Pakistan: Imran Khan not arrested yet despite hours-long stand-off in Lahore
Mar 15, 2023, at 02:49 pm
Lahore: PTI chief Imran Khan, who is facing arrest in the Toshakhana case, is still not arrested, several hours after his party men clashed with the police close to Lahore's Zaman Park residence of the former Pakistan PM on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: 40 percent of Karachi plunges into darkness as transmission line trips
Mar 14, 2023, at 11:31 pm
Karachi: Almost 40 percent of Pakistan's Karachi city plunged into darkness on Monday after a high tension transmission line tripped due to ‘technical fault’, media reports said on Tuesday.
Mar 14, 2023, at 11:07 pm
Islamabad: PTI workers pelted stones at the policemen who had assembled outside party chief Imran Khan's Lahore residence to arrest him in the Toshakana case.
Heavy contingent of police reach Zaman Park residence of ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan to arrest him
Mar 14, 2023, at 10:12 pm
Karachi: A heavy contingent of police have reached Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan's Zaman Park residence to arrest the former Prime Minister of the country.
China to reopen borders to foreign tourists for first time since COVID-19 outbreak in 2020
Mar 14, 2023, at 09:05 pm
Beijing: China, a nation that was hit hard by COVID-19, has decided to issue visas to foreign tourists for the first time since the pandemic broke out three years ago.
Myanmar: Social media companies urged to stand up to junta
Mar 14, 2023, at 07:25 pm
New York: UN-appointed independent rights experts on Myanmar have urged social media companies to do more to resist the military junta’s “online campaign of terror”.
Islamabad Police may arrest Imran Khan today: Reports
Mar 14, 2023, at 02:48 pm
Lahore: The Islamabad Police will visit Zaman Park in the next 24 hours to arrest PTI chief and former PM Imran Khan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Two policemen die as suspected terrorists attack census teams
Mar 14, 2023, at 02:18 pm
Dera Ismail Khan: Suspected terrorists attacked census teams in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Monday which left at least two policemen dead and four others injured.
Toshakhana-judge threatening case: Non-bailable warrants issued against Imran Khan
Mar 13, 2023, at 11:49 pm
Islamabad: Two non-bailable warrants were issued against former Pakistan PM Imran Khan after he failed to appear in courts in cases linked to the Toshakhana reference and threatening woman additional district and sessions judge, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Dacoits abduct police check-post in Kandhkot, 2 cops abducted
Mar 13, 2023, at 11:32 pm
Kandhkot: Dacoits targeted a police check-post and abducted two cops at Sindh’s Kandhkot region in Pakistan recently, media reports said.
Rights violation: Overseas Pakistan Christian Association protests in Netherlands
Mar 13, 2023, at 10:59 pm
The Overseas Pakistan Christian Association (OPCA) last week protested in the Netherlands over the violation of the rights of Christian women and girls in Pakistan.
Pakistan: Karachi Police Office attack mastermind killed during encounter
Mar 13, 2023, at 08:51 pm
Karachi: The mastermind behind the Karachi Police Office attack on Feb 17 has been killed during an encounter, media reports said.
Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest nine terrorists from Bandarban
Mar 13, 2023, at 07:47 pm
Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion personnel of Bangladesh have arrested nine members of the terrorist group Jamaatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya from Bandarban, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Two security guards killed in IED blast
Mar 13, 2023, at 03:37 pm
Quetta: At least two security guards died in an IED blast that targeted the convoy of Mir Sardar Khan Rind, son of MPA Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, at Kachhi region in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 4 die in road mishap in Mymensingh
Mar 13, 2023, at 03:27 pm
Mymensingh: At least four people died when a microbus in which they were travelling turned over and caught fire in Bangladesh's Mymensingh city on Monday.
Pakistan likely to miss wheat production target once again
Mar 13, 2023, at 04:35 am
Islamabad: Pakistan might once again miss the target of producing 1.7 million tonnes of wheat in the current fiscal year, media reports said.
No FIR still filed in PTI worker's death
Mar 13, 2023, at 04:32 am
Islamabad: Pakistan police are yet to register a case on the death of PTI worker Ali Bilal even as his post-mortem result showed he died due to excessive injuries.
Mar 13, 2023, at 04:24 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said the police personnel in Islamabad, who were involved in baton-charging the participants of Aurat March, an event held in different cities of Pakistan on International Women's Day, have been suspended.
Afghanistan: Carpet weavers of Badakhshan facing challenges everyday to execute their task
Mar 13, 2023, at 04:14 am
Female carpet weavers of Afghanistan's Badakhshan region are facing regular challenges despite working hard regularly to create their handicrafts due to the lack of a carpet processing center and a suitable market for selling them.
US spy agency sees China will exert more pressure on Taiwan during Xi's third term
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:51 am
Taipei: A report released by a US intelligence community has said Beijing will continue to press Taiwan on unification and try to undercut US influence in the region as Chinese leader Xi Jinping begins his third term as the President of the country.
Afghanistan diaspora members protest in Vienna against Taliban atrocities against women, children
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:19 am
Vienna: Austrian city of Vienna recently witnessed Afghanistan diaspora members, including women associated with Afghan diaspora organizations AKIS (Afghanische Kultur, Integration und Solidaritat), staging a protest against the Taliban rulers of the South Asian country.
Expert expresses concerns over imports of $1bn worth pulse by agrarian country like Pakistan
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:07 am
Islamabad: The University of Agriculture of Faisalabad (UAF) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan has said Pakistan's move of importing pulses worth $1 billion every year is a matter of concern for the country.
More than 500 people graduate from Afghanistan's Jihadist school
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:01 am
Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, a group that seized power in the South Asian country in 2021, has said more than 500 people have graduated from Jihadist schools in Helmand, Laghman, and Sar-e-Pol provinces.
One person killed, 8 injured in blast at cultural center in northern Afghanistan - Reports
Mar 12, 2023, at 01:30 am
Kabul: One person was killed, and eight others were critically injured on Saturday in a blast at a cultural center in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh province, Afghan broadcaster Ariana News reported.
Pakistan: Three die in Swabi car attack
Mar 11, 2023, at 11:03 pm
Swabi: At least three people were killed when gunmen attacked their car in Razaar area of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Police, student, among four dead in Bannu firing
Mar 11, 2023, at 10:46 pm
Four people, including a policeman, died and six others were hurt when unknown assailants opened fire on them near a private school on DI Khan Road in Pakistan on Thursday.
Islamabad Police says journalist Abid Mir returned home, brother refuses claim
Mar 11, 2023, at 09:10 pm
Balochistan-based journalist and human rights activist Abid Mir has gone missing from Pakistan capital Islamabad.
Afghanistan: Several journalists feared hurt as blast rocks Mazar-e-Sharif
Mar 11, 2023, at 08:56 pm
Kabul/Mazar-e-Sharif: Several people are feared to be hurt as a blast rocked PD2 in Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif province on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: 5 terrorists killed during operations conducted in North and South Waziristan
Mar 11, 2023, at 02:38 pm
South Waziristan: At least five terrorists were killed by security forces during intelligence-based operations carried out in Pakistan's North and South Waziristan, media reports said on Saturday.
Taiwan tracks 7 Chinese military aircraft around nation: Reports
Mar 11, 2023, at 04:27 am
Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has said it tracked seven Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 am on Tuesday (March 7) and 6 am on Wednesday (March 8), media reports said.