Pakistan re-elected for seventh time to UN Committee on NGOs

April 13, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been re-elected for the seventh time to the United Nations’ Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The election took place at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations in New York. The Committee is an intergovernmental body that oversees the implementation of the legal framework governing NGOs’ participation in the […]

PM regrets delay in Metro Bus project to New Islamabad Int’l Airport

April 13, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has regretted the delay of four years in completion of Peshawar Morr to New Islamabad International Airport Metro Bus project. He made the remarks during a visit to the Metro Bus Service in Islamabad on Thursday morning where he was briefed by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and National Highway […]

Address to global ocean summit: UN GA President outlines ways to foster ocean health

April 13, 2022

NEW YORK: The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, today addressed the Our Ocean Conference in Palau, urging the international community to expand protective areas of the ocean, support the scientific community and tackle plastic pollution. Speaking at the 7th Our Ocean Conference in Palau, President Shahid, who hails from the Maldives, […]