Editor: Rana Qaisar
Founding Editor: Shafqat Munir

Changing the Face of Information

Respect the Human Rights

ILO Core Labour Standards- Workers Rights to Freedom of Association, CBA, No discrimination in employment, End to child labour and Abolition of boded and forced labour- protect and promote human rights and democracy

Women rights are human rights

Say yes to children

Education for All

No Corporal punishments please

Right to Information creates informed citizenry

Zero tolerance for violence against women

Respect biodiversity

Conserve energy to help reduce temperature rise

Protect Women Rights

Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace Bill, 2010:

Challenges faced by working women

Rights protections can ensure Universal Access to HIV treatment

South Asia Affairs

INDIA PAKISTAN CHAOPHRAYA DIALOGUE 8

A win-win trade for India & Pakistan

Abid Suleri, Pradeep S Mehta

CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATES

Climate, Culture and Change!

By Anusha Sherazi

Food security has jumped up the agenda at Durban climate conference

Courtesy: Ecologist

Author: Olivier De Schutter

MUSIC FOR PEACE

Though conflict is heading towards lower ebb in Pakistan after successful operations and political determination, need for accelerating the efforts for de-radicalization, counter narrative and peace building is emerged as all levels.

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Building prosperous and peaceful planet through responsive diplomacy: Stefan

The Federal Office of the Germany conducts training for diplomats from developing countries including Pakistan. The Head of Training Mr. Stefan Biedermann in an interview with INFN correspondent Shakeel Ramay has informed that since inception of the training programme in 1992, we have trained dimplomats from 181 countries. The training imparts the diplomatic staff the knowledge and skill on how to build a peaceful and prosperous planet.more..

Zardari for revisiting triangular relationship between capital, labor and skill

Islamabad April 30, 2016 (INFN): On the eve of the International Labor Day the Pakistan People’s Party wishes to re-affirm its commitment to never permit sacking of workers in the name of privatization and to strive for defending the dignity of the workers, the peasants and the wage earners. The Party also pays homage on this occasion to the workers within the country and throughout the world who have made huge sacrifices in the struggle for protecting labor rights. more..

International WaterDay

Water scarcity threatens survival of country, FPCCI calls for water conservation

Abdul Rauf Alam, on March 22, 2016 expressed grave concern over depletion of water resources terming it the greatest threat to the survival of country and harm the industrial sector. more...

2-day physical safety and digital security media workshop

No story is worth dying for, safety first while undertaking journalistic duties: Experts
ISLAMABAD, 25th October 2015 (INFN): A professional, balanced, planned and ethical reporting reduces risks for journalists and media workers to a larger extent. The journalists should internalize that no story is worth dying for and safety and security should be the first priority while using digital space for journalistic work more...

Not enough water and sanitation aid and budget reaching to those who needs most

Just PKR 53 has been received in water and sanitation aid for each person in Pakistan on average for the years 2010-2012, according to a startling new report, Bridging the Divide, released by the international development charity WaterAid on the eve of World Water Day (22 March 2014).more..

President FPCCI Chairs D-8 FCCI meeting in Tehran

D-8 to emerge as one of world’s most promising trade blocs: Zubair Ahmed Malik

The President FPCCI and President D-8 Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (D-8 FCCI), Zubair Ahmed Malik chaired the first committee meeting on finalization of D-8 FCCI Statute and 8th D-8 FCCI presidents meeting held in Tehran.more..

Inspiring tale of self-employment Luck matters, but hard work pays

Muhammad Asif, who repairs sewing machines for a living, is happier than most employed men. He believes that if one learns any trade or work with keen interest he can be successful in life. He became a successful sewing machine technician by a stroke of luck. Earlier he did not have any goal in his life.more...

A desperate mother yells out cry for getting her daughters the basic right -- Education

Widowed Shama Shafqat’s appeal for educating her daughters There is much hue and cry in almost every part of the world that the level of literacy should be increased more..

A wake-up call for NGOs working against child labour

It is indeed hard to believe, but it is true! A ten-year-old boy, Shehryar, is living in the capital, hundreds of kilometres away from his family, to pay the debt of Rs50,000 in installments incurred on his elder sister’s wedding in Sargodha. The minor boy toils at the shop of a motorcycle mechanic in Sector G-9’s I&T Centre from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for earning Rs50 per day more..

Civil Society urges UN Secretary General to do more on MDGs progress

The Secretary-General’s report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and post-2015 goals, A Life of Dignity for All: accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and advancing the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015, was released on 14 August. It is the 2013 edition of the Secretary-General’s annual report on MDGs progress, ahead of the 25 September General Assembly Special Event on the MDGs and post-2015 development agenda. more..