Urgent measures needed to restore Afghanistan's chaotic financial system, says UN
Nov 23, 2021, at 12:01 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The problem of financial and bank payment systems in Afghanistan, which are currently "in disarray", must be resolved quickly to minimise negative impacts on the population, according to a new situation report published by the United Nations Development Program on Monday.
Pakistani authorities must end their abhorrent use of enforced disappearance: Amnesty International
Nov 22, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani authorities must end their abhorrent use of enforced disappearance, said Amnesty International, in a new briefing on Monday detailing the practice’s devastating impact on the families of those who vanished.
Pakistan: Petroleum dealers announce nationwide strike on Nov 25
Nov 22, 2021, at 10:05 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) has called nationwide strike on Nov 25 to protest against the government's decision to sell petrol on low-profit margins.
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from appearing in television dramas
Nov 22, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban in Afghanistan have imposed new restrictions in the war-torn south Asian country by which women will not be allowed to appear in television dramas.
Karak temple attack: Pakistan's Hindu community decides to pay fine imposed on accused
Nov 22, 2021, at 08:46 pm
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa/UNI: Pakistan's Hindu community has announced its decision to pay the fines that were imposed on 11 religious leaders, who were involved in the Karak temple attack in December 2020, from the All Pakistan Hindu Council’s fund as a ‘goodwill gesture’ in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistan journalists condemn harassment of journalists by ministers, officials
Nov 22, 2021, at 08:33 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the chasing of journalists and Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) employees by unknown people in different vehicles.
Afghanistan: Media employee beaten up by armed men in Kabul
Nov 22, 2021, at 03:04 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistani media employee has claimed he was beaten up by armed men in PD 9 region of Afghanistan's Kabul city recently, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: First civil flight in 20 years lands in Jalalabad airfield
Nov 22, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The first civilian flight in 20 years has landed at an airfield in the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, the governor's office announced.
UNESCO world heritage site Minaret of Jam is now on brink of collapsing: Afghan Officials
Nov 22, 2021, at 05:01 am
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has said the Minaret of Jam, which is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-declared world heritage site, is on the brink of collapse, media reports said.
Opium prices hike in Afghanistan, force farmers to cultivate more poppy
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:52 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Farmers in Afghanistan's Helmand province said they will cultivate opium as its products make better profits than other crops.
TTP demands political office in third country, Pakistan govt calls it 'unacceptable'
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:48 am
Islamabad/IBNS: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked the Pakistan government during the recently held talks to allow it to open a political office in a third country, and the 'demand' has been rejected by Islamabad as 'unacceptable', according to media reports.
UAE firm files Rs 74 Bn lawsuit against State Bank of Pakistan for 'unlawful actions': Reports
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:43 am
Islamabad/IBNS: A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based trading and investment firm has filed a nearly Rs 74 billion suit for damages against the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and a private bank for allegedly freezing its bank accounts illegally nine years back, media reports said.
Pakistan: Several areas in Karachi face gas shortage
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:39 am
Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: People in the Pakistani city of Karachi faced hardships on Saturday as gas supply was suspended in several parts of the city since the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) went about its load management plan.
Hong Kong public libraries purge 29 titles about the Tiananmen Massacre from shelves: Reports
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:32 am
Hong Kong public libraries have removed 29 out of 149 books about the Tiananmen Massacre from their shelves in the past 12 years, media reports said.
Bangladesh registers 7 new deaths due to COVID-19
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:21 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh, a country which witnessed a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in recent times, recorded seven more deaths due to the deadly virus in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:10 am
Balochistan/IBNS: Thousands of people demonstrated and staged a sit-in protest against the setting up of unnecessary check posts and fishing trawlers in Gwadar district of Pakistan's Balochistan province, media reports said.
Paris: Tibetan community associations demonstrate against 2022 Winter Olympics
Nov 21, 2021, at 11:58 pm
As many as six Tibetan community associations, including Students for Free Tibet, Tibetan Youth Congress France Utsang Association France, Chushi Gang Druk , Domey Association France and Tibetan community association, jointly organized a protest demonstration against China in Paris on Saturday.
Japan to take its own stand vis-a-vis Beijing Olympics : FM Yoshimasa Hayashi
Nov 21, 2021, at 10:10 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: The Japanese authorities are set to make an autonomous decision regarding participation in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Three coal miners shot dead in Balochistan
Nov 21, 2021, at 09:56 pm
Quetta: Pakistan police said three coal miners were shot dead in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: 11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Sindh
Nov 21, 2021, at 08:21 pm
Islamabad: An 11-year-old Hindu boy has been sexually assaulted and then murdered in Pakistan's Sindh region, media reports said on Sunday.
Airfield in Afghanistan's Jalalabad ready to receive humanitarian aid from Iran: Governor
Nov 21, 2021, at 02:39 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The airfield in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad is ready for operation and will soon receive humanitarian aid from Iran, the provincial governor's office announced on Saturday.
Prices of food items, fuel soar in Afghanistan
Nov 21, 2021, at 02:03 pm
Kabul/UNI: A number of Afghanistan's Kabul residents and businessmen have said that the prices of several primary items, mainly food and fuel, have increased by almost 100 percent compared to last year.
Chinese province Guangzhou, Lahore knot friendship city ties
Nov 20, 2021, at 08:15 pm
Guangzhou/UNI/Xinhua: The city of Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, knotted friendship city ties with Lahore, Pakistan, according to a notice issued by Guangzhou's municipal foreign affairs office Friday.
Unicef 'goes dark' in Afghanistan on World Children’s Day
Nov 20, 2021, at 07:29 pm
Kabul/UNI: UNICEF Afghanistan on Saturday closed its digital channels, and went dark to reflect the challenges that Afghan children have been facing, said the UN body's press note adding the United Nations Children Fund will not celebrate the World Children’s Day in the Taliban-captured South-Asian nation this year.
Afghanistan’s farmers, herders desperate for seed, food and cash
Nov 20, 2021, at 05:17 pm
Kabul: “Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
Germany, Netherlands commit to providing salaries to Afghan doctors and teachers
Nov 20, 2021, at 03:16 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Taliban's acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met the envoys from Germany and the Netherlands in an effort to strengthen relations.
Bangladesh: Man caught with Quran, trying to enter Hindu puja pavillion in Habiganj
Nov 20, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Dhaka: A man was caught by locals and handed over to the police as he was attempting to enter a Hindu puja pavilion in Bangladesh's Habiganj town with a Quran, media reports said.
France concerned about missing Chinese Tennis player Peng Shuai: Foreign Ministry
Nov 20, 2021, at 04:54 am
Paris/UNI/Sputnik: France is conserned about the missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, calling on China to fulfill its commitments to address violence against women, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
Bangladesh: Students burn Pakistani flag at Dhaka University
Nov 20, 2021, at 04:49 am
Dhaka/UNI: Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets in the first T20 in Mirpur on Friday, after which students protested at the Raju Memorial area of Dhaka University.
Afghanistan: Abducted doctor Nadir Almi killed
Nov 19, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Kabul: An Afghan psychiatrist has been killed by kidnappers in northern Balkh province, Pajhwok Afghan News reported on Friday.