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Teachers protest in Quetta demanding salary

Apr 03, 2024, at 12:53 am

Hundreds of teachers, along with members of staff of the Balochistan University, demonstrated and staged a sit-in outside the  Balochistan Assembly, demanding salaries, media reports said.

Uyghur refugees of Pakistan faces deportation after Ramadan

Apr 02, 2024, at 11:52 pm

The World Uyghur Congress recently pointed out that Uyghur families are facing  possible forceful deportation from Pakistan to China or Afghanistan after Ramadan.

Armed men throw grenade close to intelligence agency in Pakistan's Kharan

Apr 02, 2024, at 08:07 pm

Armed men threw a hand grenade close to the office of an intelligence agency in Pakistan's Kharan town on Monday, media reports said.

Drone cameras banned in Karachi following suicide attack on Chinese nationals

Apr 01, 2024, at 11:13 pm

Authorities in Pakistan's Karachi city have banned the use of drone cameras for two months in the District South of the port city following the attack on Chinese nationals last week.

Pakistan witnesses 432 violence-linked fatalities and 370 injuries in first quarter of 2024

Apr 01, 2024, at 10:53 pm

Pakistan witnessed 432 violence-linked fatalities and 370 injuries among civilians security personnel, and outlaws, during the first half of the year.

Two security personnel killed in Pakistan in gun attack

Apr 01, 2024, at 08:54 pm

At least two security personnel were killed and four others hurt after a bomb disposal squad of the Pakistani Army was targeted in Ankara Dam area on Sunday, media reports said.

Unexploded ordnance goes off in Afghanistan, nine children die

Apr 01, 2024, at 08:44 pm

At least nine children died after an unexploded ordnance left over from past wars went off in east Afghanistan's Ghazni province, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Monday.

50 miscreants arrested for attacking KFC in Pakistan

Apr 01, 2024, at 04:39 am

Police have rounded up 50 suspected miscreants after they attacked an outlet of the American fast food chain KFC in Mirpur region of Pakistan recently.

One petroleum company employee dies in Pakistan blast

Mar 31, 2024, at 11:55 pm

A petroleum company employee died after a roadside blast occurred in Pakistan's Harnai district in Balochistan on Saturday.

Presbyterian Church gutted in Pakistan after Friday service, Christian community members demand investigation

Mar 31, 2024, at 07:27 pm

A Presbyterian Church in Gujar Khan city of Pakistan was gutted just hours after the Friday service, media reports said.

Students in Gilgit-Baltistan block roads protesting against unavailability of power at university in PoK

Mar 31, 2024, at 12:03 am

The students of Government Boys Degree College in Skardu demonstrated by blocking roads to demand for uninterrupted power supply in the Pakistani region.

Pakistan: Family members protest after teen boy murdered after being raped in Sukkur

Mar 30, 2024, at 11:36 pm

Family members, relatives and sympathisers of a teenage boy, who was allegedly subjected to sexual assault before being killed by members of an influential gang in Madina Colony,demonstrated in Pakistan's Sukkur city by placing his body on the main road outside the local police station on Wednesday.

China house fire leaves four dead

Mar 30, 2024, at 11:24 pm

Four people died and one injured after a house caught fire in Xiamen City, east China's Fujian Province, early on Saturday, according to the local fire rescue team.

Pakistan International Airlines suspends crew member following her brief detention in Canada

Mar 30, 2024, at 11:03 pm

A Pakistan International Airlines cabin crew member, who was on a flight from Lahore to Canada, was suspended after she was briefly detained by customs authorities on arrival in Toronto for carrying the passport of an unrelated person, media reports said.

Petrol price may rise to Rs 290 per litre during Eid season in Pakistan

Mar 30, 2024, at 07:44 pm

Customers might find their pockets burning in the Ramadam season and upcoming Eid season as petrol prices in Pakistan may skyrocket to touch Rs. 290 per litre soon.

