Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan oks COVID-19 vaccine procurement from 2 firms - Reports
Nov 17, 2020, at 11:10 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has greenlighted advance booking of COVID-19 vaccines with two unnamed candidates in the running, media reported Tuesday.
Afghanistan: At least 12 police officers killed
Nov 17, 2020, at 10:37 pm
Kabul/UNI: At least twelve Afghan policemen, including a commanding officer, have been killed and other ten injured in a Taliban assault on a security outpost in the country's northeastern Badakhshan province, the Tolo News broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
Chinese journalist faces jail for COVID-19 virus outbreak reporting
Nov 17, 2020, at 10:04 pm
Beijing: A Chinese journalist, who was detained in May for reporting on the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan, is currently facing up to five years in jail after being formally indicted on charges of spreading false information, media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: COVID-19 claims 39 lives in past 24 hours
Nov 17, 2020, at 10:00 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 39 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count in eight weeks, media reports said on Monday.
CPEC project: Pakistan to seek USD 2.7 billion loan from all-weather friend China
Nov 17, 2020, at 06:01 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday decided to seek $2.7 billion in loan from China for the construction of package-I of the Mainline-1 project of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), The News International reported.
Almost half of Pakistani people blames Imran Khan govt for inflation: Survey
Nov 17, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Islamabad: A recent survey has shown that 49% of Pakistanis believe that the PM Imran Khan-led government is responsible for inflation in the country.
Afghanistan: Over 150 Pakistani terrorists killed during operation
Nov 17, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan government has claimed that more than 150 Pakistan-based terrorists, who were operating in the country, were killed in operations conducted by the Afghan forces in Helmand and Kandahar province, media reports said on Monday.
Gilgit-Baltistan Polls: Imran Khan's PTI takes lead in 9, opposition claims vote was 'stolen'
Nov 17, 2020, at 05:44 pm
Quetta: Unofficial results of the Gilgit-Baltistan assembly polls have showed Imran Khan's PTI leading in nine seats with opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claiming that the election was 'stolen'.
China’s Belt and Road going nowhere fast in Pakistan: Reports
Nov 17, 2020, at 05:23 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's political unrest, foreign debt limits and the Covid-19 pandemic have all conspired to slow Chinese investment in Pakistan, according to a report in Asia Times.
Amjad Ayub Mirza describes Pakistan PM Imran Khan as the captain of a sinking ship
Nov 17, 2020, at 05:14 pm
Human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza slammed Pakistan over its financial crisis and ties with China and said Prime Minister Imran Khan is currently a captain of a sinking ship.
Pakistan: Bus plunges into ravine, 11 killed
Nov 16, 2020, at 10:38 pm
Islamabad: At least eight people, including two women and a child, were killed when the bus in which they were travelling plunged into a ravine near Nowshera in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Monday, media reports said.
Kabul: Sticky mine explodes, 2 hurt
Nov 16, 2020, at 09:46 pm
Kabul: A sticky mine exploded on a Land Cruiser vehicle near Dehburi area of Afghanistan capital Kabul’s 3rd Police District on Monday which left at least two people hurt, media reports said.
Nov 16, 2020, at 05:37 pm
Beijing: China on Friday asked Australia and the UK to stop 'interfering' into the internal affairs of the country after the two nations condemned the disqualification of four pro-democracy lawmakers from the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
Beijing should not deprive Hong Kong's political rights: Taiwan Parliament Group
Nov 16, 2020, at 05:30 pm
The Taiwan Parliament Group for Hong Kong has said China should immediately stop all actions that deprive Hong Kongers of their political rights and freedom of speech.
11 rape incidents reported from all over Pakistan every day: Official data
Nov 16, 2020, at 05:26 pm
Islamabad: At least 11 rape incidents are reported in Pakistan every day with over 22,000 cases reported to police across the country in the last six years, as per government data released recently.
Pashtuns demand an end to extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances
Nov 16, 2020, at 03:56 am
Islamabad/UNI: Thousands of Pashtuns held a massive gathering under the banner of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) at the North Waziristan agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on Sunday.
Gilgit Baltistan: Polling ends, vote counting begins in several places
Nov 16, 2020, at 02:14 am
Quetta: Vote counting in several cities across the politically crucial Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan has started as voting ended at 5 pm for the Assembly polls on Sunday.
Bangladesh records 1837 fresh COVID cases, 21 more deaths
Nov 16, 2020, at 12:27 am
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from Novel Coronavirus has reached 6,194, as 21 more people died from the disease in the past 24 hours.
Pakistan: Students in Gilgit-Baltistan slam Imran Khan govt, threaten to boycott assembly polls
Nov 14, 2020, at 11:45 pm
Islamabad/Quetta: Students of Karakoram University on Thursday protested in Gilgit region against the discontinuation of Prime Minister’s Fee Reimbursement Scheme.
Bangladesh records 14 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Nov 14, 2020, at 11:31 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 14 new COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Buddhist stupa renovated
Nov 14, 2020, at 10:55 pm
Kabul/UNI: The Afghan government has announced the completion of restoration work a historic Buddhist stupa in the central province of Parwan.
Five Taliban members killed in south Afghanistan in attempted attack on police, says spokesman
Nov 14, 2020, at 10:52 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The police in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Friday repelled an attack of the Taliban movement on two stations and killed five insurgents in the clash, Jamal Nasir Barakzai, a spokesman for the provincial police headquarters, said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Security forces arrest plotter of Kabul University terror attack
Nov 14, 2020, at 09:52 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan government on Saturday said the country's security forces have arrested the key mastermind behind the Kabul University attack.
Uyghurs: Japan weighing a legal foundation for sanctions on China
Nov 14, 2020, at 02:35 am
Tokyo: With the atrocities carried out on Uyghur people in China gaining international attention now, Japan has begun weighing a legal foundation for sanctions like those imposed by the U.S. and Europe, media reports said.
European Parliament political group calls for China sanctions
Nov 14, 2020, at 02:26 am
Brussels: In a move which called for 'fresh diplomatic and trade sanctions against the Peoples Republic of China' the European Conservatives and Reformists Party of the European Parliament issued a statement on its website expressing its 'deepest concern at the expulsion of pro-democracy legislators from the Hong Kong Legislative Council', reported EU Chronicle.b
Nov 14, 2020, at 02:06 am
Tokyo/New York: The East Turkistan Government-in-Exile on Thursday demonstrated against Chinese aggressions in different parts of the world to mark East Turkistan's Independence Day.
Donald Trump bans securities transactions linked to China’s military
Nov 13, 2020, at 10:30 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday prohibiting purchases or sales of securities tied to China’s military beginning January 11.
Pakistan: Maryam Nawaz Sharif alleges cameras were installed in her jail cell and bathroom
Nov 13, 2020, at 09:15 pm
Islamabad: PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, who is one of the key opposition leaders in Pakistan, has alleged that authorities had installed cameras in her jail cell and bathroom.
Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth dies due to COVID-19
Nov 13, 2020, at 02:31 pm
Peshawar: Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, who contracted COVID-19 recently, died on Thursday.
Uzbek Islamic Movement leader killed during operation: Afghanistan Defence Ministry confirms
Nov 13, 2020, at 02:14 pm
Kabul: The Afghanistan Ministry of Defence on Thursday said Aziz Yuldash, leader of Uzbekistan Islamic Movement, was killed during an ANDSF operation in Ghormach district of the country.