Nepal president appoints 20 to constitutional bodies under controversial ordinance
Jun 25, 2021, at 10:45 pm
Kathmandu: Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday appointed 20 people to eleven constitutional commissions under a controversial ordinance that has remained challenged in the country’s Supreme Court for the last six months.
Pakistan: Another suspect behind Lahore blast arrested
Jun 25, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Lahore: Pakistan's Law enforcement authorities (LEAs) have arrested a person from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Friday, who is suspected to be involved in the Johar Town bomb blast in Lahore.
Pakistan: Balochistan police reject to arrest opposition MPAs
Jun 25, 2021, at 09:52 pm
Quetta: The Balochistan Police have refused to arrest opposition leaders even after sixteen of them surrendered at the Quetta’s Bijli Road Police Station in connection with an FIR registered against them, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Balochistan Minister Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind resigns
Jun 25, 2021, at 09:45 pm
Sindh: Balochistan Education Minister and parliamentary party leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind on Wednesday anbnounced his resignation and said he does not want to remain in the Cabnet any further.
Bangladesh: Chinese worker of Padma Bridge Project goes missing
Jun 25, 2021, at 02:47 pm
Beijing: A Chinese man, who was working in the Padma Bridge Project in Bangladesh, has been missing for the past two days, media reports said.
Lahore Blast: Pakistan intelligence agencies arrest one person
Jun 25, 2021, at 04:38 am
Lahore: Pakistan's intelligence agencies have arrested a person from Lahore airport for his suspected role in Wednesday's Lahore blast.
Australia: Campaigners demonstrate in Canberra, demand boycotting Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Jun 25, 2021, at 03:20 am
Canberra: A group of campaigners representing Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hongkonger and Taiwanese people held demonstrations in Canberra city, close to the Parliament House in Australia, on Wednesday.
China stung: Canada expresses concern over Xinjiang issue
Jun 25, 2021, at 12:12 am
The Canadian government has expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Crackdown on fake reviews: Amazon bans 3 more Chinese brands
Jun 25, 2021, at 12:05 am
Beijing: E-commerce giant Amazon has given a blow to China by banning three more consumer brands of the East Asian nation amid the marketing platform's ongoing crackdown on attempts by sellers to solicit positive customer reviews.
Jun 24, 2021, at 11:36 pm
London: Free Tibet, a group fighting to demand rights of Tibetans, unfurled a banner at the Westminster Bridge and called for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday, media reports said.
Apple Daily announces closure days after police crackdown
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:32 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong's major pro-democracy paper Apple Daily has announced its closure, just days after the head office of the organization was raided by police, giving a blow to press freedom of the city.
Can't lodge Rohingyas for an indefinite period: Bangladesh PM Hasina
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:27 am
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday renewed her call to the global community to ensure the dignified repatriation of Rohingyas as they are posing a big security threat to Bangladesh as well as the region.
No justification to keep Pakistan in FATF grey list: Foreign Minister
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:18 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has no justification to keep Pakistan on its 'grey list' as his country has completed all technical requirements prescribed by the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.
Pregnant women most at risk in Nepal’s landslide-hit areas
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:14 am
Recent floods and subsequent landslide incidents in Nepal’s northern areas have displaced thousands and destroyed many homes. Several dozens of villages have been cut off as floods swept away many motorable roads and bridges in the country. However, pregnant women are most at risk; many of them are underage and needed evacuation to Kathmandu.
No justification to keep Pakistan in FATF grey list: Foreign Minister
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:44 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has no justification to keep Pakistan on its 'grey list' as his country has completed all technical requirements prescribed by the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.
Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services suffers huge losses amid pandemic
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:35 am
Thimphu: The Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services Limited (RBHSL), that provides services ranging from chartered flights to medical evacuations and fire fighting, has suffered a loss of around $836,000 in 2020.
Uzbekistan closes border with Afghanistan following Covid spike
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:28 am
Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, its northern neighbor, has decided to close its borders with Afghanistan, media reports said. Uzbekistan’s embassy and consulates have also stopped issuing tourist visas to Afghans.
Jun 23, 2021, at 10:26 pm
Lahore: Islamic cleric Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman, who was arrested for sexually abusing a minor, has undergone a medical examination, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Kandahar blast leaves five dead
Jun 23, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Kandahar: At least five civilians died and 20 more, including women and children, were injured as a roadside bomb blast rocked Afghanistan's Kandahar region on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Blast close to Hafiz Saeed's residence in Lahore leaves 3 people dead
Jun 23, 2021, at 09:37 pm
Lahore: At least three people died as a blast hit Lahore's Johar Town area in Pakistan, close to "global terrorist" Hafiz Saeed's residence, media reports said on Wednesday.
UN envoy to Afghanistan criticizes Taliban’s intense military campaign
Jun 23, 2021, at 09:19 pm
Kabul: Deborah Lyons, the United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, has criticized the Taliban’s recent “intensive military campaign”, warning that it would lead to continued violence in the country. Any attempt to install a government in Kabul by force will go against everyone’s interest, she said.
Nepal apex court gives another jolt to PM Oli, scraps appointments of 20 ministers
Jun 23, 2021, at 09:05 pm
Kathmandu: In what is seen as yet another big jolt to Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the country’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an interim order scrapping the appointments of 20 ministers to the council of ministers.
Pakistan: Blast near 'global terrorist' Hafiz Saeed's residence
Jun 23, 2021, at 06:59 pm
Lahore/IBNS: A major blast occurred near "global terrorist" Hafiz Saeed's residence here in Pakistan.
Time running out to prevent ‘worst case scenario’ arising in Afghanistan
Jun 23, 2021, at 04:07 pm
New York: With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats that lie ahead cannot be overstated, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Former JUI-F leader and cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman admits he sexually abused a student
Jun 23, 2021, at 06:51 am
Islamabad: Former JUI-F leader and cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman has confessed during his interrogation that he sexually abused a student.
Imran Khan draws flak for his Uyghur remarks
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:27 am
Washington/Islamabad: Critics have slammed PM Imran Khan over his recent statement on Chinese treatment towards Uyghur Muslims where he asked why the world was fixated on Xinjiang while ignoring what India was doing in Kashmir.
Pakistan's culture wars: Liberal-conservative faceoff over PM Imran Khan's alleged sexist remarks
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:20 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, once known as a "ladies' man", continues to draw flak over comments perceived as sexist, but party’s women leaders have sprung to his defense calling him a "symbol of women's empowerment".
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:15 am
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s recent refusal to call Osama bin Laden a terrorist in an interview with an Afghan media outlet is perplexing and defies logic and sends a wrong message to a global audience, leading Pakistani newspaper Dawn said in an editorial. The newspaper noted that there are times "to be diplomatic and parry sticky questions", but said Kasuri’s ‘non-committal comments” didn’t appear to be one of those instances.
Despite facing backlash, Pakistan ramps up Durand Line
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:10 am
Kabul: Pakistan has completed 80 percent of the Durand Line fencing despite witnessing backlash from the people on both sides of the line, media reports said.
National mobilization against Taliban under way; locals take up arms
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:00 am
Days after the Taliban captured several key districts in northern Afghanistan in a lightning offensive, locals and former mujahideen commanders, in a seemingly new development in a socially volatile nation, are taking up arms against the Taliban in several provinces.