ISLAMABAD - Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging Pakistan to take “immediate and urgent” steps to ensure that prisoners and detainees have access to adequate medical care and protective measures against the coronavirus. The New York-based rights group says Pakistani prisons, jails, ...

ISLAMABAD - The concept of nuclear winter—a years-long planetary freeze brought on by airborne soot generated by nuclear bombs—has been around for decades. But such speculations have been based largely on back-of-the-envelope calculations involving a total war between Russia and the United ...

UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has highlighted the “inextricable connection” between testing and eliminating nuclear weapons across the world, while marking the annual observance of the International Day Against Nuclear Tests. “Last month I visited Japan and ...

Egypt, Jordan and Palestine have warned from catastrophic risks of the current continuing escalation in Palestinian territories. The meeting of Foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan and secretary general of executive committee of Palestine Liberation Organization held in Cairo. The tripartite meeting ...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday said at the launch of Afghanistan’s Peace Process magazine in Kabul that the civilian casualty toll in Afghanistan this year has been catastrophic. UNAMA’s political affairs chief Scott Smith said at the ceremony that in ...

FAISALABAD (APP): Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan Sunday said forest net in the country was only two percent as compared to the international standard of 25 percent.Pakistan ratifies Paris Climate Change accord at UNThe situation causes ...

KARACHI: (APP) Marine Pollution like major oil spills are catastrophic for marine environment including ports, harbors and EEZ thus requiring collective response by all stake holders.A Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) statement here on Monday said that after the catastrophic incident of MV ...