Jan 16, 2022, at 02:04 am
London: British media giant BBC has invested more than £150 million ($205 million) in Chinese state-owned companies accused of links to appalling human rights violations, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan initiates probe into misuse of petroleum imports from China
Jan 15, 2022, at 10:56 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani government on Friday directed all oil marketing companies (OMCs) to provide evidence-based data on the import of petrol from China amid reports of misuse of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA), media reports said.
Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan declined by 25 pct: Official
Jan 15, 2022, at 10:52 pm
Khyber, Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief collector (customs) Ahmad Raza Khan has said the trade volume between Pakistan and Afghanistan has reduced significantly ever since the Taliban took over the neighbouring nation on Aug 15.
Extreme human rights violations taking place in Bangladesh: HRW
Jan 15, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged the Bangladesh authorities arbitrarily arresting government critics under the draconian Digital Security Act, stifling civil society, independent media, and human rights activists.
State Bank of Pakistan refuses to open Afghanistan Relief Fund
Jan 15, 2022, at 10:16 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has refused to open the Afghanistan Relief Fund and also urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to review his decision, expressing the fear that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) might impose sanctions against Islamabad.
Jan 15, 2022, at 10:01 pm
Jakarta: Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday witnessed protests as demonstrators demanded boycotting of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over China's treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Afghanistan envoy to Pakistan describes Durand Line as national issue
Jan 15, 2022, at 09:57 pm
Islamabad: Afghanistan's ambassador to Islamabad has described the Durand Line development, a factor which had triggered a dispute with Pakistan, as a national issue.
Pakistan: Hindu girl's abductor gets bail
Jan 15, 2022, at 09:52 pm
Islamabad/UNI: A Pakistani man accused of abducting a minor Hindu girl has been granted bail by the Peshawar High Court due to lack of strong evidence, the media reported on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Girl shot dead in Taliban check post
Jan 15, 2022, at 03:10 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistan family from Dasht-e-Barchi area has claimed their 25-year-old daughter was shot dead in a check-post controlled by Taliban, media reports said.
Pakistan: Terrorists attack military post in Bannu, one soldier killed
Jan 15, 2022, at 02:59 pm
Bannu: Terrorists opened fire on a military post in Pakistan's Bannu city which left at least one Pakistan Army soldier dead, media reports said on Saturday.
UN chief: ‘We are in a race against time to help the Afghan people’
Jan 15, 2022, at 01:59 am
Describing a “nightmare unfolding in Afghanistan”, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned on Thursday that the world is “in a race against time to help the Afghan people.”
London 'hitman' put on trial over plot to kill Pakistani blogger
Jan 14, 2022, at 07:52 pm
London: A man has gone on trial in the UK after he was accused of plotting to kill a blogger from Pakistan who is living in the Netherlands, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate sees nine-fold spike in one month
Jan 14, 2022, at 03:02 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate has increased by nine-fold in just one month as over 3,000 cases were reported on Thursday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 50 pct factories have stopped functioning as market drops
Jan 14, 2022, at 02:49 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's Chamber of Industry and Mines as said nearly 50 percent of factories have halted operations due to banking problems and the lack of raw materials as well as the drop in market demand.
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:49 am
Kathmandu, Nepal: People in Nepal have started demonstrating against China in the country to protest against the controversial approaches and pressure exerted by Beijing on Kathmandu.
Pakistan Peoples Party expects thousand will participate in Feb 27 long march
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:36 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has said it expects to see thousands of activists from Karachi city to be participating in the Karachi-to-Islamabad long march scheduled to kick off on Feb 27 against the federal government of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Pakistan Telecom ministry’s subsidiary refuses to launch projects in GB, PoK
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:15 am
Islamabad: The Universal Service Fund (USF), a subsidiary of the federal information technology ministry, has refused to introduce telecom projects in Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), stating that these two areas are constitutionally not part of the country.
Afghan women demonstrate in Kabul against Taliban restrictions
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:42 am
Kabul: A large number of women demonstrated in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday against the restrictions imposed on them by the Taliban-run government, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pashtun rights movement demonstrates in front of Pakistan Consulate in LA against Pak atrocities
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:32 am
Los Angeles: A protest was organized by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), California in front of the Pakistan Consulate in Los Angeles on Monday.
Nearly 80 percent Afghanistan journalists lost their job, changed profession to survive
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:28 am
Kabul: Journalists’ Foundation of Afghanistan has said nearly 79 percent of journalists in the country have lost their jobs and resorted to new professions to survive.
Afghanistan envoy to China resigns
Jan 13, 2022, at 01:20 am
Kabul: Without disclosing the proper reason, Afghanistan’s ambassador to China, Jawed Ahmad Qaim, stepped down from his post on Sunday, media reports said.
TTP now poses a bigger threat to Imran Khan govt in Pakistan: Report
Jan 13, 2022, at 12:59 am
Islamabad: A report has climbed that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has returned to its violent ways in Pakistan and it is posing a major challenge to the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: Awami Action Committee demonstrate against load shedding, food crisis in Skardu
Jan 13, 2022, at 12:57 am
Skardu, Pakistan: The Gilgit-Baltistan based Awami Action Committee (AAC) recently demonstrated in Skardu city of Pakistan against repeated and prolonged power shedding and a crisis of food items, amidst heavy snowfall in the region.
Afghanistan's Taliban regime says troops will be stationed along Durand Line
Jan 13, 2022, at 12:49 am
Kabul: The commander of border forces in the eastern zone of Afghanistan, Sanaullah Sangin, has said troops will be stationed in 32 newly established outposts along the Durand Line that serves as the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
USAID announces over USD 308 million humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan people
Jan 12, 2022, at 11:02 pm
Washigton: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the United States government’s initial 2022 contribution of more than $308 million in humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan.
Pakistan to ban crypto currencies
Jan 12, 2022, at 10:59 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan government and the State Bank of Pakistan have decided to ban the use of all crypto currencies, a media report said.
Two women die in house blast in E Afghan province :Official
Jan 12, 2022, at 10:03 pm
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: Two women lost their lives and a teenage girl was seriously wounded when remnants of war exploded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official confirmed on Wednesday.
Jan 12, 2022, at 09:55 pm
Islamabad: PPP chief and opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari criticised the PTI government in the National Assembly on Wednesday by saying it was bringing a "tsunami of taxes" through the mini-budget.
Afghanistan: Two Taliban govt forces members hurt in Kabul blast
Jan 12, 2022, at 09:45 pm
Kabul: At least two Taliban government forces members were hurt as a blast hit Kabul city of Afghanistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
At least four children killed during escalation of conflict in Myanmar
Jan 12, 2022, at 08:40 pm
New York: At least four children have been killed and multiple others have been maimed during an escalation of conflict over the past week in Myanmar, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday.