‘Unfathomable restrictions’ on women’s rights risk destabilizing Afghanistan
Dec 28, 2022, at 02:43 pm
New York: The UN rights chief, Volker Türk, called on Tuesday for the Taliban de facto authorities to revoke immediately a raft of policies that target the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, saying that they cause “terrible, cascading effects” on their lives and risk destabilizing the nation.
Pakistan: Lakki Marwat traders threaten to start demonstration against police
Dec 28, 2022, at 03:00 am
Lakki Marwat, Pakistan: Traders in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat city on Sunday threatened to launch agitation against the police’s failure to trace and arrest the robbers involved in looting cash from a businessman, media reports said.
Dec 28, 2022, at 02:51 am
Quetta: Two Balochistan government officials — home minister and an adviser to the chief minister — have arrived in Gwadar city of Pakistan to discuss and negotiate a settlement and convince the protesters of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) to end their around two-month-long demonstration.
China: Shrinking working-age population may hit global economy
Dec 28, 2022, at 02:31 am
Beijing: China's working age population, which is defined as those aged between 15 and 64, has declined from the peak of 997 million in 2014 to 986 million last year, media reports said.
Solomon Islands’ ambassador to China dies in Beijing
Dec 28, 2022, at 01:27 am
Honiara: Solomon Islands’ ambassador to China John Moffat Fugui has died in Beijing, media reports said.
China's COVID-19 surge affecting factories and consumer market
Dec 28, 2022, at 01:20 am
Beijing: China's COVID-19 surge is troubling the economic state of the country, media reports said on Tuesday.
Cross-strait conflict with China: Taiwan extends mandatory military service
Dec 28, 2022, at 01:06 am
Taipei: The Taiwanese government is going to extend its mandatory military service to one year to better train soldiers to take on mainland Chinese forces in the event of a cross-strait conflict, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghan police arrest two drug smugglers in northern province
Dec 27, 2022, at 08:23 pm
Mazari-I-Sharif/UNI: The Afghan police have arrested two drug smugglers in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said on Tuesday.
China lifts Covid restrictions for int'l arrivals
Dec 27, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Beijing/UNI: China will cancel nucleic acid tests for international arrivals starting from Jan. 8, a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban administration shuts down two educational institutions in Kabul, Herat
Dec 27, 2022, at 03:03 pm
Kabul: The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have shut down two educational institutions in Kabul and Herat which accommodate over 1200 female students.
Chinese provinces report blood shortages amid COVID-19 surge
Dec 27, 2022, at 02:49 am
Beijing: The fast-spreading COVID-19 infection in China is causing blood shortages across hospitals in various provinces in the nation, media reports said on Monday.
German firms splash out billions on Taiwan supply chain
Dec 27, 2022, at 02:26 am
Taipei: German companies are expanding their supply-chain links with Taiwan over the past three years to meet the challenges set by the Covid-19 era, media reports said.
Dec 27, 2022, at 12:20 am
New York: Amid reports on Saturday that the Taliban had barred women from working for local and international NGOs, the United Nations said the decision would undermine the efforts of numerous organizations working throughout Afghanistan to help the most vulnerable, especially women and girls.
Japan lodges protest to China over Ship presence near Senkaku Islands : Cabinet
Dec 27, 2022, at 12:16 am
Tokyo: Japan has lodged a protest to China over the longest ever presence of its ships in the Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku islands, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday.
Pakistan ‘ill-prepared’ to combat new Covid variants: Reports
Dec 26, 2022, at 11:44 pm
New Delhi: Health authorities in Pakistan are ill-prepared to stop the arrival of the new variant of the COVID-19, which is wreaking havoc in China, from entering the nation, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Rohingya leader shot dead in Ukhiya camp
Dec 26, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Dhaka: A Rohingya leader has been shot dead in a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhiya region, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest banned terrorist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir member from Dhaka
Dec 26, 2022, at 10:52 pm
Dhaka: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a member of banned terrorist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Explosion rocks Badakhshan province, casualties feared
Dec 26, 2022, at 08:30 pm
Faizabad, Afghanistan: An explosion rocked Faizabad, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Monday, with casualties feared, an official said.
Pakistan: Terror convict awarded bar council licence
Dec 26, 2022, at 03:30 am
Islamabad: A Pakistani advocate, who has been convicted in a terror case, was able to get his licence from Sindh Bar Council (SBC) to practice the law, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: IED blast leaves four Army personnel dead
Dec 26, 2022, at 02:45 am
Kahan: Four Pakistani army personnel died due to an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during a clearance operation in Balochistan’s Kahan area on Sunday, officials said.
Pakistan: US govt prohibits staff from visiting Islamabad's Marriott Hotel citing 'possible attack'
Dec 26, 2022, at 01:44 am
Islamabad: The US government on Sunday prohibited its staff from visiting Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's Islamabad city due to possible attack.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal appointed as Nepal PM for third time
Dec 26, 2022, at 12:30 am
Kathmandu: Chairperson of CPN - Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as the Prime Minister of the new post-election government on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Grenade blast leaves four people hurt in Quetta
Dec 25, 2022, at 11:35 pm
Quetta: At least four people were injured as a grenade blast rocked Pakistan's Quetta city on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: After restriction on education, Taliban now bans women from working for NGOs
Dec 25, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Amid massive Covid surge, China to stop reporting daily infection figures
Dec 25, 2022, at 07:23 pm
China's National Health Commission will stop releasing daily COVID-19 case figures for the country from Sunday, Reuters reported.
Pakistan: Bodies of three kidnapped members of a family recovered
Dec 24, 2022, at 10:40 pm
Karachi: Bodies of three people, who were kidnapped a day earlier, have been recovered from Pakistan's South Waziristan on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Flour price hits record high of Rs 2500 per 20kg in Karachi
Dec 24, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Karachi: Flour prices in Pakistan's Karachi city have spiked to Rs 2500 per 20-kilogramme bag against last week’s Rs2,400, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: CTD arrests seven suspected terrorists
Dec 24, 2022, at 09:35 pm
Islamabad: The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday arrested seven suspected terrorists during an intelligence-based operation, media reports said on Saturday.
Suspension of women’s education in Afghanistan is against Islamic values: Prominent Islamic Scholar
Dec 24, 2022, at 09:31 pm
Kabul: Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar University, has described the recent decision taken by the Taliban government in Afghanistan to ban women from studying in universities as against Islamic principles.
Dec 24, 2022, at 03:09 pm
Quetta: Political activists and students demonstrated in the Pakistani city of Quetta against the Taliban-led Afghan government’s decision to impose a ban on women’s university education.