Pakistan's state-run PTV sacks 2 journalists for showing Kashmir as part of India
Jun 12, 2020, at 05:43 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's state-run PTV has sacked two employees for showing "incorrect map of Pakistan" that was showing occupied Kashmir to be a part of Indian territory.
Afghanistan: Blast in mosque leaves imam, three others killed
Jun 12, 2020, at 04:02 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least four people were killed as a blast rocked Sher Shah Suri Mosque in Kart-e-Char area in the west of Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Friday, media reports said.
Afghan President agrees to resume talks with Taliban in Doha – Qatari Foreign Ministry
Jun 12, 2020, at 09:29 am
Doha/Sputnik: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to hold a new round of negotiations with the Taliban in the Qatari capital of Doha, Qatari Foreign Ministry Special Envoy Mutlaq Al-Qahtani told Al-Jazeera broadcaster.
Pakistan forces flee posts amid violent protest in Balochistan
Jun 11, 2020, at 07:22 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani Border Forces recently abandoned check posts in Pakistan's Balochistan region amid protests by locals in Brabchah area of the city, media reports said.
District police chief killed in Taliban attack in Eastern Afghanistan
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:44 pm
Kabul/UNI: A district police chief was killed and four other police officers wounded during clashes with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, a provincial police spokesman confirmed on Thursday.
Pakistan's opposition leader tests positive for COVID-19
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:37 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: The leader of the opposition in Pakistan's National Assembly or the lower house of the parliament Shahbaz Sharif and several other politicians have tested positive for COVID-19, local media reported on Thursday.
Taliban should make its stand against Al Qaida clear, says US Gen
Jun 11, 2020, at 04:30 pm
Kabul/UNI: United State Central Command’s top general, Marine Gen. Kenneth F McKenzie has said that he would not recommend a complete US troop pullout from Afghanistan by mid 2021 unless the Taliban make it clear that they no longer support Al-Qaida fighters.
Five more cases of enforced disappearances emerge from Balochistan
Jun 10, 2020, at 11:38 pm
Quetta: Five more cases of enforced disappearances have been reported from Balochistan as atrocities continued in this Pakistani region.
Pakistan govt reaches deal with Maulana Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid
Jun 10, 2020, at 11:30 pm
Islamabad: Returning to spotlight, controversial Maulana Abdul Aziz, who had led the weekly congregational prayer without taking any anti-Covid-19 measures and had openly displayed weapons, reached an agreement with the Pakistani government by which he vacated Lal Masjid G-6 and moved to the madrassah Jamia Hafsa in G-7.
Lack of medical facilities in Balochistan leads to death of three, including children
Jun 10, 2020, at 11:15 pm
Quetta: The Pakistani government seems to be neglecting the Balochistan region as evident from the deaths of three, including two children, in the area in the past 24 hours due to unavailability of medical facilities.
Bangladesh:Â COVID-19 death toll reaches 1,012
Jun 10, 2020, at 05:52 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from novel coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 1,012 as 37 more people died in the last 24 hours.
Afghanistan records 684 new COVID-19 positive cases
Jun 10, 2020, at 04:47 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry has confirmed 684 new COVID-19 positive cases over the past 24 hours, totaling the number of patients infected with the disease to 22,143 in the country, said a statement of the ministry released Wednesday.
Pakistan govt faces heat from oppn leader as petrol shortage persists
Jun 10, 2020, at 10:10 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has blamed acute shortage of petroleum in the country on 'mafias'.
Jun 10, 2020, at 10:06 am
Rawalpindi: Protesting against the arrest of Editor-in-Chief of Geo and Jang Group Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and on the curbs on the media, workers of Geo and Jang Group along with the Pakistan Federal Unions of Journalists, representatives of the civil society and political parties demonstrated across Pakistan on Monday.
Afghanistan: Residents of Kunar allege Pakistan forces advanced towards Durand Line
Jun 10, 2020, at 09:58 am
Residents of Afghanistan's Kunar province have alleged that Pakistani forces have advanced towards the Afghan part of the Durand Line.
Jun 10, 2020, at 09:48 am
Members of Activists of Youth Action Committee have demonstrated outside the local press club in Pakistan's Nawabshah city against the federal government’s plans for construction of Bhasha dam on Indus River.
Story of Minorities in Pakistan: Two Christains converted to Islam
Jun 09, 2020, at 06:19 pm
Two Christian brothers in Pakistan, who were on duty at the Dogra Quarantine Center, were converted to Islam recently adding to the growing number of conversions in Islamic country where minorities are allegedly in the receiving end.
Prisoners protest over Pakistan's jail COVID-19 infections
Jun 09, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Prisoners in Pakistan's south Sindh province lodged a protest and held four policemen hostage after their seven inmates were tested positive of COVID-19, local media reported on Tuesday.
Former Afghan Senator shot dead by Taliban in eastern Logar province
Jun 09, 2020, at 04:28 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Former Afghan senator Abdul Wali Ahmadzai has been shot dead by Taliban militants in Pol-e Alam, the capital of Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, after being kidnapped, a spokesman for the provincial governor said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh records 45 more deaths, toll rises to 975
Jun 09, 2020, at 03:54 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh on Tuesday confirmed 45 more deaths and 3,171 more infections from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
Experts blame Pak policymakers' complacency for 'depressingly wrong' trading ability with China
Jun 09, 2020, at 09:45 am
Karachi: Blaming the complacency of the policymakers and exporters, experts believe that Pakistan's trading abilities have been 'depressingly wrong' so far as it's dealing with all-weather ally China.
COVID-19 peak might be reached by end of July: Pakistan PM warns
Jun 09, 2020, at 08:38 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday warned his countrymen that the peak of COVID-19 cases might be reached by the end of July or at the beginning of August.
COVID-19: Bangladesh records 42 more deaths
Jun 08, 2020, at 07:09 pm
Dhaka, Jun 8 (UNI) The death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh has surged to 930 with 42 new fatalities on Monday.
Former Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi tests COVID-19 positiveÂ
Jun 08, 2020, at 03:32 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has tested positive for COVID-19, media reports said.
Pakistan Military is running profit enterprises, says report in Indian defence industry platform
Jun 08, 2020, at 09:41 am
An online platform of Indian defence industry has highlighted how the Pakistani Army, away from the primary work of protecting the country's border, is working to continue its roaring business empire that it has established for the past seven decades.
Pakistan: Multi-storey building collapses in Karachi, 2 die
Jun 08, 2020, at 08:46 am
Karachi/IBNS: A multi-storey residential building collapsed in Pakistan's Karachi city on Sunday, leaving at least two people dead, media reports said.
Suspected 'Taliban' militants kill four members of family in Afghanistan Â
Jun 07, 2020, at 06:45 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Suspected Taliban terrorists killed four members of a family, including a tribal elder, in Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
Former Bangladesh minister, who tested COVID-19 positive, is in 'very critical state'
Jun 07, 2020, at 05:52 pm
Dhaka: Health condition of Bangladesh's former health minister and Awami League MP Mohammed Nasim, who is infected with COVID-19, is in "very critical state", media reports said.
China records 6 new COVID-19 cases: Health Authorities
Jun 07, 2020, at 10:56 am
Beijing/Sputnik: China has registered six new coronavirus cases across the country in the past 24 hours, with no new deaths due to the disease, the National Health Commission said.
Jun 06, 2020, at 04:01 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: With rising number of COVID-19 positive cases, Bangladesh authority has put Cox’s Bazar Municipality on lockdown and even declared some areas of the district as red zones, media reports said.