Afghanistan: Key Taliban member arrested
Aug 24, 2020, at 12:11 am
Kabul: Afghanistan defence officials on Sunday confirmed a key Taliban member who used to lead an insurgency group in Shakardara district of Kabul city has been arrested.
PoK: Journalist tries to remove national flag from Dadyal, faces torture
Aug 23, 2020, at 05:39 pm
Islamabad: An activist-journalist was allegedly tortured by the country's agencies and security forces after he tried to remove Pakistan's flag from a popular public place in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)'s Dadyal, media reports said.
Family members of converted Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur want to leave Pakistan
Aug 23, 2020, at 05:32 pm
Islamabad: With minority communities in dire straits, as many as nine family members of converted Sikh girl Jagjit Kaur from Nankana Sahib in Pakistan have written to authorities asking them to make a passport so that they could leave the south Asian nation.
Pakistan: European think tank flags human rights situation in Balochistan in latest report
Aug 23, 2020, at 05:25 pm
Brussels: The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has highlighted findings by the Pakistan Human Rights Commission (HRCP) where it stated that enforced disappearances and missing persons remain a major issue in the Balochistan region of the country.
China: Three Gorges dam hits highest level, anxiety grows among public
Aug 23, 2020, at 04:38 pm
Beijing: With COVID-19 virus cases still emerging from the country, China is bracing for another major challenge as extreme floods have hit Three Gorges dam in Hubei province.
Greece criticizes Turkey's decision to convert Chora museum into mosque
Aug 23, 2020, at 12:27 am
Athens/UNI: Greece has denounced Turkey's decision to convert the Chora museum, a former Byzantine Greek Orthodox church, into a mosque.
Pakistan: Imran Khan-govt orders compliance with UN curbs against Taliban
Aug 22, 2020, at 11:56 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan government has issued ‘a statutory notification’ ordering compliance with the United Nations’ Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against Afghan Taliban and the Haqqani Network.
Xi Jinping writes to Pakistan president, talks of 'shared future'
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:33 pm
Beijing/UNI: President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping has written a letter to Pakistan President Dr Arif Alvi in which he has talked about a “China-Pakistan Community of Shared Future”.
Bangladesh records 2,265 fresh COVID19 cases
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh seems to witness a significant rise in the number of COVID-19 cases as the country recorded 2,265 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
Three explosions rock Kabul city, one dead
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Kabul: Three explosions rocked Kabul city in Afghanistan on Saturday which left one security personnel killed and four others injured, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Road mishap in Mymensingh leaves six people, including child and women, dead
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:15 pm
Mymensingh: At least six people were killed as a bus hit a car in Bangladesh's Mymensingh city on Saturday, media reports said.
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:02 pm
New York: Three years after violence in Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas to seek refuge in Bangladesh, the international community must adapt its assistance to the critical needs of those displaced and the host communities supporting them, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Nepal: Lack of Indian tourists hits business of Lumbini
Aug 22, 2020, at 04:37 am
Lumbini: Nepalese city of Lumbini, which is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, is hardly seeing tourist flow this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aug 22, 2020, at 04:22 am
Beijing: Ex-professor Cai Xia, who has been expelled from the elite Central Party School, has criticised Chinese President Xi Jinping and said under his regime the Chinese Communist Party is not a force for progress for China.
Sri Lanka imposes daily electricity cuts after Chinese-built coal generator trips
Aug 22, 2020, at 04:17 am
Colombo:Sri Lanka's state owned Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) on Wednesday said it would impose daily power cuts in the country for the coming four days due to restoration of the national power grid following a sudden nationwide power failure on Monday which plunged the country into crisis and even disrupted essential services.
Afghanistan: Ashraf Ghani asks Taliban to endorse peace process
Aug 22, 2020, at 03:37 am
Kabul: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday asked the Taliban group to end the ongoing violence and endorse the peace process.
Hayat Baloch killing in Pakistan: Activists demand justice
Aug 22, 2020, at 02:41 am
Islamabad: The killing of Karachi University student Hayat Baloch has left Baloch political and human rights activists angered as they demanded speedy justice for the victim.
Baloch leader alleges Pakistan is the killer of Karachi University student Hayat
Aug 22, 2020, at 02:17 am
Pro-independence Baloch leader, Dr. Allah Nizar Baloch has alleged that the killing of Karachi University student Hayat Baloch shows how Pakistan Army continues to target Baloch youth and the future of the nation.
Dawn editorial targets Pakistani govt for investing less in promoting scientific thinking
Aug 21, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan-origin quantum astrophysicist Dr Nergis Mavalvala, who belongs to the minor Parsi community, was recently named the new dean of the MIT School of Science but a leading newspaper of the nation criticised the government pointing out that it is her 'own' achievement as the country never promoted scientific thinking.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visits China for a 'very important trip'
Aug 21, 2020, at 04:02 pm
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday arrived in China for a 'very important' trip.
East Turkistan govt-in-exile urges Muslim world to break silence on Chinese genocide in Xinjiang
Aug 21, 2020, at 05:17 am
Xinjiang: East Turkistan Government-in-exile has urged the Muslim world to break silence on Chinese genocide of pople of Xinjiang.
Furniture factory gutted in Bangladesh, no casualty
Aug 20, 2020, at 06:05 pm
Narayanganj/IBNS: A furniture factory was gutted as a fire broke out in Ruposhi Karnagop area of Rupganj upazila in Bangladesh on Wednesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan Army asks security personnel to be ready to return fire against Pakistan
Aug 20, 2020, at 05:32 am
Kabul: Afghanistan Army has directed its personnel to prepare for retaliatory fire against the Pakistani military after cross border shelling killed nine Afghan civilians and left 50 others wounded.
Pakistani leader slams Imran Khan govt over Kashmir policy
Aug 20, 2020, at 05:20 am
Peshawar: Right-wing Pakistani politician and president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, has attacked PM Imran Khan-led administration for their inefficiency in handling the Kashmir issue and the policies framed for the region.
Pakistan submits initial draft report on terror funding to FATF: Report
Aug 20, 2020, at 05:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has submitted its initial draft report to the joint group of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global terror financing watchdog, showing progress and compliance of remaining 13 points out of 27 action points, reports The News International.
Pakistan: People in Sindh protest against state terrorism
Aug 20, 2020, at 04:47 am
Sindh: Amid rising cases of enforced disappearances in the region, people in Qazi Ahmed town of Shaheed Behazir Abad district of Sindh province in Pakistan took to streets to raise their voice against state terrorism and brutality in the province.
Pakistan: Pre-partition Hindu temple razed in Lyari
Aug 20, 2020, at 04:40 am
Lyari: A pre-partition Hindu temple has been allegedly demolished by a builder in Pakistan's Lyari area, media reports said on Wednesday.
Balochistan: Baloch rebels kill seven Pakistan Army personnel
Aug 20, 2020, at 04:30 am
Sindh: Balochistan Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for the attack on Pakistani military personnel in Jhaoo and Mashkay areas of the country on July 31 which led to the death of three personnel and injury to one.
Two killed in clash between Pakistan-Afghanistan forces in Kandahar
Aug 19, 2020, at 11:44 pm
Kabul/Islamabad: At least two people were killed and 21 others were hurt in a clash between Afghanistan and Pakistan forces in Spin Boldhak of Kandahar province, media reports said on Wednesday.
Blasts claim 2 lives, wound 2 in Afghanistan's Kabul
Aug 19, 2020, at 10:39 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Two persons lost their lives and two others were injured in two bomb blasts that rocked two different parts of Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaus Faramarz said.