JUI-F boycotts by-polls in Pakistan, protest against Feb 8 national polls
Mar 27, 2024, at 10:52 pm
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said his party decided to boycott the upcoming bypolls and his outfit will protest in different cities from April 25.
Mar 27, 2024, at 07:31 pm
Condemning the suicide blast in Bisham region which left six people, including five Chinese nationals who were working on the Dasu Hydropower Project, dead, Beijing on Tuesday (March 26, 2024) asked Pakistan to thoroughly investigate the case and hunt down the perpetrators behind the attack.
Pakistan's Sindh witnesses disappearance of 47,000 wheat sacks
Mar 27, 2024, at 12:40 am
As many as 47,000 wheat sacks went missing from a Pakistani government's warehouse in Sindh, media reports said.
Islamabad residents to stage protests, approach court against spike in property tax
Mar 27, 2024, at 12:08 am
Islamabad residents, including the traders community, have threatened to stage a protest and contest the decision in court after the local administration made an exorbitant increase in property taxes.
Taiwan detects 13 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around its region
Mar 26, 2024, at 11:54 pm
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has said 13 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels were tracked around the region between Monday and Tuesday.
Five Chinese nationals were among six killed after their convoy targeted in Pakistan
Mar 26, 2024, at 11:44 pm
At least six Chinese nationals and a Pakistani were killed after their convoy was attacked in Bisham region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla region on Tuesday.
Two robbers killed during 'encounter' in Pakistan, relatives stage protest
Mar 26, 2024, at 03:30 pm
Security officials of Pakistan's Korangi region killed two suspected robbers in an alleged encounter on Sunday.
Pakistani security forces foil attack at Turbat naval base
Mar 26, 2024, at 03:04 pm
Pakistani security forces have claimed they have foiled an armed terrorist attack at a naval base in Turbat on Monday, media reports said.
Three coal miners kidnapped in Pakistan
Mar 25, 2024, at 11:32 pm
Armed men kidnapped three coal miners in Duki coal field area of Balochistan on Friday, media reports said.
Human traffickers torture immigrants who tried to reach Europe via Iran
Mar 25, 2024, at 11:17 pm
Human traffickers and notorious smugglers are trying to cruelly treat immigrants who illegally attempt to reach Europe via Iran by holding them for ransom.
BU teachers, staff protest for salaries in Pakistan
Mar 25, 2024, at 10:46 pm
Leaders of the joint action committee, including Prof Dr Kaleemullah Barech, Shah Ali Bugti, Nazir Ahmed Lehri, Fareed Khan Achakzai, and others, on Sunday said despite passage of 24 days in March, professors and employees of the University of Balochistan (UoB) have not received salaries and pensions for the last three months.
Counter-narcotics police destroy poppy farms in north Afghanistan
Mar 25, 2024, at 10:27 pm
Afghan counter-narcotics police have smashed poppy farms on 200 acres of land in north Afghanistan's Balkh province over the past two months, provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Rashed said on Monday.
Baloch National Movement members protest against Pakistani occupation of Balochistan in Berlin
Mar 25, 2024, at 10:03 pm
Baloch National Movement’s Germany Chapter staged a protest in Berlin recently, observing March as the black day when the Pakistan Army marched on March 27, 1948, and forcibly annexed Balochistan.
Experts, intellectuals hold Pakistan accountable for Bangladesh war crimes in 1971
Mar 25, 2024, at 09:55 pm
International geopolitics experts and intellectuals held Pakistan accountable for the war crimes of 1971 in Bangladesh.
Taiwan's Ministry of Defence detects 7 Chinese naval ships, 5 military aircraft around nation
Mar 25, 2024, at 08:54 pm
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence recently tracked seven Chinese naval vessels and five military aircraft around Taiwan between Sunday and Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan's farmers' body urges government to declare agriculture emergency
Mar 25, 2024, at 04:29 pm
Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, a body dedicated to farmers of the financially-hit South Asian nation, has urged the government to declare an agriculture emergency in the country, media reports said.
China blocks use of America-made AMD, Intel processors in government computers
Mar 25, 2024, at 12:28 am
China has issued fresh guidelines where the country blocked using US microprocessors from Intel and AMD from government PCs and servers, media reports said.
Pregnant woman dies in Pakistan's Karaci after treated by 'fake doctor
Mar 25, 2024, at 12:15 am
A Pakistani pregnant woman died after she was treated by an alleged fake doctor in Karachi city, media reports said,
Lahore witnessing rapid surge in crime amid Ramadan celebration
Mar 24, 2024, at 12:03 am
Throwing police strategy to decline crime rate out of gear, criminals in Lahore city are looting an average of 200 people every day in Pakistan's Lahore city.
Three kids killed as unexploded ordnance goes off in Afghanistan
Mar 23, 2024, at 11:40 pm
Three children have lost their lives and two others sustained injuries as an unexploded ordnance went off in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Saturday, provincial government spokesman Mawlawi Mohammad Qasim Riaz said.
Mar 23, 2024, at 11:29 pm
Baloch National Movement (BNM), a prominent Baloch Rights organisations, recently announced a schedule of protests and marches to denounce Black Day on March 27.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan demands extortion of Rs 1 billion from Islamabad woman
Mar 23, 2024, at 12:35 am
Banned terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has demanded extortion of Rs 1 billion from a woman residing in Islamabad, media reports said.
Pakistani court hands life imprisonment to woman for allegedly 'burning' Quran
Mar 23, 2024, at 12:28 am
A Pakistani court on Thursday handed life imprisonment to a woman on charges of desecrating the Holy Quran.
Report claims China is imposing Mandarin in parts of Tibet
Mar 22, 2024, at 11:27 pm
Chinese authorities imposed Chinese medium education in Tibetan schools and amended local regulations in Tibetan areas to promote Mandarin Chinese, the Dharamshala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said in a report released recently.
Tibetan, Uyghur demonstrators protest against Chiese FM Wang Yi's visit to Australia
Mar 22, 2024, at 11:22 pm
Police clashed with Tibetan and Uyghur demonstrators who were protesting outside the Chinese Embassy in Canberra against Chiese FM Wang Yi visit to Australia.
Global experts to participate in international webinar on 'Bangladesh Genocide' on March 24
Mar 21, 2024, at 05:07 pm
Eight experts from across the world will participate in an international webinar to mark 'Bangladesh Genocide Remembrance Day' on March 24.
Pakistan security forces kill eight terrorists who stormed into China-invested Gwadar port
Mar 21, 2024, at 02:18 am
Pakistani security forces killed eight gunmen who stormed into the Gwadar Port Authority Complex in the country, a strategically crucial port located in the mineral-rich region.
Mar 21, 2024, at 01:27 am
Teachers and other employees of Balochistan University took out a procession to protest against the administration over non-payment of salaries for three months.
Dacoits kill Pakistani teacher who defied their ‘rule’ by going to school in no-go area
Mar 21, 2024, at 01:09 am
Dacoits gunned down a school teacher who was travelling on a motorcycle to his school in Pakistan's Kandhkot-Kashomre district on Monday.
Pashtuns demonstrate in front of UN office in Geneva against crackdown on PTM leaders
Mar 21, 2024, at 12:29 am
A large number of Pashtun members recently organised an anti-Pakistan protest in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to denounce the crackdown on workers and leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM).