Pakistan Covid cases rise to 93,983
Jun 06, 2020, at 02:11 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has increased to 93,983 including 1,935 fatalities, according to data updated on Saturday morning by the country's Health Ministry.
IMF asks Pakistan to freeze salaries of govt employees
Jun 06, 2020, at 01:43 pm
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund has asked cash-strapped Pakistan to freeze salaries of government employees and adhere to the fiscal consolidation path by showing a nominal primary deficit in the new budget, reported The Express Tribune.
Jun 06, 2020, at 12:45 pm
Islamabad: It seems there is no respite for the Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan as the country's Islamabad High Court (IHC) this week turned down a writ petition which challenged the federal cabinet’s decision of not including the community as non-Muslims in the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).
Jun 06, 2020, at 11:56 am
The glaring shortcomings and lacunae in the United States (US) – Taliban Agreement of 29 February have been outlined in several EFSAS publications, including the Commentary of 06-03-2020 titled ‘The US – Taliban Agreement: Vindication of terrorism and betrayal of the common Afghan’.
Afghanistan reports 915 new COVID-19 cases
Jun 05, 2020, at 04:17 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan on Friday reported 915 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total to 18,969, the country's Ministry of Public Health said.
16 militants killed in predawn airstrike in W. Afghanistan
Jun 05, 2020, at 04:16 pm
Farah, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI: Sixteen Taliban militants were killed and five others wounded after Afghan Air Force conducted an airstrike in the western Farah province before dawn, provincial police spokesman confirmed.
Pakistan surpasses China in Covid-19 cases, tally now over 89,000
Jun 05, 2020, at 03:19 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: With a record 4,688 fresh cases reported in 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday, Pakistan surpassed China, the epicentre of the pandemic Coronavirus, in terms of Covid-19 cases.
COVID-19: Afghanistan reports 915 new cases
Jun 05, 2020, at 01:45 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Afghanistan on Friday reported 915 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total to 18,969, the country's Ministry of Public Health said.
Jun 05, 2020, at 10:56 am
Fifty years ago, on May 27, 1970, the journey of a political legend began. Sri Lanka’s political destiny changed when Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa decided to follow his father’s footsteps by entering the political arena, representing the Hambantota district.
Jun 04, 2020, at 12:34 pm
New Delhi: Amid reports of desecration of Buddhist carvings in Gilgit-Baltistan, India's Ministry of External Affairs has called upon Pakistan to "vacate all illegally occupied territories and end the gross violation of political, economic and cultural rights of people living there".
Jun 03, 2020, at 09:23 pm
Quetta: Pakistan is fighting COVID-19 pandemic but even at this hour of crisis the country's minority communities, specially the Hindus, are constantly facing atrocities.
Balochistan witnesses protests demanding justice for Bramsh
Jun 03, 2020, at 08:46 pm
Quetta: Protests erupted in Balochistan to demand justice for four-year-old girl Bramsh who was shot by gunmen at her residence in Dannuk area of Turbat recently.
COVID-19 lockdown badly hits small businessmen in Gilgit Baltistan
Jun 03, 2020, at 08:34 pm
Islamabad: The COVID-19 lockdown in Pakistan has badly hit businessmen in Ghizer district of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan.
District police chief, 3 officers killed in blast in Afghanistan's Paktia: source
Jun 03, 2020, at 05:10 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The police chief of the Said Karam district of Afghanistan's Paktia province, Mohammad Humayun, and three local policemen have been killed in a roadside bomb blast, a source told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Pakistan eagerly awaits intra-Afghan dialogue, thankful for Russia's role - Ambassador
Jun 03, 2020, at 05:07 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Valentina Shvartsman - Pakistan is looking forward to the intra-Afghan dialogue following recent positive developments and thanks Russia for its contribution to the settlement, Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Shafqat Ali Khan told Sputnik in an interview.
