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All is not well in Maharashtra ruling alliance with Eknath Shinde being upset over reduced security cover to its MLAs | US, Russia to name teams for negotiating path to end Ukraine war | Modi govt exacerbated voters' concerns over integrity of electoral process: Rahul Gandhi slams new CEC appointment | Piyush Goyal says India, Qatar's future partnership rests on pillars of sustainibility, technology, entrepreneurship | Dirty and perverted mind: Supreme Court raps Ranveer Allahbadia aka BeerBiceps over 'sex with parents' remark | Not party's view: Congress distances itself from Sam Pitroda's 'China is not India's enemy' remark | Gyanesh Kumar is the new Chief Election Commissioner of India | USAID is the biggest scam in human history: PM Modi's adviser after DOGE's 'fund to improve voter turnout in India' claim | 'Stop assuming China is enemy': Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remark stirs row | Goa man sentenced to life imprisonment for rape-murder of foreign tourist in 2017

Afghanistan: Former minister's house catches fire, no casualty

Jan 14, 2023, at 02:36 pm

Kabul: Residence of former Afghanistan Minister of Justice  Fazal Ahmad Manavi in  Rukha district has been set on fire, media reports said on Saturday.

China's population shrank last year for first time in decades: Reports

Jan 14, 2023, at 06:14 am

Beijing: Experts believe that China's population shrank last year for the first time in decades, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: PoK residents protest over shortage of wheat

Jan 14, 2023, at 06:09 am

Muzaffarabad: A large section of people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently demonstrated over shortage of wheat and even hold Islamabad and the PoK government squarely responsible for the acute food shortages.

Pakistan: Residents of South Waziristan demonstrate against spike in terror activities

Jan 14, 2023, at 06:07 am

Wana, South Waziristan: Residents of South Waziristan recently blocked several roads in the Pakistani district for the sixth consecutive day amid rising terrorist activities in the region, media reports said.

Unknown men attack Pakistani journalist's residence with grenade

Jan 14, 2023, at 06:01 am

Peshawar: Unknown men attacked the house of a Parachinar-based journalist Mohammad Ali Turi in Pakistan with a hand grenade, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan witnessing Diphtheria outbreak

Jan 14, 2023, at 05:52 am

Islamabad: The National Institute of Health (NIH) Islamabad has ‘advised’ the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to ensure the availability of Diphtheria Antitoxin in the country following the deaths of dozens of children throughout the country due to diphtheria.

Pakistan appoints ISI officer as Kartarpur corridor project CEO: Reports

Jan 14, 2023, at 05:49 am

Islamabad: The Pakistan government has appointed an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officer as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the project management unit (PMU) that oversees the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartapur Sahib in Narowal district of Pakistan Punjab, The Times of India reported.

HRCP expresses concern over Pakistan flour crisis

Jan 14, 2023, at 01:00 am

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed concern over the flour crisis in the country after several people were injured in different regions during a stampede over buying the food item.

Women Education issue: OIC to send ‘Team of Ulama’ to Afghanistan to discuss with Taliban

Jan 13, 2023, at 11:39 pm

Kabul: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is planning to send a delegation to Afghanistan to discuss the issues ranging from  women’s rights to education and employment with the Taliban interim government.

Satellite images from Beijing's funeral home reveal new car park built as China's covid death surges

Jan 12, 2023, at 05:01 am

Beijing/IBNS: Disturbing satellite images have emerged showing a funeral home in Beijing clearing the way for a car park as more bodies arrive for cremation revealing the true scale of China's Covid situation even as the government tried to downplay it.

Afghanistan officials ask Pakistan not to arrest its citizens 

Jan 12, 2023, at 12:31 am

Kabul: The chargés d'affaires of Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad, Sardar Ahmad Shakib, has asked Pakistan not to arrest Afghanistan citizens in the country.

Association claims 7 million people laid off in Pakistan textile industry

Jan 12, 2023, at 12:23 am

Islamabad: About seven million people in textile and textile-related industries have been laid off due to dwindling exports and the government’s failure to end the economic crisis, experts associated with the industry said.

Pakistan: Police station attacked in Dera Ismail Khan

Jan 11, 2023, at 11:56 pm

Dera Ismail Khan: Unknown gunmen attacked the Yarik police station in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan region on Sunday.

