Mumtaz Hussain

UNITED NATIONS: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Tali­ban Pakistan (TTP) and other gro­ups affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda are providing Nato-calibre weapons to the militant Islamic State (IS) gro­up, acc­ording to a UN report discussed at a…

WASHINGTON: The United States said on Wednesday it was watching with concern the prospect of election violence in Pakistan, which is set for polls from which former prime minister Imran Khan has been barred. “We’re obviously concerned…

UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations spokesperson has reiterated the world body’s concerns over the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir, saying “the concerns we have expressed still stand.” The UN deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, made…

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Pakistani authorities to respect due process and the rule of law in proceedings against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. "The secretary-general takes note of the ongoing…

NEW YORK: With Pakistan’s Independence Day around the corner, a road in New York City’s Queens borough was named after Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the country’s national poet who visualized and then worked for a separate homeland for Muslims of…

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a new push to rid the world of nuclear weapons, warning that “the drums of nuclear war are beating once again”. In a message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic…

NEW YORK: Marking the fourth anniversary of India's brutal siege of occupied Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan on Friday described as "a fantasy and a myth" New Delhi's claim of progress, development and normalcy in the disputed territory.…

UNITED NATIONS: The world is entering a ‘humanitarian doom loop’ as Russia has not offered free grain to the World Food Programme (WFP), said a Rome-based UN agency. At a press briefing in New York, Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director of…

NEW YORK: Six people were injured in New York on Wednesday when the top portion of a construction crane caught fire and crashed into a Manhattan street during the morning rush hour, authorities said. Firefighters and rescue personnel…

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly adopted, by consensus, a Moroccan resolution co-sponsored by Pakistan, calling for countering hate speech and strongly deploring attacks against places of worship, religious symbols and holy books.…