Chinese military vows to thwart foreign interference
Feb 09, 2022, at 09:35 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese military will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, thwart any form of foreign interference and separatist attempts for "Taiwan independence," and continue to advance national reunification, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
Hong Kong: 21 nations express concern over media suppression
Feb 09, 2022, at 02:39 pm
Washington: A coalition of 21 countries from around the world, including the United States and the United Kingdom, issued a joint statement in which they expressed a deep concern over alleged suppression of independent media in Hong Kong.
Nepalese civic body submits memorandum to UN over alleged Chinese encroachment
Feb 09, 2022, at 04:14 am
Kathmandu, Nepal: The Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan, a Nepalese civic society, has handed over a memorandum to the United Nations Office where they said China has encroached on Nepal’s land.
Taiwan's outlying marine ecology damaged by Chinese sand dredging: Reports
Feb 09, 2022, at 12:07 am
Taipei, Taiwan: The National Academy of Marine Research (NAMR) has found that the Taiwan Banks, located southwest of the island county of Penghu, have been damaged by Chinese vessels which are dredging hundreds of millions of cubic meters of sand every year.
Kabul: Afghanistan's biggest stock market shuts down
Feb 09, 2022, at 12:05 am
Kabul: Money exchangers of Afghanistan’s biggest stock market, based in Kabul city went on strike on Tuesday, closing the market after the Central Bank of Afghanistan adopted new conditions on the money exchangers, an episode which may be seen as yet another blow to the country's economy.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan flayed for ‘mortgaging’ SBP
Feb 09, 2022, at 12:01 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has criticized the Imran Khan government for 'mortgaging' the State Bank of Pakistan to the International Monetary Fund for a loan.
US charges Chinese Hytera telecom company with conspiring with ex-Motorola staff to steal technology
Feb 08, 2022, at 11:35 pm
Washington: A federal indictment was unsealed today in the Northern District of Illinois, charging China-based telecommunications company, Hytera, with conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets.
Nepalese govt report claims China is encroaching along border
Feb 08, 2022, at 11:28 pm
Kathmandu, Nepal: A Nepalese government report has claimed that China is encroaching into Nepal along the two countries' shared border.
Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan's neighbours to meet in March: China
Feb 08, 2022, at 11:11 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: The next meeting of foreign ministers of countries neighbouring Afghanistan will take place in person in Beijing at the end of March, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, on Tuesday.
COVID-19: Vegetable prices continue to rise in Hong Kong as more cross-border truckers quarantined
Feb 08, 2022, at 08:52 pm
Hong Kong: Vegetable prices in Hong Kong are moving up and shelves at some supermarkets remained empty as retailers blamed transport disruptions at the mainland China border due to Covid-19.
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor stalled under PTI govt: Former Pak PM Abbasi
Feb 08, 2022, at 08:47 pm
Islamabad: Former Pak Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s senior vice president Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has attacked PM Imran Khan and said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is currently stalled under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.
More than 31 percent educated youth in Pakistan currently unemployed, reveals report
Feb 08, 2022, at 08:35 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on Sunday claimed that more than 31 percent youth in the country is currently unemployed.
Pakistan: Local journalist claim several Ahmadiyya graves desecrated by police in Punjab
Feb 08, 2022, at 08:32 pm
Islamabad: Several graves belonging to the Ahmadiyya community were allegedly desecrated by police and Muslim clerics at a cemetery in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a local journalist claimed.
Import of walnuts from China leaves PoK farmers in jeopardy
Feb 08, 2022, at 08:25 pm
Neelam Valley, PoK: The earning source of many local farmers in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is in threat due to the rise in importing Chinese walnuts.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan to visit Russia for bilateral discussions
Feb 08, 2022, at 02:00 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Russia for bilateral discussions in the last week of February, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Sobah Hazara Tehreek chairman asks PM Imran Khan to honour commitment on Hazara province
Feb 08, 2022, at 01:37 am
Mansehra, Pakistan: Sobah Hazara Tehreek chairman Sardar Mohammad Yusuf has asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to honour the commitment of making the Hazara division a completely separate province.
Five Pakistani soldiers die as terrorists attack army post from across Afghanistan border
Feb 08, 2022, at 01:30 am
Kurram, Pakistan: At least five Pakistani soldiers died and four others were injured when terrorists from across the Afghan border attacked an army post in Kurram tribal district during Saturday-Sunday night, media reports said.
Nepali President mourns Lata Mangeshkar's death
Feb 07, 2022, at 11:48 pm
Kathmandu: Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari joined the rest of her admirers in remembering late Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar who died in Mumbai on Sunday.
Pakistan: Blast in Quetta leaves two FC personnel injured
Feb 07, 2022, at 10:26 pm
Quetta: An explosion rocked Quetta's Sariab Road in Pakistan and left two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel injured, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: 50 ISIS-K terrorists surrender in Nangarhar
Feb 07, 2022, at 10:07 pm
Kabul: 50 ISIS-K terrorists surrendered in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday.
China: Lockdown imposed on Baise city as COVID-19 cases rise
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:48 pm
Baise: Authorities have imposed a lockdown in Baise city of China after 98 people tested positive for COVID-19 in a preliminary screening test carried out on Sunday.
Feb 07, 2022, at 04:58 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Muktijuddha Mancha members recently participated in a human chain and protest rally close to the National Museum in Dhaka for the immediate repatriation of 5,000 Bangladeshi students studying in China, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan's 46 pct population rejects Imran Khan's new political brand
Feb 07, 2022, at 04:28 am
Islamabad: Around 46 percent of the Pakistani population could not agree with Prime Minister Imran Khan’s self-proclamation of a new political brand and free of any corruption.
Pakistani labour group chief asks govt to ensure implementation of minimum wage demand
Feb 07, 2022, at 04:08 am
Islamabad: Muttahida Labour Federation (MLF) provincial president Mohammad Iqbal has asked the government to take strict action against those industries and organizations which are not paying the minimum wage of Rs 21,000 to the workers as per the official notification.
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:33 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday mourned the death of Indian singing legend Lata Mangeshkar and described her as a truly great singer the world has known.
Pakistani NGO describes rise in honour killing cases as 'alarming'
Feb 07, 2022, at 03:11 am
Islamabad: Non-governmental organization Sindh Suhai Sath has said Pakistan is witnessing an alarming rise in honour killing cases as 176 people became victims of the deadly custom last year.
Pakistan: Security forces kill suicide bomber in Tank
Feb 07, 2022, at 02:54 am
Rawalpindi: Security forces killed a suicide bomber during an operation conducted in Pakistan's Tank area, media reports said on Sunday.
Talks with banned TTP could not move ahead: Sheikh Rashid
Feb 07, 2022, at 02:34 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said talks with banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) failed to move forward.
Pakistani minister warns country may witness rise in terror activities
Feb 07, 2022, at 12:44 am
Islamabad: Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Saturday made an apparent reference to the recent spike in terrorist activities in the country and said such episodes may rise in the upcoming days.
Firing incident: PTM members demonstrate in different Pakistani cities
Feb 06, 2022, at 11:56 pm
Peshawar: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) members on Friday demonstrated by organizing rallies in various cities across Pakistan against the recent firing allegedly by the security forces on their rally in Balochistan province.