Pakistan Minister who raised Kashmir issue during SAARC meet is facing FIA probe in masks smuggling case

Mar 16, 2020, at 07:12 pm

Islamabad/New Delhi/IBNS: Pakistan's Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Zafar Mirza, who tried to make India uncomfortable at the SAARC conference on COVID 19 on Sunday by raising the Kashmir issue, is himself facing an investigation for allegedly smuggling of 20 million face masks abroad, media reports said.

Bangladesh confirms three new coronavirus infected cases

Mar 16, 2020, at 06:03 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh government on Monday confirmed three new coronavirus cases, taking the number of infected people in the country to eight, media reports said.

Bangladesh Hindu priest killing: Four convicts get death penalty

Mar 15, 2020, at 05:12 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: A Bangladesh court has awarded death sentences to four Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members in connection with the murder of a Hindu priest in the country's Panchagarh area in 2016, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Five more Coronavirus infected cases confirmed

Mar 15, 2020, at 04:49 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan on Sunday recorded five more new Coronavirus cases, taking the number of infected people to 16 in the country, media reports said.

Pakistan: Number of people hit by coronavirus touches 34

Mar 15, 2020, at 04:35 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: The total number of people suffering from coronavirus infection in Pakistan has touched 34, media reports said on Sunday.

UK Minister says his government is aware of mass graves in Balochistan

Mar 15, 2020, at 12:27 pm

London/IBNS:  Minister of State Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development Nigel Adams has said his government is aware of the presence of mass graves in Pakistan's Balochistan region.

5 militants killed in S. Afghan clashes

Mar 14, 2020, at 04:56 pm

Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan/Xinhua/UNI:  Five Taliban militants have been killed during clashes with Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province, local police said Saturday.

Bangladesh: Teenager raped in Dhaka

Mar 14, 2020, at 04:14 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: A minor girl has been gang-raped in Bangladesh capital Dhaka city's Uttara region, media reports said.

Sri Lanka bans passengers from 11 countries

Mar 13, 2020, at 09:30 pm

Colombo/UNI: In a bid to prevent COVID-19 from spreading in the country, Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday announced that it has banned passengers from 11 countries from visiting the island nation.

World Sidhi Congress urges UNHRC to hold Pakistan accountable for human rights violation in Sindh region

Mar 13, 2020, at 09:09 pm

Geneva/IBNS: Targeting Pakistan over enforced disappearances and persecution of minorities in Sindh, the World Sindhi Congress recently urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold Pakistan government accountable for the violation of human rights of the people belonging to the community.

People living in PoK in an atmosphere of fear: JKNIA leader Mahmood Kashmiri

Mar 13, 2020, at 08:59 pm

Geneva/IBNS: A Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) leader has unveiled the domination imposed over them by PM Imran Khan and his government and said people in the region live in an atmosphere of fear.

Nepali gov't suspends visa-on arrivals for nationals of all countries

Mar 13, 2020, at 07:25 pm

Kathmandu/Xinhua/UNI: The Nepali government has taken a number of measures including temporarily stopping all on-arrival-tourist visas and putting an end to all the spring mountaineering expeditions including that of Mount Qomolangma, a senior Nepali government official said.

Pakistan authority arrest Geo News owner Rahman in land case; action seemed motivated

Mar 13, 2020, at 11:29 am

Islamabad/IBNS: In what appears like a crackdown for its anti-establishment reporting, Pakistani authorities have arrested the owner and editor in chief of the country's biggest independent group of newspapers and TV stations, Mir Shakilur Rahman, in connection with a case pertaining to the purchase of a 54-kanal piece of land, media reports said.

Pakistani 'oppression': PoK leader urges world bodies to protect them

Mar 13, 2020, at 11:04 am

Geneva/IBNS: Highlighting the true picture of Pakistan, political activists from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) asked the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNFRC) to protect them from the oppression of Islamabad, media reports said.

Freedom for Balochistan will not be denied: Victims of Baloch Genocide

Mar 12, 2020, at 02:47 pm

Geneva/IBNS: A pavilion is set up outside the UN Office of Geneva adjacent to iconic broken chair and named as “Save the Baloch” is a campaign by rights activists to garner greater international awareness for the near-extermination of the people of Balochistan in Pakistan.

