Africa
Pakistan affirmed its commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by adopting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its own national development agenda through a unanimous National Assembly Resolution in 2016.
The COVID Crisis
COVID-19 cases were reported from Islamabad and Karachi on February 26, 2020. Pakistan being one of the most densely populated countries in Asia, with a population of 204.65 million, and Karachi being the largest metropolitan city in Pakistan, has been greatly vulnerable to this outbreak.
Extra-Judicial Killings
Pakistan reiterates its call for investigation of extrajudicial killings in IIOJK by establishing an independent Commission of Inquiry as recommended by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in its Kashmir reports of 2018 and 2019.
Islamophobia
The 47th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, held in Niamey, Niger, in November 2020, unanimously adopted a resolution initiated by Pakistan for the designation of 15 March as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
Journalism
The 'Sindh Protection of Journalists and Other Media Practitioners Bill, 2021' received the provincial governor's assent formalizing the bill's passage into law. The legislation marks a rare but significant achievement for a country that has consistently ranked among the most dangerous places for journalists in the world.
The Kashmir Issue
Pakistan has sought to obtain the accession of Kashmir for over fifty years. This policy has its origins in Pakistan's struggle for a separate state for South Asia's Muslims, its belief that India never accepted Pakistan's existence, and Pakistan's domestic cleavages and institutional weaknesses.
Military Bases
Pakistan dismissed Tuesday the possibility of allowing the United States to operate a military base on Pakistani territory or conduct "kinetic drone” operations against Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's statement came amid reports Islamabad is allegedly negotiating a new arrangement with Washington to facilitate...
Money Laundering
The Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 (the Act) is the primary law governing the prevention of money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism. The Act as federal legislation is applicable across Pakistan. Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Federal Board of Revenue is responsible for ensuring that designated...
Police Brutality
The Police Order 2002, a much-touted outcome of reform efforts produced under the military regime of Pervez Musharraf (president 2001-2008), framework is implemented through amendments in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that have diluted the essence of the original order.
The R2P
PM Khan on Saturday said there was an urgency for the international community, as well as their obligation under the unanimously adopted UN principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), to provide immediate humanitarian relief to millions of Afghans on the brink of starvation.
The Rights of Indigenous People
The main Indigenous Peoples in Pakistan are the Kochis, Rabari, Baluch, Bakarwal, Kehal, Jogi, Kabootra, Sanyasi and Kalash. The Kochis are mostly found in Karachi. They are a nomadic people originally from Afghanistan. The Rabari live in northwest Pakistan.
The Security Council
Pakistan has a longstanding principled position against the increase of permanent members. Pakistan as part of the Uniting for Consensus (UfC) group has always advocated an effective and feasible reform of the Security Council reform based on consensus among the UN Membership.
The Uighur Crisis
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has repeated his country's support for the Chinese government regarding its policies in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, while also praising the country's one-party system as offering a better model for societies compared with electoral democracy.
Violence Against Women
The bill for Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2020 has been introduced in the National Assembly by Ministry of Human Rights on 8th of July 2020, with the aim to 'establish an effective system of protection, relief and rehabilitation of women, children, elders and any vulnerable persons against domestic violence'.
The Weaponization of Space
Pakistan issued a call against military threats in outer space on Wednesday, hours after India said it had shot down one of its own satellites in a demonstration of its growing power in space. “Space is the common heritage of mankind and every nation has the responsibility to avoid actions which can lead to the militarization of this arena,” Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement.
The Yemen Crisis
Pakistan's foreign office has routinely condemned Houthi strikes targeting Saudi cities, regardless of which political party held power, however, politicians have strived to remain neutral in the regional dispute and ensuing war.