Pakistan: Punjab Cabinet proposes declaration on finality of Prophethood before marriage

Mar 02, 2022, at 11:48 pm

Lahore, Pakistan: The Punjab cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to the West Pakistan Rules under Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961, an attempt seen by experts as a move to win over the right-wing vote bank, media reports said.

Pakistan: Bill in Senate seeking provisional province status for GB rejected

Mar 02, 2022, at 11:40 pm

Gilgit, Pakistan: A parliamentary committee of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly has rejected a private members’ bill that was submitted by four senators of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) in the Senate seeking provisional province status for GB, media reports said on Wednesday.

Hong Kong births sink to lowest in 56 years: Reports

Mar 02, 2022, at 05:09 am

Hong Kong: The number of births in Hong Kong hit a record low last year, falling below 40,000 for the first time in more than five decades as experts warned of wide-reaching implications for the city’s ageing population, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Taliban ban evacuation of Afghans amid massive security sweep

Mar 02, 2022, at 05:03 am

Kabul: A Taliban spokesperson has said their administration will not allow any more evacuations of Afghans until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left.

Afghanistan: Blast in Kunduz leaves 2 dead

Mar 02, 2022, at 04:39 am

Kunduz, Afghanistan: At least two children died as an explosive went off in Khanabad district of the northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan on Sunday, media reports said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Biawal Bhutto Zardari launches march to protest against Imran Khan govt

Mar 02, 2022, at 04:29 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday began a march towards Islamabad from the Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum with the pledge that the long march would demonstrate that Imran Khan’s government had lost the nation’s trust.

Pakistan: JUIF members demonstrate in Wara Mamond against long electricity load shedding

Mar 02, 2022, at 04:21 am

Khar, Pakistan: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) members on Sunday protested against hours-long electricity loadshedding in Wara Mamond tehsil in Pakistan and elsewhere in the district, media reports said on Tuesday.

Amnesty International, HRW ask Pakistan to repeal PECA Ordinance

Mar 01, 2022, at 09:33 pm

Islamabad: Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have urged Pakistan to repeal amendments to the "draconian" Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA) Ordinance, terming it the latest in a "concerted campaign to restrict freedom of expression and stifle dissent".

Khost province residents ordered to remove Afghanistan’s flags from residences, cars

Mar 01, 2022, at 01:26 am

Kabul: The provincial governor of the eastern Khost province Muhammad Nabi Omari directed residents of the province to collect and remove Afghanistan flag from the rooftops of their homes and houses and from their vehicles, media reports said.

Pakistan: Shooting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province leaves three people killed

Mar 01, 2022, at 12:11 am

Islamabad: At least three people were killed and four others were hurt in a  shooting incident in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, media reports said.

Pakistan-Afghanistan trade volume move down to USD 1 bn

Feb 28, 2022, at 10:46 pm

Karachi, Pakistan: A report of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has voiced its concern over the “shrinking” trade volume from $2.5 billion to $1 billion between the two countries, media reports said on Monday.

Uyghur torchbearer at 2008 Beijing Olympics detained by Chinese authorities: Reports

Feb 28, 2022, at 08:26 pm

Beijing: An Uyghur doctor, who had served as a torchbearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, is currently serving an 18-year jail sentence, media reports said on Monday.

Chinese authorities detain university student for teaching Tibetan language

Feb 28, 2022, at 08:20 pm

Beijing: A university student has been detained by Chinese officials in Chamdo for allegedly teaching Tibetan language to children in Yamda village during the school holidays, media reports said on Monday.

Tibetan government-in-exile minister meets US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Uzra Zeya

Feb 28, 2022, at 03:15 pm

Washington: The exiled Tibetan government’s minister for Information and International Relations Kalon Norzin Dolma recently met US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Uzra Zeya here.

Pakistan: STP rejects proposed proforma for upcoming census

Feb 28, 2022, at 03:34 am

Hyderabad: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has rejected proposed proforma for upcoming census of Pakistan by which  outsiders,  who have settled in Sindh from abroad and from within the country,  were to be counted among local population.

