"In terms of maximizing impact and joining forces to control the epidemic, this merger is an innovative and bold move," said Dr. Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director. "This is the sort of consolidation I believe we will see more of in the future across the AIDS sector."
Formal merger negotiations

Lahore, 07 August 2008: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has again called upon the Punjab Governor and Chief Minister to ensure the implementation of the quota for disabled students’ admission to educational institutions in Punjab.
The commission has drawn attention of the governor an

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: August 5, 2008. (ANS) -- For a second consecutive night some 580 students from the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology (SETIA) in East Jakarta slept in the lobby of Indonesia’s parliament yesterday following demonstrations against the school that left at least 17 students in

Isfahan: August 2, 2008. Sixteen Christians were arrested in Iran on July 27 during the baptism service in Malakshahr, near Isfahan in Iran.
All were converted from Islam to Christianity.
Six women, eight men and two youngsters under 18 were arrested on Sunday when they were assisting in a bapti

Lahore: August 2, 2008. While welcoming the SAARC Summit in Colombo (August 2-3, 2008), the South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional body of human rights activists, has commended the SAARC governments’ decision to address people’s daily concerns – food, water, energy and environment, and urg

Philippines: July 31, 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) today announced that this year seven individuals and one organization from India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Sri Lanka will receive Asia’s premier prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Madrid - In the name of God, most merciful, most compassionate.
Praise be to God Almighty, who revealed in his Holy Book: "O mankind! We have created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other. Verily the most honoured of you i

Lahore: July 21, 2008. The government must immediately put an end to bloodshed in Kurram Agency and restore its writ in a region held hostage by terrorists engaged in sectarian violence, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said in a press statement on Monday.
The Commission said: “The p

Gujrat, Pakistan: July 16, 2008. (Report By Khadijah Shah) The four alleged accused, on the directives of Punjab Chief Minister, were sent on judicial remand to the district jail Gujrat, who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Danish nationality holder, Tahira Naheed Tabassum, on Monday

SHIKARPUR: July 11, 2008. (Report by Khadijah Shah) Three immature girls were given in marriage to over aged men under verdicts of two jirgas clandestinely held a couple of days ago at unrevealed locations near Garhi Sahib Khan village, about 30 kilometers from there, sources close to the jirgas sta

Lahore: July 10, 2008. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded the government ensure immediate safety measures for journalists, especially those working in the tribal areas, allowing them to work without fear or intimidation from state agents or non-state actors.
Following the

Alessandria: July 7, 2008. (AKI) - A 15-year-old Pakistani girl was hospitalised after reportedly jumping from a balcony in the northern Italian town of Alessandria.
She had refused an arranged marriage with a 16-year-old Pakistani.
"My parents had already been in touch with his and told me I wou

Atlanta: July 7, 2008. When modern society collides with powerful traditions from the Dark Ages, women die: Police: Arranged marriage led father to kill daughter
A Clayton County man faces murder charges in the strangling death of his 25-year-old daughter early Sunday over her desire to end an arr

Washington, July 4, 2008: (Khadijah Shah reports) United States of America (USA) on Wednesday set more than a dozen Pakistan-based NGOs on its confirmation of fanatics' outfits, asserting they were shaped to hoist finances for two huddles previously expelled by the US government and the United Natio

On Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 – Shadab Khokhar, National Chair of ‘International Christian AWAZ’, Canada’, led a delegation to meet the Consul General of Pakistan, Toronto. A petition was handed to the Consul General of Pakistan, Mr. Tassaduq Hussain, in which the government of Pakistan was appreciate