Pakistan: Mob attacks Orangi Town police station, SSP's office
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
A mob of around 200 people attacked the Orangi Town police station and nearby West SSP’s office in Pakistan on Thursday which left one policeman injured, media reports said.
Pakistan: Army bans Pashto language in Army Public Schools
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: A recent crackdown on Pakistan's largest ethnic minorities became evident when the Pakistan Army banned Pashto in its Army Public Schools, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Body of young girl with bullet wound recovered
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Kabul: The lifeless body of a young girl was recovered from Pol-e-Khomri city in Afghanistan with a gunshot wound, media reports said on Saturday.
Singing sensation Yohani joins Sri Lanka tourism to woo Indian filmmakers
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Mumbai/Colombo/Bangalore: Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), together with Sri Lankan Airlines and the International Film Producers’ Association of Sri Lanka (IFPA), recently organized a Film Tourism Promotional campaign in Bangalore and Mumbai to target major Indian movie industries by promoting Sri Lanka as "the ideal film location destination in South Asia".
Pakistan security forces, Taliban armed forces clash along Spin Boldak, woman dies
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Kandahar, Afghanistan: Pakistani border security forces and Taliban armed forces clashed along the border in the Spin Boldak border town in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan when an Afghan woman died during the skirmish, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Large number of farmers now depend on opium cultivation for survival, says SIGAR
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Kabul: The struggle of people in Afghanistan is becoming more intense and even forcing farmers in the country to depend on opium poppies cultivation for their livelihood.
Tension with US over oil: Pakistan decides to side Saudi Arabia
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to take the side of Saudi Arabia at a time when the Middle East nation has locked horns with the United States over the cut in oil supply in the international market.
Pakistan: Imran Khan says female journalist bound to be harassed if she invades male space
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan recently landed himself in a controversy when he issued an inappropriate statement against a leading female journalist, implying that she was asking to be trolled and harassed as she “invades male-dominated spaces” while covering political rallies, media reports said.
China continues to tighten grip over Tibet
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Lhasa: China has started reinforcing tight control over the highly surveilled Tibet autonomous region and the authorities continue to increase its repression in the name of the Zero-Covid policy, media reports said.
China’s economy badly hit by Covid lockdowns: Reports
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Beijing: China's economic indicators are not looking very positive as the country is badly hit by COVID-19 imposed lockdowns which is affecting both businesses and consumers.
Pakistan removed from anti-terror watchdog FATF's grey list after 4 yrs
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Pakistan has made its way out of the FATF grey list, four years after the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering put the country under the organisation's close scrutiny for involvement in terror funding.
The politics driving China's hellish lockdowns
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Beijing: The world has largely moved on from Covid -- except for China, where towns and cities are still shut down overnight.
Pakistan EC disqualifies former PM Imran Khan in Toshakhana case
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: In a major legal victory for the ruling coalition on Friday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a consensus verdict in Toshakana reference, disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan and ruled that the PTI chairman is no longer a member of the National Assembly.
Chinese envoy Li calls on Bangladesh Foreign Minister
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Dhaka/UNI: Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming called on AKA Momen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, on Friday and discussed repatriation of displaced people from Myanmar among other issues.
Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest seven terror group members
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Rapid Action Battalion officials of Bangladesh have arrested seven suspects members of a terrorist group and three separatists while conducting an operation in Chattogram Hill Tracts.
Chinese diplomat involved in attack: British MP
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
London, Oct 19 (UNI) One of China's most senior UK diplomats was involved in violence against protesters at the Manchester consulate on Sunday, a British MP says.
Crowd greets Iranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi who broke hijab rule
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Tehran: A large crowd at Tehran airport greeted an Iranian sport climber who competed without a headscarf at a competition in South Korea, calling her a "heroine".
China attempting to influence Sri Lankan local media: Reports
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Colombo: China is trying to influence the local media of Sri Lanka, a media house from the Island nation reported.
COVID-19: Lockdown imposed on Chinese city located close to iPhone manufacturing hub
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Zhengzhou: China has imposed a lockdown in Zhengzhou to combat COVID-19, putting a million residents in the region under stress.
China exploiting Balochistan, accuses lawmaker
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Quetta, Pakistan: A Balochistan lawmaker has accused Chinese companies,which are working on various power projects in the region, of destroying the environment and marine life and even denying locals jobs.
Pakistan: Punjab region registers 15,750 complaints of harassment made by women
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Pakistan'sPunjab region has recorded 15,750 complaints made by women against harassment, violence, kidnapping and murder this year.
Myanmar: 8 die as twin explosions rock Insein prison
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Naypyidaw: At least eight people died as twin explosions rocked Myanmar's Insein prison on Wednesday, media reports said.
Ruling MNA lawmakers demand DNA test of bodies dumped on roof of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: Ruling MNA lawmakers have demanded the government to carry out DNA tests of the putrefied bodies found on the rooftop of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital last week.
Pakistan: Balochistan CTD accused of killing 3 missing persons in 'fake encounter' case
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Balochistan Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has been accused of killing three missing persons in a “fake encounter” in Kharan region of the country, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Minor girl with burn injuries suffers in pain after four hospital refuse admission
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Islamabad: In a show of callousness, a two-year-old girl, who is suffering from 35 per cent burns, was refused admission by Punjab’s four teaching hospitals.
Chinese law firm can't work in Sri Lanka
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Colombo: A Chinese law firm is not entitled to engage in any legal professional work in Sri Lanka, the island nation's Supreme Court has ruled.
After Biden dubs Pak 'most dangerous nation', it leans on Russia for cheap fuel and wheat supplies
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Amid a diplomatic row with the US, Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the country wants to import fuel from Russia but at the same rate supplied to neigbouring India, media reports said.
China defends Manchester consulate violence
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Beijing/London: China's foreign ministry has defended an incident in which a Hong Kong protester was pulled into Chinese consulate grounds in the British city of Manchester and beaten up.
China's internet censors are attempting to shut out protesters in Beijing
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Beijing: China’s internet censors are going to great lengths to shut down any discussion of a rare public protest condemning President Xi Jinping as a “despotic traitor” and denouncing the country’s Covid-19 policies, specially at a time when the nation witnessed the hosting of the crucial all-important Communist Party Congress.
Sep 17, 2024, at 01:02 am
Taipei: The Taiwan Presidential Office has countered Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday following his speech at the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress vowing to “struggle against separatism” and Taiwan independence.