Pakistan: Suicide blast rocks Miranshah, soldier dies
Dec 23, 2022, at 12:58 am
North Waziristan, Pakistan: A suicide blast occurred in North Waziristan in Miranshah town in Pakistan which left at least a soldier and two civilians dead, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s poverty rate spikes by 35.7%
Dec 23, 2022, at 12:54 am
Islamabad: The poverty rate in Pakistan has spiked by 35.7 percent and the prices of edibles have increased by 20 to 31 percent, as per a Pakistani media report.
Dec 22, 2022, at 01:23 am
Kabul: Afghan authorities have stopped letting female students attend universities following the decision of the Taliban (sanctioned by the UN for terrorism) to suspend higher education for women in the country, a female Afghan student told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Militants storm Wana police station, escape with arms
Dec 21, 2022, at 10:59 pm
South Waziristan: Dozens of terrorists entered a police station in Pakistan's Wana town on Tuesday and escaped after looting arms and ammunition, media reports said on Wednesday.
Dec 21, 2022, at 08:58 pm
United Nations: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari appealed to the international community to maintain the flow of aid to help the South Asian nation's recovery from floods that ravaged the country ahead of a United Nations conference next month to mobilize funding, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from attending universities
Dec 21, 2022, at 03:04 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have banned women from going to universities.
No compromise in engagement with world: Taliban Minister of Afghanistan
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:56 am
Kabul: Taliban Acting Minister of Vice and Virtue, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, on Sunday, said the Afghanistan government is ready to engage with the international community, but the world should not seek any compromise with the caretaker government.
Pakistan: Three people gunned down in North Waziristan
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:07 am
North Waziristan: At least three people were killed as a car caught fire after unidentified gunmen attacked the vehicle in Pakistan's Khadri area on Friday,media reports said.
TTP attacking Pakistan from within its territory: Pakistan Taliban chief Noor Wali Mehsud
Dec 21, 2022, at 12:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistani Taliban leader Noor Wali Mehsud has said the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is attacking Pakistan from “within its territory”.
Terrorists holed up in Bannu CTD compound killed, says Pakistan security forces
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:55 pm
Islamabad: Security forces have wrapped up their 'search and kill' operation after gunning down the terrorists holding hostages inside the Counter-Terrorism Department’s (CTD) compound in Pakistan's Bannu region, media reports said.
Pakistan: IB sub-inspector gunned down in Peshawar
Dec 20, 2022, at 11:50 pm
Islamabad: A Sub-Inspector of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) died when gunmen opened fire on him in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: 13 injured as blast rocks Balochistan
Dec 20, 2022, at 02:42 pm
Quetta: A blast in Balochistan's Khuzdar city on Monday left 13 people injured, media reports said on Tuesday.
Dec 19, 2022, at 11:03 pm
Chongqing: Authorities in the Chinese city of Chongqing have said public sector employees testing positive for Covid-19 can go to work “as normal".
Pakistani agents robbing Afghanistan's cultural heritage: Reports
Dec 19, 2022, at 10:55 pm
Kabul: Pakistani agents are robbing the cultural heritage of Afghanistan by smuggling ancient idols and other artifacts from the nation which is currently ruled by the Taliban, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Salang tunnel fire leaves 19 people dead
Dec 19, 2022, at 03:23 pm
Kabul: At least 19 people died and 30 others were hurt as a fire broke out at a tunnel in Afghanistan's Salang Pass, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: PM Sheikh Hasina says removing Awami League from power is not an easy task
Dec 19, 2022, at 06:19 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has said removing her Awami League from power is not an easy task.
Pakistan: Relatives of those hurt in Dec 14 suicide attack participate in protest demonstration
Dec 19, 2022, at 05:12 am
North Waziristan: Relatives of those people who were injured in Dec 14 suicide attack held a protest demonstration outside Miramshah Press Club in Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.
Dec 19, 2022, at 03:32 am
Quetta: Pashtoonkhwah Milli Awami Party Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai has warned it will protest across the nation if MNA Ali Wazir is not released from the prison.
Dec 19, 2022, at 02:58 am
Quetta: A Balochistan Assembly member has said Afghanistan's cross-border aggression is a result of Pakistan's long-held policy of supporting extremism.
Pakistanis 'trapped' in Dhaka carry out 'victory march' after 51 yrs
Dec 19, 2022, at 01:10 am
Dhaka: After 51 years of independence, some Bangladeshi citizens, who have their roots in Pakistan, took out a victory procession on the occasion of Bangladesh's Victory Day.
Pakistan: Four police personnel die due to overnight terror attack in Lakki Marwat
Dec 18, 2022, at 11:17 pm
Lakki Marwat: At least four police personnel died in an overnight terror attack on the Bargai police station of Pakistan's Lakki Marwat region, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Fire breaks out at Salang Tunnel, 12 die
Dec 18, 2022, at 10:32 pm
Kabul: At least 12 people died and 37 others were hurt as a fire broke out at a tunnel in Salang Pass in Afghanistan's Parwan province, media reports said on Sunday.
China: Authorities direct doctors, nurses to keep working despite being COVID-19 infected
Dec 18, 2022, at 04:27 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities have directed doctors and nurses, who are infected with COVID-19, to keep working as the country is continuing to witness a surge in infection.
Pakistan: Balochistan govt warns it will not be able to pay salaries for next month
Dec 18, 2022, at 04:24 am
Quetta: The Balochistan government has warned it would not be able to pay salaries for the next month if the federal government does not release the province’s share under the National Finance Commission Award (NFC).
Pakistan: Traders ask for a meeting with Imran Khan over 'alarming' state of law and order in KP
Dec 18, 2022, at 03:45 am
Peshawar: Traders affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have requested party chairman Imran Khan for a meeting due to the 'alarming' state of law and order in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of the country.
Pakistan: Demonstration held in PoK to mark Bangladesh's War of Independence
Dec 17, 2022, at 10:55 pm
Muzaffarabad: Demonstrations were organized in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s (POK) Bagh and Hajira on Friday to mark Bangladesh's War of Independence,media reports said.
Bangladesh: Two women die as vehicle drops into roadside ditch
Dec 17, 2022, at 10:53 pm
Dhaka: Two women died and 25 others were hurt as a vehicle in which they were travelling fell into a roadside ditch in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday.
Chinese G20 delegate describes DWG meeting “very satisfactory”
Dec 17, 2022, at 10:46 pm
New Delhi: Chinese delegate Hanwen Tang has described India's agenda at the Development Working Group (DWG) meeting under its G20 Presidency as 'comprehensive'.
Afghanistan: Taliban urged to halt public floggings and executions
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:05 pm
New York: The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Friday in an appeal to the ruling Taliban leadership.
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:44 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha handed a memorandum to the United Nations Missions in Dhaka for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when they demanded trial of the Pakistani Army which was involved in the killings and Genocide during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.