Mumtaz Hussain

NEW YORK: Thousands of demonstrators flooded Manhattan streets Friday, marching from Times Square to United Nations headquarters to denounce Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the 80th UN General Assembly. The…

UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressed the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, opening his speech with the recitation from the Holy Quran and extending warm congratulations to the President of the…

UNITED NATIONS: President Donald Trump warned global leaders that recognizing a Palestinian state would be “an enormous prize for Hamas,” as he delivered a combative address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In a…

NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has declared that the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state is a fundamental right of the Palestinian people that cannot be ignored. Addressing the…

NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, strongly condemned Israel’s strikes on Qatar during a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Thursday, 11 September. The meeting,…

NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemned the recent Israeli strikes on Doha, carried out on 9 September. Council members expressed deep regret over the civilian casualties and stressed the urgent need to prevent…

Sixty years have passed since the September 1965 war between Pakistan and India, the second full-scale war between the two nations. Since then, they have fought three more conflicts, leaving the subcontinent in a state of near-constant…

NEW YORK: Pakistan Heritage Day was celebrated with grandeur at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City’s Mayor, in a historic event hosted for the first time by the Mayor’s Office. The event was attended by the Consul…

WASHINGTON, D.C. : President Donald J. Trump has announced a landmark energy partnership between the United States and Pakistan, underscoring his administration’s aggressive push to reshape global trade. According to a social media…

NEW YORK: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar says Pakistan has no immediate plans to recognize Afghanistan's Taliban-led interim government. Concluding his diplomatic visit to the United States, Dar said Islamabad…