Afghanistan: New media watchdog formed in Kabul
Nov 19, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Kabul: Amid increasing attacks on journalists in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, a new media watchdog has been formed in the Afghan capital of Kabul which pledged to protect freedom of expression and the country's media community, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladesh: Bus hits autorickshaw in Gaibandha, 6 die
Nov 19, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Dhaka: A bus hit an autorickshaw in Bangladesh's Gaibandha area on Friday which left at least six people dead, media reports said.
Main reason for extremism is schools and colleges, not madrassas: Pakistani Minister
Nov 19, 2021, at 10:00 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhry, has blamed schools and colleges as being the major reason for extremism in the country while the minister also claimed extremism does not originate from madrassas, according to Pak television channel Geo News.
Nov 19, 2021, at 08:53 pm
Balochistan: Students of the Balochistan University have once again started their protest after the authorities failed to find the two missing students who were allegedly kidnapped from the university premises earlier this month.
PPP rallies in Nowshera, Peshawar will be held no matter what: Bilawal tells Imran Khan govt
Nov 19, 2021, at 08:38 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Friday warned the PTI government not to block its rallies in Nowshera and Peshawar or there will be “Dama Dam Mast Qalandar”.
Four Chinese patrol ships enter waters near Senkaku Islands disputed by Japan: Reports
Nov 19, 2021, at 08:33 pm
Tokyo: Four Chinese patrol ships entered on Friday the area which Japan views as its own territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands (known as the Diaoyu Islands in China), media reported.
China: Travel blogger sentenced to 7 months of imprisonment for 'insulting' soldiers
Nov 19, 2021, at 06:41 pm
Beijing: A travel blogger has been jailed for seven months after he posted an image of himself in 'disrespectful poses' at a Chinese cemetery in Xinjiang where the country's soldiers are laid to rest, media reports said.
Anxiety in Afghanistan as Taliban struggles for legitimacy
Nov 19, 2021, at 04:48 pm
New York: Despite a crisis of trust both within the country and abroad, three months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, it is taking halting steps to pursue international legitimacy, a senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Pakistan: TLP chief Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi released from prison
Nov 19, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Islamabad: Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi was released from a prison in Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan's FBR helpless against four million tax dodgers: Official
Nov 19, 2021, at 04:46 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's tax chief has expressed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)'s inability to bring over four million willful law violators under the tax net due to the revenue authority’s lack of capacity, according to a report published in Pak daily The Express Tribune on Thursday.
Afghan people may face extreme poverty by mid-2022: UN body
Nov 19, 2021, at 01:27 am
New Delhi/UNI: People in Afghanistan may become victims of extreme poverty by mid-2022, International Organisation for Migration- UN Migration (IOM) said in a statement.
Pakistan's foreign direct investment falls 12pc in July-Oct: Reports
Nov 19, 2021, at 12:55 am
Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: Pakistan's foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 12 percent in the first four months (July to October) of the current fiscal year, Dawn News reported quoting a data shared by the country's State Bank on Wednesday.
Pakistan team hoist national flag during practice session in Dhaka, court controversy
Nov 19, 2021, at 12:40 am
Dhaka, November 18: The Pakistan Cricket Team love to court controversy whenever they find time. After enthralling fans and silencing critics worldwide with a fearless brand of cricket in the recently concluded ICC T20 World Cup in the Middle East, Babar Azam and his men have grabbed the headlines yet again, for their off the field behaviour, something that has diplomatic ramifications.
Pakistan MNA Mohsin Dawar protests for not issuing production order for opposition MNA Ali Wazir
Nov 18, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's Independent Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mohsin Dawar protested on not summoning opposition MNA Ali Wazir during the joint session of Parliament on Wednesday, according to Pak newspaper The News International.
Pakistan, Taliban violators of religious freedom: US Secretary of State
Nov 18, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Washington, DC/IBNS: United States Secretary of State Antony John Blinken on Wednesday redesignated Pakistan as a country of particular concern (CPC) for the violations of religious freedom and rebranded the Taliban as an entity of particular concern (EPC), according to a statement issued by Blinken's office.
Lawmakers from 20 countries oppose Chinese nominee to Interpol committee
Nov 18, 2021, at 04:28 am
The Chinese government's nominee to global policing organisation Interpol has been opposed by over four dozen lawmakers from 20 countries.
Afghanistan witnesses spike in opium production under Taliban regime
Nov 18, 2021, at 01:36 am
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan farmers in the southern provinces are saying they are happy about their opium productions in the fall season of this year.
Pakistan Supreme Court asks ETPB chief to explain sale of Hindu property in Karachi
Nov 18, 2021, at 01:30 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's Supreme Court has directed the chairman of Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) to appear before it to explain the alleged sale of a Hindu property in Karachi city.
Pakistan responsible for humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan: Al Arabiya
Nov 18, 2021, at 01:28 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan is solely responsible for the dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to an Arabic media outlet.
Pakistan to train Afghanistan aviation staff: Reports
Nov 18, 2021, at 01:25 am
Islamabad: The Afghanistan Embassy in Pakistan has said Islamabad will provide professional training to the Afghan aviation staff in areas of security, traffic controlling, firefighting, air forecast, and airport management, media reports said on Wednesday.
Two Pakistani policemen arrested for blackmailing teen girls over obscene videos
Nov 17, 2021, at 11:02 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested four people, including two policemen, for allegedly blackmailing two teenage girls with inappropriate videos of them.
Facebook says hackers in Pakistan targeted Afghan users during former govt collapse
Nov 17, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Social media giant Facebook said hackers from Pakistan used the platform to target people in Afghanistan with connections to the previous government during the Taliban's takeover of the country.
Lawmakers from 20 countries oppose Chinese nominee to Interpol committee
Nov 17, 2021, at 10:26 pm
The Chinese government's nominee to global policing organisation Interpol has been opposed by over four dozen lawmakers from 20 countries.
Afghanistan: Taliban govt urges US to unfreeze its central bank assets
Nov 17, 2021, at 10:01 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in a letter to the US Congress has urged for the release of its central bank assets that were frozen by the American government.
Taliban will be invited to high-level meeting of Afghan neighbors: Pakistan's top diplomat
Nov 17, 2021, at 09:49 pm
Islamabad: The Afghan cabinet appointed by the Taliban will be invited to attend the third ministerial meeting of Afghanistan's neighboring states, Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.
Nov 17, 2021, at 09:22 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Wednesday requested Speaker Asad Qaiser to "respect his own chair, position".
Pakistan: PML-N prez dubs EVMs 'evil and vicious machines' at joint session of parliament
Nov 17, 2021, at 08:35 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday called the electronic voting machines (EVMs) as "evil and vicious machines" and slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government for not being serious in creating consensus on electoral reforms.
Will work with close partner India: US Special Envoy on Afghanistan Thomas West
Nov 17, 2021, at 02:19 pm
Washington/New Delhi/UNI: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West has said the US will work with close partner India to address their “abundant shared interests in a stable and peaceful Afghanistan”.
Nov 17, 2021, at 05:26 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to be in deep trouble very soon as the Pak army and establishment have given a nudge to Khan's predecessor Nawaz Sharif to return to the country, according to an exclusive report by Indian television network CNN-News18.
Encouraging Taiwanese independence would be playing with fire: Xi tells Biden during virtual meeting
Nov 16, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Washington/Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his US counterpart Joe Biden during his virtual summit that encouraging Taiwanese independence would be "playing with fire".