Pakistan's inflation touches record high figure of 27.6 pct
Feb 02, 2023, at 12:08 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's annual inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), spiked to a decades-high level of 27.55 per cent in January, compared to 24.5pc in the previous month, media reports said on Wednesday.
Three Afghanistan nationals died in Pakistani prisons in recent months: Reports
Feb 01, 2023, at 03:57 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan Consulate in Karachi has said over 1,000 Afghan refugees, including women and children, are currently present in prisons in Pakistan.
Feb 01, 2023, at 03:43 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday reacted to the Peshawar bomb blast and said worshippers were not killed during prayers even in India, adding that the country has sowed seeds of terrorism, media reports said.
Pakistan: Govt asked to declare Hazara division as separate province
Feb 01, 2023, at 03:23 pm
Mansehra: Tehreek-i-Sooba Hazara convener Mushtaq Khan Advocate has asked the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led central government to declare the Hazara division as a separate province.
Pakistan: TTP terrorists attack Mianwali police station
Feb 01, 2023, at 02:45 pm
Islamabad: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists attacked a police station in Mianwali on Tuesday, a day after a suicide blast in Peshawar left 96 people dead.
Google blocks 50,000 accounts for pushing Chinese disinformation
Feb 01, 2023, at 02:03 am
California: Popular US-based search engine Google has disclosed it took steps to dismantle over 50,000 instances of activity orchestrated by a pro-Chinese influence operation known as DRAGONBRIDGE in 2022.
Pakistan: Death toll in Peshawar mosque blast touches 96
Jan 31, 2023, at 11:07 pm
Peshawar: The death toll due to the blast which took place inside a mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city has touched 96, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan fails to improve on CPI
Jan 31, 2023, at 10:55 pm
Islamabad: Amid an economic crisis, Pakistan failed to improve in Transparency International's (TI) latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI 2022) as it retained its place among 180 countries in the world.
IMF approves 4.7 bln USD loans for Bangladesh
Jan 31, 2023, at 10:26 pm
Dhaka: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved 3.3 billion U.S. dollars under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreements as well as 1.4 billion dollars under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) for Bangladesh.
Afghanistan: Humanitarians await guidelines on women’s role in aid operations
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:34 pm
New York: A UN-led group of humanitarians are hoping that the Taliban will allow Afghan women to again work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the ground following last month’s ban, four senior aid officials told journalists in New York on Monday.
Afghanistan: ISIS-Khorasan increases its attacks on Chinese projects
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:18 pm
Kabul: Islamic State-Khorasan and other terror outlets have started targeting Chinese projects in Afghanistan in recent times, a key Kabul-based news agency has said.
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:00 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for Member States to urge the military leadership in Myanmar to respect the will and needs of its own people, as risks to regional stability grow.
Antonio Guterres strongly condemns deadly mosque attack in Pakistan
Jan 31, 2023, at 08:51 pm
New York: The UN chief and top officials have strongly condemned the suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, that left at least 59 dead and 150 injured.
Pakistan: Death toll in mosque suicide blast rises to 88
Jan 31, 2023, at 06:21 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The death toll in a suicide bomb blast that hit a mosque on Monday in Pakistan's northwest provincial capital of Peshawar rose to 88, an official told media persons on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Death toll hits 72 in Peshawar mosque blast
Jan 31, 2023, at 03:17 pm
Peshawar: The death toll due to the bomb blast inside a mosque at the Police Lines compound in Pakistan's Peshawar city has touched 72, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan operations: Four alleged terrorists killed
Jan 31, 2023, at 02:54 pm
Dera Ismail Khan: At least four alleged terrorists were killed and one surrendered to the police during intelligence-based operations in Swabi and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
61 killed, 150 injured in Taliban suicide attack at Pakistan mosque
Jan 31, 2023, at 06:47 am
Peshawar/IBNS: At least 61 people died and 150 others were injured as a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque packed with worshippers in the high-security zone in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Peshawar mosque blast leaves 32 dead, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility
Jan 31, 2023, at 12:37 am
Peshawar: At least 32 people died as a blast occurred inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan Rupee continues its downslide
Jan 30, 2023, at 11:26 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Rupee once again depreciated by another Rs7.03, closing at Rs269.63 per dollar in the interbank market on Monday, as per data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
Pakistan: Blast inside Peshawar mosque leaves 28 dead, 150 injured
Jan 30, 2023, at 10:00 pm
Peshawar: At least 28 people died as a blast took place inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday.
Chinese authority detain Tibetan writer for contacting people in exile: Report
Jan 30, 2023, at 09:52 pm
Lasha: Chinese authorities in Tibet have detained a Tibetan writer and former teacher for allegedly contacting exiles outside the country, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Blast in Peshawar mosque leaves 18 dead
Jan 30, 2023, at 09:15 pm
Peshawar: At least 18 people died and 90 others were hurt as a bomb blast occurred inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday.
Pakistan: 50 hurt as blast rocks Peshawar mosque
Jan 30, 2023, at 08:12 pm
Peshawar: At least 50 people were injured as a blast rocked a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area in Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Imran Khan to run for 33 seats in crucial Pakistan polls
Jan 30, 2023, at 02:22 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan will contest in all the 33 seats in the upcoming National Assembly by-elections set to take place on March 16.
Pakistan: Security forces bust suicide bombers network
Jan 30, 2023, at 04:16 am
Islamabad: Pakistani security forces reportedly busted a network of suicide bombers, local media reported Saturday.
Pakistan govt hikes petrol-diesel prices by record Rs 35 per litre each amid economic crisis
Jan 30, 2023, at 01:27 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Sunday announced hiking the price of petrol and diesel by record Rs 35 per litre, adding more trouble for people in the nation which is facing an economic crisis.
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from taking university entrance examinations
Jan 30, 2023, at 12:17 am
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have issued a new decree by which they banned female students from taking university entrance exams this year in all public and private universities, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: 10 madrasa students die as boat capsizes in KP
Jan 29, 2023, at 11:41 pm
Islamabad: At least 10 children died when the boat in which they were travelling capsized in Tanda Dam lake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bus falls into ravine in Balochistan, 41 die
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:57 pm
Islamabad: At least 41 people died when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan's Lasbela area on Sunday morning, media reports said.
China resumes issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens
Jan 29, 2023, at 10:14 pm
Beijing: China has resumed issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens after halting the procedure earlier in January, the Chinese Embassy in Japan said on Sunday.