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Afghanistan Alert: Taliban threatens media outlets over gov’t collusion

May 06, 2021, at 11:57 pm

Kabul: Taliban terror group has warned the Afghan media outlets to halt what they called one-sided publications and broadcastings.

Reality Check: Pakistani journalist says large number of children in the country are sexually abused and are vulnerable to assault

May 06, 2021, at 11:30 pm

Islamabad: A senior Pakistan journalist has pointed out that  a large number of children in the country are sexually abused and are vulnerable to assault and this is a reality that can no longer be ignored.

Beijing indefinitely suspends China-Australia strategic economic dialogue: Commission

May 06, 2021, at 09:43 pm

Beijing/UNI: Beijing decided on Thursday to indefinitely suspend the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue over what it describes as Canberra's measures to disrupt normal exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said.

Sky News host highlights China's threat to world democracies, urge countries to stand together

May 06, 2021, at 04:20 pm

Sky News host Andrew Bolt has said  all the world's democracies should stand together or they will fall separately as China is engaged in war in the  grey zone where it conducts strategic operations short of an all-out war.

US report alerts: Taliban's return to power may undo women's advancement in Afghanistan

May 06, 2021, at 02:53 pm

Kabul: A US intelligence has warned in its classified report that in case Taliban forces return to power in Afghanistan then it would risk undoing the gains made in women's rights since the group's ousting nearly two decades ago.

Aggressive Dragon: Japan protests presence of Chinese research vessel close to Okinawa

May 06, 2021, at 04:45 am

Okinawa: The Japan Coast Guard recently chased away Chinese research vessel  from its exclusive economic zone where Japanese authorities believe it was conducting research, media reports said.

Pakistan minister says govt won't follow Western advice on tackling Islamist group TLP

May 06, 2021, at 04:31 am

Islamabad: Amid its worsening ties with France over Islam, Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said the government would not take any dictation (from the West) to settle internal issues, including action against the banned far-right Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).

US report alerts: Taliban's return to power may undo women's advancement in Afghanistan

May 06, 2021, at 04:20 am

Kablu: A US intelligence has warned in its classified report that in case Taliban forces return to power in Afghanistan then it would risk undoing the gains made in women's rights since the group's ousting nearly two decades ago.

Pakistan records 4113 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

May 06, 2021, at 02:28 am

Islamabad: Pakistan, a country hit by COVID-19 pandemic, has registered  4,113 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Wednesday

Pakistan: Local tribal leader mysteriously killed

May 05, 2021, at 11:44 pm

Islamabad: A local tribal leader has been mysteriously gunned down by unknown men in  Datta Khel area of Pakistan, media reports said.

Pakistan: Three cops snatch cash from a person, booked

May 05, 2021, at 11:32 pm

Police have booked three cops in Pakistan on the charge of snatching cash from a citizen, media reports said.

British woman found dead in Pakistan

May 05, 2021, at 11:24 pm

A Pakistani-origin British woman was found dead in a house in Pakistan’s Lahore city, reported Dawn. The victim, Maya, 25, had come to Pakistan two months back to attend a marriage of her relative and been staying in the country since.

Nepal constructing 2000-bed capacity isolation facility

May 05, 2021, at 11:23 pm

Amid rising cases of coronavirus, authorities in Nepal have started the construction of an isolation facility with a 2,000-bed capacity in Geta Medical College of Kailali district, reported The Himalayan Times.

Afghanistan: Taliban digs a tunnel to ANDSF camp, over 20 killed

May 05, 2021, at 11:21 pm

Kabul: Taliban militants captured an army base in Farah’s Bala Buluk last week, media reports said.

No compromise on finality of Prophethood laws: Pakistan PM Imran Khan

May 05, 2021, at 11:18 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan has made it clear that his government would not compromise on the laws pertaining to the finality of the Prophethood, media reports said.

Bangladesh reports 50 new COVID-19 deaths 

May 05, 2021, at 10:17 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 50 COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Wednesday.

Nepal's hospitals face oxygen supply shortage

May 05, 2021, at 08:50 pm

Kathmandu/Xinhua: Nepal's two major government-run hospitals based in capital Kathmandu have been facing oxygen supply shortage, authorities said.

Pakistan government decides to import 4m MT of wheat

May 05, 2021, at 07:24 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistan government has decided to import four million metric tons of wheat this year to meet the domestic consumption, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast targets bus carrying health workers, 1 dead

May 05, 2021, at 02:52 pm

Kabul: At least one person was killed and three others were injured as a blast targeted a bus carrying health workers in Afghanistan's  Kalakan district on Wednesday, media reports said.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan urges Muslim countries to counter Islamophobia

May 05, 2021, at 04:37 am

Days after facing heat from the European Union for its blasphemy laws, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked the Orga­nisation of Islamic Coopera­tion (OIC) to vehemently counter Islamophobia, reported Dawn. He also objected to equating Islam with radicalism and terrorism.

Chinese man crosses Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy in search of 'freedom and democracy'

May 05, 2021, at 03:41 am

Beijing: Taiwanese police said a Chinese man recently crossed the highly-militarized Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy Saturday in search of "freedom and democracy".

Security concerns: Japanese companies are moving away from Chinese drones

May 05, 2021, at 02:26 am

Fearing security risks, several Japanese infrastructure companies will end their use of Chinese-made drones, media reports said.

PM Imran Khan govt's claim of Pakistan press being free is nothing but a 'bald-faced lie': Dawn News

May 04, 2021, at 08:40 pm

Islamabad: A leading Pakistani news paper has opined that for PM Imran Khan-led government functionaries to insist that the press in the country is free, as they are wont to do sometimes, is no less than a bald-faced lie.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led govt has gagged media: Bilawal Bhutto

May 04, 2021, at 08:38 pm

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slammed PM Imran Khan-led government and said it has chained press freedoms in Pakistan  through threats, intimidation, and pressure tactics.

Balochistan govt allies, several BAP members demand replacement of CM Jam Kamal

May 04, 2021, at 08:35 pm

Conflict has emerged and discontent is rising  among several members of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party as well as allies of the Balochistan government which has led to them demanding the replacement of Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, media reports said on Tuesday.

UN condemns deadly attack at guesthouse in Afghanistan

May 04, 2021, at 06:22 pm

New York: The United Nations strongly condemned Friday’s suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan, in which at least 21 were killed and over 100, including women and children, wounded.

Chinese mainland reports 17 new COVID-19 cases, all imported

May 04, 2021, at 03:38 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 17 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.

Pakistan: 11 die as bus  turns turtle in Hasan Abdal

May 04, 2021, at 02:43 pm

Attock: At least 11 people died as a bus turned upside down at Hasan Abdal's Burhan Interchange area in Pakistan, media reports said on Tuesday.

Hainan Airlines registers biggest-ever annual loss for a listed Chinese company

May 04, 2021, at 08:57 am

Beijing: Hainan Airlines Holding, the aviation unit of debt-laden Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, is facing the heat of COVID-19 outbreak as it  posted the biggest-ever annual loss among listed Chinese companies recently, media reports said.

COVID-19: China's small businesses still struggling to recover

May 04, 2021, at 08:54 am

Beijing: China's small businesses are still failing to add to the country's economic recovery as they are struggling to still deal with the damage done to them by COVID-19.