Pakistan: Militant commander, soldier die during operations in KP
Sep 30, 2023, at 02:39 pm
At least one militant commander and a soldier were killed in two military operations in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Friday night.
Wadh tension: BNP-M leaders demonstrated in Pakistan's Balochistan region
Sep 30, 2023, at 12:47 am
Hundreds of Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) members and supporters recently demonstrated in different parts of Balochistan to express concern over the tense situation in Wadh.
Ninety per cent beggars held abroad are from Pakistan: Reports
Sep 29, 2023, at 11:58 pm
The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis was recently informed that a large number of beggars from the country were going abroad, leading to a spike in 'human trafficking'.
Pakistan: Four soldiers due during gunfight with terrorists in Balochistan
Sep 29, 2023, at 09:45 pm
At least four Pakistani soldiers and three terrorists were killed in a gunfight at the Pakistani-Afghan border in the country's southwest Balochistan province, military said on Friday.
Pakistan: Two blasts rock Hangu, four die
Sep 29, 2023, at 09:25 pm
At least four people, including a police officer, died and 12 others sustained injuries after two blasts rocked Doaba police station in Khyber Pakthunkhwa’s Hangu region in Pakistan on Friday.
Pakistan: Suicide blast close to religious procession in Balochistan leaves 52 dead
Sep 29, 2023, at 09:08 pm
At least 52 people died and 50 others were hurt in a suspected suicide blast close to a religious procession in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Friday.
Pakistan: 10 killed, over 40 injured in blast in Balochistan
Sep 29, 2023, at 07:44 pm
Islamabad/UNI: At least 10 people were killed and more than 40 others injured in a blast during a religious procession in Pakistan's southwest Mastung district of Balochistan province on Friday, police and government officials said.
Rights experts warn against forced separation of Uyghur children in China
Sep 28, 2023, at 12:00 am
Forced separations and language policies for Uyghur and other minority Muslim children at State-run boarding schools in China’s Xinjiang region carry the risk of forced assimilation, three UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: 8 killed in rocket launcher shell explosion in Sindh
Sep 27, 2023, at 11:54 pm
A rocket launcher's shell exploded in a house in a village in Pakistan's southern Sindh province on Wednesday, killing at least eight people while injuring three others, police officials said.
Engagement key to reform of Taliban decrees restricting women’s rights
Sep 27, 2023, at 11:35 pm
The international community must continue to engage with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan despite deep disagreement with their approach to women’s rights and inclusive governance, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor's expansion facing doldrums
Sep 27, 2023, at 11:17 pm
Underscoring the challenges that both sides are facing in deepening the economic ties, China has not agreed to further expand cooperation in areas of energy, water management, and climate change under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Baloch leader questions Canadian authorities for not investigating activist Karima Baloch's death
Sep 27, 2023, at 10:59 pm
Baloch Voice Association (BVA) President Munir Mengal has questioned the Canadian authorities for not investigating the “mysterious” death of Human rights activist Karima Baloch.
UNHRC: PoK activists raised slogans against Islamabad
Sep 27, 2023, at 10:53 pm
Activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently raised slogans against Islamabad and asked authorities to vacate Kashmir and allow them to live a peaceful life.
Sep 27, 2023, at 10:42 pm
Sindhi political activists recently gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in New York and slammed Pakistan for “targeting minorities” like Hindus and exploiting the natural resources of the Sindh province.
China halts cooperation with Pakistan in energy, tourism, climate change, water under CPEC: Report
Sep 27, 2023, at 09:38 am
Beijing: China has declined to continue cooperation in the sectors of energy, water management, and climate change in the ambit of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), indicating a strain in the longstanding alliance between the two nations, The Express Tribune reported citing 11th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting for the CPEC.
Rahile Dawut: China sentences Uyghur scholar to life in jail
Sep 27, 2023, at 12:57 am
Chinese authorities have jailed a prominent Uyghur academic for "endangering state security", media reports said.
Pakistan: Former Hindu minority councillor abducted by armed men
Sep 27, 2023, at 12:17 am
Armed men have abducted a former member of tehsil council, who belongs to the Hindu community, from his house in Pakistan's Kirri Shamozai area, media reports said on Tuesday.
Christian man abducted in Pakistan, community members protest
Sep 27, 2023, at 12:14 am
A large number of members belonging to the Christian community recently protested against the kidnapping of a man named Irfan Masih in Pakistan's Thatta region.
Afghanistan consul general in Karachi claims Pakistani police are continuing to detain refugees
Sep 27, 2023, at 12:07 am
Afghanistan's consul general in Karachi has alleged that hundreds of Afghan refugees have been detained in Pakistan in the past 15 years.
Pakistan: Three terrorists killed during Tirah operation
Sep 26, 2023, at 11:22 pm
Pakistani security forces have killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the general area of Pakistan's Tirah region.
Sep 26, 2023, at 11:11 pm
Bangladeshi diaspora members recently staged a protest in New York City against the atrocities committed by the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Uttar Pradesh: Youth arrested for spying for Pakistan's ISI
Sep 26, 2023, at 10:33 pm
A youth has been arrested by the Anti Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh police on charges of spying for Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), an official spokesman said here on Tuesday.
The cost of truth: Shayan Ali’s exodus from Pakistan
Sep 26, 2023, at 10:30 pm
In a heartfelt and poignant thread on social media, Shayan Ali, a former resident of Pakistan, shared his reasons for leaving his homeland.
The village that forgot Nijjar
Sep 26, 2023, at 10:21 pm
In the village of Bhar Singh Pura, where wheat and padi fields frame everyday life, the name Hardeep Singh Nijjar is almost forgotten. Nijjar, the slain pro-Khalistan leader, hailed from this very village but today stands as a distant memory.
Sep 26, 2023, at 10:12 pm
In a strongly worded letter addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Baloch Human Rights Council of Canada (BHRC-Canada) has raised questions about the government’s uneven approach to two distinct cases.
Pakistan elite losing ground, says UK scholar
Sep 26, 2023, at 12:15 am
UK’s visiting professor of Economic Policy at Oxford University, Stefan Dercon, has said Pakistan's elite is even losing ground and will even need to change to kick-start the economy and remove dependence on getting dollar inflows from abroad.
Fire breaks out in Chinese coal mine, 16 die
Sep 25, 2023, at 04:49 am
At least 16 people died after a fire broke out at a coal mine in China's Panzhou city on Sunday, media reports said.
Train crash leaves 31 injured in Pakistan
Sep 25, 2023, at 01:11 am
A train collision close to Qila Sattar Shah Station in Punjab’s Sheikhupura district of Pakistan on Sunday left at least 31 people hurt, media reports said.
Suspected Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan members discrete 74 graves at Ahmadiyya Cemetery in Daksa
Sep 25, 2023, at 12:01 am
Sialkot: Suspected Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has desecrated 74 graves at the Ahmadiyya Cemetery in Daksa city recently.
Pakistan: Christian family attacked by TLP members in Kasur in presence of police
Sep 24, 2023, at 12:42 pm
A Christian family in Pakistan have alleged they were attacked by members of the radical outfit Tahreek-e-Labbaik, Pakistan (TLP) in Kasur city after they prevented them from writing Quranic verses on the boundary walls of their house.