UN chief to Putin: Stop the war in Ukraine now, ‘ give peace a chance’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday implored Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine ‘in the name of humanity’, after the Russian leader announced a military operation in eastern part of Ukraine. “President Putin, stop your troops from attacking Ukraine, give peace a chance,” the UN chief urged at an emergency meeting of […]

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Speakers urge to challenge oppressor narrative to stop atrocities in Indian occupied Kashmir

ISLAMABAD:Speakers at a seminar stressed that the narrative of the oppressor needs to be challenged, otherwise the atrocities in Indian Illegal Occupied Kashmir, Myanmar and other regions cannot be stopped. MUSLIM Institute and the Azerbaijani Embassy in Islamabad jointly organized a seminar on “Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing: A Crime against Humanity, the 30th Anniversary of […]

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92,000 students get scholarship under PM’s Ehsaas Programme: Farrukh

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Thursday said the government had so far granted around 92,000 scholarships on merit to male and female students from all public sector universities under the Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme, a key component of Prime Minister’s Ehsaas Programme. The minister, on his Twitter handle, said by extending […]

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PSX loses 1302 points to close at 43,830 points

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Thursday, losing 1302.41 points, with a negative change of 2.89 percent, closing at 43,830.51 points against 45,132.92 points on the last working day. A total of 350,059,221 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 186,355,677 shares the previous […]

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PM regrets latest Russia-Ukraine situation; says disputes should be resolved through dialogue, diplomacy

MOSCOW:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday regretting the latest situation between Russia and Ukraine underlined Pakistan’s belief that disputes should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. Imran Khan, who had a Summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin in the Kremlin, said Pakistan had hoped diplomacy could avert a military conflict. He stressed that conflict […]

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Everyone equal before law, SC observes in Siraj Durrani case

ISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Thursday hearing a bail plea of Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani observed that everyone is equal before law. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha A Malik heard the bail application of Agha […]

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India using rape of women as a weapon of war in IIOJK: APHC leaders

ISLAMABAD:The All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders have deplored that India was using rape of Kashmiri women as a weapon of war to humiliate the Kashmiris and suppress their struggle for securing freedom from its illegal occupation. According to reporter, the APHC leaders strongly denounced the Kunanposhpora mass rape of 1991 and termed it the most […]

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