Pakistan: Woman shot dead by ASI in Daska

Feb 28, 2022, at 01:26 am

Daska: A police patrol official shot dead a woman when she was on her way to attend a wedding ceremony with her family in Pakistan's Daska region on Thursday, media reports said on Sunday.

TLP to host protests against Imran Khan govt in several Pakistani cities over inflation

Feb 28, 2022, at 12:18 am

Islamabad: Religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) has announced it will host protests in several Pakistani cities against inflation under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s regime in the upcoming days.

Pakistan: People protest against forced conversions of minor girls in Okara

Feb 27, 2022, at 11:31 pm

Okara: People recently demonstrated in Pakistan's Okara District as they demanded for the stoppage of forced conversions of minor girls.

Pakistan: Farmers in Gujrat protest land acquisition move to establish industrial estate

Feb 27, 2022, at 10:35 pm

Gujrat: Several farmers in Pakistan's Gujrat city have protested that the government is trying to 'snatch' their fertile lands for industrial purposes.

Prices of petroleum products in Pakistan may go up by Rs. 10 per litre from tomorrow

Feb 27, 2022, at 10:03 pm

Islamabad: Prices of key petroleum products in Pakistan may increase by Rs. 10 per litre on Monday for the next fortnight, media reports said on Sunday.

Sri Lanka: UN rights chief welcomes reform but concerns remain

Feb 27, 2022, at 12:01 am

New York: Sri Lanka has taken steps towards legal, institutional and security sector reforms, but more action is still needed, according to a report issued on Friday by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, which examines developments over the past year.

Water crisis: QAT activists demonstrate in Pakistan's Mithi town

Feb 26, 2022, at 04:39 am

Mithi, Pakistan: Qaumi Awami Tehreek (QAT) activists and members of the general public demonstrated in Pakistan's Mithi town recently against the worsening water crisis situation, media reports said on Friday.

UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan

Feb 26, 2022, at 04:28 am

New York: The United Nations has condemned the killing of eight polio vaccination workers in four locations in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, the first such attacks since nationwide immunization campaigns resumed last November.

Islamabad High Court describes PECA changes as “oppressive and draconian”

Feb 26, 2022, at 02:17 am

Islamabad: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah has described the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) Ordinance 2022 as “oppressive and draconian”.

China temporarily detains Japanese diplomat

Feb 26, 2022, at 02:09 am

Beijing: Chinese officials recently detained a Japanese diplomat in Beijing temporarily while he was on duty, media reports said on Friday.

Armed clashes between border guards of Pakistan, Afghanistan leave 2 dead

Feb 26, 2022, at 02:02 am

Kabul: At least two people died and 20 others were hurt as armed clashes erupted between Pakistan’s border guards and the Taliban on Thursday in Chaman, Spin Boldak crossing point, media reports said.

US FRB slaps penalties on National Bank of Pakistan for anti-money laundering violations

Feb 26, 2022, at 01:43 am

Islamabad: The US Federal Reserve Board recently announced a $20.4 million penalty against the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), which is operating in the US as a foreign bank, for anti-money laundering violations, media reports said on Friday.

China sacks Communist Party officials in Inner Mongolia for filing to contain COVID-19 outbreaks

Feb 25, 2022, at 11:58 pm

Beijing: Chinese authorities have removed several Communist Party officials in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region for failing to contain their local Covid-19 outbreak.

Former president of China Citic Bank pleads guilty to accepting 1 billion yuan in bribes

Feb 25, 2022, at 11:36 pm

Beijing: Sun Deshun, former president of China Citic Bank Corporation, went on trial recently after being accused of taking almost one billion yuan in bribes, media reports said.

Taliban calls for restraint, dialogue to resolve Ukraine situation

Feb 25, 2022, at 11:21 pm

Kabul: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has called for restraint in Ukraine and urged for dialogue and peaceful means to resolve the crisis.