Pakistan: Blast hits Karachi, 10 die
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Karachi: At least 10 people died and several others were hurt as a blast rocked Pakistan's Karachi city on Saturday.
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:11 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has been directed to suspend cellular services in certain areas of Islamabad city ahead of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conference from Dec 17 to 19, according to media reports.
Pakistan: Imran Khan's ally MQM-P forges ties with PML-N
Dec 18, 2021, at 09:19 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government's key coalition partner, MQM-Pakistan, is maintaining cordial relations with Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), said Syed Amin Ul Haque, Federal Minister from MQM-P.
Pakistan Peoples Party cadres protest in Sindh against PTI govt's economic policies
Dec 18, 2021, at 09:17 pm
Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) cadres on Saturday protested in Sindh region against inflation, gas supply crisis and the economic policies of the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.
Pakistan: Bus runs over a group of people, 8 die
Dec 18, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Islamabad: At least eight people died and eight others were hurt as an over-speeding bus ploughed into a group of people in Pakistan's Mandi Bahauddin city on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Religious scholar hurt as blast targets his vehicle in Kabul
Dec 18, 2021, at 03:48 am
Kabul: A blast targeted the vehicle of a religious scholar in Afghanistan's Kabul city and left him injured on Friday.
Pakistan: 71 inmates in Karachi prison found infected with hepatitis
Dec 18, 2021, at 12:01 am
Karachi: A large number of inmates in Pakistan's Malir district jail have been found infected with hepatitis B and hepatitis C during a screening camp, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Karachi reports second Omicron case, patient escapes quarantine centre
Dec 17, 2021, at 11:39 pm
Karachi: Pakistan city of Karachi has recorded its second case of an Omicron infected patient, media reports said on Friday.
Dec 17, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.
Afghanistan: Kabul residents facing trouble with rising food, fuel prices
Dec 17, 2021, at 09:17 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A number of people from Kabul city have expressed concerns over the rising prices of food and fuel and other basic items amid the winter's cold weather.
Pakistan: MQM-P holds women-only demonstration against Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Bill, 2021
Dec 17, 2021, at 09:09 pm
Karachi, Pakistan: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Wednesday staged a women-only demonstration to protest against Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which was recently passed by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) provincial government.
Pakistan: Police round up 33 more suspects in Silakot lynching case
Dec 17, 2021, at 09:05 pm
Pakistan police have arrested 33 people, who are the primary suspects, in the lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot city, media reports said on Friday.
Pak govt has no right to pardon those who killed APS School children: Asif Ali Zardari
Dec 17, 2021, at 07:51 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and former Pak president Asif Ali Zardari expressed concerns over the non-implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism and said the state had no right or authority to pardon the killers of the innocent children who had died in 2014 Peshwar school massacre.
Bike rallies by exiled Tibetans call for boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Dec 17, 2021, at 07:45 pm
Dharamshala/IBNS: Several long-distance rallies were held in different parts of India in recent times to campaign and call for the boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest against human rights abuse in China.
Chinese govt cracks down further on religious groups
Dec 16, 2021, at 11:59 pm
Taipei, Taiwan: The Chinese authorities have been pushing forward with their planned move to amend Chinese Communist Party (CCP) doctrine on religious policy as it tightens control on religious groups of all sorts throughout the country.
Pakistan: Minorities seek inclusion in policymaking process
Dec 16, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Peshawar, Pakistan/IBNS: Speakers participating in a consultative meeting on the rights of minority groups on Monday stressed the need for taking non-Muslims on board in the legislative and policy-making process, media reports said.
Pakistan govt spikes tariffs on water and power, triggers protest
Dec 16, 2021, at 11:14 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Amid deepening economic crisis, the Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan is adding woes for its citizens as tariffs on water and power were hiked recently, according to media reports.
Rights defenders under attack in Asia – UN experts
Dec 16, 2021, at 10:54 pm
New York: Reprisals against human rights defenders were in the spotlight on Wednesday as UN independent experts documented instances of abuse in Indonesia and Pakistan.
Pakistan: Doctors, nurses baton-charged in Karachi, 23 taken to custody briefly
Dec 16, 2021, at 12:21 am
Karachi/IBNS: Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday baton-charged protesting doctors and nurses and also prevented them from marching towards the Chief Minister's House.
Counterfeit Afghani bills increasing in Afghanistan market: Merchants
Dec 16, 2021, at 12:15 am
Kabul: Shopkeepers in Afghanistan capital Kabul are complaining that counterfeit currency is spreading in the markets as the value of Afghani is sharply declining against the US dollar.
Nanjing Massacre: Hong Kong school faces backlash after students shown graphic footage
Dec 16, 2021, at 12:00 am
Hong Kong: A primary school in Hong Kong has apologized after students were left crying following teachers' attempt to show them unsettling video footage of the Nanjing massacre ahead of its 84th anniversary on Monday, according to media reports.
Pakistan: Lahore records max rape cases in 2020
Dec 15, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Islamabad: A year after the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway gang rape incident shocked Pakistan, Punjab Commission on the Status of Women has revealed that Lahore city in 2020 reported maximum rape, domestic violence and honour killing cases.
China: Students in schools are now learning a new subject on Grandpa Xi Jinping
Dec 15, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Beijing: Public school teachers in China are in doubt whether to implement the harsh anti-Covid protocol to ensure no student tests positive in the current academic year, which began in September, or to see that no student fails to gain intense knowledge about the latest subject introduced this year, Grandpa Xi Jinping, media reports said on Wednesday.
Chinese boats caught fishing Tuna illegally in Indian Ocean
Dec 15, 2021, at 11:03 pm
Beijing: A Chinese-flagged squid vessel was recently seen in the Indian Ocean catching Tuna, a fish whose hunting is considered as illegal in the region as it is overfished.
Taliban asks China to help them get internationally recognized
Dec 15, 2021, at 10:46 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has asked China to help in gaining international recognition.
Afghanistan economy under stress: Value of Afghani drops, prices of essential commodities spike
Dec 15, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Kabul: The drop in the value of Afghanistan's currency, Afghani, against the US dollar has left the already crippled economy of the country in trouble.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis threatens basic human rights
Dec 15, 2021, at 10:40 pm
New York: Respect for fundamental rights and freedoms by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan is critical to ensuring stability in the country, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday in Geneva.
100 people trapped on top of Hong Kong World Trade Centre as fire breaks out
Dec 15, 2021, at 09:05 pm
Hong Kong: Over 100 people are trapped on the top of Hong Kong World Trade Centre and are waiting to be rescued as a fire broke out in the building on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Lahore city recorded most rape, domestic violence cases in 2020
Dec 15, 2021, at 07:42 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Lahore city in 2020 reported maximum rape, domestic violence and honour killing cases, according to fourth Punjab Gender Parity Report 2019 and 2020, prepared by Punjab Commission on the Status of Women.
UK spy chief warns against China's digital currency renminbi
Dec 15, 2021, at 05:07 pm
Jeremy Fleming, the director of the Government Communications Headquarters, the UK's intelligence, cyber and security agency, has warned against Chinese digital currency renminbi and said it might be used as a tool to surveil users and exert control over global currency transactions.