Hong Kong: China to bar British overseas passport holders from public office
Jan 19, 2021, at 04:59 pm
Beijing: China is planning to bar British National (Overseas) passport [BN (O)] owners from holding public office in Hong Kong, a measure believed to be taken by Beijing to control dissenting voice, media reports said.
Lease payment for seized aircraft: PIA officials to appear in UK, Malaysia courts
Jan 19, 2021, at 01:22 am
Islamabad: A day after a Pakistan International Airlines plane was impounded by Malaysian authorities due to a British court case over the aircraft’s $14 million lease dispute, country's Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said the national carrier did not pay the lease due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
No-trust vote is the only way to remove Imran Khan government: Bilawal Bhutto
Jan 19, 2021, at 12:25 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Saturday said the only way to remove Imran Khan from power is by tabling a no-confidence motion against the prime minister among its allies.
Police recover several children before being sent to Pakistan
Jan 18, 2021, at 10:01 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has said police have recovered several young and minor children who were being taken to Taliban madrassas in Pakistan for insurgency training.
Pakistan: Security forces kill 2 terrorists
Jan 18, 2021, at 09:54 pm
Islamabad: Two terrorists were killed during an Intelligence Based Operation conducted by the Pakistan Army security personnel in South Waziristan district, Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
Afghanistan: US condemns killing of two female court judges
Jan 18, 2021, at 02:34 pm
Kabul: The US condemned the killing of two Afghanistan female court judges in Kabul city on Sunday.
Pakistan government decides to hike electricity tariff
Jan 18, 2021, at 02:46 am
IIslamabad: In a move towards reviving the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, the Pakistan government has decided to hike electricity rates by about Rs 1.90 per unit in the current billing month, media reports said.
US designates six pro-China officials over Hong Kong arrests
Jan 18, 2021, at 02:41 am
Washington: The United States is designating six PRC and Hong Kong officials in connection with the draconian National Security Law (NSL), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13936, “The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization.”
China: Nearly 100 million people are supplied 'unsafe' drinking water
Jan 18, 2021, at 02:33 am
Beijing: Neatly 100 million people in China are provided with drinking water in which toxic chemicals were found to exceed safe limits, media reports said.
Sheikh Hasina urges filmmakers to make more movies on Liberation War
Jan 18, 2021, at 01:28 am
Dhaka/UNI: Stating that her government would do everything necessary for survival of the country’s cinema industry, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged all concerned to make more films on the our Liberation War 71 as the generation after generation could know the real history of Bangladesh’s emergence as an independent nation.
Afghanistan: Unidentified gunmen killed 2 female judges in Kabul
Jan 17, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Kabul: Unidentified gunmen shot dead two female judges in Kabul on Sunday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Police arrest six Pakistani nationals on suspicion of spying
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:57 am
Kabul: The Afghanistan Police have arrested six Pakistani nationals on suspicion of spying in Spin Boldak border district of southern Kandahar province, media reports said.
COVID-19 positive: China halts PIA flight operations for three weeks
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:51 am
Islamabad: China, which is an all-weather ally of Pakistan, has stopped the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from operating flights for three weeks after 10 passengers tested COVID-19 positive, media reports said.
China possibly committed 'genocide' against Uighurs: US Commission report
Jan 17, 2021, at 06:46 am
Washington: A US commission has said in its report that China possibly carried out genocide against Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, media reports said.
Chinese tech brand Huawei backtracks after filing for patent to identify Uyghur faces
Jan 17, 2021, at 04:16 am
Beijing: Chinese technology brand Huawei has decided to backtrack a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system intended to identify Uyghurs from other Chinese ethnicities, media reports said on Saturday.
Malaysian authorities seize PIA Boeing 777 aircraft
Jan 16, 2021, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: Malaysian authorities have seized a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing-777 aircraft at Kuala Lumpur airport over outstanding lease dues.
Tibetan community accuse China of sabotaging polls
Jan 16, 2021, at 04:38 pm
Lhasa: The Tibetan community has accused China of attempting to sabotage the Tibetan government in exile and Tibetan Parliament's election.
UN steps up support for thousands left homeless after fire at Rohingya refugee camp
Jan 16, 2021, at 03:04 pm
New York: UN agencies have stepped up efforts to help thousands of Rohingya refugees left without shelter after a devastating fire tore through a crowded refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh on Thursday.
Afghanistan: Local radio station attacked in Kunduz
Jan 16, 2021, at 02:56 pm
Kunduz: An imam of a mosque, along with a mob, attacked local radio station Zohra Radio in Afghanistani city of Kunduz recently, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Imran Khan’s spokesperson resigns over difference on 'Machh incident'
Jan 16, 2021, at 07:03 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s spokesperson Nadeem Afzal Chan has resigned from his position, media reports said on Friday.
Hazaras targeted in Pakistan due to govt's anti-Shia militancy
Jan 16, 2021, at 07:00 am
Islamabad: The targeted killing of Hazara community members in Pakistan is a reflection that the state was simultaneously allowing anti-Shia hysteria to be propagated across the nation, The Diplomat reported.
PTI foreign funding case: PDM to march to ECP's office in Islamabad on Jan 19
Jan 15, 2021, at 10:17 pm
Putting pressure on the Pakistan government, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has said her party, under the umbrella of the 10-party opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), would take out rallies from different areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Jan 19 that would merge into one big rally before heading towards the office of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the capital.
Illegal funding: Imran Khan's PTI blames its agent in US
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:19 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has moved away from its initial stance of denying any illegal funding from the United States and said that if any funds were collected illegally through two US companies registered after Imran Khan’s written instructions, the responsibility lies with their agents managing the two limited liability companies.
Pakistan: Minister directed to stop seminary students from joining PDM's rally
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:16 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has been directed to prevent the students of religious seminaries from participating in the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) march on Islamabad next month, media reports said.
Chinese atrocities: Missing Uyghur doctor found detained in Xinjiang
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:11 pm
Beijing: A Uyghur doctor, who was associated with a hospital in the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), was detained in an internment camp in 2017, media reports said.
Philippines: Authorities apprehend 8 suspected Chinese members of kidnap gang
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:08 pm
Manila: Philippines recently said eight members of a Chinese kidnap-for-ransom gang have been apprehended, media reports said.
Rights group feels China is witnessing global resistance to deepening repression
Jan 15, 2021, at 04:03 pm
The Chinese government’s heightened repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang are emblematic of the worsening human rights situation under President Xi Jinping, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2021.
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:53 am
Washington: Targeting the Chinese Communist Party, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the former believes in international relations that are controlled in a way that will not create security, freedom and prosperity.
Nepal cracks down on protesters denouncing dissolution of Lower House
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:41 am
Kathmandu: Nepal Police recently arrested dozens of people, who were demonstrating against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), in Nepal capital Kathmandu, media reports said.
Pakistan's power transmission company blames human error for recent power outage
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:38 am
Islamabad: National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has said the massive power outage that was reported in Pakistan on Saturday was caused by poor maintenance of transmission circuitry.