Chinese mainland reports 5 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
May 17, 2020, at 10:13 am
Beijing/Xinhua: Chinese health authority said on Sunday that it received reports of five new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Saturday
Pakistan's ISI kidnapped Mohammad Khalid 20 yrs ago for refusing to join Kashmir jihad: Mirza
May 16, 2020, at 06:15 pm
London: Human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has claimed that Mohammad Khalid of Hajera region in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was kidnapped by Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) 20 years ago for his refusal to join the jihad in Kashmir.
Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme architect now kept as a 'prisoner'
May 16, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's former nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, who had earned international attention in 2004 after publicly confessing his role in global nuclear proliferation, has petitioned in the Supreme Court to say he is being kept as a 'prisoner' by the country's government agencies.
COVID-19: Nepal registers 18 new cases tally rises to 267
May 16, 2020, at 03:02 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: With 18 new cases surfacing in the past 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 infected people mounted to 267 in Nepal on Saturday, according to Ministry of Health and Population data.
Pakistan extends suspension of int'l flights, resumes domestic operations partially
May 16, 2020, at 03:01 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: The Pakistani government has extended the suspension of international flight operations by the end of the ongoing month and announced partial resumption of domestic flight operations, local media reported Saturday.
Nine militants killed, 2 soldiers wounded in water dam attack in Afghanistan
May 16, 2020, at 02:53 pm
Gardez/Xinhua/UNI: At least nine militants were killed, two Afghan security force members and five militants wounded during a predawn clash in eastern Paktia province on Saturday, an army source confirmed.
Pakistan cuts interest rate by 100 bps to support businesses against COVID-19 impact
May 16, 2020, at 01:41 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to cut the country's policy rate by 100 basis points to 8 percent to support businesses against the COVID-19 impacts on the country's economy.
We have to live with the virus this year: Imran Khan
May 16, 2020, at 12:40 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Defending his government's decision to ease the lockdown, Pakistan PM Imran Khan said people of the country need to learn the art of living with the COVID-19 virus this year.
Bangladesh: National Professor Anisuzzaman laid to rest
May 16, 2020, at 10:43 am
Dhaka/IBNS: With full state honour, country's National Professor Anisuzzaman has been laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard in Bangladesh, media reports said.
India opposes China-Pakistan's move of building hydropower plant in Gilgit-Baltistan region
May 15, 2020, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has opposed all-weather ally China and Pakistan's move of building a major hydropower plant in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Daughter of missing Pashtun activist Idris Khattak slams Pakistan over silence
May 15, 2020, at 09:54 pm
London: Talia Khattak, daughter of a prominent human rights defender Idris Khattak, has slammed Pakistan over its silence on her father's 'forced disappearance' last year.
Treating severe COVID-19 patients will be hard in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh : WHO
May 15, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Valentina Shvartsman Treating severe patients suffering from the COVID-19 lung disease would be particularly challenging in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh due to crowded settings and lack of space for additional health facilities, Catalin Bercaru, a communication officer for the World Health Organization (WHO) country office in Bangladesh, told Sputnik.
Agents of Pakistan's military killed Kashmir nationalist leader Arif Shahid 7 yrs ago: Sajjad Raja
May 15, 2020, at 06:37 pm
London: Marking the seventh martyrdom anniversary of Arif Shahid, a Kashmiri nationalist leader who advocated independence of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan's rule, National Equality Party Chairman Sajjad Raja said agents of Pakistan's powerful military agencies killed the Kashmiri nationalist leader and hence they will never be traced.
Covid-19 cases under reported in Pakistan: Opposition blames Imran Khan govt
May 15, 2020, at 05:02 pm
Islamabad: Main opposition party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has accused the government of under reporting the number of Coronavirus cases in the country and claimed that the tally has crossed the 1,00,000-mark.
Tribute: Bangladesh national professor Anisuzzaman, a life less ordinary
May 15, 2020, at 12:40 pm
Dhaka: Drawing the curtain down on an illustrious life, Bangladesh's National Professor, Dr. Anisuzzaman, passed away at the Combined Military Hospital in the capital on Thursday (May 14). He was 83 years old. It was revealed after his death that he was infected with coronavirus.