Security Council resolution endorses moves towards long-sought Afghanistan peace

Mar 11, 2020, at 05:04 pm

New York/IBNS: The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday afternoon welcoming recent steps towards ending the conflict in Afghanistan. All 15 members supported the resolution, tabled by the United States, which endorses a joint US-Afghan declaration on peace and an agreement signed between Washington and the Taliban.

Afghanistan peace prospects ‘slim’ without women’s participation: Hillary Clinton

Mar 11, 2020, at 03:56 pm

New York/IBNS: There can be no sustainable peace in Afghanistan if women are not at the negotiating table, former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ambassadors and activists at UN Headquarters on Tuesday.

Taliban killing too many Afghans in the countryside, says US State Department

Mar 11, 2020, at 03:36 pm

Washington/IBNS: Days after a peace deal was signed between the two groups, the US State Department on Wednesday confirmed that the Taliban has taken steps to stop attacks against the coalition force in the cities but they are killing too many Afghans in the countryside.

Pakistan: PAF jet crashes, 1 pilot killed

Mar 11, 2020, at 03:24 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: A pilot died as a Pakistan Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed in Shakarparian area in Islamabad city on Wednesday morning, media reports said.

Pakistani air force aircraft crashes in Islamabad

Mar 11, 2020, at 12:51 pm

Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI/IBNS: A fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday during a rehearsal for upcoming event of the Pakistan Day, spokesperson of the PAF Syed Ahmer Raza told Xinhua.

Afghanistan: Two new coronavirus cases reported

Mar 11, 2020, at 10:34 am

Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan has reported two new Coronavirus cases in the country, media reports said.

Pakistan wants Taliban to rule Afghanistan, says former Afghan President's brother

Mar 10, 2020, at 11:39 pm

Geneva/IBNS: The brother of a former Afghanistan President has said that Pakistan is backing the Taliban group to topple the elected government in his nation.

Taliban hand prisoner list to US Delegation – Spokesman

Mar 10, 2020, at 06:16 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The Taliban have handed to a US delegation a list of 5,000 fighters they want released from Afghan prisons, the spokesman for the militant group’s Qatar office said on Tuesday.

Intra-Afghan talks expected to open amid renewed Taliban violence, US airstrikes

Mar 10, 2020, at 04:55 pm

Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Intra-Afghan negotiations are expected to open on Tuesday amid uncertainty as the Taliban are stepping up attacks on country’s forces and US warplanes are carrying out airstrikes on the group’s positions, yet hopes for long-awaited peace has became possible after President Ashraf Ghani finally agreed to a prisoner swap.

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber shot dead before reaching target in Kandahar

Mar 10, 2020, at 04:31 pm

Kandahar/IBNS: Afghanistan security forces have killed a suicide bomber who was looking to carry out an attack in Zherai district, officials said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Confirmed coronavirus cases touch 16

Mar 10, 2020, at 09:13 am

Karachi/IBNS: With nine more cases of coronavirus infection being reported from Karachi city, the total number of the cases in Pakistan has touched 16, officials said.

Women participate in Aurat March in Pakistan, unidentified men pelt stone to disrupt Islamabad edition

Mar 09, 2020, at 04:57 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: Women in large numbers on Sunday participated in 'Aurat March' across different cities in Pakistan to demand basic rights for women in each field of life. However, the Islamabad edition of the march was marred by a stone-pelting incident where the peaceful participants were allegedly targeted by religious hardliners.

Pakistan: Bus plunges into ravine, 20 dead

Mar 09, 2020, at 01:51 pm

Karachi/IBNS: A passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine near Gilgit Baltistan's city Skardu area in Pakistan and left at least 20 people killed, media reports said.

Kabul: Four members of family found dead under mysterious circumstances

Mar 09, 2020, at 12:59 pm

Kabul/IBNS: Four members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances at a residence in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.

Pakistan confirms seventh Coronavirus case

Mar 09, 2020, at 11:47 am

Karachi/IBNS: Pakistan confirmed its seventh confirmed Coronvirus case on Monday.