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Subcontinent has lost one of the truly great singers the world has known, tweets Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Lata Mangeshkar's demise

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.

Belarus, Russia to give joint response to possible war in Donbas : Alexander Lukashenko

Feb 07, 2022, at 01:39 am

Minsk/UNI/Sputnik: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that his country would coordinate a joint response with Russia if Ukraine started a war against Donbas.

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.

Indonesia: Bus accident leaves 13 people dead in Yogyakarta

Feb 07, 2022, at 12:11 am

Yogyakarta: A bus accident in Indonesia's Yogyakarta area on Sunday left thirteen people dead, media reports said.

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.

Pakistani leaders condole Lata Mangeshkar's death

Feb 06, 2022, at 10:18 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's  Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhary mourned the demise of Indian singing legend Lata Mangeshkar and described her as the 'melodious queen' who ruled the world of music for decades.

Afghanistan: University professor claims his colleagues accused him of blasphemy

Feb 06, 2022, at 09:57 pm

Kabul: An Afghanistan professor has claimed his university colleagues have  accused him of blasphemy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Feb 06, 2022, at 09:46 pm

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday met in Beijing on the sidelines of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Members of Tibetan community hold march in Australia over China's human rights abuses

Feb 06, 2022, at 02:38 am

Sydney, Australia: A group of Tibetans participated in a peaceful march in the Australian city of Sydney against the alleged human rights abuses in China.

Pakistan: Christians members protest against lack of 'graveyards' in Swat

Feb 06, 2022, at 02:26 am

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: The Christan community members in Pakistan's Swat region recently protested against lack of 'graveyards' in the region, media reports said.

Pakistan: Sindh declares two islands as ‘protected forests’

Feb 06, 2022, at 02:08 am

Karachi, Pakistan: The Sindh government has declared two islands off the coast of Pakistan's Karachi city as “protected forests”, media reports said.

US-based organization recognizes Pakistan Army's 1971 genocide in Bangladesh

Feb 06, 2022, at 01:55 am

Virginia, US: United States-based organization Genocide Watch has recognized crimes committed by the Pakistani military forces against the Bengali population in Bangladesh in 1971 as 'genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes'.

Ethiopia: UNHCR rushing aid to 20,000 refugees fleeing clashes

Feb 06, 2022, at 12:43 am

New York: UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees after they fled clashes in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, bordering Sudan and South Sudan.

Burkina Faso: Rising displacement adds to Sahel crises

Feb 06, 2022, at 12:00 am

New York: Insecurity in Burkina Faso, particularly in the region bordering Côte d’Ivoire, is pushing more people to seek safety both within and outside the country, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Friday.

Guterres: 'Let us build bridges between the faiths'

Feb 05, 2022, at 10:58 pm

New York: Marking the International Day of Human Fraternity on Friday, the United Nations’ Secretary-General issued a stark warning over rising hate speech, intolerance, discrimination and physical violence.

Olympic spirit needed now more than ever: UN chief

Feb 05, 2022, at 10:32 pm

New York: The qualities of fair play and solidarity that characterize the Olympics must shine throughout the games and beyond, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message to the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, on Friday.

Lone bomber carried out attack during evacuation from Kabul: US

Feb 05, 2022, at 10:26 pm

Kabul/UNI: US Department of Defence revealed that a single suicide bomber had carried out the attack that took the lives of 170 Afghan people and 13 US marines during the evacuation from Kabul in August 2021, the media reported on Saturday.

Former British-Pakistani parliamentarian Lord Nazir Ahmed jailed for child sex offence

Feb 05, 2022, at 09:04 pm

London: Former British-Pakistani parliamentarian Lord Nazir Ahmed has been jailed for five and a half years for sexually abusing two children in the 1970s.

Plane with tourists crashes in Nazca Desert in Peru

Feb 05, 2022, at 04:57 pm

Buenos Aires/UNI/Sputnik: Seven people have died as a plane with tourists crashed in the Nazca desert in Peru, media reports said.

GoFundMe website executives to testify in Canada Parliament over funds allocation to truckers' convoy

Feb 05, 2022, at 05:24 am

Ottawa/IBNS: Executives of the Fundraising website GoFundMe have been called to testify at Canada's House of Commons Public Safety and National Security Committee over releasing nearly $10.1M of funds raised for the truckers' convoy.

Canada: Ontario eases long-term care visitor restrictions after COVID-19 hospitalizations drops

Feb 05, 2022, at 04:42 am

Ottawa/IBNS: Visitor restrictions at Ontario long-term care homes are being eased as public health indicators are starting to improve and the rate of hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 continues to follow a downward trend of 2,634.

Nigerian govt approaches Standard Chartered Bank for the funding of two rail projects after Chinese lenders delay

Feb 05, 2022, at 01:47 am

Abuja, Nigeria: The Nigerian government has approached the Standard Chartered Bank for the funding of two rail projects in the country following delay by Chinese lenders.

Pakistan: Clash at National Press Club in Islamabad leaves journalists hurt

Feb 05, 2022, at 12:58 am

Islamabad: Two rival groups clashed inside the National Press Club (NPC) in Pakistan capital Islamabad on Thursday which left journalists hurt, media reports said.

Pakistan: Saudi oil facility yet to be operationalised

Feb 05, 2022, at 12:25 am

Islamabad: Legal and procedural delays have forced authorities to still not be able to operationalise a $1.2 billion Saudi oil facility (SOF) in Pakistan, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan military camps attack: Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility

Feb 05, 2022, at 12:14 am

Islamabad: Terrorist group Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the killing of more than '100 soldiers' across two military camps in Pakistan on Thursday.

Chinese president Xi Jinping meets Vladimir Putin

Feb 04, 2022, at 11:39 pm

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will inject more vitality into China-Russia relations.

Bankrupt Afghan businesswomen urge Taliban rulers for help

Feb 04, 2022, at 11:17 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan businesswomen have urged Taliban rulers to solve the challenges they are facing as many of their businesses have gone bankrupt and most of the women have lost their jobs since the previous government fell last year in August.