Taiwan's decision to reject tonnes of 'toxic' Shanghai hairy crabs triggers concern about Chinese food's ill effects

Jan 11, 2023, at 06:10 pm

Taipei: Taiwan’s latest decision to ban imports of crabs from China due to the presence of the hazardous chemical Dioxin has triggered fear about the hazardous effects of food items imported from China.

Pakistan: PML-N leader cautions against alleged land grabbing in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)

Jan 11, 2023, at 06:07 pm

Muzaffarabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Raja Farooq Haider has cautioned against alleged land grabbing in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).

Pakistan: Protests held across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against price hike

Jan 11, 2023, at 06:05 pm

Swat: People from different regions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Sunday demonstrated against rising prices of flour and other essential commodities.

China stops issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens, says Embassy

Jan 11, 2023, at 05:41 pm

Beijing/UNI: China stopped issuing ordinary visas to Japanese citizens in connection with Tokyo's "discriminatory" requirement for Chinese travelers to submit negative PCR tests, the Chinese Embassy in Japan said.

Pakistan: Two 'missing' Karachi girls, who wanted to go to South Korea to meet BTS members, recovered from Lahore

Jan 11, 2023, at 02:28 pm

Lahore: Two Karachi girls, who went missing last week from the city's Korangi area, have been recovered from Lahore city of Pakistan, media reports said.

Guterres urges radical global finance shake-up to help Pakistan after deadly floods

Jan 10, 2023, at 10:30 pm

New York: UN-led efforts to encourage the international community to stand with Pakistan after deadly floods last summer, continued on Monday in Geneva, where Secretary-General António Guterres urged radical reform of the global financial system, in favour of developing countries.

Guterres urges radical global finance shake-up to help Pakistan after deadly floods

Jan 10, 2023, at 08:26 pm

New York: UN-led efforts to encourage the international community to stand with Pakistan after deadly floods last summer, continued on Monday in Geneva, where Secretary-General António Guterres urged radical reform of the global financial system, in favour of developing countries.

Afghanistan: Taliban directs women owners to close their shops in Balkh

Jan 10, 2023, at 03:34 pm

Balkh: Several women, who run shops at a market in Balkh region of Afghanistan, have been directed by the Taliban's vice and virtue department to close their shops by next Thursday, media reports said.

Twenty leading Chinese scientists died after lifting of Covid restrictions

Jan 10, 2023, at 12:41 am

Beijing, Jan 8 (UNI) Twenty leading engineers and scientists of the Chinese Academy of Engineering have died in less than a month after the lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions, which is more than the average annual mortality among academics, Chinese media reported

Pakistan: No wheat consignment reaches Balochistan despite SOS by govt over shortage of grain

Jan 09, 2023, at 03:58 pm

Quetta: The Balochistan government has sent a SOS but no wheat consignment has reached the Pakistani province so far to solve the shortage of grain in the region, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan: Weekly inflation sees 30pc jump from last year

Jan 09, 2023, at 04:05 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's weekly inflation has jumped by nearly 31 per cent as compared to last year, media reports said.

Pakistan: Two policemen die in terror attacks in Lakki Marwat

Jan 09, 2023, at 03:28 am

Lakki Marwat: At least two cops and a civilian died and a traffic warden sustained bullet injuries in three militant attacks in Lakki Marwat district, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistani doctor, who has three wives, welcomes his 60th child

Jan 09, 2023, at 01:48 am

Quetta: A Pakistani doctor, who has three wives, recently welcomed his '60th child' and said that he intends to have more babies in future.

Pakistan: Gun attack leaves man, son dead

Jan 09, 2023, at 01:22 am

North Waziristan: A man and his son died when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan district of Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.

17 dead in major road accident in China

Jan 08, 2023, at 04:58 pm

Nanchang (China): As many as 17 people were killed and 22 others sustained injuries early Sunday morning, following a severe road accident in Nanchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province.

Threat to attack Parliament house: Two TTP 'terrorists' arrested

Jan 08, 2023, at 12:31 am

Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IG) Dr Akbar Nisar Khan has said two men, who belong to terrorist group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), who threatened to attack the country's Parliament have been arrested, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan recognized as most insecure nation in world: Reports

Jan 07, 2023, at 11:22 pm

Afghanistan has been declared as the most insecure nation in the world, as per a report released by the  International Institute for Peace and Economics on Tuesday.