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Islamabad, May 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): Eight Pakistanis are among 103 United Nations peacekeepers from around the world who will be honoured posthumously on Thursday at a special ceremony in New York marking the 75th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping.Pakistan ...
Read More »Pakistani mountain climber Asad Memon evacuated: FO
Islamabad, May 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch says Pakistani mountain climber Asad Ali Memon, stranded at Mount Everest in Nepal, has been evacuated and provided medical care. In response to media queries regarding e...
Read More »Federal Minister for It and Telecom Syed Amin Ul Haque Chairs USF, Ignite Policy Committee Meetings
Islamabad, May 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque chaired Universal Service Fund (USF) Policy Committee meeting held at the committee room of Ministry of IT on Tuesday. Secretary IT Navid Ahmed Shaikh wa...
Read More »Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at his press conference at the UN in Geneva –
Geneva, May 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): In December last year, I launched our year-long commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We have since issued a series of initiatives calling on States and all others to make ple...
Read More »Martyrs Reverence Day being observed today to pay tribute to the unprecedented courage and sacrifices of our ancestors and personnel of our security forces who have rendered great sacrifices for the motherland
Islamabad, May 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): Today we observe Martyrs Reverence Day to pay tribute to the unprecedented courage and sacrifices of our ancestors and personnel of our security forces who have rendered great sacrifices for the motherland. The nation ...
Read More »National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination meets
Islamabad, May 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): The National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Coordination met today at Parliament House Islamabad under the Chairpersonship of Ms. Nuzhat Pathan, MNA.2. The Committee directed the Minist...
Read More »Conference Calls for Collaborative Efforts to Strengthen Gender-Based Violence Helplines and Services in Pakistan
Islamabad, May 24, 2023 (PPI-OT): A helpline is a tool for survivors of violence to report and seek help, safely and confidentially. In Pakistan, various emergency and gender-based violence (GBV) helplines are operating at federal and provincial levels...
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