ServiceOntario's new changes facilitate easier access to get driver’s licenses, health cards
Feb 03, 2023, at 05:11 am
Toronto/IBNS: New changes to ServiceOntario have been announced in Brampton on Wednesday by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to facilitate “faster” and “easier” services to get driver’s licences and health cards.
Pakistan: Power supply to Turbat, Panjgur, Gwadar areas curtailed
Feb 03, 2023, at 02:21 am
Quetta: Power supply to Turbat, Panjgur and Gwadar, the three districts of Makran division in Pakistan, were badly hit on Sunday and the situation remained the same on Monday after Iran suspended power supply to these areas.
Pakistan: Expansion in nuclear power generation hits snags
Feb 03, 2023, at 02:14 am
Islamabad: The development of C-5, which is the fifth unit of the Chashma Nuclear Power Generating Station, has been hit by a snag due to the reported refusal by the Ministry of Finance to furnish a sovereign guarantee, media reports said.
US Senators introduce bill to end China's permanent normal trade status
Feb 03, 2023, at 02:02 am
Washington: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Sens. Rick Scott (R-Florida), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) have introduced the China Trade Relations Act to strip China of its Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status.
Feb 03, 2023, at 01:46 am
New Delhi: A prominent Muslim scholar has said there is no other country like India where Islamic works could be carried out.
China sends 23 military aircraft, 4 ships to Taiwan strait
Feb 02, 2023, at 04:41 pm
Beijing/UNI: The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the island’s armed forces registered 23 military aircraft and four ships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) approaching the island in the last 24 hours.
Bangladesh: Police arrest 12 Jamaat-e-Islami activists
Feb 02, 2023, at 05:29 am
Feni: Bangladesh police recently arrested 12 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami on charges of conspiring anti-state activities.
Canada: Ontario aligns with its long-term care home residents to increase diagnostic services
Feb 02, 2023, at 03:06 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario's Long-term care residents are being connected by the government to improve residents’ quality of life and to reduce avoidable emergency department visits or hospital stays, a news release has reported.
Pakistan's inflation touches record high figure of 27.6 pct
Feb 02, 2023, at 12:08 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's annual inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), spiked to a decades-high level of 27.55 per cent in January, compared to 24.5pc in the previous month, media reports said on Wednesday.
Feb 01, 2023, at 05:43 pm
New York: Youth empowerment and employment figured heavily in discussions between Saudi officials and the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), held in the kingdom last weekend.
IOM steps up support as Rohingya refugee numbers rise in Southeast Asia
Feb 01, 2023, at 05:21 pm
New York: Increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees have been arriving in Southeast Asian countries by sea and land, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Tuesday as it scales up support in the region.
Eight trends that will impact children in 2023
Feb 01, 2023, at 05:15 pm
New York: A series of interconnected crises are expected to have a huge impact on children in 2023. A report from the UN children’s agency (UNICEF), released on Tuesday, details the trends that will shape their lives over the next 12 months.
Three Afghanistan nationals died in Pakistani prisons in recent months: Reports
Feb 01, 2023, at 03:57 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan Consulate in Karachi has said over 1,000 Afghan refugees, including women and children, are currently present in prisons in Pakistan.
Feb 01, 2023, at 03:43 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday reacted to the Peshawar bomb blast and said worshippers were not killed during prayers even in India, adding that the country has sowed seeds of terrorism, media reports said.
Pakistan: Govt asked to declare Hazara division as separate province
Feb 01, 2023, at 03:23 pm
Mansehra: Tehreek-i-Sooba Hazara convener Mushtaq Khan Advocate has asked the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led central government to declare the Hazara division as a separate province.
Pakistan: TTP terrorists attack Mianwali police station
Feb 01, 2023, at 02:45 pm
Islamabad: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists attacked a police station in Mianwali on Tuesday, a day after a suicide blast in Peshawar left 96 people dead.
US Representative leads bill to support Taiwan’s participation in IMF
Feb 01, 2023, at 02:10 am
Washington: As first reported in POLITICO, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40), who serves on the House Financial Services Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee, recently introduced the Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 540) with Rep. Al Green (TX-09) to support Taiwan’s participation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Google blocks 50,000 accounts for pushing Chinese disinformation
Feb 01, 2023, at 02:03 am
California: Popular US-based search engine Google has disclosed it took steps to dismantle over 50,000 instances of activity orchestrated by a pro-Chinese influence operation known as DRAGONBRIDGE in 2022.
Pakistan: Death toll in Peshawar mosque blast touches 96
Jan 31, 2023, at 11:07 pm
Peshawar: The death toll due to the blast which took place inside a mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city has touched 96, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan fails to improve on CPI
Jan 31, 2023, at 10:55 pm
Islamabad: Amid an economic crisis, Pakistan failed to improve in Transparency International's (TI) latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI 2022) as it retained its place among 180 countries in the world.
IMF approves 4.7 bln USD loans for Bangladesh
Jan 31, 2023, at 10:26 pm
Dhaka: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved 3.3 billion U.S. dollars under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreements as well as 1.4 billion dollars under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) for Bangladesh.
Afghanistan: Humanitarians await guidelines on women’s role in aid operations
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:34 pm
New York: A UN-led group of humanitarians are hoping that the Taliban will allow Afghan women to again work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the ground following last month’s ban, four senior aid officials told journalists in New York on Monday.
Afghanistan: ISIS-Khorasan increases its attacks on Chinese projects
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:18 pm
Kabul: Islamic State-Khorasan and other terror outlets have started targeting Chinese projects in Afghanistan in recent times, a key Kabul-based news agency has said.
Jan 31, 2023, at 09:00 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for Member States to urge the military leadership in Myanmar to respect the will and needs of its own people, as risks to regional stability grow.
Antonio Guterres strongly condemns deadly mosque attack in Pakistan
Jan 31, 2023, at 08:51 pm
New York: The UN chief and top officials have strongly condemned the suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, that left at least 59 dead and 150 injured.
Israel-Palestine: UNICEF warns children are paying ‘the highest price’ as violence escalates
Jan 31, 2023, at 08:46 pm
New York: Alarmed by the recent killing and injury of many children in Israel and Palestine, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) voiced an appeal to parties on Monday to de-escalate tensions and refrain from violence.
Libya: human rights abuses must be addressed, says UN probe
Jan 31, 2023, at 08:30 pm
New York: Top UN-appointed independent rights investigators on Monday urged the authorities to share more information on mass graves and other serious crimes linked to the country’s civil war.
Pakistan: Death toll in mosque suicide blast rises to 88
Jan 31, 2023, at 06:21 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The death toll in a suicide bomb blast that hit a mosque on Monday in Pakistan's northwest provincial capital of Peshawar rose to 88, an official told media persons on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Death toll hits 72 in Peshawar mosque blast
Jan 31, 2023, at 03:17 pm
Peshawar: The death toll due to the bomb blast inside a mosque at the Police Lines compound in Pakistan's Peshawar city has touched 72, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan operations: Four alleged terrorists killed
Jan 31, 2023, at 02:54 pm
Dera Ismail Khan: At least four alleged terrorists were killed and one surrendered to the police during intelligence-based operations in Swabi and Dera Ismail Khan districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.