Car bomb explosion in Paktia kills five civilians
May 15, 2020, at 10:14 am
Paktia/IBNS: At least five civilians were killed as a car bomb exploded in front of the gate of a Defense Ministry facility in Gardiz city of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Pashtun activist claims Pakistan Army committing human rights violations
May 13, 2020, at 06:10 pm
Islamabad: A Pashtun activist has accused the Pakistan Army of committing human rights violations in the country's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
Attack India with forces: PoK PM tells Imran Khan
May 13, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: At this moment of crisis when the world is combating COVID-19, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) PM Farooq Haider has asked Pakistan PM Imran Khan to attack India with forces.
Pakistan disobeying UNSC resolution on Kashmir: PoK activist writes to British MP
May 13, 2020, at 05:54 pm
London/IBNS: A political activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Shabir Choudhry has written to British lawmaker and Leader of Opposition, Keir Starmer, and informed him that Islamabad is not obeying UN Security Council's resolutions on Kashmir issue.
Bangladesh reports 19 more COVID-19 deaths
May 13, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from novel coronavirus has reached 269 as 19 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country on Wednesday
COVID-19 cases in Nepal cross 200-mark
May 13, 2020, at 01:39 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: COVID-19 cases in Nepal crossed 200 mark after the Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday reported 83 new cases, in the largest single day spike in cases.
Afghanistan: UN shocked and outraged over deadly attacks on maternity hospital and funeral
May 13, 2020, at 01:07 pm
New York/IBNS: Perpetrators behind two separate deadly attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday must be brought to justice, top UN officials have said.
Afghanistan: ISIS terrorists target funeral in Nangarhar during Ramadan, 24 killed
May 13, 2020, at 12:31 pm
Kabul/IBNS: In the holy month of Ramadan, terrorists targeted a funeral in Afghanistan's Nangarhar region which left 24 people dead and 70 others injured, media reports said on Wednesday.
Terror attack in Kabul hospital leaves two newborns, 12 others dead
May 13, 2020, at 10:24 am
Kabul/IBNS: The terror attack in a hospital in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Tuesday left at least 14 people killed, media reports said on Wednesday.
Banning Indian raw material can prove suicidal: Pakistan Pharmaceutical industry warns Imran govt
May 13, 2020, at 03:04 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Despite all their designs against India, Pakistan government is facing a dilemma. It is because of a plea from its own people against the banning of Indian raw material for manufacturing drugs in the country, specially at this time when the nation is grappling with COVID-19 outbreak.
Death toll in Afghan bomb blast rises to 24
May 12, 2020, at 06:45 pm
Kabul/UNI: The death toll from a bomb blast at the funeral of a police chief in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province has gone up to 24, and the number of injured has risen to 68.Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor's spokesman, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Balochistan: Two students disappeared, Pakistan Army blamed
May 12, 2020, at 06:01 pm
Quetta: Even at a time when Pakistan is combating COVID-19 outbreak, the country's military continued its domination over Balochistan people as two students have disappeared in the region, media reports said.
Pakistan govt allegedly imposes ban on Balochistan Human Rights Commission's website
May 12, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Quetta/IBNS: In yet another attempt by the Pakistani authority to curb down the Baloch voices, PM Imran Khan-led administration has imposed an indefinite ban on the official website of Human Rights Commission of Balochistan, media reports said.
Human Rights activist calls Pakistan's move to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan as 'illegal'
May 12, 2020, at 05:49 pm
Quetta/IBNS: A political and human right activist from Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) has described Pakistan's s move of holding election in the region as 'illegal'.
Blasphemy: Pakistani singer targeted over song posted on social media
May 12, 2020, at 05:42 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: While the world is engaged in combating COVID-19 outbreak, Pakistan's hardline Islamists are active. They are misusing the blasphemy law to target any voice of protest.