Pakistan: Sikh Man's murder was an incident of contract killing, claims police
Jan 10, 2020, at 05:38 pm
Peshawar/IBNS: The Pakistan police on Friday claimed that the murder of a Sikh man in the country, which had even triggered protests in India, was actually an incident of 'contract killing'.
ATC summons Hafiz Saeed to record closing statement in terror financing cases
Jan 10, 2020, at 11:14 am
Islamabad/UNI: An Anti-Terrorism Court has summoned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed to record his closing statement after it wrapped up the trial of two terror financing cases against him.
Sixteen militants killed in Afghan provinces within a day: gov't
Jan 08, 2020, at 03:57 pm
Kabul/Xinhua/UNI: Sixteen Taliban militants were killed and six others wounded in five provinces since early Tuesday, the country's defense ministry confirmed on Wednesday.
Pakistan: 2 killed in Quetta blast, 14 hurt
Jan 08, 2020, at 09:28 am
Quetta/IBNS: The death toll in the blast which rocked Quetta area in Pakistan touched two on Wednesday, media reports said.
Over 100 Afghan militants surrender within 2 days amid clamp-down
Jan 07, 2020, at 08:54 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: More than 100 militants have surrendered to Afghan government forces over the past two days amid increasing military pressure on the Taliban, officials said Tuesday.
Pakistan: Blast hits Quetta, 7 hurt
Jan 07, 2020, at 06:26 pm
Quetta/IBNS: A motorcycle, which was parked close to a security forces vehicle in Quetta area of Pakistan, blew up on Tuesday and left at least seven people hurt, media reports said.
Save alma mater JNU: Fomer Nepal PM Bhattarai
Jan 06, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: Former prime Minister of Nepal Baburam Bhattarai on Monday extended solidarity with Jawaharlal Nehru University and said the "holy temple of learning" should be protected.
Pakistan FM speaks to foreign counterparts on US-Iran tension
Jan 06, 2020, at 05:09 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua/UNI: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held telephonic conversation with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey, discussing the emerging situation in the West Asia after a US airstrike killed an Iranian commander, according to the country's Foreign Ministry.
Pakistan: Police arrest man accused of inciting Nankana Sahib Gurdwara violence
Jan 06, 2020, at 04:51 pm
Peshawar/IBNS: The police have arrested Imran Chishti who has been accused of inciting violence against Sikhs in Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan last week.
Armed men kill American University of Afghanistan student in Kabul
Jan 06, 2020, at 10:09 am
Kabul/IBNS: Unknown men killed a third-year student of the American University of Afghanistan (AUOA) in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Saturday, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: Road mishap leaves six dead in Faridpur
Jan 06, 2020, at 09:58 am
Dhaka/IBNS: A bus and a microbus collided in Bangladesh's Faridpur area and left six people dead, media reports said on Monday.
Afghan forces capture Taliban key commander in northern Faryab province
Jan 05, 2020, at 07:51 pm
Maimana, Afghanistan/Xinhua: Afghan security forces have captured a Taliban key commander in the northern Faryab province, provincial police spokesman Mohammad Karim Yurash said on Sunday.
Afghan army stops Taliban car bomb attack in Kandahar, nine militants killed: Spokesman
Jan 05, 2020, at 06:37 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The Afghan National Army thwarted a Taliban car bomb attack on a military base in the Khakrez district of Kandahar province on Sunday morning, killing nine militants in the process, a police spokesman said.
Dhaka: Fire at Keraniganj chemical warehouse brought under control
Jan 05, 2020, at 05:30 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Firefighters have brought the fire, which broke out at a chemical godown in Keraniganj area in Bangladesh, under control, media reports said.
Pakistan: Days after attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, Sikh youth killed in Peshawar
Jan 05, 2020, at 04:37 pm
Peshawar/IBNS: A Sikh youth has been murdered by unknown men in Pakistan's Peshawar city, media reports said on Sunday.
