Pakistan calls for launching awareness campaigns to counter rising tide of Islamophobia

At the United Nations, Pakistan has called for international cooperation to counter the scourge of disinformation, which has become a global pandemic.

 

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Press Counselor at the Pakistan Mission to the United Nations Mariam Shaikh said Pakistan has been the victim of such targeted campaigns.

 

She said Pakistan is committed to countering the virus of disinformation by all possible means through national and international cooperation with Member States and other stakeholders under the umbrella of the United Nations.

 

The Pakistani delegate also drew attention to hate speech, discrimination and violence against Muslims in several parts of the world and urged Department of Global Communications to launch awareness campaigns to counter a rising tide of Islamophobia.

 

Source: Radio Pakistan

Zaheer applauds Pakistani diaspora for contributing to flood relief efforts in Pakistan

Pakistan High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer A. Janjua has applauded the Pakistani diaspora for contributing enthusiastically to the flood relief efforts in Pakistan.

 

Addressing a fundraising dinner in Ottawa, he said while the world has come to our assistance in the wake of devastating floods, it is the people and the diaspora of Pakistan whose contributions will count in the end.

 

The High Commissioner said the United Nations had re-assessed and raised its appeal to provide relief and assistance to the flood-hit people in Pakistan to 816 million dollars.

 

He also lauded the role played by organisations such as Indus Development Foundation Canada and the Pakistani doctors in Canada for providing healthcare to the needy in Pakistan.

 

Source: Radio Pakistan