UNITED NATIONS: The World Food Day, which aims to promote awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger, was celebrated across the globe Friday, with UN leaders calling for international…
UNITED NATIONS: Nearly half of the world's 3.3 billion global workforce is at risk of losing their livelihoods as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world, a group of…
UNITED NATIONS: While reaffirming Pakistan's support to the United Nations on its 75th anniversary, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told world leaders via video-link Monday that Kashmiri people still await…
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan's Ambassador Munir Akram, in his capacity as the President of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), has, at a major UN event, renewed his call for…
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Friday announced the names of the latest class of 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On a biennial basis, the Office of the…
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is establishing a regional hub to promote knowledge sharing and strengthen cooperation on tax policy, tax administration across economies in Asia and the Pacific…
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for intensification of cooperation among developing counties, calling it critical as nations contend with social and economic consequences of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Speaking during…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's gold reserves increased by 20 percent during the fiscal year 2018-19 to $3.04 billion as compared to the preceding year's reserves of $2.534 billion, the Asian Development Bank…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan this year has emerged as one of the countries to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs-13) Climate Action. According to 2 years' performance reports issued by Ministry of Information…
PARIS: A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within decades, while current efforts to conserve the earth’s resources…
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser Tuesday said the government was committed to provision of quality education, poverty alleviation besides ensuring essential facilities to the citizens. He was speaking at…
ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that the government striving hard to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before the year 2030. Addressing the…
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has spotlighted the importance of universal health coverage to mark the World Health Day. In his message for the day, which was observed on…
BANGKOK: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said Pakistan is the first country to adopt Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 agenda through a unanimous resolution of Parliament as…
