Minor Hindu girl kidnapped, forcefully married in Pakistan
Sep 17, 2020, at 03:29 am
Islamabad: Adding up one more case of conversion and forcible marriage in Pakistan, a14-year-old Hindu girl has become the latest victim after she was kidnapped and married off to a Muslim man after faking her actual age on the documents, media reports said.
Pakistan: Unknown people kill Hindu doctor in Sindh
Sep 17, 2020, at 12:35 am
Quetta: A Hindu doctor was allegedly killed by unknown men in Pakistan's Sindh province, media reports said on Tuesday.
China confirms 'criminal detention' of 12 Hong Kongers who fled by boat for Taiwan
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Beijing: Chinese authorities have confirmed the criminal detention of 12 Hong Kong residents who are accused of attempting to travel illegally to Taiwan by boat last month,media reports said.
Afghanistan: IED blast in Kalafgan leaves2 dead
Sep 16, 2020, at 10:10 pm
Kabul: An IED blast rocked Afghanistan's Kalafgan district on Tuesday which left two people killed and 12 others injured, media reports said.
I am concerned about Uyghurs in China: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Sep 16, 2020, at 09:57 pm
Geneva: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday expressed her concern over the way Uyghurs are treated in the Xinjiang region by China.
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia's conditional release extended by six months
Sep 16, 2020, at 03:52 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's conditional release from jail in two corruption cases has been extended by another six months.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill university professor
Sep 15, 2020, at 09:27 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen shot dead a university professor in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday, media reports said.
'China-Pakistan may contradict in their stand on Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan'
Sep 15, 2020, at 06:22 pm
Kabul: There seems to be a clear contrasting belief between China and Pakistan on whether the Taliban should come to power in Afghanistan, an opinion piece published in a top Kabul-based news agency claimed.
AISHF writes to UN chief, expresses concern over rising attacks on Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 05:49 pm
New Delhi: The All India Shia Husaini Fund (AISHF) has written to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres where the body has expressed concern over the rising instances of attack on Shia Muslims and other religious minorities in Pakistan.
Former senator, 5 guards killed in Taliban ambush in W. Afghanistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 02:07 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Taliban militants killed a former Afghan senator and five of his guards in the country's western Badghis province on Monday, the acting provincial governor confirmed.
CPEC: China appoints trade expert as new ambassador to Pakistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:54 am
Beijing: To promote China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), China has appointed a trade specialist, who has no previous experience as a diplomat, as its new ambassador to Pakistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Ahead of FATF crucial meeting, Pakistan security officials kill 4 terrorists
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:42 am
Islamabad: Pakistan security officials have killed a terrorist commander and his three accomplices during an operation near the boundary of North and South Waziristan tribal districts on Sunday, media reports said.
AISHF writes to UN chief, expresses concern over rising attacks on Shia Muslims in Pakistan
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:10 am
New Delhi: The All India Shia Husaini Fund (AISHF) has written to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres where the body has expressed concern over the rising instances of attack on Shia Muslims and other religious minorities in Pakistan.
Sep 15, 2020, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has appealed to a Sessions Court to conduct daily hearing of the defamation suit filed by him against PM Imran Khan.
Bangladesh: Actor Sadek Bachchu dies due to COVID-19
Sep 15, 2020, at 12:32 am
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi actor has died due to COVID-19 related illness, media reports said.
Afghan government team seeks to end ongoing war, violence via talks with Taliban: Kabul
Sep 14, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The Afghan government's team intends to put an end to the longstanding war and violence in the country and ensure lasting peace via the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha, Afghan presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Monday.
Writer Zahid Khan slams Pakistan govt over media crackdown
Sep 14, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Islamabad: Writer Zahid Khan has slammed PM Imran Khan and his government over the crackdown on the media in the country.
Sep 14, 2020, at 05:04 pm
London: London-based Pakistani human rights activist and spokeswoman for Justice for Minorities in Pakistan Anila Gulzar has targeted the country's judicial system and even condemned the death sentence awarded to Christian man Asif Pervaiz in Lahore recently.
Pakistan: Anti-Shia protests rock Karachi, sectarian violence feared
Sep 14, 2020, at 02:18 am
Karachi: Triggering fears of sectarian violence in Pakistan, a massive anti-Shia demonstration was held in Karachi city on Saturday.
Sep 13, 2020, at 11:38 pm
Washington: Uyghur American activist Rushan Abbas recently protested on the second anniversary of her sister’s detention in northwestern China’s Xinjiang province in front of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, media reports said on Sunday.
Taliban ceasefire negotiations will take time: Afghanistan’s Abdullah warns government
Sep 13, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Doha/Sputnik: The ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha will be lengthy, as a decades-long war cannot be concluded in a matter of days, Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, said at a press conference on Sunday.
Pakistan: SECP deletes records of five of six companies owned by Asim Bajwa's family members
Sep 13, 2020, at 06:36 pm
Islamabad: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), the nation's financial regulatory agency, has deleted online records of five of six companies owned by family members of China Pakistan Economic Corridor chairman Lt General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa, media reports said on Saturday.
Soldier killed in roadside blast in NW Pakistan
Sep 13, 2020, at 03:34 pm
ISLAMABAD,/Xinhua:One soldier was killed in a roadside blast in Pakistan's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, the Pakistani military said in a statement on Saturday evening.
Nepal resumes visa services for limited foreigners after one-month hiatus
Sep 13, 2020, at 03:14 pm
KATHMANDU/Xinhua: Nepal's Department of Immigration decided to resume all the visa services starting from Sunday after suspending the services over a month ago, a senior official of the department said.
Pakistan: Journalist arrested in Karachi for criticising Army, later released
Sep 13, 2020, at 01:58 am
Karachi/IBNS: Pakistani authorities have arrested a journalist here for criticising the country's Army on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Karachi building fire leaves four dead
Sep 13, 2020, at 12:34 am
Karachi: At least four people were killed as a fire broke out at a three-storey building in Pakistan's Karachi city on Saturday.
Taliban spokesman says ceasefire in Afghanistan to happen when gov’t adopts Islamic system
Sep 12, 2020, at 11:51 pm
Doha/Sputnik: A lasting ceasefire in Afghanistan will be reached once the governmental system in the country becomes Islamic, Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban's political office, said on the sidelines of the ongoing peace talks in Doha on Saturday.
Pakistan: Woman cyclist Samar Khan alleges she faced harassment in Islamabad
Sep 12, 2020, at 03:55 pm
Islamabad: Highlighting the insecurity of women in Pakistan, award-winning cyclist Samar Khan, who is also the Goodwill Ambassador for World Wildlife Fund (WWF), said that she was harassed while cycling in Islamabad.
Sep 12, 2020, at 03:51 pm
London: The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) and Jammu Kashmir National Independent Alliance are planning to organize a demonstration in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London on Sept 14 to protest against the illegal detention of activist Tanveer Ahmad in Pakistan.
Mike Pompeo to hold separate meetings with Kabul, Taliban delegations in Doha : State Dept.
Sep 12, 2020, at 03:13 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold on Saturday separate meetings with the delegations of the Afghan government and the Taliban Islamist movement on the sidelines of the intra-Afghan talks in Doha, the US Department of State said.