Taliban authorities end Afghanistan's human rights commission
May 18, 2022, at 03:21 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has dissolved five crucial departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country's Human Rights Commission, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban orders female UN staff to wear hijab
May 18, 2022, at 02:28 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers issued yet another bizarre diktat as they directed female staff members of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to wear the hijab, media reports said.
Pakistan: Over 15,000 more schools needed for 4.7m out-of-school children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
May 18, 2022, at 06:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Elementary and Secondary Education (E&SE) Department will require to establish 15,000 additional government schools for the enrolment of a total 4.7 million out-of-school children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
China Eastern jet crash was intentional: Reports suggest after black box data recovered
May 18, 2022, at 05:56 am
Flight data retrieved from a black box that was recovered from a China Eastern jet which crashed earlier this year indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally caused the disaster, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Pakistan: People demonstrate over restoration of snapped internet service in Bajaur
May 18, 2022, at 05:51 am
Peshawar, Pakistan: Residents of Pakistan's Mamond tehsil region on Sunday staged demonstration demanding early restoration of the internet service, which has been suspended across most parts of Bajaur district for over two months due to security reasons, media reports said.
Chinese teachers at NED leave Pakistan after Karachi University suicide attack
May 18, 2022, at 05:44 am
Karachi, Pakistan: All the Chinese teachers at the NED University have left Pakistan following the terror attack in Karachi University last month.
POK's Kohala hydropower project: Chinese firm Sinosure reluctant to accord approval
May 18, 2022, at 05:18 am
Islamabad: China Export & Credit Insurance, Sinosure, is currently reluctant to accord approval to 1124-MW Kohala Hydropower Project in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), a project of CPEC, media reports said.
Pakistan: SCA urges govt to declare Sindh as ‘calamity-hit’ due to water shortage
May 18, 2022, at 04:48 am
Quetta, Pakistan: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) in Pakistan has expressed deep concern over the acute water shortage faced by the area during the ongoing summer season.
Sri Lanka down to last day of petrol: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
May 18, 2022, at 01:14 am
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that his country is down to its last day of petrol as it faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years, BBC reported.
Pakistan: Karachi blast leaves one dead, several others hurt
May 17, 2022, at 02:54 pm
Karachi: At least one person died in a blast which rocked Pakistan's Karachi city on Monday, media reports said.
Uyghur secretary of Marxism Institute at university in China's Xinjiang detained: Reports
May 17, 2022, at 12:31 am
Xinjiang: About 20 Uyghur teachers from a university in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, including the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of the school’s Marxism Institute, have been arrested, media reports said.
Man’s death in ‘staged’ encounter sparks demonstration in Pakistan
May 16, 2022, at 06:17 pm
Karachi, Pakistan: Placing the body of a man, who was allegedly killed in a staged encounter, on the road, his relatives demonstrated in front of the office of senior superintendent of police on Thursday night in Pakistan's Hyderabad, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Cholera breaks out in Pir Koh, protests erupt over demand for clean water
May 16, 2022, at 06:04 pm
Islamabad: Protest erupted in Dera Bugti district of Balochistan in Pakistan on Friday over the outbreak of cholera.
Pakistan's Sindh, South Punjab fume over water shortage
May 16, 2022, at 06:01 pm
Lahore, Pakistan: Tension is rising between two regions of Pakistan over sharing of the nation's water resources as serious water shortages coupled with a searing heatwave have sparked grave concerns in South Punjab and Sindh, media reports said on Sunday.
Two Sikh traders shot dead in Pakistan, community members protest
May 16, 2022, at 03:28 am
Peshawar: In another incident of violence against minorities in Pakistan, two Sikhs were shot dead by unidentified armed men in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Sunday.
Imran Khan is a threat to state: Marriyum Aurangzeb
May 16, 2022, at 12:55 am
Islamabad: Pakistani Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said PTI chief Imran Khan is a threat to the state as he had continuously been making attempts to spread unrest and anarchy in the country.
Pakistan: Three security personnel killed in suicide attack
May 15, 2022, at 09:22 pm
Quetta: At least three Pakistani security personnel died in a suicide attack in the country's North Waziristan region, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Unidentified gunmen kill two Sikh community members in Peshawar
May 15, 2022, at 07:50 pm
Peshawar: Unidentified gunmen have killed two people of the Sikh community in Pakistan's Peshawar city, media reports said.
COVID-19: China tightens ban on 'non-essential' overseas travel
May 15, 2022, at 04:17 am
Beijing: China, which is witnessing a tough fight against COVID-19, has imposed a de facto international travel ban that forbids citizens from going overseas for "non-essential" reasons.
Afghanistan: RSF calls journalist Khalid Qaderi's trial as 'illegal and arbitrary'
May 15, 2022, at 04:05 am
Kabul: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an Afghan journalist’s trial by a military court last weekend, as well as recent arbitrary and illegal arrests of other journalists in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Taliban implements gender segregation in restaurants across Herat
May 15, 2022, at 04:02 am
Herat, Afghanistan: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have implemented a gender segregation plan in restaurants situated in Herat province.
Pakistan’s net external debt moves up to almost $5bn
May 15, 2022, at 04:00 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's economic challenge continues as the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said the country made a net addition of USD 4.77 billion in the first half (July–December 2021) of the current fiscal year to its total external public debt of USD 90.6 billion, media reports said on Saturday.
IRSA says water shortage in Pakistan is worse than expected
May 15, 2022, at 03:54 am
Islamabad: Pakistan is battling an acute shortage of water for irrigation purposes amid the Kharif season which commenced on April 1 with the sowing of major crops, including cotton, sugarcane, rice and maize, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: 2 militants killed in Peshawar
May 15, 2022, at 12:07 am
Islamabad: Two militants were killed in an exchange of fire with police in Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Christian community demands justice over shooting incident in Rawalpindi
May 14, 2022, at 11:44 pm
Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Members of the Christian community, led by family members of the two young Christian boys who were shot and injured by local influential people in broad daylight, demonstrated outside Wah Saddar police station in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city recently.
A non-controversial person should be next army chief of Pakistan: Maryam Nawaz
May 14, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz appreciated Pakistan Army's decision to remain apolitical but at the same time said non-controversial professional should be appointed the army chief who can command respect within the army and among the public.
May 14, 2022, at 11:36 pm
Karachi, Pakistan: Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has announced he will launch protests against the increasing severity of power outages and water scarcity in Karachi.
Pakistan's SBP forex reserves hit 23-month low
May 14, 2022, at 11:32 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves has now moved down to touch its lowest level since December 2019 at USD 16.4 billion.
Afghanistan: Blast rocks Ayuob Saber Mosque in Kabul, 3 injured
May 14, 2022, at 01:03 am
Kabul: A blast rocked the Ayuob Saber Mosque in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Friday which left three people hurt, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Unknown gunmen shoots down businessman in Khulna
May 13, 2022, at 09:09 pm
Khulna: Unknown gunmen shot dead a businessman when he was heading home to Fultola Upazila in Khulna region of Bangladesh with his wife on a motorcycle, media reports said.