Pak PM Imran Khan to address nation tonight after National Assembly adjourns till Sunday
Apr 01, 2022, at 01:37 am
Islamabad/UNI: Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will address the nation Thursday night after the 69-year-old cancelled his speech on Wednesday.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan offers to dissolve Assembly if no-trust motion is withdrawn
Mar 31, 2022, at 11:22 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday offered to dissolve the Assembly, if the no-confidence motion against him was withdrawn.
Imran Khan's address to nation postponed: PTI Senator
Mar 31, 2022, at 01:18 am
Islamabad: PTI Senator Faisal Javed Khan on Wednesday said Imran Khan's address to the nation has been postponed.
Blasphemy: Four girls 'slaughter' female seminary teacher in Pakistan
Mar 31, 2022, at 01:16 am
Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan: Four girls allegedly killed a female seminary teacher after accusing her of blasphemy at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan region in Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
China: People scramble to buy essential supply amid Shanghai's divided lockdown
Mar 31, 2022, at 01:12 am
Shanghai, China: Shanghai, a city which has been put under lockdown dividedly, is seeing residents scrambling to buy essential supplies while thousands quarantine in offices, media reports said on Wednesday.
Australian journalist Cheng Lei to be tried in Beijing
Mar 31, 2022, at 01:01 am
Beijing: An Australian TV journalist, who was detained in China 19 months ago, will be put on trial in the upcoming days, the Australian government confirmed on Wednesday.
Pakistan: MQM-P formally joins opposition
Mar 31, 2022, at 12:11 am
Islamabad: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), a key ally of PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led coalition government, on Wednesday announced to part ways with the ruling PTI.
PM Imran Khan to address nation today, fuels speculation over resignation
Mar 30, 2022, at 11:57 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan is all set to address the nation on Wednesday, triggering speculation over his resignation after members of ally Muttahida Qaumi Movement quit the federal cabinet to give him a jolt.
Pakistan: Four terrorists killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mar 30, 2022, at 11:50 pm
Dera Ismail Khan: Four militants and two soldiers were killed during an intense exchange of fire in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan army said on Wednesday.
Unknown gunmen abduct doctor in Afghanistan
Mar 30, 2022, at 06:36 pm
Kabul: A prominent Afghanistan doctor has been abducted by unknown gunmen on Kabul-Jalalabad highway on Saturday.
Mar 30, 2022, at 02:43 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan is all set to lose his majority after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's key ally and coalition partner Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM) decided to desert him and join hands with the Opposition.
Pakistan: Voting on no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan to take place on Apr 3
Mar 30, 2022, at 03:00 am
Islamabad: Voting on the no-confidence motion brought against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will take place on April 3.
Pakistani rupee depreciates beyond Rs 182.34 against US Dollar
Mar 30, 2022, at 02:42 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan rupee depreciated beyond Rs 182.34 against US Dollar on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban stops broadcast of VOA, BBC
Mar 30, 2022, at 02:28 am
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has directed private television stations in Afghanistan not to telecast Voice of America (VOA) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) news programmes in the country, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban prevents beardless government employees entry to Ministry of Finance office
Mar 30, 2022, at 02:16 am
Kabul: The Taliban members recently prevented beardless government employees from entering the Ministry of Finance building, media reports said.
Afghanistan Crisis: Taliban arrests three journalists in Kandahar
Mar 29, 2022, at 02:59 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan Journalists Union has said the Taliban government arrested three journalists of the local Milat Ghag radio station in the southeastern Kandahar province of the violence-hit country.
Debt management issue: UNCTAD lists Pakistan among vulnerable countries
Mar 29, 2022, at 02:40 pm
Islamabad: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Monday listed Pakistan as one of the countries which is vulnerable regarding the management of its debt following rise in fuel and food prices in the country, aggravated by the war in Ukraine, Express Tribune reported on Monday.
Mar 29, 2022, at 02:18 pm
Kabul: Supreme leader of the Taliban Mullah Hebtullah Akhundzada has directed Afghanistan's military officials not to recruit teenage members to their ranking.
Sri Lankan President thanks Indian External Affairs Minister for providing Line of Credit
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:39 am
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday when he thanked the Indian Minister for providing USD 1 billion Line of Credit (LOC).
Afghanistan: Journalist detained by Taliban
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:34 am
Kabul: Family of a local journalist has claimed that Taliban forces have detained him on Saturday due to unknown reasons.
Pakistan Interior Minister warns PDM against turning rally into sit-in
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:31 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has warned the opposition parties are allowed to hold a public gathering in Islamabad “but if anyone tries to stage a sit-in he will crush it”.
Pakistan: Two security guards attempt to rape woman during PSL match
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:27 am
Lahore, Pakistan: The Lahore Police in Pakistan have registered a case against two security guards, and also arrested one of them, on the charge of allegedly attempting to rape a girl who came to Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore to watch a Pakistan Super League (PSL) match, media reports said.
Book on studies and practice of Xi Jinping's economic thought published in China
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:04 am
Beijing: A Chinese publishing house has published two books on the studies and the practice of country's leader Xi Jinping's economic thought for nationwide distribution.
Mar 28, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: The political battle in Pakistan turned intense as Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif on Monday tabled in the National Assembly a no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan, media reports said.
Afghanistan singer Farhad Darya spreads idea of peace by performing in Geneva
Mar 28, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Geneva: Popular Afghan Singer Farhad Darya spread the idea of peace as his band performed in Geneva on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Private schools, universities lose students this academic year
Mar 28, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's private school and university owners in Kabul city have complained that they have lost 60 percent of their students as the new educational year commenced recently.
Pakistan: Imran Khan claims foreign powers are behind ‘conspiracy’ to overthrow his govt
Mar 28, 2022, at 03:23 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday said foreign powers were involved in the ‘conspiracy’ to send his coalition government at the Centre packing through a no-confidence motion tabled by the country’s joint opposition.
Shehbaz Sharif urges people to join anti-inflation march
Mar 28, 2022, at 01:26 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday asked people to join PML-N's anti-inflation march on Monday to "save the future of Pakistan".
Afghanistan: Women can only enter parks for three days in a week, directs Taliban
Mar 28, 2022, at 01:10 am
Kabul: The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued yet another bizarre diktat by which women can only go to parks three days a week while men are given four days in the country.
Pakistan: Imran Khan's aide quits cabinet, joins opposition
Mar 27, 2022, at 10:03 pm
Islamabad: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, who was serving as the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant (SAPM) on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan, on Sunday quit his position, giving a jolt to Imran Khan ahead of the no-confidence motion against him.