Women in Afghanistan to be stoned to death for adultery, says Taliban

Mar 30, 2024, at 03:17 am

Kabul: The Taliban has said that women in Afghanistan would face public floggings and stoning for adultery, proving apprehensions of the country regressing to a grim era under its rule, media reports said.

Baloch National Movement demonstrates in Manchester, Amsterdam to mark 'Black Day'

Mar 30, 2024, at 12:44 am

The Baloch National Movement was recently demonstrated in the British city of Manchester to mark Balochistan Occupy Day.

Pakistan Army is losing grip over region, says PoK activist on recent attack on KP

Mar 29, 2024, at 11:57 pm

Amjad Ayub Mirza, a political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), reacted to the recent suicide attack in  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and said it reflected that Pakistan Army was losing control in the region and  Baloch fighters were growing in strength.

Baloch Human Rights activist highlights negative impact of CPEC project amid recent attack in Shangla

Mar 29, 2024, at 11:33 pm

A Baloch activist recently highlighted the negative implications of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Pakistan’s province of Balochistan and said the project remains a wrong deal for the people of the region.

S Jaishanakr discusses bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, digital sphere with Malaysian Minister

Mar 29, 2024, at 10:02 pm

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recently met Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Bin Haji Hasan during his visit to the country when he held wide-ranging discussions on bilateral cooperation including political, trade and economic, defence, digital, culture and education with him.

FIR filed in Pakistan suicide attack which left five Chinese nationals dead

Mar 28, 2024, at 04:10 pm

Pakistani authorities have filed an FIR into the Shangla suicide attack incident which left at least five Chinese engineers killed, media reports said.

Sindh United Party activists demonstrate outside press club against SHO of local police station

Mar 27, 2024, at 11:49 pm

Sindh United Party activists recently demonstrated outside the press club in Jamshoro town in Pakistan against SHO of Jamshoro police station and the chairman of the town committee.

Pakistani investigators confirm theft of 2.7 million citizens' data

Mar 27, 2024, at 11:32 pm

A joint investigation team (JIT) in Pakistan has presented a report on the leak of 2.7 million people's data from the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to the country's interior ministry, the Geo News broadcaster said on Wednesday, citing sources.

Baloch National Movement members demonstrate in Amsterdam against Pakistan's forced occupation of Balochistan

Mar 27, 2024, at 11:29 pm

Baloch National Movement (BNM), a Baloch rights organization, recently organised a massive protest in Amsterdam against Pakistan’s forced occupation of Balochistan.

Punjab government in Pakistan decides to hike security of Chinese officials after suicide attack

Mar 27, 2024, at 11:27 pm

Pakistan's Punjab government has decided to beef up the security of Chinese officials in the province following the suicide attack on Karakoram highway in Bisham which left five Chinese nationals dead.

JUI-F boycotts by-polls in Pakistan, protest against Feb 8 national polls

Mar 27, 2024, at 10:52 pm

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said his party decided to boycott the upcoming bypolls and his outfit will protest in different cities from April 25.

Beijing condemns suicide attack in Pakistan which left five Chinese Dasu project workers killed, demands thorough investigation

Mar 27, 2024, at 07:31 pm

Condemning the suicide blast in Bisham region which left six people, including five Chinese nationals who were working on the Dasu Hydropower Project, dead, Beijing on Tuesday (March 26, 2024) asked Pakistan to thoroughly investigate the case and hunt down the perpetrators behind the attack.

Pakistan's Sindh witnesses disappearance of 47,000 wheat sacks

Mar 27, 2024, at 12:40 am

As many as 47,000 wheat sacks went missing from a Pakistani government's warehouse in Sindh, media reports said.

Islamabad residents to stage protests, approach court against spike in property tax

Mar 27, 2024, at 12:08 am

Islamabad residents, including the traders community, have threatened to stage a protest and contest the decision in court after the local administration made an exorbitant increase in property taxes.

Taiwan detects 13 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around its region 

Mar 26, 2024, at 11:54 pm

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has said 13 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels were tracked around the region between Monday and Tuesday.