Pakistan receives jolt: Qatar refuses to invest in three major airports
Jun 03, 2020, at 04:44 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan seems to have received another jolt at a time when it is trying to set its economic wheel rolling amid COVID-19 outbreak as Qatar Investment Authority refused to invest in a key infra project in the country.
Afghanistan: Two killed in bomb attack inside Kabul mosque
Jun 03, 2020, at 04:03 pm
Kabul/UNI: At least 2 people have been killed and 2 others injured after a planted bomb exploded inside a popular mosque in Kabul's fortified Green Zone.
National Commission for Human Rights still non-functional after more than a year in Pakistan
Jun 03, 2020, at 03:57 pm
Islamabad: Despite torture inflicted on minorities being reported from different parts of the country every now and then, the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) of Pakistan has been non-functional for more than a year now.
HRW, UN urge Nepal govt to investigate deadly attacks on Dalit
Jun 03, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New York/Kathmandu: Two recent incidents in which six people were killed show the Nepali government has systematically failed to confront entrenched caste – or descent – based discrimination against Dalits, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
Amid conflict over leadership, Mullah Yaqoob takes charge of Taliban
Jun 03, 2020, at 02:48 pm
Kabul: A top Afghanistan official has said Mullah Yaqoob, the son of Mullah Omar--founder of Afghan Taliban, has taken over as interim commander of the group.
Jun 03, 2020, at 02:39 pm
Kabul: Living under the constant threat of terrorists in cramped conditions since the March 25 massacre, Sikhs staying in Afghanistan are exposed to Covid-19, leaving them with no other option but to move to India for a safer future.
Kabul: Two killed in bomb attack inside mosque
Jun 03, 2020, at 12:59 pm
Kabul/UNI: At least two people have been killed and the same number of people injured after a planted bomb exploded inside a popular mosque in Kabul's fortified Green Zone.
Four-year-old girl injured, her mother killed as death squad members attack them in Balochistan
Jun 02, 2020, at 06:32 pm
Quetta: Even as the world continues to fight COVID-19 outbreak, it seems torture on people of Balochistan in Pakistan continues and in the latest episode the victim of the barbaric activity is a four-year-old girl, Bramsh.
Ahmadiyya community once again receives a blow in Pakistan
Jun 02, 2020, at 06:10 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan is continuously maintaining their discriminatory attitude towards Ahmadiyya community as they were once again not included in the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), media reports said.
Taliban Chief Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada may have died due to COVID-19: Report
Jun 02, 2020, at 04:41 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, Chief of Taliban group, may have died due to COVID-19 infection in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Nepal faces shortage of vital medical supplies over surging COVID-19 cases
Jun 02, 2020, at 04:37 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: Nepal's Department of Health Services said it does not have a single ventilator in store for the hospitals if critical COVID-19 cases surge amid rapidly increasing cases recently.
Pakistani legal expert warns about Diamer-Bhasha dam's impact on climate change
Jun 01, 2020, at 08:50 pm
Islamabad: A legal expert in Pakistan has opined that the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam may have a severe impact on the climate change.
Afghanistan traders are demanding demand clearance of transit cargo at Karachi ports
Jun 01, 2020, at 07:49 pm
Islamabad: Afghanistan traders have said their transit cargo is lying at Karachi ports under severe demurrage and detention charges since the first week of March 2020 and they are now demanding a clearance of it.
Demanding safe return of overseas Pakistanis, Jamaat-e-Islami stages demonstration in Peshawar
Jun 01, 2020, at 07:38 pm
Peshawar/IBNS: Demanding the Pakistani government to bring back nationals stranded in foreign countries and announce package for them, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged demonstrations across Peshawar recently.
Jun 01, 2020, at 07:30 pm
Karachi: It seems that issue of inappropriate governance over COVID-19 handling is still predominant in Pakistan and in one such instances a mob barged into the isolation ward at Karachi's Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) last week and vandalised it.