Pakistan: Motorcycle bomb blast in Balochistan leaves 11 people injured
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:35 pm
Quetta: A motorcycle bomb blast in Balochistan region of Pakistan left at least 11 people injured, media reports said on Tuesday.
Job with PCB would have better suited Imran Khan: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:32 pm
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah taunted Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said he would have been better suited to work in a post for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) than becoming the premier of the nation.
Afghanistan: Twin blasts rock Kabul, several feared dead
Nov 02, 2021, at 11:27 pm
Kabul: Several people were feared to have died as two blasts rocked Kabul on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Farmers express concern over closure of canals across Bahawalpur division
Nov 02, 2021, at 01:50 am
Farmers in Pakistan's Bahawalpur region have expressed concern over the continued closure of canals across the Bahawalpur division.
Nov 02, 2021, at 12:14 am
Beijing: Wife of jailed human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has created a legal consultancy to help people struggling with China's justice system, media reports said.
Nov 02, 2021, at 12:08 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's former Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar has claimed that Saudi Arabia reduced oil deferred payment facility from $3 billion to $1.2 billion, media reports said.
Tribal elders in Pakistan say FATA merger performed without consent of tribal people
Nov 02, 2021, at 12:05 am
Member National Assembly (MNA) Mufti Abdul Shakoor and former federal minister Hameedullah Jan have claimed the FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) merger was executed without the consent of tribal people, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bomb blast in Panjgur town leaves 2 people dead
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:15 pm
Gwadar: A bomb blast in Pakistan's Panjgur town left two people dead and three security personnel injured, media reports said.
Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada makes first public appearance, negates death claims
Nov 01, 2021, at 06:15 am
Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada recently addressed his supporters in Afghanistan's Kandahar city, negating all headlines about his death, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Wedding attackers used Taliban's name for personal purposes, says Zabihullah Mujahid
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:54 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: Those who attacked a wedding in the Afghan province of Nangarhar over the issue of playing music used the name of the Taliban for personal purposes, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman of the group and the Afghan deputy culture and information minister, said.
TLP protests since 2017 caused Rs 35 bn loss: Official
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:42 am
Pakistan's Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Hasaan Khawar has said the ongoing protest by the proscribed Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has caused a loss of around Rs 4 billion to the country’s economy while since 2017 it is estimated to be Rs 35 billion.
Afghanistan: Two arrested for shooting at wedding party
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:33 am
Kabul: Afghanistan Minister Zabiullah Mujahid on Sunday confirmed that two people have been arrested following the shooting at a wedding party on Friday night, media reports said.
Pak govt reaches agreement with TLP
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:29 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan government on Sunday said an agreement has been reached with the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) after the latest round of dialogue between the two parties.
Islamist TLP leaders, Pakistan govt reach 'agreement'
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:26 am
Islamabad: Scholar Mufti Muneebur Rehman has said negotiations between the government and proscribed Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have been "successful".
13 held for burning disabled man alive in Charsadda
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:17 am
Islamabad/UNI: At least 13 people were arrested on Saturday, on the charge of burning alive a wheelchair-bound man. The deceased was suspected of killing a boy over the alleged theft of a goat late on Friday.
World must recognize Taliban if they don’t want to be threatened from Afghanistan: Spokesperson
Nov 01, 2021, at 04:14 am
Kabul: The Taliban government spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid has said the international community must recognize the Taliban if they do not want to receive any threat from Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Taliban leader Akhundzada gives first public address in Kandahar
Oct 31, 2021, at 10:25 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/IBNS: Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada made a public appearance for the first time in the Afghan city of Kandahar, Afghanistan's Pajhwok news agency reported on Sunday, citing sources.
Four killed, 9 injured in passenger van crash in eastern Pakistan
Oct 31, 2021, at 09:13 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: At least four people were killed and nine others injured in a vehicle crash in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Sunday, said rescue officials.
China censors Chinese-Australian singer's song for criticising 'Xi Jinping'
Oct 31, 2021, at 04:19 am
Beijing: A Chinese-Australian singer is facing the wrath of China over her song Fragile — or Glass Heart in Chinese- as she has been accused of insulting the nation with the lyrics of the number.
Pakistan court convicts Ex-General's son for asking Army chief Bajwa to resign
Oct 31, 2021, at 12:14 am
Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: A Pakistani military court has sentenced a retired major general's son to five years in prison for criticising Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and asking him to resign, according to BBC Urdu Service.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan's address to nation on TLP protests postponed
Oct 30, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's address to the nation on the ongoing protest by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
Pakistan remain among top 10 nations in world where killers of journalists went free: Report
Oct 30, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan has once again ranked ninth on Committee to Protect Journalists' (CPJ) annual Global Impunity Index, which highlights countries where journalists are killed but their murderers go free.
Oct 30, 2021, at 10:03 pm
Wazirabad: Members of the proscribed Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), which has been pressing for the expulsion of French ambassador over Prophet's caricature among other demands, continued their sit-in demonstration in Pakistan's Wazirabad region on Saturday, waiting for instructions from their leaders to make the next move.
Pakistan govt may impose more taxes to meet IMF targets
Oct 30, 2021, at 05:05 pm
Pakistan's Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin recently hinted that more taxes may be imposed to meet the annual tax collection target after completion of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
European lawmakers to visit Taiwan soon, may irk China: Reports
Oct 30, 2021, at 04:23 pm
Beijing: An European Parliament might soon be visiting Taiwan with an aim to push for closer ties with Taipei, a move that is sure to rattle China.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt sends diplomatic envoys to Pakistan
Oct 30, 2021, at 02:55 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan government sent four diplomatic envoys to run the Islamabad-based embassy and three consulates in Peshawar, Karachi, and Quetta, media reports said.
Pakistan: Four killed, six injured in Karachi explosion
Oct 30, 2021, at 05:37 am
Karachi/IBNS: At least four people were killed and six others, including two women, were injured in an explosion at Karachi's North Nazimabad locality in Pakistan on Friday night, media reports said.
More than 40 business persons kidnapped in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover
Oct 29, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Kabul/UNI: Within a span of two months since the Taliban takeover, over 40 traders and business people have been abducted in Afghanistan, including capital Kabul, with many of the abducted persons being killed, the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) has said.
TLP marching towards Islamabad from Gujranwala
Oct 29, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Islamabad: Members of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a group which has been pressing for the expulsion of the French ambassador over Prophet's caricature among other demands, are marching towards Islamabad from Gujrawala on Friday, triggering fear that the nation might once again witness some tense moments.
UN expert criticises boycott of Durban Process against racism, calls for action
Oct 29, 2021, at 11:16 pm
New York: An independent UN expert on Thursday, strongly criticized countries which continue to boycott the 20-year-old Durban Declaration against racism, and called on them to recommit to combatting discrimination and intolerance, in line with the landmark conference which took place in the South African city, in 2001.