UN Women marks four years since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Aug 15, 2025, at 02:08 pm
UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson addressed the widescale erosion of human rights of women in the country in a briefing to reporters in New York on Thursday, just ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.
Pakistan: Three killed, 60 injured in aerial firing during Independence Day celebrations in Karachi
Aug 14, 2025, at 02:36 pm
Karachi/IBNS: Three people were killed and over 60 people injured in an aerial firing during the celebrations of Independence Day in Pakistan's Karachi, media reports said.
Pakistan: Balochistan government night travel in the province
Aug 13, 2025, at 06:13 pm
Pakistan's Balochistan government has imposed a ban on the movement of public transport vehicles during the night in the province, media reports said.
Pakistan: Terrorists blow up gas pipeline in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Aug 13, 2025, at 05:42 pm
Suspected terrorists blew up a gas pipeline in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan, which resulted in the suspension of gas supply to the Punjab region, media reports said.
Aug 13, 2025, at 05:01 pm
PM Shehbaz Sharif has threatened India on the Indus River issue and said it could not snatch “even one drop” of water belonging to Pakistan.
EFSAS chief calls Asim Munir's nuclear attack remark 'irresponsible'
Aug 13, 2025, at 03:11 pm
Kashmiri political activist and Director of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Junaid Qureshi, has labelled the nuclear threat remark by Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir as 'irresponsible'.
Pakistan: Minor house help tortured to death in Gujranwala
Aug 12, 2025, at 07:02 pm
A 13-year-old domestic worker was allegedly tortured to death by her employers in Pakistan's Gujranwala city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Nine Pakistani soldiers killed in Balochistan attack
Aug 12, 2025, at 06:32 pm
At least nine Pakistani soldiers died and six others were injured in an attack in the South Asian country's restive southwestern Balochistan province, media reports said.
Bangladesh signs MoUs with Malaysia amid deteriorating ties with India
Aug 12, 2025, at 05:27 pm
Bangladesh and Malaysia have signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and three Exchange of Notes in diverse areas of cooperation on the first day of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus's visit to the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: 12-year-old boy killed in mortar shell explosion
Aug 12, 2025, at 04:55 pm
A 12-year-old boy was killed and two others were injured after a mortar shell exploded close to the Pakistan-Iran border on Monday.
Aug 12, 2025, at 01:45 pm
A former Pentagon official has criticised Pakistan army chief Asim Munir for his recent nuclear rhetoric and compared him with 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden.
Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir now threatens to target Mukesh Ambani's Jamnagar refinery
Aug 12, 2025, at 11:04 am
Tampa/IBNS: After nuke threat to India, now Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir has threatened to target billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led RIL's refinery in Gujarat's Jamnagar, media reports said.
US designates Balochistan Liberation Army as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Aug 12, 2025, at 10:01 am
The United States on Monday designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its alias, the Majeed Brigade, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
Pakistan: Unidentified armed men abduct Ziarat assistant commissioner, son
Aug 11, 2025, at 06:47 pm
Unidentified armed men have abducted the assistant commissioner of Ziarat district and his son in Pakistan's Quetta region, media reports said.
Pakistan: Karachi Bar Association to protest outside Chief Minister's House over lawyer's killing
Aug 11, 2025, at 06:22 pm
The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) would stage a protest outside the Chief Minister's House on Monday over the 'failure' to protect the legal fraternity after a young lawyer was shot dead in the Pakistani city last week.
Chinese man arrested for stealing fellow passenger's bag in Dubai-Singapore flight
Aug 10, 2025, at 10:21 pm
A Chinese man has been arrested after he allegedly stole a passenger's bag on board a flight from Dubai to Singapore, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Six bogies of Jaffar Express derail after bomb blast rocks Balochistan, no casualties
Aug 10, 2025, at 08:42 pm
A bomb blast on the railway track in Balochistan’s Mastung district in Pakistan derailed six bogies of the Jaffar Express, media reports said on Sunday.
Bangladesh general polls to be held in first half of February: Election body chief
Aug 10, 2025, at 06:04 pm
Bangladesh poll body chief AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday said the general elections in the country will be held in the first half of February.
Thailand: 26 Chinese, including one woman, arrested for illegal loan practices
Aug 10, 2025, at 02:14 pm
At least 26 Chinese nationals were arrested in Thailand during a raid on a loan-sharking business operating from a luxury pool villa near Pattaya, media reports said.
Aug 09, 2025, at 06:37 pm
The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) has lost Rs4.1 billion in just over two months after it closed its airspace to Indian-registered aircraft, media reports said.
Recognise Balochistan: Mir Yar Baloch urges Trump
Aug 09, 2025, at 06:18 pm
A prominent Baloch activist has written a letter to US President Donald Trump and urged him to recognise Balochistan as a free and independent state.
Bangladesh: Journalist stabbed to death in Gazipur, five detained
Aug 08, 2025, at 06:00 pm
At least five people have been detained in a case filed in the murder of a journalist in Bangladesh's Gazipur area, media reports said.
Aug 08, 2025, at 03:15 pm
Bangladesh's former ruling outfit Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)'s acting chairman’s advisor on foreign affairs, Humayun Kabir, has said the political outfit's acting chairperson Tarique Rahman will be the PM if it wins the general polls.
'Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile': Chinese envoy slams Trump's 50 pct tariff on India
Aug 08, 2025, at 12:20 am
Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, slammed US President Donald Trump after his tariff impositions on several countries, including India.
Pakistan: 71 dead, 86 injured in KP rains, flash floods amid raging Monsoon
Aug 06, 2025, at 07:13 pm
The KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has said 71 people, mostly children, died in rain-related incidents in Khyber Paktunkhwa, media reports said.
Pakistan: 71 dead, 86 injured in KP rains, flash floods amid raging Monsoon
Aug 06, 2025, at 07:13 pm
The KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has said 71 people, mostly children, died in rain-related incidents in Khyber Paktunkhwa, media reports said.
Muhammad Yunus to ask Election Commission to host Bangladesh general polls in February
Aug 06, 2025, at 09:15 am
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said he will ask the Election Commission to organise the general polls in February next year.
Aug 04, 2025, at 11:04 pm
Telo Tulku Rinpoche, the former head of Buddhists of the Republic of Kalmykia and the Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Russia, Mongolia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS countries), has warned that Mongolia has emerged as a testing ground for Beijing’s campaign to control the sacred Buddhist institution of reincarnation.
Pakistan: Teen girl 'killed' by uncle for 'honour'
Aug 04, 2025, at 10:58 pm
A Pakistani teen girl was allegedly gunned down by her uncle in an episode of 'honour killing' in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Battagram district on Monday.
Pakistan: Gunmen target Zard Ghulam Jan Mangochar Grid Station
Aug 04, 2025, at 09:55 pm
A group of armed men stormed the Zard Ghulam Jan Mangochar Grid Station in Pakistan, which damaged the control room and other equipment present in the facility.