'Father of Pakistan's atomic weapons programme' Abdul Qadeer Khan dies at 85
Oct 11, 2021, at 03:29 am
Islamabad: Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was regarded as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", died on Sunday in Pakistani capital Islamabad after being hospitalized with Covid-19. He was 85.
PDM demands early polls in Pakistan
Oct 11, 2021, at 01:15 am
Lahore: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Saturday called for early elections in the country as a measure needed to combat rising inflation and the economic crisis of Pakistan.
Pakistan: Four terrorists killed in Balochistan
Oct 10, 2021, at 11:54 pm
Rawalpindi: Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC) troops spotted and killed four terrorists in Balochistan's Awaran area on Saturday, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Doctors protest in Kabul over nonpayment of salaries for past 14 months
Oct 10, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Kabul: Hundreds of male and female doctors from Samangan and Nuristan provinces gathered at the gate of UNAMA in Kabul and demanded their salaries for the past 14 months to be paid.
At least five killed after boat capsizes in Bangladesh
Oct 10, 2021, at 03:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: At least five bodies were recovered after a boat capsized in the Turag river in Savar, on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday.
UNSC calls for justice after terrorists attack mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz
Oct 10, 2021, at 02:58 pm
New York/UNI/Sputnik: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned this week’s deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province that took the lives of dozens of people.
Afghanistan: US, Taliban representatives hold first talks since withdrawal
Oct 10, 2021, at 04:13 am
Doha: US officials on Saturday met members of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government in Qatar for the first time ever since the foreign forces left the nation in August.
Hundred Afghans stranded in India leave for Kabul
Oct 10, 2021, at 12:00 am
New Delhi/UNI: Over 100 Afghan nationals stranded in India left for Kabul on Iran's Mahan Airlines flight, Puneet Singh Chandhok, President Indian World Forum, said on Saturday.
Pakistan: ISIS-K claims responsibility for killing Sikh Unani medicine practitioner in Peshawar
Oct 09, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Peshawar: Terror group Islamic State-Khorasan has claimed responsibility for the killing of Sikh hakim or Unani medicine practitioner in the north-western Pakistan's Peshawar city, media reports said on Saturday.
Xi Jinping vows to pursue 'reunification' with Taiwan
Oct 09, 2021, at 10:29 pm
Beijing; Chinese President XI Jinping has vowed to pursue the "reunification" with Taiwan, which Beijing observes as a breakaway province, in a peaceful manner.
Price hike: ANP launches protest campaign against Imran Khan govt
Oct 09, 2021, at 08:16 pm
Peshawar: Awami National Party (ANP) has put pressure on PM Imran Khan-led government as on Thursday they launched a hunger-strike camp for failing to control growing inflation and price-hike.
Pakistan: Parents of 2014 Peshawar school massacre oppose amnesty to TTP
Oct 09, 2021, at 08:09 pm
Peshawar: The parents of the students who died in the terrorist attack on an Army Public School (APS) in 2014 have rejected the federal government’s proposed amnesty to proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), media reports said.
Afghanistan Development: US, Taliban officials to hold talks in Doha over weekend
Oct 09, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: A U.S. delegation will travel to Doha, Qatar, over the weekend to meet with senior Afghan Taliban representatives, the State Department said.
Afghanistan: Islamic State Khorasan Province claims responsibility for blast in Kunduz mosque
Oct 09, 2021, at 02:26 pm
Kunduz: Islamic State Khorasan Province (IKSP), the Afghan regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, has claimed responsibility for the blast which hit a mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz region on Friday.
China: LGBT members face threat amid growing govt introduced regulations
Oct 09, 2021, at 12:36 am
Beijing: Chinese LGBT community is facing a threat as the government has started targeting them by introducing regulations in recent times, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Deadly attack targeting Kunduz mosque leaves 50 dead
Oct 08, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Kunduz: At least 50 people were killed as a suicide bomber targeted a mosuqe during Friday prayer in Afghanistan's Kunduz region on Friday, media reports said.
Oct 08, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Qatar's Deputy Foreign Minister Lolwah Rashid al-Khater has said the international community should not be in a hurry to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Electricity body to sell estate to pay off debt
Oct 08, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan electricity board De Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) has decided to sell the estate of its debtors so that they pay nearly $62 million bills of the power to the central Asian countries, media reports said on Friday.
5.9 magnitude earthquake hits southwestern Pakistan, leaves at least 15 killed
Oct 08, 2021, at 02:41 am
Islamabad/IBNS: At least 15 people were killed and more than 150 injured as a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Balochistan in Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.
An indifferent White House alarms Pakistan as foreign minister Quereshi urges envoy for action
Oct 08, 2021, at 01:51 am
Islamabad (IBNS): A mysterious and allegedly 'leaked' letter from the Pakistan Foreign Minister to his country's envoy in the U.S, which has been immediately declared as 'fake' and 'baseless' by Islamabad, has 'exposed' that the Pak embassy in Washington has failed to establish “meaningful diplomatic contact” between the two countries.
India facilitates return of recuperating ex-Afghanistan PM Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai to Kabul via Pakistan
Oct 08, 2021, at 01:18 am
Amritsar, India (IBNS): India-based former Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, on Thursday headed back to the Afghan capital of Kabul via Pakistan on medical grounds.
Bangladesh witnesses 21 COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Oct 07, 2021, at 12:14 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh, a nation that witnessed a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in recent times, registered 21 deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours.
NLE protest: Pakistan police lathicharge demonstrating doctors
Oct 06, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Islamabad: Doctors protesting against the National Licensing Exam (NLE) on Wednesday continued their demonstration and announced to boycott the Outdoor Patient Departments (OPDs) across the country.
Afghanistan: SGPC condemns attack on Gurdwara Dashmesh Pita
Oct 06, 2021, at 11:32 pm
Amritsar/UNI: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Jagir Kaur has strongly condemned the ransacking of the Gurdwara Dashmesh Pita, Karta-E-Parwan at Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
School graduates of 2000-2020 are of no use: Taliban
Oct 06, 2021, at 10:28 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government issued yet another bizarre diktat by which those who have graduated from high schools during the past twenty years are of no use.
Afghanistan: Taliban take control over Radio Khyber Nawekht
Oct 06, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Kabul: The heads of Radio Khyber Nawekht, a local radio station in Laghman province in Afghanistan, has claimed the Taliban insurgents entered the radio compound and took control of it after the fall of the former government.
Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s expected to suffer acute malnutrition
Oct 06, 2021, at 09:25 pm
New York: An estimated 3.2 million Afghan children under five, are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, adding that without immediate treatment, at least a million are at risk of dying.
Afghanistan: ISIS-K terror group claims responsibility for Eidgah mosque blast in Kabul
Oct 06, 2021, at 02:15 pm
Kabul: Terror group ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly explosion on the Eidgah mosque in Kabul on Sunday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Malaysian govt protests encroachment of Chinese vessels in its waters
Oct 06, 2021, at 04:40 am
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday called in the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to convey Malaysia’s position and protest against the presence and activities of Chinese vessels, including a survey vessel, in Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone off the coasts of Sabah and Sarawak.
Taiwan: Survey voices concern over Chinese port investments
Oct 06, 2021, at 04:30 am
A poll conducted by the New Power Party (NPP) has revealed that the majority of respondents want authorities to crack down on Chinese investment in Taiwan’s science parks and ports, media reports said.