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#Pakistan News At the 15th Summit of the OIC held in Banjul, the capital of Gambia, attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, important decisions were also taken against Israel, which continues its attacks in Gaza. At the Summit, Israel was called to take all diplomatic, economic and ...

A top official at India’s National Disaster Management Authority has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as his special representative for disaster risk reduction.Kamal Kishore (55) has been appointed as assistant secretary-general and special representative of the secretary-general for disaster risk reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster ...

Srinagar: The five-year term of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) is coming to an end on November 05, while the terms of other urban local bodies (ULBs) in Kashmir would end between October 28 to December 26. Official data available reveals that the five-year tenure of Srinagar Municipal Corporation would ...

The presence of al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) on Afghan soil is a “ticking bomb”, while assessments suggest Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-KP) has built up its capacity more quickly than expected, the European Union’s special representative for Afghanistan has said. Tomas Niklasson, who was in New Delhi this ...

“Islamophobia is a lived experience for Muslim communities across the country and requires ongoing action,” the announcement added. Ahmed Hussen, the Canadian minister of housing and diversity and inclusion, also stated: Muslim community leaders in Canada have called authorities at all levels to tackle racism, hate motivated violence and the ...

The US special representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, will visit India this week for consultations with Indian interlocutors on the humanitarian crisis affecting the Afghan people and shared security concerns.This will be West’s third visit to India since he was appointed in October 2021 to replace Zalmay Khalilzad. West ...

DUBAI: Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have been praised by the World Food Programme’s regional representative for contributions “that have saved lives and continue to save lives, by making possible the distribution of nutritious food to children, mothers, lactating mothers and expectant mothers.” Appearing on “Frankly ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday warned of 2.7 million malaria cases in flood-hit Pakistan in 32 districts by January 2023. The organization urged international community "do a lot more" for flood-hit Pakistan. Cholera, measles and dengue outbreaks are among other diseases, reported Geo News. ...

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan as his new special representative for Afghanistan. Otunbayeva will also serve as Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the UN chief`s press office said in a statement on Friday. Otunbayeva succeeds Deborah ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not have any Muslim representatives in the Rajya Sabha once the term of three lawmakers --MJ Akbar, Syed Zafar Islam and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who is also a minister in the union council--ends in June-July. Akbar, who was also a junior minister of ...