GENEVA, (APP): Pakistan has raised questions over India’s human rights violations in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and has asked the international community to support the Kashmiris. At the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in a right of reply, the Pakistani delegate Wednesday rejected the patently absurd comments by the Indian Representative on the situation of […]
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Pakistan urges int’l community to show support for Kashmiris against Indian oppression
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Japan provides security equipment worth Rs. 2 bln for three airports of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, \(APP): The government of Japan has provided airport security equipment worth 1.94 billion Japanese Yen, equivalent to around Rs. 2 billion for enhancing security measures at three major international airports in Pakistan. These equipment would be installed at Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi international airports. The airport security equipment consist of Explosive Detection Systems, Vehicle […]
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Kashmir issue to be raised at UNGA forum: Zafar ul Haq
ISLAMABAD, (APP): PML-N leader Raja Zafar ul Haq has said that Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif would raise the issue of Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Forum. He said Pakistan will continue Kashmiris’ moral, political, and diplomatic support while talking to Radio Pakistan. He said that Kashmiris are carrying forward their movement […]
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Pakistan, OECD sign Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters
PARIS, (APP): Pakistan became a signatory to the OECD Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters after signing the convention. Finance Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurria signed the convention in a dignified ceremony in Paris. OECD invitation to Pakistan […]
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Government determined to end power load-shedding: PM
ISLAMABAD, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the government was determined to eliminate power load-shedding from the country and provide cheap electricity to domestic consumers. Talking to Chairman WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority) Lt. General (R) Muzammil Hussain here at PM House, the Prime Minister said generation of clean electricity and […]
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Indian troops martyr one more civilian in IOK
ISLAMABAD, (APP): Indian troops have killed another civilian in Held Srinagar, taking the death toll in the ongoing Kashmir Intifada to 93. According to KMS, the 47-year-old civilian, Abdul Qayoom, who was working with Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department as a driver on contract basis, succumbed to his injuries at Soura Institute of […]