ISLAMABAD:Pakistan has reaffirmed its support for Kashmir cause and rejected Indian objections to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s telephone call to All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. In a statement,…
Month: January 2019
Palestinian children’s education deeply impacted by interference around West Bank schools, UN warns
GENEVA:A preliminary UN investigation into a massacre reportedly carried out in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last month, reveals that “at least 535 civilians were killed in four attacks”, the…
Sindh government hands over 20 USAID funded schools to Education Management Organizations
Karachi, January 30, 2019 (PPI-OT): The Sindh Government and Education Management Organisations (SEMOs) have signed an agreement to operate 20 schools constructed under USAID Sindh basic Education Programme. Under the agreements Sukkur IBA University will manage nine newly constructed schools…
UNICEF condemns killing of nine-year-old boy in Kabirwala
Islamabad, January 30, 2019 (PPI-OT): UNICEF expresses its deep concern at the brutal killing of a nine-year-old Pakistani boy in Kabirwala, a town of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to several media reports, the boy went…
225th meeting of Pakistan Bar Council held
Islamabad, January 30, 2019 (PPI-OT): The 225th meeting of the Pakistan Bar Council was held today at 2-30 p.m. in Council’s Office, Supreme Court Building, Islamabad with Mr. Anwar Mansoor Khan, Attorney-General for Pakistan and Chairman, Pakistan Bar Council in…
Punjab Chief Minister takes notice of assassination attempt on PML-Q leader Mehr Kashif in Gujranwala
Lahore, January 30, 2019 (PPI-OT): Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken notice of an assassination attempt on the leader of Muslim League (Q) Mehr Kashif in Gujranwala and has sought a report from the CPO. He has directed…
Karachi City administration to provide all possible supports to Commission on Status of Women: Commissioner
Karachi, January 30, 2019 (PPI-OT): Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani has said that city administration would provide all possible supports to the Commission on Status of Women to achieve its objective for the social, economic, political and legal rights of women…