Toddler dies after robbers resort to indiscriminate firing in Pakistan's Korangi
Feb 27, 2024, at 12:07 am
A toddler girl lost her life and a young woman sustained injuries after unidentified suspects opened fire during a robbery incident in Pakistan's Korangi region on Saturday.
Shehbaz Sharif emphasizes on political unity to ensure economic stability of Pakistan
Feb 26, 2024, at 11:44 pm
Shehbaz Sharif, who is a joint candidate for the PML-N-led coalition, has emphasized the need for political unity to ensure the economic stability of the country.
PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz becomes Punjab's first female CM, says she has no desire to seek 'revenge'
Feb 26, 2024, at 11:33 pm
Punjab Assembly on Monday elected PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz as the first female chief minister of the Pakistani province, days after the general election in the nation was held amid rigging allegations.
PIA flight attendant goes missing after plane arrives in Canada from Pakistan
Feb 26, 2024, at 07:06 pm
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight attendant went missing in Canada after the plane reached Toronto from Islamabad.
Pakistani woman mobbed after crowd mistakenly identifies Arabic texts on her kurta as Quran verses
Feb 26, 2024, at 04:25 pm
Pakistani police rescued a woman after she was mobbed by a crowd for allegedly wearing a kurta with Arabic prints, which people allegedly mistook as verses from Quran.
Feb 26, 2024, at 03:12 pm
An active-duty member of the US Air Force on Sunday set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, media reports said.
US Senator warns of possible 'cyber attack' amid cellular outage
Feb 26, 2024, at 03:21 am
US Senator Marco Rubio has reacted to the massive cellular outage across the country and warned the situation can be even more precarious in case China launches a cyberattack while 'invading' Taiwan.
UK,US, alliance member countries conduct strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen
Feb 25, 2024, at 07:41 pm
In response to the Houthis' continued attacks against commercial and naval vessels transiting the Red Sea and surrounding waterways, the militaries of the United States and United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, conducted an additional round of strikes against several targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen on Saturday (February 23, 2024).
Vladimir Putin's critic Alexei Navalny's body handed over to his family
Feb 25, 2024, at 07:13 pm
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's body has been handed over to his mother, his spokesperson said.
G7 leaders threaten Russia with sanctions over Alexei Navalny's death
Feb 25, 2024, at 06:03 pm
Moscow/IBNS/UNI: The leaders of the G7 countries have pledged to impose sanctions on Russia in connection with the death of the country's opposition figure Alexei Navalny, according to a joint statement.
US and its allies conduct strikes against 18 Houthi targets in Yemen
Feb 25, 2024, at 04:58 pm
Washington/IBNS/UNI: The United States and its allies, including Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, have carried out strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels, hitting 18 military targets of the movement, the US Defence Department said on Sunday.
US, Arab officials trying to soften Israeli-Hamas differences
Feb 25, 2024, at 03:52 pm
Washington/IBNS/UNI: US and Arab officials are seeking to narrow the differences between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas to reach an agreement to pause hostilities in Gaza and release Israeli hostages, The Wall Street Journal reported citing Egyptian officials.
Karachi city council expresses concern over deteriorating street crime situation in city
Feb 24, 2024, at 11:18 pm
The City Council of Pakistan's Karachi city recently echoed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the city.
Two shot dead in Pakistan in suspected 'honour killing'
Feb 24, 2024, at 11:02 pm
A woman and a man were shot dead, allegedly by the former’s father and brother, in an instance of suspected honour killing in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, media reports said.
Kalat residents protest against gas and electricity shortage in Balochistan
Feb 24, 2024, at 10:30 pm
Residents of Kalat region in Pakistan's Balochistan, including women and children, protested against the severe shortage of gas and electricity amid ongoing harsh winter season.
Family protests against forced marriage of minor in Pakistan
Feb 24, 2024, at 08:00 pm
Family members of a minor on Friday demonstrated against the forceful marriage of the girl in Pakistan's Khuzdar area.
Robbers create mayhem in Pakistani city, two shot dead in Orangi Town
Feb 24, 2024, at 07:34 pm
Armed robbers continue their mayhem in Pakistan's Orangi Town as two people were shot dead in the Pakistani town on Friday.
Feb 24, 2024, at 07:14 pm
The alliance of four nationalist parties across Balochistan continued their sit-in in Balochistan against alleged rigging in the February 8 national polls on Friday.
US imposes over 500 new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine war, Alexei Navalny's death
Feb 24, 2024, at 04:45 pm
The United States on Friday imposed over 500 new sanctions against Russia as its invasion of Ukraine completed two years.
Ukraine claims it downed another Russian A-50 spy plane within weeks
Feb 24, 2024, at 03:14 pm
Ukraine has claimed it downed a Russian A-50 military spy plane, media reports said.
Building fire in China leaves 15 dead
Feb 24, 2024, at 02:40 pm
At least fifteen people died after a building fire broke out Friday morning in Nanjing, capital city of east China's Jiangsu Province, the municipal government said on Saturday morning.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu unveils plan for post-war Gaza
Feb 24, 2024, at 04:48 am
Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled his post-war strategy for Gaza, the first since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out in October last year, involving a continuous military presence in the Palestinian enclave, and the replacement of Hamas, his office said in a statement on Friday.
Canada: Northwest Territories to achieve $10 per day child care fees regulation by April 1
Feb 24, 2024, at 03:24 am
In collaboration with provincial, territorial, and indigenous partners, the Government of Canada is working to implement a childcare system down to $10 a day on average for children five years of age and younger by March 2026.
Gas pipeline blown up in Balochistan, service disrupted
Feb 24, 2024, at 01:45 am
Gas supply was disrupted to Mach town in Pakistan after a gas pipeline passing through the Bolan River was blown up on Wednesday.
Soldier killed, 2 injured in terrorist attack in Pakistan's KP
Feb 24, 2024, at 01:33 am
A frontier corps soldier was killed and at least two others were injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Friday.
Feb 24, 2024, at 01:12 am
A woman who once left the United Kingdom to join the terror group Islamic State at the age of 15 has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship.
Blast in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan leaves three hurt
Feb 24, 2024, at 12:49 am
An explosive planted on a motorcycle in Drazanda area of Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan on Friday left at least three people injured.
Urea growers in Pakistan demonstrate against rising prices of fertilisers, demand government actions
Feb 24, 2024, at 12:18 am
Scores of urea fertiliser producers recently demonstrated outside Digri press club in Pakistan against rising prices and demanded the government to announce subsidies for essential farm inputs without delay to facilitate the agriculture sector.
Painter gunned down in Balochistan
Feb 24, 2024, at 12:08 am
Unidentified armed men gunned down a person in Panjgur district of Pakistan's Balochistan region on Wednesday.
More than 23,000 Pakistanis held in prisons abroad
Feb 23, 2024, at 02:47 pm
Pakistan's Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights was recently informed on Tuesday that over 23,000 nationals from the South Asian country are currently languishing in foreign prisons.