report inThe News online, Dec 21, 2023UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan on Wednesday called upon the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to conduct a probe to find out who provided advanced military weapons to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). At the UNSC’s UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) briefing on Afghanistan, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Ambassador Munir Akram, said Pakistan faced a major threat from the terrorist group TTP and its affiliates for their…
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report in Dawn, December 17th, 2023UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged a UN panel to find out how the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is acquiring modern weaponry to carry out terrorist attacks in the country. Pakistan’s Deputy Permanent Representative Usman Jadoon highlighted the alarming trend during a UN Security Council open debate on the threat posed by the diversion, illicit trafficking, and misuse of small arms and light weapons. He argued that terrorist groups like TTP…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, April 10, 2023 at 8:12 PMThe suspension of work of the UN Afghan national staff in Afghanistan has been extended for another 26-days, a source privy to the issue told TOLOnews. The source said the Afghan employees of the UN will continue their work from home. The move to suspend work for 48 hours was made in solidarity with the female Afghan UN staff—which has been extended until May 5…
By Kelum Bandara in The Daily Mirror, Feb 6, 2023 kThe government has sought a telephone conversation between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss debt restructuring and the future of bilateral relations, an informed source said . China , India and Japan are the largest bilateral creditors to Sri Lanka . Their assurances are key to unlock the US $ 2.9 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). China has…