Pakistan: Minorities seek inclusion in policymaking process
Dec 16, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Peshawar, Pakistan/IBNS: Speakers participating in a consultative meeting on the rights of minority groups on Monday stressed the need for taking non-Muslims on board in the legislative and policy-making process, media reports said.
Pakistan govt spikes tariffs on water and power, triggers protest
Dec 16, 2021, at 11:14 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Amid deepening economic crisis, the Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan is adding woes for its citizens as tariffs on water and power were hiked recently, according to media reports.
Rights defenders under attack in Asia – UN experts
Dec 16, 2021, at 10:54 pm
New York: Reprisals against human rights defenders were in the spotlight on Wednesday as UN independent experts documented instances of abuse in Indonesia and Pakistan.
Pakistan: Doctors, nurses baton-charged in Karachi, 23 taken to custody briefly
Dec 16, 2021, at 12:21 am
Karachi/IBNS: Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday baton-charged protesting doctors and nurses and also prevented them from marching towards the Chief Minister's House.
Counterfeit Afghani bills increasing in Afghanistan market: Merchants
Dec 16, 2021, at 12:15 am
Kabul: Shopkeepers in Afghanistan capital Kabul are complaining that counterfeit currency is spreading in the markets as the value of Afghani is sharply declining against the US dollar.
Nanjing Massacre: Hong Kong school faces backlash after students shown graphic footage
Dec 16, 2021, at 12:00 am
Hong Kong: A primary school in Hong Kong has apologized after students were left crying following teachers' attempt to show them unsettling video footage of the Nanjing massacre ahead of its 84th anniversary on Monday, according to media reports.
Pakistan: Lahore records max rape cases in 2020
Dec 15, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Islamabad: A year after the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway gang rape incident shocked Pakistan, Punjab Commission on the Status of Women has revealed that Lahore city in 2020 reported maximum rape, domestic violence and honour killing cases.
China: Students in schools are now learning a new subject on Grandpa Xi Jinping
Dec 15, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Beijing: Public school teachers in China are in doubt whether to implement the harsh anti-Covid protocol to ensure no student tests positive in the current academic year, which began in September, or to see that no student fails to gain intense knowledge about the latest subject introduced this year, Grandpa Xi Jinping, media reports said on Wednesday.
Chinese boats caught fishing Tuna illegally in Indian Ocean
Dec 15, 2021, at 11:03 pm
Beijing: A Chinese-flagged squid vessel was recently seen in the Indian Ocean catching Tuna, a fish whose hunting is considered as illegal in the region as it is overfished.
Taliban asks China to help them get internationally recognized
Dec 15, 2021, at 10:46 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has asked China to help in gaining international recognition.
Afghanistan economy under stress: Value of Afghani drops, prices of essential commodities spike
Dec 15, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Kabul: The drop in the value of Afghanistan's currency, Afghani, against the US dollar has left the already crippled economy of the country in trouble.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights
Dec 15, 2021, at 10:40 pm
New York: Respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability in the country, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday in Geneva.
100 people trapped on top of Hong Kong World Trade Centre as fire breaks out
Dec 15, 2021, at 09:05 pm
Hong Kong: Over 100 people are trapped on the top of Hong Kong World Trade Centre and are waiting to be rescued as a fire broke out in the building on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Lahore city recorded most rape, domestic violence cases in 2020
Dec 15, 2021, at 07:42 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Lahore city in 2020 reported maximum rape, domestic violence and honour killing cases, according to fourth Punjab Gender Parity Report 2019 and 2020, prepared by Punjab Commission on the Status of Women.
UK spy chief warns against China's digital currency renminbi
Dec 15, 2021, at 05:07 pm
Jeremy Fleming, the director of the Government Communications Headquarters, the UK's intelligence, cyber and security agency, has warned against Chinese digital currency renminbi and said it might be used as a tool to surveil users and exert control over global currency transactions.
Afghanistan: Mine explosion in Kabul leaves civilian dead
Dec 14, 2021, at 10:56 pm
Kabul: A roadside mine explosion in Afghanistan's Kabul city left at least one person dead on Tuesday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at Bogura plastic factory, five die
Dec 14, 2021, at 08:55 pm
Dhaka: At least five persons died as a fire broke out at a plastic factory in Bangladesh city Bogura, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Policeman killed, 2 injured in gun attack in Rawalpindi
Dec 14, 2021, at 08:41 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: A policeman was killed and two others were injured in a firing incident in Rawalpindi district of Pakistan's east Punjab province, a police official said Tuesday.
Afghanistan now receives second batch of China-donated winter supplies
Dec 14, 2021, at 02:29 pm
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: The second batch of winter supplies donated by China has arrived in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Dec 14, 2021, at 01:49 am
The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Tibetan non-governmental human rights organization based in Dharamshala in India, has launched an online database with information on 5,518 Tibetan political prisoners compiled since 1990.
Dalai Lama row: China sentences Tibetan writer to 10-year prison
Dec 14, 2021, at 01:04 am
Beijing: A Chinese court has sentenced a Tibetan writer and educator known for expressing loyalty to exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to 10 years in prison.
Human Rights Day: China places lawyers, activists under house arrest
Dec 14, 2021, at 12:45 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities continue to dominate over dissidents, rights lawyers and activists as well as their families by putting them under house arrest.
Activists in Bangladesh raise concerns over human rights violations in China, Pakistan
Dec 14, 2021, at 12:05 am
Dhaka: Activists and NGOs in Bangladesh raised serious concerns on human rights violations in China, Pakistan, and other parts of the world on International Human Rights Day.
China ignores people's rights to keep COVID-19 outbreak at bay during 2022 Winter Olympics
Dec 13, 2021, at 11:56 pm
China is fearing that the COVID-19 outbreak may trouble Beijing's preparedness for the 2022 Winter Olympics and hence has been trying to keep the transmissions at bay locally at the cost of people's freedom and rights, said media reports.
Dec 13, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Beijing: Chinese authorities are continuing their aggressive campaign of repression against the media as 127 journalists have been detained under the current regime.
Afghanistan: Ruling Taliban forces beat up journalist
Dec 13, 2021, at 07:55 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistani reporter has claimed that he was beaten up and detained for six hours by ruling Taliban forces.
China: Cargo ship sinks, nine crew members die
Dec 13, 2021, at 04:15 am
Beijing: Nine crew members died as the cargo ship sank early Sunday morning off the coast of Yantai City in China, media reports said.
Lahore faces water crisis with already depleting ground water table
Dec 13, 2021, at 04:06 am
Islamabad/UNI: A briefing to Prime Minister Imran Khan suggests that Lahore and surrounding areas face a water crisis with the already depleting ground water.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan takes notice of Gwadar fishermen's 'very legitimate' demands
Dec 13, 2021, at 01:51 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally taken notice of the "very legitimate" demands of the Gwadar fishermen, marking a victory for the protesters.
Afghanistan: Unidentified armed men gun down religious scholar in Farah
Dec 12, 2021, at 10:37 pm
Farah, Afghanistan/UNI/Xinhua: Unidentified armed men have shot dead a religious scholar in Afghanistan's western Farah province, a provincial official said Sunday.