Bangladesh: PMO to review plans, costs of three China-funded rail projects
Oct 02, 2020, at 02:52 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Prime Minister's Office has constituted a committee to review negotiated contract costs of three railways projects, which are supposed to be implemented with Chinese finance and by Chinese companies, and whether the projects should go ahead as they have been planned, media reports said,
Pakistani opposition parties are persecuted and punished: Activist Sajjad Raja
Oct 02, 2020, at 04:19 am
Islamabad: Gilgit-Baltistan leader and activist Sajjad Raja has targeted the Pakistani government and said it is only busy “persecuting the opposition leaders”.
Imran Khan govt to push for ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's deportation from UK
Oct 02, 2020, at 04:02 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has tasked relevant authorities with bringing back Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo leader Nawaz Sharif from London, media reports said.
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:01 pm
Amsterdam: The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) hosted a well-attended webinar titled, ‘Rise of ISIS in South Asia’, on the sidelines of the 45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
India slams Pakistan over its treatment towards minorities
Sep 30, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Geneva: At UNHRC, India on Monday slammed Pakistan by stating that Pakistan is known as the “killing field” for the minorities.
Pakistan media bodies target Imran Khan govt, condemns ‘systematic war’ against press
Sep 30, 2020, at 04:55 am
Islamabad: Expressing their strong opinion against Prime Minister Imran Khan's regime, the country's journalist fraternity on Sunday issued a declaration expressing serious concern over torture, abduction and arrest of mediapersons, unannounced censorship through financial curbs on media houses, threats to owners and journalists by anti-media forces to compel them to toe the official line or face government’s wrath.
Amid Xinjiang crisis, Chinese authorities are now targeting tiny Muslim community in Hainan province
Sep 30, 2020, at 04:42 am
Beijing: The Chinese government's religious crackdown on a minor community has now reached Sanya city in Hainan province, located almost 12,000 km from the controversial Xinjiang region where the atrocities on the Uyghur Muslims have already earned global attention.
Afghanistan: 11 civilians killed in bomb blast
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:45 pm
Kabul: At least eleven civilians were killed and four others injured when an improvised bomb struck a vehicle in Afghanistan's central Daykundi province on Tuesday, the provincial police chief confirmed.
Pakistan opens border crossings with Afghanistan in NW province for pedestrians
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:40 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistan has announced to open the border crossings with Afghanistan in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province for pedestrian movement from Tuesday, which were closed due to COVID-19 in March, a government notification and officials said.
Balochistan genocide:Political activists meet UK Cabinet member
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:46 am
London: The Central Spokesperson of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) has said the group's delegation recently met the former chairman of the Conservative party in the UK and current state minister for Transportation Grant Shapps and briefed him about the ongoing genocide and oppression in Balochistan.
Pakistan: Supreme Court bars release of prime accused in journalist Daniel Pearl murder case
Sep 29, 2020, at 12:10 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday barred the Sindh government from releasing Omer Saeed Sheikh, main accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case.
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Shehbaz Sharif arrested as his bail is rejected
Sep 28, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President and Leader of Opposition in National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif, was arrested on Monday after his bail plea in the money laundering case was rejected by the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Protesters chant slogans, hurl abuses outside Nawaz Sharif's residence
Sep 28, 2020, at 11:30 pm
London/UNI: About two dozen men gathered outside Nawaz Sharif's London residence yelling slogans and hurling abuses against him.
Bangladesh registers 32 COVID-19 deaths, 1,407 cases
Sep 28, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh reported 32 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1,407 new cases in the last 24 hours, said a press release sent by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday.
Bangladesh: Longest-serving attorney general Mahbubey Alam dies due to COVID-19
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:18 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh's longest-serving attorney general Mahbubey Alam, who was suffering from COVID-19, died at a hospital in Dhaka city on Sunday, media reports said.
Nepali PM KP Oli's personal physician tested positive for COVID-19
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:44 am
Kathmandu/Xinhua: Dr Dibya Singh, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's personal physician, has been infected with COVID-19, Nepali officials said.
Soldiers recruited to Afghan army amid increased violence
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:41 am
Kabul/Xinhua: A total of 959 newly graduated soldiers on Sunday joined the Afghan National Army (ANA), boosting the force amid an increase in the Taliban-led unrest, an army source said.
Children in Pakistan are vulnerable to many forms of violence and exploitation: EU Chronicle
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:28 am
In its editorial, the EU Chronicle magazine has claimed that children in Pakistan are vulnerable to many forms of violence and exploitation.
Pakistani national becomes a victim of Chinese aggression, wife-son detained for being Uyghurs
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:18 am
Pakistani national Sakandar Hayat's life was turned upside down in recent months when his wife and son were detained by Chinese security officials as they are Uyghurs.
Sep 28, 2020, at 01:13 am
Washington DC: A US-based think -tank is claiming that labourers in Tibet are forced to join military-style training camps similar to the one built and run for years by the Chinese government in the western Xinjiang region.
Afghanistan: Security officials nab vehicle loaded with explosives
Sep 27, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan security officials have seized a vehicle loaded with “Sodium Nitrite” in capital city Kabul, media reports said on Sunday.
Sep 27, 2020, at 04:38 am
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday addressed the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations and said world leaders should ensure that any proven vaccine is made accessible to all countries at the same time.
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:59 am
Geneva: European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) director Junaid Qureshi has targeted Pakistan and said the country's military establishment has used youth from Jammu and Kashmir to join its various terrorist proxies like Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed since 1980s.
UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan: Activist Anila Gulzar
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:45 am
Geneva: Rights activist from Pakistan Anila Gulzar has urged the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in the south Asian nation.
UNHRC: Baloch leader targets Pakistan over its oppression on people
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:37 am
Geneva: President of Baloch Voice Association, Munir Mengal, told United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) that people in the region are unable to end oppression, suppression and forced annexation by Pakistan.
Afghan forces repel Taliban attack in northeastern province, 5 killed in fighting
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:06 pm
Faizabad/Xinhua: The Afghan security forces have repulsed Taliban militants' attack on Duaba Yaftal Bala, a suburban of Faizabad, capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani said on Saturday.
Gov't forces kill 3 foreign militants in eastern Afghanistan
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Asadabad/Xinhua: Afghan forces in crackdown against armed insurgents have killed three militants affiliated with the hardliner Lashkar-e-Tyeba group in the eastern Kunar province, provincial government spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim said Saturday.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to address UNGA today
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be virtually addressing the 75th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill district NDS chief
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:24 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed the head of NDS for Kohband district in Afghanistan's Kapsia province, media reports said on Saturday.
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:26 am
Nay Pyi Taw: A Myanmar newspaper has challenged claims made by Beijing’s state-run media Global Times that Western organizations are helping local NGOs in Myanmar and elsewhere in Southeast Asia mount anti-China campaigns and oppose China-backed projects.