Pregnant women most at risk in Nepal’s landslide-hit areas
Jun 24, 2021, at 02:14 am
Recent floods and subsequent landslide incidents in Nepal’s northern areas have displaced thousands and destroyed many homes. Several dozens of villages have been cut off as floods swept away many motorable roads and bridges in the country. However, pregnant women are most at risk; many of them are underage and needed evacuation to Kathmandu.
No justification to keep Pakistan in FATF grey list: Foreign Minister
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:44 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has no justification to keep Pakistan on its 'grey list' as his country has completed all technical requirements prescribed by the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.
Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services suffers huge losses amid pandemic
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:35 am
Thimphu: The Royal Bhutan Helicopter Services Limited (RBHSL), that provides services ranging from chartered flights to medical evacuations and fire fighting, has suffered a loss of around $836,000 in 2020.
Uzbekistan closes border with Afghanistan following Covid spike
Jun 24, 2021, at 01:28 am
Amid the rising Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, its northern neighbor, has decided to close its borders with Afghanistan, media reports said. Uzbekistan’s embassy and consulates have also stopped issuing tourist visas to Afghans.
Jun 23, 2021, at 10:26 pm
Lahore: Islamic cleric Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman, who was arrested for sexually abusing a minor, has undergone a medical examination, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Kandahar blast leaves five dead
Jun 23, 2021, at 10:12 pm
Kandahar: At least five civilians died and 20 more, including women and children, were injured as a roadside bomb blast rocked Afghanistan's Kandahar region on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Blast close to Hafiz Saeed's residence in Lahore leaves 3 people dead
Jun 23, 2021, at 09:37 pm
Lahore: At least three people died as a blast hit Lahore's Johar Town area in Pakistan, close to "global terrorist" Hafiz Saeed's residence, media reports said on Wednesday.
UN envoy to Afghanistan criticizes Taliban’s intense military campaign
Jun 23, 2021, at 09:19 pm
Kabul: Deborah Lyons, the United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, has criticized the Taliban’s recent “intensive military campaign”, warning that it would lead to continued violence in the country. Any attempt to install a government in Kabul by force will go against everyone’s interest, she said.
Nepal apex court gives another jolt to PM Oli, scraps appointments of 20 ministers
Jun 23, 2021, at 09:05 pm
Kathmandu: In what is seen as yet another big jolt to Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the country’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an interim order scrapping the appointments of 20 ministers to the council of ministers.
Pakistan: Blast near 'global terrorist' Hafiz Saeed's residence
Jun 23, 2021, at 06:59 pm
Lahore/IBNS: A major blast occurred near "global terrorist" Hafiz Saeed's residence here in Pakistan.
Time running out to prevent ‘worst case scenario’ arising in Afghanistan
Jun 23, 2021, at 04:07 pm
New York: With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats that lie ahead cannot be overstated, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Famine knocking at the door of 41 million worldwide, WFP warns
Jun 23, 2021, at 03:54 pm
New York: Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday, underscoring the need for urgent funding and humanitarian access to reach those in need.
Ottawa, Beijing spar over China’s treatment of Uyghurs
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:22 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Ottawa and Beijing sparred over human rights issues in the others’ countries, with Canada pushing China at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting for free access to Xinjiang province to investigate alleged human rights violations against the Uyghur people.
Pakistan: Former JUI-F leader and cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman admits he sexually abused a student
Jun 23, 2021, at 06:51 am
Islamabad: Former JUI-F leader and cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman has confessed during his interrogation that he sexually abused a student.
UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples implementation becomes Canadian law
Jun 23, 2021, at 05:04 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act has received Royal Assent and immediately came into force affirming the human rights of indigenous peoples.
Imran Khan draws flak for his Uyghur remarks
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:27 am
Washington/Islamabad: Critics have slammed PM Imran Khan over his recent statement on Chinese treatment towards Uyghur Muslims where he asked why the world was fixated on Xinjiang while ignoring what India was doing in Kashmir.
Pakistan's culture wars: Liberal-conservative faceoff over PM Imran Khan's alleged sexist remarks
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:20 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, once known as a "ladies' man", continues to draw flak over comments perceived as sexist, but party’s women leaders have sprung to his defense calling him a "symbol of women's empowerment".
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:15 am
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s recent refusal to call Osama bin Laden a terrorist in an interview with an Afghan media outlet is perplexing and defies logic and sends a wrong message to a global audience, leading Pakistani newspaper Dawn said in an editorial. The newspaper noted that there are times "to be diplomatic and parry sticky questions", but said Kasuri’s ‘non-committal comments” didn’t appear to be one of those instances.
Despite facing backlash, Pakistan ramps up Durand Line
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:10 am
Kabul: Pakistan has completed 80 percent of the Durand Line fencing despite witnessing backlash from the people on both sides of the line, media reports said.
National mobilization against Taliban under way; locals take up arms
Jun 23, 2021, at 02:00 am
Days after the Taliban captured several key districts in northern Afghanistan in a lightning offensive, locals and former mujahideen commanders, in a seemingly new development in a socially volatile nation, are taking up arms against the Taliban in several provinces.
Pakistan says Islamabad will help in rescuing US national from Taliban custody in Afghanistan
Jun 23, 2021, at 01:41 am
Pakistani officials said Islamabad will help in the ongoing process to rescue US national Mark Frerichs who has been allegedly abducted by a Taliban group in Afghanistan.
Pakistan: Unknown gunmen shot dead Malik Abdul Ghani Khan
Jun 23, 2021, at 01:26 am
Islamabad: Unknown motorcyclists shot dead an Awami National Party local leader Malik Abdul Ghani Khan in Bajaur tribal district of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Jun 23, 2021, at 12:54 am
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations human rights chief, has expressed concern over the “sharp increase in violence” and harm to civilians in Afghanistan. She also called the recent attack on Hazara girls’ school in Kabul “shocking:
Pakistan PM Imran Khan says Taliban can’t win over whole of Afghanistan
Jun 23, 2021, at 12:49 am
Islamabad: The Taliban, the main Afghan insurgent group, can’t take over the whole of Afghanistan, said Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, adding any attempt to do so will lead to a long civil war.
Nepal PM claims yoga originated in Nepal; says ‘there was no country like India then’
Jun 23, 2021, at 12:46 am
Kathmandu: In what seems yet another contentious claim, Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli has said on Monday that yoga originated in Nepal and “there was no country like India in the past”.
Hong Kong: Opposition Civic Party loses two-thirds of its district councillors
Jun 23, 2021, at 12:13 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s opposition Civic Party lost two-thirds of its district councillors as they resigned just ahead of the new oath-taking rule, giving a jolt to the political setup of the region.
Hong Kong: Apple Daily may halt production
Jun 22, 2021, at 11:30 pm
Hong Kong: Days after a police raid was conducted in the office of Apple Daily in Hong Kong, the pro-democracy print newspaper said it could stop publishing on Saturday.
Jun 22, 2021, at 11:22 pm
Islamabad: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said Pakistan Army and the country's intelligence agencies should remain away from election process.
Apple Daily raid incident sent shudders through media industry: Hong Kong journalist
Jun 22, 2021, at 11:22 pm
Washington: A senior Hong Kong-based journalist has said the raid conducted by police in the Apple Daily newsroom last week sent shudders through the media industry.
BNM demonstrates against Pakistan Army in Germany
Jun 22, 2021, at 11:12 pm
Gottingen: Baloch National Movement's (BNM) Germany Zone members recently demonstrated in Germany's Gottingen town against the targeting of families of political and social activists in Balochistan by the Pakistan Army and intelligence agencies.