Afghan Sikh among two killed in terror attack on Kabul Gurdwara; India condemns attack
Jun 19, 2022, at 12:41 am
Kabul/New Delhi/UNI: An Afghan Sikh devotee and security personnel of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan were killed when terrorists suspected to belong to the Islamic State Khorasan faction attacked the Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul in a bomb and gun attack early on Saturday morning.
China: Fire at petrochemical complex in Shanghai leaves one dead
Jun 18, 2022, at 09:01 pm
Shanghai: At least one person died when a fire broke out at a petrochemical complex in Shanghai city of China on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Punjab to shut down markets at 9pm under power-saving plan
Jun 18, 2022, at 07:38 pm
Islamabad: The government of Punjab province announced on Saturday that it had decided to implement a power-saving plan under which markets across the province will shut down at 9pm in order to save electricity, Geo News reported.
Afghanistan: Multiple explosions rock Sikh gurdwara in Kabul, 2 die
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:45 pm
Kabul: At least two persons died as three explosions hit a gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Afghanistan's capital Kabul city on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan's weekly inflation marches ahead to touch 14-month high
Jun 18, 2022, at 04:20 pm
Islamabad: Following an increase in petrol and diesel prices to revive the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme, Pakistan's weekly inflation — based on the sensitive price index (SPI) has moved up to touch 3.38% week-on-week and 27.82% year-on-year.
Afghanistan: Explosion occurs close to a Sikh-Hindu temple in Kabul, casualties unknown
Jun 18, 2022, at 03:11 pm
Kabul: At least two explosions rocked Afghanistan's capital city Kabul, close to a Sikh-Hindu temple in Police District 4, on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Four kidnapped people, including two mining engineers, still remained untraced
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:57 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Four employees, including two mining engineers of a local coal company, are still remaining untraced even after several days they were kidnapped by unknown armed men from the outskirts of Quetta region of Pakistan.
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:51 am
Islamabad: Chinese nationals in Islamabad have been directed to give information to the police before making any movement.
Pakistan: No service chief saw any conspiracy in cipher, ISPR says contradicting Imran Khan's claim
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:43 am
Islamabad: Director General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar contradicted with former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's claim and said what services chiefs and the DG ISI stated in the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting clearly showed that there was no evidence of any conspiracy in the cipher, received from the US.
China-Pakistan armies vow to enhance training, technology and counter-terrorism cooperation
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:37 am
Islamabad/Beijing: A senior tri-service military delegation of Pakistan, headed by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, visited China, recently, when the two sides pledged to further enhance their "training, technology and counter-terrorism cooperation".
Pakistan blackouts choke economy, Chinese power plants go unpaid
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:27 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's business and life activities are getting disrupted due to electric outrages as the cash-strapped government struggles to compensate Chinese power suppliers, media reports said on Friday.
Zero COVID policy: Merchants in China demand rent exemptions
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:23 am
Beijing: Chinese businessmen are still facing the heat of COVID-19 imposed lockdown in China as their businesses have still not resumed properly even after authorities began the “unlocking” process in Shanghai.
China bans import of Taiwanese Grouper fish
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:15 am
Beijing: Taiwan has started taking up contingency measures in a bid to save its farmers from the impact of Beijing’s ban on Taiwanese grouper imports.
Chinese officials asking foreign banks to share executive pay details: Reports
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:09 am
Beijing: Chinese officials are making things tough foreign investment banks by asking them to share the pay details of senior executives.
Veteran Chinese human rights lawyers to face trial soon
Jun 18, 2022, at 05:58 am
Beijing: Two Chinese human rights lawyers, who have been held for several years, might soon face trial, media reports said on Friday.
12 killed, 30 injured in Afghanistan mosque blast
Jun 18, 2022, at 01:03 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Twelve people were killed and 30 others were injured in an explosion in a mosque in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz, a source told Sputnik.
Sri Lanka: WFP ramps up emergency support, beginning with pregnant mothers in need
Jun 17, 2022, at 11:42 pm
New York: The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday began distributing food vouchers to pregnant women in underserved districts of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, marking the start of the UN agency’s emergency response in the country, which is facing its gravest political and economic crisis since independence.
Blast rocks mosque in Afghanistan, several injured
Jun 17, 2022, at 11:36 pm
Kabul: A blast rocked a mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz province on Friday.
Sri Lanka is planning to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from India
Jun 17, 2022, at 11:06 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka, a nation facing a severe economic crisis, is planning to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from India.
Afghanistan facing ‘the darkest moments’ in a generation
Jun 17, 2022, at 11:05 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan people are experiencing some of “the darkest moments” in a generation the UN human rights chief told Human Rights Council on Wednesday.
TV anchor sells food on street in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, story goes viral
Jun 17, 2022, at 05:44 am
Kabul/IBNS: It is quite a wide known fact that Afghanistan is facing a lot of economic and political turmoil since the Taliban took control of the country but a recent Twitter post by Kabir Haqmal, who earlier worked with the Hamid Karzai government, depicts the poor condition of many talented professionals in the nation.
Balochistan rights group condemns violent attack of Pakistani forces on peaceful vigil in Karachi
Jun 17, 2022, at 05:33 am
London: The UK-based Balochistan rights group, Free Balochistan Movement (FBM), in a statement to the media, has condemned the violent attack of the Pakistani forces on the peaceful vigil of the families of forcibly disappeared persons and other peaceful protesters in Karachi.
Pakistan Human Rights Commission condemns abductions of Baloch students from Karachi University
Jun 17, 2022, at 05:30 am
Lahore, Pakistan: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the recent incidents of abductions and manhandling of Baloch students from Karachi University.
Afghanistan: Taliban compel shopkeepers in Kandahar to install white flag in shops
Jun 17, 2022, at 05:27 am
Kandahar, Afghanistan: The Taliban have reportedly forced shopkeepers in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city to install their group’s white flag in their shops and buildings, while health clinics and public baths have too been asked to follow the suit.
China's policy destroying Tibet's environment: Report
Jun 17, 2022, at 05:14 am
Lhasa,Tibet: China, for its own benefit, is shattering and destroying the nature-bound systems of Tibet, while Beijing is not even giving an iota of thought to the inhabitants, reports said.
Jun 17, 2022, at 05:00 am
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed new rules governing “non-war” military operations which will allow the country's military to undertake “special military operations” abroad.
47 nations voice concern over Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Jun 17, 2022, at 04:51 am
Geneva: As many as 47 countries have voiced concern about China's Uyghur repression and Beijing's abuses in the country’s far-western Xinjiang region.
Nepal cancels 2-day weekly holiday after month-long trial
Jun 15, 2022, at 11:25 pm
Kathmandu/UNI/Xinhua: Nepal will resume a one-day weekly holiday from this week after experimenting with Saturday-Sunday holidays for a month, an official said on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan govt workers now given extra day off a week to grow food
Jun 15, 2022, at 11:19 pm
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced that it is giving its officials an extra day off a week to encourage them to grow food, amid fears of a food shortage engulfing the country, BBC reported on Wednesday.
Myanmar: Cycle of ‘human rights violations and abuses’ continues, warns Bachelet
Jun 15, 2022, at 05:08 pm
New York: Still suffering from the devastating consequences of the February 2021 military coup, the UN rights chief said on Tuesday that the people of Myanmar remain “trapped in a cycle of poverty and displacement, human rights violations and abuses”.