KARACHI: Widow Hoori Fatima, 76, was still struggling with grief over the death of her son Ali Raza, the family’s only breadwinner, in late October.

The United Nations humanitarian chief today visited the flood-ravaged area of Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh to review relief efforts among people still suffering from the effects of the deluge that cut a …

The year 2010 is almost certain to rank among the three warmest years since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, with the possibility of topping the chart, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization …

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the vital contributions of rural women to development, while calling for their enjoyment of a full range of rights from property ownership and inheritance, to health and education.
“Rural …

JAMMU: Rejecting the appointment of a team of three interlocutors headed by a journalist as a futile exercise, senior pro-freedom leaders on Wednesday accused New Delhi of being non-serious to resolve the Kashmir dispute. Srinagar, …

BRUSSELS): The European Parliament (EP) would coordinate on efforts seeking for resolution of Kashmir dispute, the oldest unresolved dispute of the world, and would invite representatives of UN and OIC in its 2-day global …

NEW YORK: The United Nations has opened its 19th office in Afghanistan in Tirin Kot, the capital of the southern province of Uruzgan, as part of its continued expansion across the strife-torn nation. “We are …

ISLAMABAD: The UN has accepted Pakistan’s claim to extend its maritime exclusive economic zone by a further one hundred and fifty nautical miles. Addressing a news conference here on Wednesday, the Federal Minister for Science …

On the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, the UN refugee agency is again appealing for the immediate release of John Solecki, who was abducted in Pakistan nearly …

ISLAMABAD: French Government has donated 100,000 euros (US$147,299) towards the UN refugee agency’s operation for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province. Tens of thousands of people have been uprooted by the …