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Islamabad, November 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): Secretary Women Parliamentary Caucus, Munaza Hassan has said WPC will play an active role in freeing the country from all forms of gender-based violence and discrimination. Talking to APP, she said Women Parliamentary Caucus kick-started 16-day activism campaign, aimed to address violence against women, particularly, …
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Opposition’s bid to hold public rallies aims at pressurizing Government to get NRO: Prime Minister
Islamabad, November 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): Prime Minister Imran Khan says opposition’s bid to hold public rallies is aimed at pressurizing government to get National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) at the cost of people’s lives in the times of COVID-19 pandemic. In a series of tweets on Sunday, he said sole and …
Read More »Modi threatens to turn India into one-party state, The Economist cites factors
New Delhi, November 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi threatened to turn the country into a one-party state [a fascist state], The Economist reported in an article published on November 28 citing the premier’s continues erosion of checks and balances. India’s prisons hold twice as many inmates awaiting …
Read More »Pakistan always upholds sanctity of OIC as collective voice of Muslim Ummah: Foreign Minister
Islamabad, November 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says Pakistan as a founding member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation always upheld the sanctity of the organization as a collective voice of Muslim Ummah. In a tweet on Sunday, he said we look forward to hosting the 48th …
Read More »Opposition doing politics at cost of people’s lives: Murad Saeed
Islamabad, November 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): Minister for Communication and Postal Services Murad Saeed says the opposition is doing politics at the cost of people’s lives. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad today (Sunday), he said opposition’s demand for public rallies in current spike of the pandemic shows that lives of …
Read More »Ordinance to be promulgated to prescribe the Right of Parents to Evict Children and to protect Rights of Parents Living with Children: Spokesperson
Islamabad, November 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): Dr. Barrister Muhammad Farogh Naseem, the Federal Law Minister on November 28, 2020, discussed a proposal with Prime Minister Imran Khan, to promulgate an Ordinance to prescribe the right of parents to evict the children and their spouses and protect rights of the parents, living …
Read More »Message by Ambassador Munir Akram, The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Islamabad, November 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): The Palestinian question is one of the oldest unresolved issues at the United Nations. The long and heroic struggle of the Palestinian people to attain self-determination and achieve their independent state is reinforced by a near universal international consensus in its legitimacy, as reflected in …
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