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Today, Human Rights Day is being observed worldwide. Its history may be traced back to 1945, when the United Nations was formed. The preamble of the UN charter begins with the words as           “We the people of the UN faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the ...

ISLAMABAD: The director of the National Institute of Historical & Culture Research (NIHCR), a subordinate research institute of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), has been removed from his post abruptly. The rumors have it that the renowned historian had disagreed with the official history of Pakistan. Dr Shah was immediately removed after he gave a speech at the International Conference on Sindh, History ...

AFGHANISTAN: President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday accepted the resignation of National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief Rahmatullah Nabil – who quit suddenly after leading the spy agency for five years. According to a statement issued by the Presidential Palace, an emergency meeting will be held to appoint an acting chief. In his resignation letter to Ghani, Nabil highlighted some key ...

The 67th anniversary of Human Rights Day falls on 10th December. The event has a special significance as it coincides with the United Nations initiative of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which was envisioned to be achieved by the end of 2015. On the occasion whole the globe is going to be a venue of many a march and many a ...

PESHAWAR: International Human Rights Day, December 10th 2015, observed throughout world, served to remind states about their commitments to protect and promote human rights in their respective countries. The Commission of Human Rights announced today in the ‘Federally Administered Tribal Area’ (FATA), an area generally regarded as being ‘human rights-free’, the formation of an independent Human Rights body (FCHR) which ...

ISLAMABAD: India on Wednesday praised the role of Afghan forces and people in fighting against the scourge of terrorism and for the country’s economic development. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj believed that landlocked Afghanistan, wrecked by more than three decades of conflict,could achieve progress only through economic development. Addressing the Heart of Asia Conference in Islamabad, she called for all regional powers to ...

AFGHANISTAN: At least 37 civilians have been killed and 35 others were wounded in a group attack of the Taliban on residential apartments near Kandahar International Airport, said officials. The attack began late yesterday afternoon when a group of 10 to 14 suicide bombers entered to a township near Kandahar airport and started fighting against Afghan security forces. All 14 ...

There are expectations that the Fifth Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference (Istanbul Process) in Islamabad will pave the way for the peace process between Afghan government and Taliban. The Conference will start today and the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif are expected to jointly inaugurate it. However, the conference was preceded by the Senior Officials ...

Amidst challenging security situation, the respective governments have been striving to woo foreign investment to uplift the fragile national economy, but they have long been ignoring a huge and easily exploitable potential existing in the country in form of women entrepreneurship. As women represent almost 51 percent of country’s population, we have been neglecting their talent in name of traditions, ...

KABUL – President Ashraf Ghani on Monday confirmed he will be attending the heart of Asia-Istanbul Process conference in Islamabad on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Ghani said the summit is an Afghan conference, not a Pakistan conference. He said Pakistan has been in an undeclared war with Afghanistan for 14 years now and that peace needs to ...