5 killed, many injured in blast in mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar
Oct 27, 2020, at 04:02 pm
Islamabad/UNI: At least five people were killed and 55 others injured in a powerful explosion at a mosque in Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday morning.
Hong Kong Conflict: China threatens to stop recognizing BN (O) passport
Oct 27, 2020, at 04:08 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has threatened to stop recognising the BN (O) [British National (Overseas)] passports, marking the start of a new episode in the conflict between Hong Kong and Beijing.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh registers 15 more deaths, toll reaches 5,818
Oct 26, 2020, at 11:22 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from coronavirus has reached 5,818 as 15 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Pakistan Army had no weapons during Kargil, claims former PM Nawaz Sharif
Oct 26, 2020, at 10:58 pm
London/UNI: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed that during 1999 Kargil war the country did not have weapons and the soldiers were sent to the peaks, without food, by a handful of generals.
Pakistan Senate questions legal status of CPEC Authority
Oct 26, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Senate on Friday questioned the legality of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Ordinance, media reports said.
Pakistan: Students' body condemns police brutality on protesting Pakhtuns in university campus
Oct 26, 2020, at 05:58 pm
Islamabad: The Pakhtun Students Federation (PSF), an allied student wing of Pakistan’s Awami National Party (ANP), has condemned the police baton charge over a peaceful protest in Peshawar University campus last week.
Afghanistan: Magnetic mine blast leave three dead in Kabul
Oct 26, 2020, at 05:40 pm
Kabul: At least three people were killed as a magnetic mine blast rocked Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.
Four children killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Paktika province
Oct 26, 2020, at 04:01 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: A bomb blast in Sharana, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika Province, has killed at least four children, Paktika police spokesman Shah Mohammad Aryan told Sputnik.
Afghanistan: UN Mission voices ‘deep revulsion’ over deadly bomb attack on Kabul college
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:44 pm
New York: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed “deep revulsion” at the killing on Saturday night of at least 24 people, according to latest reports, and injuring of dozens of others in a suicide attack outside an education centre.
Pakistan: Quetta blast leaves three people killed
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:20 pm
Quetta: A remote-controlled bomb explosion in Quetta region of Pakistan on Sunday left at least three people killed, media reports said.
COVID-19: Bangladesh government imposes strict mask wearing measures
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:44 am
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has decided not to provide its service to any person who is not wearing a mask, a measure taken to fight the COVID-19 outbreak in the nation.
Pakistan: PDM holds third rally, once again targets Imran Khan government
Oct 26, 2020, at 01:58 am
Quetta: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance hosted their third rally in Pakistan where they used the platform to once again target the PM Imran Khan-led government on Sunday.
Pakistan: Jamaat-i-Islami announces to launch country-wide protest against PTI govt on Nov 1
Oct 26, 2020, at 01:15 am
Islamabad: The Jamaat-i-Islami has announced it will launch a country-wide protest against the Pakistani government on Nov 1.
Afghanistan: Blast close to educational institute in Kabul leaves 30 dead
Oct 26, 2020, at 12:50 am
Kabul: The death toll due to the blast near an educational centre in Kabul on Saturday touched 30, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Blast rocks Hazarganj on a day when PDM hosts rally in Quetta
Oct 25, 2020, at 11:13 pm
Quetta: A blast rocked Pakistan's Hazarganj area on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Three members of banned terror outfit detained
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have detained three members of banned terrorist outfit Allahr Dal from Bangladesh's Rangpur region, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Imran Khan government gets flak from PPP for FATF verdict
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Islamabad/UNI: While the Pakistan government has claimed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s decision to keep the country in the grey list as a diplomatic victory, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has sought an explanation from it over the outcome.
Afghanistan: Explosion close to educational centre in Kabul leaves 18 people killed
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: An explosion occurred close to an educational center in Pul-e-Khoshk area of Dasht-e-Barchi in the west of Kabul on Saturday evening which left 18 people killed, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: PDM to host third rally in Quetta today
Oct 25, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Quetta: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the alliance of Pakistan's key opposition parties, will hold its third rally in Quetta region on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Female police officer shot dead in Kandahar
Oct 25, 2020, at 09:26 pm
Kabul/Kandahar: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a woman police officer in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Spy agency claims to have killed high ranking Al-Qaeda leader
Oct 25, 2020, at 08:52 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's spy agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) has claimed to have killed a key Al-Qaeda commander Abu Muhsen Al Masri in the turbulent Ghazni province.
China has desire to use Pakistani terrorism as a tool to harass India: Expert
Oct 24, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Washington: Public Policy Researcher Michael Rubin has claimed that it appears that China is less committed to counter-terrorism and more inclined to a desire to use Pakistani terrorism as a tool to harass India.
Twin blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 9 civilians, injures 2 servicemen
Oct 24, 2020, at 11:24 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: At least nine civilians were killed and two police officers were injured as a result of a twin blast in the Afghan province of Ghazni, media reported on Saturday, citing police.
US-Taiwan arms sale: China threatens retaliation
Oct 24, 2020, at 07:18 pm
Beijing: China seems to be irked by the US move of approving the potential sale of $1.8bn worth of advanced weapons systems to Taiwan as Beijing on Thursday said Washington 'seriously interferes' in China's internal affairs.
Oct 24, 2020, at 07:12 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Brig (retd) Ijaz Shah is suspected to be the person behind the recent Pakistan Rangers' move to 'kidnap' Sindh IGP and subsequent arrest of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Safdar Awan, media reports said.
European Parliament member claims Pakistan poses ‘security threats’ through EU passport, visa sales
Oct 24, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Brussels: A noted European Parliament member has said Pakistan is a key player regarding the ‘serious security threats’ through the sale of EU passports and visas to criminals.
Pakistan to remain on global terror-financing 'grey list' till Feb next year: FATF
Oct 24, 2020, at 02:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Pakistan will continue to remain on the "grey list" of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) till February next year, the body, which acts as a global terror financing watchdog, ruled on Friday.
Tokyo: Black Day demonstration held outside Pakistan embassy
Oct 24, 2020, at 12:08 am
Tokyo: Reminding the world about the atrocities carried out by Pakistan while invading Jammu and Kashmir in 1947, demonstrations were held in front of the country's embassy in Japan's capital Tokyo on Thursday, media reports said.
Twelve Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan's east - Governor's Office
Oct 23, 2020, at 11:47 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Twelve Taliban insurgents, including six Pakistani nationals, were killed and seven other were injured in a retaliatory airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial governor's office said on Friday.
Bangladesh: Danger level of deep depression in Bay of Bengal levels to 4
Oct 23, 2020, at 11:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Due to the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, coastal districts and their outlying islands and chars are at risk of wind-swept tidal waves 3 to 4 feet higher than normal.