Mumtaz Hussain

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged the advocates of the concept of ‘responsibility to protect’, or R2P, to apply it to safeguard the oppressed people of occupied Palestine and Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “Apart from its abuse, the…

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has underscored the need for distinguishing terrorism from the pursuit of peoples’ legitimate right for self-determination, and called for resolving prolonged conflicts, ending foreign occupation to address…

UNITED NATIONS:  Pakistan has urged the international community to open a sustained process of engagement with the Taliban to build mutual trust, suggesting incentives rather than punitive measures to achieve normalization in Afghanistan.…

NEW YORK: A group of Sikh community members protested as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended an event at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York held in connection with the International Yoga Day. While the event was…

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has told the international community that state-sponsored hate speech against Muslims and calls for their ‘genocide’ in India have reached “epidemic proportions”, and there should be an end to this campaign.…

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday that faith leaders were vital allies in the quest for global peace, amid rising hatred worldwide, both on and offline. The 15-member Council met…

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on member states to address the “grave global harm” caused by the proliferation of hate and lies online as he launched a key report designed to shore up information integrity…

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan was on Thursday elected to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the economic arm of the United Nations, for a three-year term, beginning January 1, 2024, with Ambassador Munir Akram saying that the success was…