Pakistan: Two security guards killed in IED blast

Mar 13, 2023, at 03:37 pm

Quetta: At least two security guards died in an IED blast that targeted the convoy of Mir Sardar Khan Rind, son of MPA Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, at Kachhi region in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: 4 die in road mishap in Mymensingh

Mar 13, 2023, at 03:27 pm

Mymensingh: At least four people died when a microbus in which they were travelling turned over and caught fire in Bangladesh's Mymensingh city on Monday.

Pakistan likely to miss wheat production target once again

Mar 13, 2023, at 04:35 am

Islamabad: Pakistan might once again miss the target of producing  1.7 million tonnes of wheat in the current fiscal year, media reports said.

No FIR still filed in PTI worker's death

Mar 13, 2023, at 04:32 am

Islamabad: Pakistan police are yet to register a case on the death of PTI worker Ali Bilal even as his post-mortem result showed he died due to excessive injuries.

Pakistan: Police officials involved in baton-charging Islamabad Aurat March participants have been suspended

Mar 13, 2023, at 04:24 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said the police personnel in Islamabad, who were involved in baton-charging the participants of Aurat March, an event held in different cities of Pakistan on International Women's Day, have been suspended.

Afghanistan: Carpet weavers of Badakhshan facing challenges everyday to execute their task

Mar 13, 2023, at 04:14 am

Female carpet weavers of Afghanistan's Badakhshan region are facing regular challenges despite working hard regularly to create their handicrafts due to the lack of a carpet processing center and a suitable market for selling them.

US spy agency sees China will exert more pressure on Taiwan during Xi's third term

Mar 13, 2023, at 02:51 am

Taipei: A report released by a US intelligence community has said Beijing will continue to press Taiwan on unification and try to undercut US influence in the region as Chinese leader Xi Jinping begins his third term as the President of the country.

Afghanistan diaspora members protest in Vienna against Taliban atrocities against women, children

Mar 13, 2023, at 02:19 am

Vienna: Austrian city of Vienna recently witnessed Afghanistan diaspora members, including women associated with Afghan diaspora organizations AKIS (Afghanische Kultur, Integration und Solidaritat), staging a protest against the Taliban rulers of the South Asian country.

Expert expresses concerns over imports of $1bn worth pulse by agrarian country like Pakistan

Mar 13, 2023, at 02:07 am

Islamabad: The University of Agriculture of Faisalabad (UAF) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan has said Pakistan's move of importing pulses worth $1 billion every year is a matter of concern for the country.

More than 500 people graduate from Afghanistan's Jihadist school

Mar 13, 2023, at 02:01 am

Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, a group that seized power in the South Asian country in 2021, has said more than 500 people have graduated from Jihadist schools in Helmand, Laghman, and Sar-e-Pol provinces.

One person killed, 8 injured in blast at cultural center in northern Afghanistan - Reports

Mar 12, 2023, at 01:30 am

Kabul: One person was killed, and eight others were critically injured on Saturday in a blast at a cultural center in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh province, Afghan broadcaster Ariana News reported.

Pakistan: Three die in Swabi car attack

Mar 11, 2023, at 11:03 pm

Swabi: At least three people were killed when gunmen attacked their car in  Razaar area of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Police, student, among four dead in Bannu firing

Mar 11, 2023, at 10:46 pm

Four people, including a policeman, died and six others were hurt when unknown assailants opened fire on them near a private school on DI Khan Road in Pakistan on Thursday.

Islamabad Police says journalist Abid Mir returned home, brother refuses claim

Mar 11, 2023, at 09:10 pm

Balochistan-based journalist and human rights activist Abid Mir has gone missing from Pakistan capital Islamabad.

Afghanistan: Several journalists feared hurt as blast rocks Mazar-e-Sharif

Mar 11, 2023, at 08:56 pm

Kabul/Mazar-e-Sharif: Several people are feared to be hurt as a blast rocked  PD2 in Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif province on Saturday, media reports said.

Pakistan: 5 terrorists killed during operations conducted in North and South Waziristan

Mar 11, 2023, at 02:38 pm

South Waziristan: At least five terrorists were killed by security forces during intelligence-based operations carried out in Pakistan's North and South Waziristan, media reports said on Saturday.

Taiwan tracks 7 Chinese military aircraft around nation: Reports

Mar 11, 2023, at 04:27 am

Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has said it tracked seven Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 am on Tuesday (March 7) and 6 am on Wednesday (March 8), media reports said.

Pakistan: UN officials call for investigation into Senator Kakar’s death

Mar 11, 2023, at 04:25 am

Islamabad: Four UN special rapporteurs on human rights have urged the Pakistani government to initiate the investigation into “the death in un­clear circumstances of former senator Usman Kakar”.

World Uyghur Congress nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Mar 10, 2023, at 11:39 pm

Washington: The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.

Pakistan: TTP terrorists attack Dahli check post, Levies Force sepoy die

Mar 10, 2023, at 11:15 pm

Washuk: Banned terrorists of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked  Dahli check post in the country on Tuesday which left at least a Levies Force sepoy dead, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Women protest in Kabul to demand for education, work

Mar 10, 2023, at 09:26 pm

Kabul: Women in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Tuesday protested to demand access to education for women, which has been curtailed ever since Taliban forces snatched power in the country in 2021.

Ex-ISI chief being investigated for corruption: Minister

Mar 10, 2023, at 09:19 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that former chief of the Inter Services Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt-Gen Faiz Hamid(Retd) is being investigated for alleged corruption.

Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women, Security Council hears

Mar 10, 2023, at 06:19 pm

New York: Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the “most repressive country in the world [for] women’s rights”, the senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday, while nevertheless voicing a nuanced position on the importance of continuing to engage with the group.

International webinar discusses hopes and possibilities for a Free Tibet in present global scenario

Mar 10, 2023, at 06:12 pm

New Delhi: To mark the 64th anniversary of Tibetan People’s Uprising, the Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies and Engagement (CHASE) and Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) jointly organized an international webinar on “Hopes and Possibilities for a Free Tibet in the Present International Scenario.”

Xi Jinping re-elected as China's president for third term

Mar 10, 2023, at 04:01 pm

Beijing: The Chinese National People's Congress — the country's supreme state authority — on Friday unanimously reelected Xi Jinping as the president of China for a third five-year term, according to the voting results.

Pakistan: ISIS claims responsibility for killing nine policemen during recent attack in Balochistan

Mar 10, 2023, at 03:39 pm

Quetta: Terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the recent attack in Pakistan's  Balochistan region which left nine policemen dead, media reports said.

Pakistan: People demonstrate in Mohmand over prolonged load-shedding

Mar 10, 2023, at 03:23 pm

Mohmand: People in Mohmand region of Pakistan came down to the streets on Tuesday to protest against prolonged load-shedding, media reports said.

Amsterdam: Overseas Pakistani Christians demonstrate against human rights violations suffered by women, girls

Mar 10, 2023, at 02:56 pm

Amsterdam: Overseas Pakistani Christians in the Netherlands on Wednesday demonstrated against human rights violence suffered by women and girls in the South Asian country.

Afghanistan: Taliban governor killed in Balkh, ISIS claims responsibility

Mar 10, 2023, at 02:35 pm

Kabul: Terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of the Taliban governor of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province.

Honda shuts plant in Pakistan amid economic crisis

Mar 10, 2023, at 02:04 pm

Islamabad: Honda Atlas Cars, the assembler of Honda automobiles in Pakistan, on Wednesday announced it will be shutting down the plant for the remainder of the month.