Pakistan: Samaa TV journalist shot dead in Karachi
Feb 18, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Armed robbers shot dead a Samaa TV journalist in an alleged snatching bid in Karachi's North Nazimabad area on Friday, media reports said.
Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, top priorities for UN cooperation with Eurasian security body
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:05 pm
New York: Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Joe Biden to host meeting with Ukraine
Feb 18, 2022, at 03:28 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will host a meeting with major allies on Friday to discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office said in a statement.
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:52 am
Shenzhen, China: The housing market in China's Shenzhen has gone into deep freeze, as a mixture of anti-speculation measures and a slowing economy sent the market contraction into overdrive, which has left sales of lived-in homes in the secondary market to plunge to 15-year low figures, media reports said on Wednesday.
Police baton charge PoK university students as they protest demanding online exams amid COVID surge
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:38 am
Muzaffarabad, PoK: Police resorted to baton charge students of University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as they were demonstrating for holding online exams due to the surge in Covid-19 cases.
Pakistan: Sikh hakeem injured in gun attack in Peshawar
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:35 am
Peshawar, Pakistan: Two people, including a Sikh hakeem (local doctor), were hurt in a gun attack in Peshawar city of Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan family claims their son, who served as MoD officer, detained by Taliban
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:31 am
Kabul: A family in the Afghan capital of Kabul has claimed that their son, who had earlier served as an officer at the Ministry of Defense, has been detained by Taliban forces, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Lady health workers demonstrate in Multan over unpaid salaries
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:17 am
Multan, Pakistan: Several lady health visitors (LHV) and other employees blocked the Multan-Muzaffargarh Highway in Pakistan as they demanded their pending salaries.
Pakistan: Farmers' group demonstrates against PTI govt over high fertiliser prices, power tariff
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:34 am
Sahiwal, Pakistan: The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) on Monday demonstrated at Rangu Pull on Khanewal-Multan Road to mobilise farmers for the wider agitation against the government over issues ranging from power tariff to high prices of fertilizers.
Pakistan: Lawyers boycott dist courts against new rule for case allocation
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:29 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Members of Pakistan's Lahore Bar Association (LBA) observed a boycott of the district courts on Monday to protest against a newly-introduced mechanism of case allocation on the basis of tehsil and sub-division, media reports said on Monday.
China alerts its citizens in Solomon Islands after another Chinese shop looted
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:04 am
Beijing: Beijing's embassy in Solomon Islands has asked its citizens to remain alert after a Chinese store was looted recently.
Pakistan: Police foil mob attempt to lynch blasphemy suspect
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:16 am
Muzaffargarh, Pakistan: Police on Monday foiled an attempted lynching incident in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh area and rescued a man from a mob over alleged blasphemy and shifted him to some undisclosed location, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: FIA arrests man in Lahore for ‘vilifying’ PM Imran Khan’s wife
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:14 am
Lahore, Pakistan: The cyber crime wing of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday arrested a person in connection with running a ‘malicious campaign’ against Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi on social media, media reports said.
Pakistan: PTM continues protest outside Sindh Assembly, demands MNA Ali Wazir's release
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:12 am
Sindh, Pakistan: Demanding the release of MNA Ali Wazir, the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) members continued their sit-in protest outside the Sindh Assembly in Pakistan on Monday.
Pakistan: Christian man stabbed to death in Lahore
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:09 am
Lahore, Pakistan: A Christian man was stabbed to death during a clash between the members of Muslim and Christian community over the construction of a wall in the neighborhood in the Factory Area police limits of Pakistan's Lahore city on Monday.
Pakistan: Prices of petroleum products reach record levels
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:05 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government on Wednesday hiked prices of all petroleum products by Rs 10 to Rs 12 per litre for next fortnight ending on Feb 28, putting pressure on citizens, media reports said on Wednesday.
TikTok removes six million videos in Pakistan for violating guidelines
Feb 16, 2022, at 11:18 pm
Islamabad: Popular video sharing platform TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, has removed over six million videos from Pakistan during the July-September quarter of the last year for violating its guidelines.
Pakistan: Lahore's Ravi among most polluted rivers
Feb 16, 2022, at 09:01 pm
Islamabad/UNI: A study has found that the river Ravi flowing through Pakistan's Lahore is among the world's most polluted rivers, with active pharmaceutical ingredients posing a "threat to environment and human health".
Students for Free Tibet-France demonstrates in Paris to mark Tibetan Independence Day
Feb 16, 2022, at 05:24 am
Paris: Students for Free Tibet-France recently demonstrated in Paris city to mark the 109th anniversary of Tibetan Independence Day.
Feb 16, 2022, at 04:56 am
Beijing: Authorities in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region have been detaining nomad Tibetans in Drago county and even sending them to labour camps for having content deemed politically inappropriate on their cell phones, people with knowledge of the situation to Radio Free Asia.
Afghan activists demonstrate in front of Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC
Feb 16, 2022, at 02:23 am
Washington, DC: Afghan activists in the USA demonstrated in front of the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC on Sunday.
Pakistan: People may face more trouble as milk price can spike by PKR 60 per litre
Feb 16, 2022, at 02:13 am
Islamabad: Pakistani people are finding themselves in more trouble amid growing economic problems and adding to it milk prices in Karachi is likely to shoot up by PKR 60 per litre.
Pakistan army kills young Baloch leader during clash
Feb 16, 2022, at 01:59 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistani army allegedly killed a young Baloch named Sarmachar Hidayatullah was killed in Shadi Kaur area of Pasni tehsil of Gwadar district during a clash on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Feb 15, 2022, at 11:49 pm
Larkana, Pakistan: A large number of people participated in a rally and held a sit-in outside the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) in Pakistan's Larkana region over failure of police in arresting the suspected blackmailers responsible for the death of two medical students, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Five killed for honour in Balochistan, probe going on
Feb 15, 2022, at 03:00 am
Dera Murad Jamali, Pakistan: At least three men and two women were killed in the name of honour in Jaffarabad, Mastung and Hub areas of Pakistan in recent days, police said.
Pakistan's NewsOne channel taken off air before Pemra notice for criticising federal minister
Feb 15, 2022, at 02:54 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) issued show cause notice to private news channel NewsOne for airing ‘unethical’ remarks about the performance of a federal minister during a talk show, media reports said on Monday.
Afghan families forced to send kids to work: Save the Children
Feb 15, 2022, at 12:44 am
Kabul: A fifth of families in Afghanistan have been forced to send their children out to earn a living after seeing their incomes fall since August, a leading humanitarian organization Save the Children said.
A number of British citizens detained in Afghanistan, says UK officials
Feb 15, 2022, at 12:29 am
Kabul: The UK government has said a "number" of British nationals have been detained in Afghanistan, media reports said on Monday.
86 radio stations stopped operations in Afghanistan ever since Taliban came to power
Feb 15, 2022, at 12:23 am
Kabul: Media watchdog organizations said as many as 86 radio stations in Afghanistan have shut down in the past six months ever since the Taliban came to power in the country in 2021.
Petrol price may cross Rs 150 mark for first time in Pakistan soon
Feb 15, 2022, at 12:19 am
Islamabad: Pakistan may soon see petrol price crossing Rs 150 per litre mark, putting more pressure on the people of the South Asian country, media reports said.