Health workers demand provision of service structure
KARACHI: There is no dearth of resources or funds in the health sector, but irregularities, lack of government will and mismanagement in the health system are the main reasons for…
Women Rights are Human Rights
Women Rights are Human Rights
KARACHI: Speakers at a round table termed the floods 2022 as the deadliest floods in Pakistan since 2010, when nearly 2,000 died in flooding, and the deadliest in the world…
Women’s Day Mehnat Kash Rally
KARACHI: Representatives of Home-based Women Workers Federation and other women workers, held a press briefing at KPC, in connection with International Women’s Day 2022. While announcing a Mehnat Kash Rally…
Female Home-Based Workers Rock
KARACHI: “I saved Rs 25,000,” said the beaming faced youth from Maripur, Dur Naz, who was sharing her experience at an asset transfer ceremony which was held a Regent Plaza for…
Of Women and Media Matters
Pakistan is a country where women make 48.8 per cent of the total population of the country but females are one crore and 23 lakh less registered than their male…
Pakistan needs smoking cessation services
KARACHI: Pakistan needs to provide effective and affordable smoking cessation services along with making tobacco harm reduction part of the national policy on tobacco control to reduce combustible smoking prevalence.…
Saudi Arabia
Saudi could go carbon neutral before 2060, minister says
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia could go carbon neutral before its 2060 target if technology evolves quickly enough, its energy minister said on Wednesday, days before the COP26 climate summit. Prince Abdulaziz bin…
FM Maldives Abdulla Shahid elected president UNGA’s 76th session
MANHATTAN: Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has been elected the President of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the UNGA for 2021-22, in a voting held here on 7th June. According to…
Covid Vaccine
PSI calls for a temporary patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccines
KARACHI: The G20 will meet in Rome this 21st of May to endorse a "Rome Declaration" - a set of principles that will serve as a guide to shape the…
IP: Front-line health workers of Pakistan laud US support
KARACHI: Front-line health workers of Pakistan have appreciated the United States’ announcement to support for waiving intellectual property (IP) protection for Covid-19 vaccines. The US decision is a breakthrough in…
GoP committed to interfaith harmony: Allama Ahsan Siddiqui
KARACHI: Pakistani religious scholar of international repute, Chairman of the Interfaith Commission for Peace & Harmony (ICPH) and the Ambassador at Large for Global Peace & Human Right, Allama Ahsan Siddiqui,…
Getting vaccinated for HPV before marriage
KARACHI: Cervical cancer is a cancer of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. Predominantly caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV), this is a sexually transmitted…
Pak-Azeri institutions sign cooperation agreement
KARACHI: Institute of Peace & Diplomatic Studies (IPDS) virtually signed an agreement of cooperation with the Institute of Philosophy & Sociology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku Azerbaijan. Prof. Dr.…
automobile industry in pakistan
ICMA studies the Impact of COVID-19 on Automotive Industry
KARACHI: ICMA (Pakistan) has researched the 'Impact of COVID-19 on the Automotive and Auto Parts Industry in Pakistan’. In this context, it has released an e-booklet that provides some useful…
Year 2020: Female journalists tackled global pandemic at personal level
(Author of this piece is a senior journalist who is also serving as Vice President, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists - PFUJ) KARACHI: The year 2020 was a watershed year…
Lady Health Workers launch charter of demands
KARACHI: PPP MNA Shahida Rahmani, while speaking to a seminar organized by the All Sindh Lady Health Workers & Employees Union, in collaboration with the Public Services International (PSI) and…
Legislation finalized; industries must limit mercury usage to 1 ppm by 1st Jan: Zartaj Gul
KARACHI: Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul has said that the legislation for compliance to Minamata Convention on Mercury has been finalized as Pakistan was a signatory to…
UK govt should probe any Russian interference in 2016 Brexit poll: lawmakers
LONDON: The British government should properly investigate any Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum after failing to look into it despite past evidence of Kremlin meddling, a parliamentary report…
Role of matriarchs in ending racial profiling
Pro-Pakistan and pro-Muslims United States Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee held: “It was after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis that systematic racism has raised its ugly head but with…
’Imam of the Year’ Award for an African American Muslim faith leader
LA: The Pakistani American community has been working relentlessly to uplift people in the situation arising out of continuous lockdowns-driven economic conditions and help people in need while reaching out…
COVID-19: Break bread and build bridges
Peace builders from various faith communities termed COVID-19 a great opportunity to break bread and build bridges, for a world where, love, tolerance, mutual respect and coexistence will replace hate,…
No (Muslim Travel) Ban Act to be tabled soon in the Congress: Judy Chu
Congresswomen Judy Chu, while speaking at Iftarwebinar hosted by American Muslim and Multi-faith Women’s Empowerment Council (AMWEC) criticized the recent Muslim travel ban by Donald Trump. Addressing the participants of…
Time to reflect and reconnect with God and fellow human beings
Leaders of various faith communities converged recently at a Zoom Iftar hosted by American Muslim and Multi-faith Women’s Empowerment Council (AMWEC), held at Temple Bat Yahm. Titled as Unite in…
PM hailed for not releasing Daniel Pearl’s alleged killers
LOS ANGELES: The founding president of American Muslims & Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council (AMWEC), Anila Ali has lauded PM’s decision not to release the accused in Daniel Pearl murder. “We…