Taliban govt protests against US Drones operating in Afghan airspace
Sep 29, 2021, at 04:36 pm
Kabul/UNI/SPUTNIK: The Taliban said on Tuesday that US drones operating in Afghan airspace are a breach of national sovereignty.
Sep 29, 2021, at 12:38 am
Kabul: Taliban-appointed chancellor Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat on Monday said women will not be allowed to study or teach in Kabul University until an Islamic environment is created.
Sep 29, 2021, at 12:33 am
Kabul: Afghanistan diplomats in Pakistan have confirmed they have received a letter signed by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi about the appointments of diplomats in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad and the Peshawar consulate, media reports said.
Pakistan: Target killing in Islamabad leaves 2 dead
Sep 29, 2021, at 12:06 am
Islamabad: In two separate cases of targeted killings, two people were shot dead in Pakistan capital Islamabad on Monday.
Afghanistan: Girls deeply concerned over not being allowed to return to school
Sep 29, 2021, at 12:03 am
Kabul: Many girls in Afghanistan are deeply concerned over whether the Taliban will allow girls and young women to return to secondary schools.
Bangladesh records 31 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 31 new deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Blasphemy: Pakistan court hands over death penalty to woman in Lahore
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Lahore: A Pakistani court has handed death sentence to a Muslim woman on charges of blasphemy.
Taliban to implement a constitution in Afghanistan from the era of Muhammad Zahir Shah
Sep 28, 2021, at 11:22 pm
Kabul: Taliban’s acting minister of Justice Abdul Hakim Sharaee said his government will implement a constitution from the era of Muhammad Zahir Shah which was ratified 57 years ago.
PoK activists demonstrate in London against Shah Mehmood Qureshi's arrival
Sep 28, 2021, at 09:35 pm
London: Activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Monday demonstrated in London against the visit of Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.
Pakistan: Security personnel killed during exchange with terrorists in Balochistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 04:41 pm
Quetta: A Frontier Corps member died and two others were hurt as they exchanged fire with terrorists in the Mach area of Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Italian FM says impossible for his nation to recognise Taliban govt of Afghanistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:29 am
Rome: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has said it is impossible for his nation to recognize the Taliban government.
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:21 am
Beijing: Chinese scientists are creating a hypersonic weapon designed to generate an intense electromagnetic pulse that would wipe out communication and power supply lines, media reports said.
Banned members of BLF destroy Mohammad Ali Jinnah's statue in Pakistan
Sep 28, 2021, at 02:10 am
Gwadar: Statue of Pakistan's Founding Father Mohammad Ali Jinnah was destroyed in a bomb attack in the country's Gwadar region recently.
Pakistan: Relatives block train demanding justice for alleged encounter victim
Sep 28, 2021, at 01:54 am
Toba Tek Singh, Punjab: Relatives of a man, who was allegedly killed in 'encounter', blocked trains by putting burning tyres and parking tractor-trolleys along with the body at the level crossing at Gojra on Sunday for several hours, media reports said.
Sep 28, 2021, at 01:38 am
Kabul: The Taliban insurgents have issued yet another bizarre diktat to hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province by which they are asked not to shave or trim beards as it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.
Pakistan: CTD officials detain two ISIS-linked terrorists in Karachi
Sep 27, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Islamabad: The Counter-Terrorism Department and a federal intelligence agency of Pakistan carried out a joint raid at New Truck Stand on Karachi's Mauripur Road on Monday and detained two Islamic STate terrorists, media reports said.
Pakistan: Senate body told 24 pct educated people are jobless countrywide
Sep 27, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has highlighted the grim reality of economic condition of the country whereB 24 per cent of educated people were jobless at the moment.
Indonesia’s plan to build mega railway with China triggers debt trap fear
Sep 27, 2021, at 04:42 pm
Jakarta: Indonesia is planning to involve Japan and China to build two separate routes for the same railway project, a move analysts fear might lead to Chinese debt trap and even deteriorate Jakarta's relationship with Tokyo.
PML-N will bury PTI forever in 2023 polls: Shahbaz Sharif
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:06 pm
Islamabad: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday gave a strong message to PM Imran Khan and said his party will "bury PTI forever" in the 2023 general elections.
Twitter removes blue verified badge from accounts of several Afghan ministries: Reports
Sep 27, 2021, at 02:14 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Twitter has taken away blue verification checkmarks from the accounts of several Afghan ministries, the Pajhwok news agency reported on Sunday.
Pakistan: Ruling coalition senator wants special aircraft for legislators
Sep 27, 2021, at 04:02 am
Islamabad: A Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) legislator has demanded that the Senate should have its own dedicated aircraft for the use of members of parliament.
CPEC: Pakistan govt unveils Karachi coastline plan
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:58 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has unveiled an ambitious plan to rebuild Karachi’s coastline under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) with $3.5 billion “direct Chinese investment”.
Pakistan Crime: Peshawar man arrested on charges of 'sextortion' of US minor
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:36 am
Peshawar: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday said a Peshawar man was arrested on the complaint of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on charges of ‘sextortion’ of a US-based minor girl, media reports said.
Taliban regime may alter current national IDs and passports
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:17 am
Kabul: The Taliban regime of Afghanistan has announced that the national identity cards and the passports that were issued by the previous Afghan government are valid for the time being but they might be changed soon.
Sep 27, 2021, at 03:05 am
Kabul: An Afghan female investor has decided to shut down a driving training center for women that was established a year ago in Kabul as a hardline Islamic Taliban rule takes hold in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: US condemns Taliban govt's decision to reinstate executions, amputations
Sep 26, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Washington: The US government has condemned the Taliban administration's recent announcement to restore the use of amputations and executions as punishment in Afghanistan.
Huawei executive Meng returns to China after 3-yr detention in Canada in bank fraud case
Sep 26, 2021, at 06:38 pm
Chinese telecom giant Huawei's top executive Meng Wanzhou, who was detained in Canada for over three years, arrived in Shenzhen on a special plane sent by the government on Saturday, media reports said.
Taliban's recognition not under considerations, says Russia: Report
Sep 26, 2021, at 03:27 pm
New York: International recognition of the Taliban was not currently under consideration, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders here for the UN General Assembly.
Chinese diplomat says his country should abandon no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons
Sep 26, 2021, at 05:04 am
Beijing: A senior Chinese diplomat has said Beijing must be ready to use nuclear weapons and should abandon its 'no-first-use' policy to push back against new alliances forming in the Pacific.
China may ban more fruit imports from Taiwan, warns lawmaker
Sep 26, 2021, at 04:57 am
Taipei: A Taiwanese lawmaker has warned the government should prepare contingency plans for a possible Chinese ban on oranges from Taiwan.