Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami members demonstrate in Karachi against petrol price hike
Jun 06, 2022, at 12:35 am
Karachi: Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) members demonstrated in Karachi city recently against Pakistan government's decision to hike petroleum prices.
Pakistan imposes 10 pct duty on Chinese petroleum
Jun 05, 2022, at 11:50 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has imposed a 10 per cent regulatory duty on the import of petroleum products from China, media reports said on Sunday.
Hong Kong: 6 arrested during Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary
Jun 05, 2022, at 11:34 pm
Hong Kong: At least six people were arrested in Hong Kong as the authorities attempt to restrict public commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Moody's revises Pakistan Water and Power's outlook to negative
Jun 05, 2022, at 11:24 pm
Moody's Investors Service has revised Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority's (WAPDA) outlook to negative from stable.
Imran Khan will be arrested by 'own' security: Pakistan Minister
Jun 05, 2022, at 10:55 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said that the "same security" provided to former Prime Minister Imran Khan would arrest him with "great enthusiasm" once his bail expires.
Chinese fighter jet threatened Australian plane near South China Sea: Canberra
Jun 05, 2022, at 10:33 pm
Canberra: Australia on Sunday slammed China over its interception of a maritime surveillance flight in the international airspace in the South China Sea region.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at Chattogram container depot, 41 die
Jun 05, 2022, at 10:07 pm
Dhaka: As many as 41 people died as a fire broke out at a container depot in Chattogram’s Sitakunda in Bangladesh, media reports said on Sunday.
Amid Imran Khan's assassination plot rumours, high alert sounded in Islamabad
Jun 05, 2022, at 06:10 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Amid rumours of a plot being hatched to assassinate former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Islamabad Police has said that the security agencies have been put on high alert in adjoining areas of Bani Gala in the city.
Bangladesh: At least 14 die as oil tank explodes at container depot in Chittagong
Jun 05, 2022, at 02:07 pm
Dhaka/UNI: At least 14 people were killed and more than 150 injured after an oil tank exploded at a container depot in Bangladesh's Chittagong, local authorities said on Sunday.
Pakistan: After petrol price hike, OGRA approves 45% rise in gas tariff from July
Jun 05, 2022, at 03:36 am
Islamabad: In a bid to reach a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan's Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has approved a hike in the price of gas.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan region contributes 90 percent suicide cases
Jun 05, 2022, at 03:33 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region is contributing up to 90 percent of suicide cases across the country, media reports said on Saturday.
High-speed train derails in China, one dies
Jun 05, 2022, at 12:03 am
Shanghai: At least one person died as a high-speed train derailed in southern China on Saturday morning, media reports said.
Pakistan: Azan to control Karachi fire draws flak
Jun 05, 2022, at 12:00 am
Karachi: A group in Pakistan's Karachi were seen performing ''Azan'' as an experiment to extinguish a fire that broke out three days back and has been burning for over 72 hours at a superstore basement in Jail Chowrangi.
Bangladesh: Train hits auto rickshaw in Narsingdi, three die
Jun 04, 2022, at 09:58 pm
Dhaka: As many as three people,who were travelling in an autorickshaw, died as a train rammed the vehicle at a level crossing in Narsingdi’s Raipura, media reports said on Friday.
Jun 04, 2022, at 05:07 am
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has cautioned that the nation might descend to civil war if elections were not announced.
Tiananmen Event: Hong Kong students hide tiny 'democracy goddesses' statue on campus
Jun 04, 2022, at 01:56 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University students have hid the tiny figurines of a "democracy goddess" around campus in the lead-up to the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, media reports said.
Pakistan: Imran Khan disappointed with senior PTI members for failing to draw crowd to May 25 rally
Jun 04, 2022, at 01:43 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed disappointment that the senior members of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) failed to draw a crowd for the May 25 rally.
China: No justice 33 years after Tiananmen Massacre, says HRW
Jun 04, 2022, at 01:25 am
Chinese authorities have over the past year stepped up the harassment and persecution of activists for commemorating the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, Human Rights Watch said today.
Pakistan former PM Imran Khan's security withdrawn
Jun 04, 2022, at 01:12 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill on Friday said that the security provided to former premier Imran Khan has been withdrawn.
Somalia: ‘Dire and grim’ drought, impacting more than 7 million
Jun 03, 2022, at 06:51 pm
New York: Accompanying Somalia’s newly-appointed drought envoy on his first field visit, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official for the Horn of Africa country warned on Tuesday of the devastating outlook for millions of affected Somalis, amidst heightened risks of famine.
China detains Australian journalist
Jun 03, 2022, at 03:01 pm
Beijing/UNI: The Australian partner of a journalist who has been detained in China for nearly two years said Thursday that she is being denied the chance to speak with her family and consular staff, and her health is declining due to a poor prison diet, New York Post reported Thursday.
After 2 month Covid lockdown, Shanghai residents finally breathe free
Jun 01, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Shanghai: After a two-month lockdown, China's economic centre Shanghai has finally eased Covid-19 restrictions.
Afghanistan: Taliban forces kill four NRF members
Jun 01, 2022, at 02:50 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents of Afghanistan have killed four members of National Resistance Front during a clearing operation in Badakhshan province’s Tagab district, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Roadside bomb in Balochistan kills two
Jun 01, 2022, at 05:56 am
Karachi: A roadside bomb blew up in Harnai district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday, killing two persons.
Pakistan, TTP agree on indefinite ceasefire
May 31, 2022, at 11:43 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani authorities and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that they have agreed to extend the current ceasefire for an indefinite period of time, Express Tribune reported on Tuesday.
Nepal: Black box of crashed Tara Air plane recovered
May 31, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Kathmandu: A team of experienced international and national mountain guides have recovered the blakc box of crashed Tara Air plane.
Bangladesh: Ex-Jamaat leader Rezaul Karim, two others sentenced to death for 1971 War Crimes
May 31, 2022, at 09:15 pm
Dhaka: The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday sentenced three people, including Naogaon Jamaat-e-Islami leader Rezaul Karim Montu, to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh, media reports said.
Chinese authorities detained Uyghur athletic trainer in 2017: Reports
May 31, 2022, at 05:40 am
Xinjiang: Chinese authorities in 2017 had arrested a Uyghur athletic trainer who worked at a university in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, media reports said on Monday.
China: Missing Tibetan writer said to be detained in prison
May 31, 2022, at 05:30 am
Beijing: The Tibetan writer and poet Gendun Lhundrub, who has been held incommunicado for more than a year after his arrest in 2020, is currently languishing in a prison in Siling, media reports said.
Pakistan: PTI slams Shehbaz govt, alleges it is lodging FIR against rivals due to political vendetta
May 31, 2022, at 05:10 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior vice president Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday targeted PM Shehbaz Sharif-led government and said it is lodging FIRs against rivals on account of political vendetta but it would not work.