Afghanistan: Police arrest six Pakistani nationals on suspicion of spying
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:57 am
Kabul: The Afghanistan Police have arrested six Pakistani nationals on suspicion of spying in Spin Boldak border district of southern Kandahar province, media reports said.
COVID-19 positive: China halts PIA flight operations for three weeks
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:51 am
Islamabad: China, which is an all-weather ally of Pakistan, has stopped the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from operating flights for three weeks after 10 passengers tested COVID-19 positive, media reports said.
China possibly committed 'genocide' against Uighurs: US Commission report
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:46 am
Washington: A US commission has said in its report that China possibly carried out genocide against Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, media reports said.
Chinese tech brand Huawei backtracks after filing for patent to identify Uyghur faces
Jan 17, 2021, at 04:16 am
Beijing: Chinese technology brand Huawei has decided to backtrack a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system intended to identify Uyghurs from other Chinese ethnicities, media reports said on Saturday.
Malaysian authorities seize PIA Boeing 777 aircraft
Jan 16, 2021, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: Malaysian authorities have seized a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing-777 aircraft at Kuala Lumpur airport over outstanding lease dues.
Tibetan community accuse China of sabotaging polls
Jan 16, 2021, at 04:38 pm
Lhasa: The Tibetan community has accused China of attempting to sabotage the Tibetan government in exile and Tibetan Parliament's election.
UN steps up support for thousands left homeless after fire at Rohingya refugee camp
Jan 16, 2021, at 03:04 pm
New York: UN agencies have stepped up efforts to help thousands of Rohingya refugees left without shelter after a devastating fire tore through a crowded refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh on Thursday.
Afghanistan: Local radio station attacked in Kunduz
Jan 16, 2021, at 02:56 pm
Kunduz: An imam of a mosque, along with a mob, attacked local radio station Zohra Radio in Afghanistani city of Kunduz recently, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Imran Khan’s spokesperson resigns over difference on 'Machh incident'
Jan 16, 2021, at 07:03 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s spokesperson Nadeem Afzal Chan has resigned from his position, media reports said on Friday.
Hazaras targeted in Pakistan due to govt's anti-Shia militancy
Jan 16, 2021, at 07:00 am
Islamabad: The targeted killing of Hazara community members in Pakistan is a reflection that the state was simultaneously allowing anti-Shia hysteria to be propagated across the nation, The Diplomat reported.
PTI foreign funding case: PDM to march to ECP's office in Islamabad on Jan 19
Jan 15, 2021, at 10:17 pm
Putting pressure on the Pakistan government, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has said her party, under the umbrella of the 10-party opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), would take out rallies from different areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Jan 19 that would merge into one big rally before heading towards the office of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the capital.
Illegal funding: Imran Khan's PTI blames its agent in US
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has moved away from its initial stance of denying any illegal funding from the United States and said that if any funds were collected illegally through two US companies registered after Imran Khan’s written instructions, the responsibility lies with their agents managing the two limited liability companies.
Pakistan: Minister directed to stop seminary students from joining PDM's rally
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:16 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has been directed to prevent the students of religious seminaries from participating in the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) march on Islamabad next month, media reports said.
Chinese atrocities: Missing Uyghur doctor found detained in Xinjiang
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:11 pm
Beijing: A Uyghur doctor, who was associated with a hospital in the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), was detained in an internment camp in 2017, media reports said.
Philippines: Authorities apprehend 8 suspected Chinese members of kidnap gang
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:08 pm
Manila: Philippines recently said eight members of a Chinese kidnap-for-ransom gang have been apprehended, media reports said.
Rights group feels China is witnessing global resistance to deepening repression
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:03 pm
The Chinese government’s heightened repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang are emblematic of the worsening human rights situation under President Xi Jinping, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2021.
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:53 am
Washington: Targeting the Chinese Communist Party, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the former believes in international relations that are controlled in a way that will not create security, freedom and prosperity.
Nepal cracks down on protesters denouncing dissolution of Lower House
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:41 am
Kathmandu: Nepal Police recently arrested dozens of people, who were demonstrating against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), in Nepal capital Kathmandu, media reports said.
Pakistan's power transmission company blames human error for recent power outage
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:38 am
Islamabad: National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has said the massive power outage that was reported in Pakistan on Saturday was caused by poor maintenance of transmission circuitry.
Pakistan is witnessing worsening crackdown on dissent: HRW
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:31 am
New York: Pakistan’s government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents, and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan is visionless: Maulana Fazalur Rehman
Jan 14, 2021, at 12:44 am
Islamabad/UNI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman on Wednesday called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government a "rigged" and said Prime Minister Imran Khan has no vision.
Afghanistan: Nangarhar court employee killed in targeted attack
Jan 13, 2021, at 10:03 pm
Nangarhar: Unknown gunmen shot dead an employee of Nangarhar’s appellate court in Afghanistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan
Jan 13, 2021, at 05:49 pm
New York: The UN and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are seeking $1.3 billion to assist almost 16 million people in need of life-saving assistance as a result of decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters, and the added impact of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
Pakistan: Cop escorting polio workers shot dead
Jan 13, 2021, at 02:47 pm
Islamabad: A cop, who was escorting a team of polio health workers, has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Tuesday, media reports said.
Uighur women post: Twitter removes Chinese embassy in US’ tweet
Jan 13, 2021, at 01:41 am
Beijing: Popular micro-blogging website Twitter recently removed a post by the Chinese Embassy in the US which was about women belonging to the Muslim minority group Uighur, media reports said.
Jan 13, 2021, at 01:21 am
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong police have invoked the national security law for the first time to block a local website dedicated to publishing first-hand accounts of the anti-government protests in 2019 and the personal details of officers and pro-Beijing figures, showcasing the continuing atrocities carried out by officials in the city, media reports said.
Nepal: Students, police clash during protest against parliament dissolution
Jan 13, 2021, at 01:10 am
Kathmandu: Protesters, who were demonstrating against caretaker PrimeMinister KP Sharma Oli's decision to dissolve the lower house of NepaParliament, clashed with the police in Kathmandu on Sunday, media reports said.
PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman calls its struggle against govt ‘jihad’
Jan 12, 2021, at 11:03 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday termed the opposition’s struggle against the government a 'jihad' and claimed that the nation is ready to offer any sacrifice for this cause.
North Korea possibly preparing for military parade in coming days amid Party Congress
Jan 12, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Pyongyang/Sputnik: North Korea could possibly hold a military parade in the coming days, after its state media reported about invitations being sent out to distinguished guests to celebrations of the 8th congress of the ruling party, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday,
Pakistan Army rejects allegations of meddling in country's political affairs
Jan 12, 2021, at 10:40 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Army has rejected the opposition’s criticism of its meddling in the country's political affairs and said there is no reason for the opposition alliance — Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — to march to Rawalpindi, where the military headquarters are located.