over the responsibilities of Karl Nehammer (ÖVP),...
Kashmir is not forgotten. We are not going to let it happen: Lord Qurban Hussain
Islamabad. January 6, 2025 (TW) __ An international seminar, entitled, ‘Commemorating the Right of Self-Determination’ organized by ‘Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Cell’ in collaboration with “Voices of Justice for Kashmir” attended by academics, researchers, college students, media fraternity, human rights activists and prominent political leadership of Azad Kashmir began with the key-note speech delivered by Rana Qasim Noon Sahib, Chairman,...
A plebiscite under UN supervision is the only solution for Kashmir: Dr. Imtiaz Khan
Washington, D.C. January 5, 2025,(TW)__ Professor (Dr.) Imtiaz Khan, Kashmiri American scholar said that “On January 5, 1949, the United Nations passed a resolution regarding the Kashmir conflict, which became a significant milestone in the ongoing dispute between India and Pakistan over the region of Jammu and Kashmir. The UN called for a plebiscite (a vote by the people) to...
New Year’s Eve Reminds Kashmiris Death, Destruction & Devastation
Dr. Ghulam Nabi FaiChairmanWorld Forum for Peace & Justice December 31, 2024 A grim reality: January’s dark legacy in Kashmir. While the world celebrates the New Year, Kashmir remembers decades of suffering. January has become synonymous with violence, massacres and human rights violations that continue to shape the region’s history,” this was stated most effectively by Altaf Wani, Chairman, Kashmir...
An impressive discussion on Kashmir took place in Washington
Springfield, Virginia. December 22, 2024 (TW) __It was exceptionally remarkable to see the leadership of Americans of Azad Kashmir heritage meeting at the residence of Sardar Zarif Khan in Springfield, the suburban of Washington, D.C. after a long time. Reason: Sardar Sawar Khan Sahib, former Advisor to the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir was experiencing some health issues and was...
The Government of Japan and UNDP help restore livelihoods of over 141,000 flood-affected individuals in Pakistan
Islamabad, — A closing ceremony is held today to mark the successful completion of the project “Community-led Flood Rehabilitation and Restoration in Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provinces of Pakistan”. This project, supported by the Government of Japan in partnership with Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments, was a key component of UNDP’s flagship Pakistan Flood Recovery Programme, launched in April...
Pakistan en route to ensure timely and affordable justice through mediation
Islamabad, – Through the European Union (EU) funded €20 million ‘Deliver Justice Programme,’ the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has partnered with the Federal Judicial Academy (FJA) to bring in experts from the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) to conduct a week-long accreditation workshop on mediation for 24 high court and district court judges from across the country, 8 of them are...