Civilian killed, three injured in northwestern Afghanistan bomb blast
Jan 05, 2020, at 08:39 am
Kabul, Jan 5 (UNI) One civilian was killed and three others were wounded in a bomb blast in Afghanistan's northwestern Balkh province, the chief provincial police spokesman said on Saturday.
Soleimani killing: Bangladesh issues security alerts for migrants living in Iraq
Jan 04, 2020, at 08:58 pm
Baghdad/Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh Embassy in Iraq has directed citizens of the South Asian nation to avoid traveling to the trouble-hit portions of the country.
8 militants killed as offensive repulsed in N Afghanistan
Jan 04, 2020, at 07:29 am
Kunduz, Afghanistan, Jan 4/xinhua/UNI: At least eight fighters affiliated with the Taliban group were killed, when their attack on government forces' checkpoints was repelled in northern Afghanistan's province of Kunduz on Friday, Esmatullah Muradi, the provincial governor spokesman said.
Pakistan: Punjab Assembly resolution seeks most stringent anti-blasphemy laws, USCIRF condemns
Jan 03, 2020, at 06:52 pm
Washington/IBNS: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Friday condemned the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly in Pakistan which asked the federal government to make new or improve existing laws to sternly punish blasphemers and set up a Saudi Arabia like central screening or filtration system to intercept blasphemous material on social media.
Pakistan introduces bill to extend country's army chief's tenure
Jan 03, 2020, at 04:06 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Paving way for three-year extension for Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, country's Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak on Friday tabled the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act 2020 in the National Assembly on Friday.
Madrasa headmaster’s 4-year-old son recovered from teacher's wardrobe
Jan 03, 2020, at 03:55 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Police detained a madrasa teacher after the body a 4-year-old child was recovered in his wardrobe from Bangladesh's Gazipur area, media reports said.
Eight policemen killed in Afghanistan's Balkh province following Taliban attack
Jan 01, 2020, at 05:09 pm
Kabul/SPutnik/UNI: The Taliban militants have attacked a police checkpoint in the northern Afghan province of Balkh, leaving eight people killed and three others injured, the Balkh police chief, Ajmal Fayez, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates Dhaka International Trade Fair
Jan 01, 2020, at 03:51 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday unveiled the 25th edition of Dhaka International Trade Fair.
Afghanistan: Air pollution kills 17 in Kabul, says Health Ministry official
Dec 31, 2019, at 06:16 pm
Kabul/UNI: At least 17 people were killed due to the extreme air pollution in Afghanistan's capital Kabul over the past one week, Fida Mohammad Paikan, an official with the Public Health Ministry said.
Bangladesh closes mobile phones along India border
Dec 31, 2019, at 06:12 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Of Bangladesh has ordered a shutdown of mobile networks along the borders with India, citing security reasons.
Bangladesh: Two RAB members injured as suspected Rohingya gunmen shoot them
Dec 31, 2019, at 09:22 am
Dhaka/IBNS: The Rapid Action Battalion has said two of its members were hurt as suspected 'Rohingya gunmen' shot at them during an anti-drugs drive conducted in a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar area, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: 14 soldiers killed in checkpoint attack
Dec 30, 2019, at 06:29 pm
Shiberghan/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 14 Afghan security force members were killed after Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's northern province of Jawzjan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.
10 Afghanistan journalists killed in 2019: Report
Dec 30, 2019, at 04:19 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Based on the Reporters without Borders “RSF” report and the statistics recorded at Nai Media Watch department, journalists and media staff assassination has significantly been reduced in Afghanistan.
Rohingya man detained with fake passport in Bangladesh airport
Dec 30, 2019, at 09:40 am
Dhaka/IBNS: A Rohingya man was detained on Monday with fake passport and other documents after he reached Bangladesh's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in country's capital Dhaka from Malaysia.
Chinese envoy in Nepal asks people to follow and promote her on Twitter in lieu of movie tickets
Dec 29, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Beijing/IBNS: In an unheard of social media diplomacy, the Chinese envoy in Nepal has offered people of the Himalayan nation to follow her on Twitter and retweet her posts in exchange for movie tickets.