Pakistan: Sindh HC directs authorities to constitute task force on enforced disappearance
Jan 21, 2022, at 08:50 pm
Karachi, Pakistan: The Sindh High Court in Pakistan recently expressed dissatisfaction over reports filed by the police in missing persons’ cases.
Woman gets death penalty in Pakistan over 'blasphemous' WhatsApp activity
Jan 21, 2022, at 08:39 pm
Islamabad: A Rawalpindi court has given death penalty to a Pakistani woman on blasphemy charge under section 295C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), media reports said on Friday.
Greece: Pakistani man sentenced to seven years in prison for assaulting 16 women in Crete
Jan 21, 2022, at 07:31 pm
Athens: A Pakistani national was sentenced to seven years in prison in Greece for a series of violent attacks on women in Crete, media reports said on Friday.
Beijing fines 7-Eleven retail chain for marking Taiwan as independent nation on its website
Jan 20, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Beijing: The local authorities in Beijing have fined retail chain 7-Eleven for recognizing Taiwan as an independent nation on its website.
Pakistan: Three killed, over 20 injured in Lahore's Anarkali Bazaar explosion
Jan 20, 2022, at 10:40 pm
Lahore/IBNS: An explosion ripped through roadside stalls at a paan mandi situated in the Anarkali Bazaar area of Lahore in Pakistan on Thursday, leaving at least three people dead and several others wounded, according to local media reports.
Chinese president Xi Jinping defends 'common prosperity' crackdowns
Jan 20, 2022, at 04:21 am
Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently made a defense of his "common prosperity" policy at the world stage.
Athletes warned against speaking out against China during Beijing Winter Olympics
Jan 20, 2022, at 12:03 am
Human rights group has warned that competitors at the Beijing Winter Olympics will face an “Orwellian surveillance state” in China and could put themselves in danger if they speak out in support of the Uyghur Muslims.
Jamaat-i-Islami vows 100 sit-ins across Pakistan against mini budget
Jan 19, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Tuesday announced the launch of a country-wide protest movement to press the Pakistani government for taking back the mini-budget it recently bulldozed through the National Assembly.
Pakistan: Bomb blast derails Jaffar Express, six passengers hurt
Jan 19, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Sibi, Pakistan: At least six people were injured as an explosion on a railway track near Sibi area of Pakistan on Tuesday derailed four coaches of Jaffar Express.
Pakistan: Woman seeks release of son in Lakki City
Jan 19, 2022, at 11:47 pm
Lakki Marwat, Pakistan: A woman from Pakistan's Lakki City on Tuesday urged the corps commander Peshawar to help in releasing her son.
Pakistani Senate debates on 'militarisation' of civil institutions
Jan 19, 2022, at 11:43 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Senate on Tuesday debated on an issue which the opposition described as “militarisation” of civil institutions.
Dasu attack: Pakistan to compensate Chinese victims
Jan 19, 2022, at 11:36 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan government has decided to compensate 36 Chinese nationals who were killed or wounded in Dasu terror attack last year.
Afghan acting PM urges Islamic countries to recognise Taliban regime
Jan 19, 2022, at 11:25 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Taliban’s Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund on Wednesday claimed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has met the conditions for recognition and called on Islamic nations to take the lead in recognising the IEA.
Pakistan: Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif tests COVID-19 positive
Jan 19, 2022, at 08:53 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has tested positive for COVID-19.
Pak NSA Moeed Yusuf cancels Afghanistan visit amid anti-Pakistan protests
Jan 19, 2022, at 07:13 pm
Kabul/Islamabad: Pakistan National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has canceled his scheduled visit to Afghanistan after a large number of protesters were expected to turn up at the Kabul airport for an anti-Pakistan demonstration, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan protests against food shortages
Jan 19, 2022, at 03:01 pm
Gilgit: Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) recently witnessed massive protests against the shortage of food supply and black marketing.
Pakistan: Maryam NAwaz Sharif slams Imran Khan, says PTI govt's fall is 'matter of days'
Jan 19, 2022, at 03:17 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's opposition leader and PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz slammed PM Imran Khan and said judging by the condition of the government it is only a matter of days that it will be sent packing.
Hong Kong police arrest two former Cathay Pacific staffers for violating COVID-19 quarantine rules
Jan 18, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Hong Kong: Hong Kong police have arrested and charged two former Cathay Pacific staffers as they violated COVID-19 quarantine rules, media reports said.
Dhaka: Shoe factory fire brought under control
Jan 18, 2022, at 09:24 pm
Dhaka: Firefighters have brought the blaze, which broke out at a shoe factory in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Tuesday, under control, media reports said.
Blast rocks Pakistani train, several passengers hurt
Jan 18, 2022, at 09:20 pm
Islamabad: An explosion rocked a passenger train in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Tuesday which left several people injured, media reports said.
Pakistan: Policeman dies during shootout with suspected terrorists in Islamabad
Jan 18, 2022, at 09:13 pm
Islamabad: A policeman and two suspected terrorists were killed during a shootout in Pakistan's Islamabad city on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan minister warns of more terror incidents in Islamabad
Jan 18, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has warned Islamabad city may witness more terrorism-related incidents in the upcoming days.
Pakistan media slams minister Fawad Chaudhry for 'fake news'
Jan 18, 2022, at 08:57 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan media organisations have slammed Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry for claiming that media revenues increased by 600 per cent between 2018 and 2021.
Afghanistan: Taliban members open fire at Herat province checkpost, 2 die
Jan 18, 2022, at 08:51 pm
Herat: Locals in Afghanistan's Herat region have alleged that Taliban affiliates opened fire at a car in their checkpoint in Kazemi area of the city that resulted in the killing of the driver.
Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life
Jan 18, 2022, at 06:14 pm
New York: Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, independent UN human rights experts warned on Monday.
Pakistan: Two die as fire breaks out at private hospital in Karachi
Jan 18, 2022, at 02:49 pm
Karachi: A fire broke out at a private hospital in Pakistan's Karachi city on Monday which left at least two people dead, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Women demonstrate in Kabul over restriction imposed on their rights
Jan 17, 2022, at 11:23 pm
Kabul: Women protesters took to the streets of Kabul on Sunday to agitate against restrictions on the rights of women, as well as to call attention to the recent killing of two women, media reports said.
No need for foreign manpower in Afghanistan: Karzai negates Imran Khan's proposal
Jan 17, 2022, at 10:58 pm
Kabul: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday rejected Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's proposal of sending qualified and trained manpower to Afghanistan and said “there is no need for it”.
Administrative negligence led to death of 23 people in Pakistan’s Murree: Report
Jan 17, 2022, at 10:44 pm
Islamabad: Administrative negligence led to the recent tragedy in Murree region of Pakistan which left 23 people dead, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Farmers block road to demonstrate against urea, water crisis
Jan 17, 2022, at 10:31 pm
Punjab, Pakistan: Several farmers, who originate from Bhong, Rahimabad and Nawazabad areas, participated in a rally against the fertiliser crisis, unavailability of irrigation water and the ‘precarious’ law and order in Sadiqabad tehsil, some 35 km from here, on Saturday, media reports said.