Pakistan: Jamaat-i-Islami announces to launch country-wide protest against PTI govt on Nov 1
Oct 26, 2020, at 01:15 am
Islamabad: The Jamaat-i-Islami has announced it will launch a country-wide protest against the Pakistani government on Nov 1.
Afghanistan: Blast close to educational institute in Kabul leaves 30 dead
Oct 26, 2020, at 12:50 am
Kabul: The death toll due to the blast near an educational centre in Kabul on Saturday touched 30, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Blast rocks Hazarganj on a day when PDM hosts rally in Quetta
Oct 25, 2020, at 11:13 pm
Quetta: A blast rocked Pakistan's Hazarganj area on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Three members of banned terror outfit detained
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have detained three members of banned terrorist outfit Allahr Dal from Bangladesh's Rangpur region, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Imran Khan government gets flak from PPP for FATF verdict
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Islamabad/UNI: While the Pakistan government has claimed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s decision to keep the country in the grey list as a diplomatic victory, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has sought an explanation from it over the outcome.
Afghanistan: Explosion close to educational centre in Kabul leaves 18 people killed
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: An explosion occurred close to an educational center in Pul-e-Khoshk area of Dasht-e-Barchi in the west of Kabul on Saturday evening which left 18 people killed, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: PDM to host third rally in Quetta today
Oct 25, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Quetta: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the alliance of Pakistan's key opposition parties, will hold its third rally in Quetta region on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Female police officer shot dead in Kandahar
Oct 25, 2020, at 09:26 pm
Kabul/Kandahar: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a woman police officer in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Spy agency claims to have killed high ranking Al-Qaeda leader
Oct 25, 2020, at 08:52 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's spy agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) has claimed to have killed a key Al-Qaeda commander Abu Muhsen Al Masri in the turbulent Ghazni province.
China has desire to use Pakistani terrorism as a tool to harass India: Expert
Oct 24, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Washington: Public Policy Researcher Michael Rubin has claimed that it appears that China is less committed to counter-terrorism and more inclined to a desire to use Pakistani terrorism as a tool to harass India.
Twin blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 9 civilians, injures 2 servicemen
Oct 24, 2020, at 11:24 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: At least nine civilians were killed and two police officers were injured as a result of a twin blast in the Afghan province of Ghazni, media reported on Saturday, citing police.
US-Taiwan arms sale: China threatens retaliation
Oct 24, 2020, at 07:18 pm
Beijing: China seems to be irked by the US move of approving the potential sale of $1.8bn worth of advanced weapons systems to Taiwan as Beijing on Thursday said Washington 'seriously interferes' in China's internal affairs.
Oct 24, 2020, at 07:12 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Brig (retd) Ijaz Shah is suspected to be the person behind the recent Pakistan Rangers' move to 'kidnap' Sindh IGP and subsequent arrest of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Safdar Awan, media reports said.
European Parliament member claims Pakistan poses ‘security threats’ through EU passport, visa sales
Oct 24, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Brussels: A noted European Parliament member has said Pakistan is a key player regarding the ‘serious security threats’ through the sale of EU passports and visas to criminals.
Pakistan to remain on global terror-financing 'grey list' till Feb next year: FATF
Oct 24, 2020, at 02:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Pakistan will continue to remain on the "grey list" of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) till February next year, the body, which acts as a global terror financing watchdog, ruled on Friday.
Tokyo: Black Day demonstration held outside Pakistan embassy
Oct 24, 2020, at 12:08 am
Tokyo: Reminding the world about the atrocities carried out by Pakistan while invading Jammu and Kashmir in 1947, demonstrations were held in front of the country's embassy in Japan's capital Tokyo on Thursday, media reports said.
Twelve Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan's east - Governor's Office
Oct 23, 2020, at 11:47 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Twelve Taliban insurgents, including six Pakistani nationals, were killed and seven other were injured in a retaliatory airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial governor's office said on Friday.
Bangladesh: Danger level of deep depression in Bay of Bengal levels to 4
Oct 23, 2020, at 11:36 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Due to the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal, coastal districts and their outlying islands and chars are at risk of wind-swept tidal waves 3 to 4 feet higher than normal.
China expresses discontent over Tibetan leader meeting US officials
Oct 23, 2020, at 02:11 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has expressed discontent over Tibetian President-in-exile Lobsang Sangay meeting US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Robert Destro.
Pakistan is controlled by two parallel governments: Nawaz Sharif
Oct 23, 2020, at 02:02 am
London: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has said the South Asian country is currently controlled by two parallel governments.
Afghanistan lawmaker says Pakistan will not be able to escape FATF grey list
Oct 23, 2020, at 01:42 am
Kabul: A member of the Afghanistan Parliament has claimed that despite high diplomacy and other steps, Pakistan will still remain in the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) grey list.
Oct 23, 2020, at 01:24 am
Islamabad: A key social activist has claimed that the kidnapping of the Sindh police inspector general (IGP) and later the arrest of the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Mohammad Safdar Awan in Karachi might eventually lead to Pakistan PM Imran Khan being involved in a scam like the 'Watergate scandal'.
Black Day: Demonstration to be held outside Pakistani diplomatic bodies in England
Oct 23, 2020, at 01:16 am
Gilgit Baltistan leader and activist Sajjad Raja on Wednesday said demonstrations will be held outside the Pakistani diplomatic bodies in England on Thursday (Oct 22) to mark it as a Black Day for Kashmir when in 1947 the region was brutally invaded by Pakistan.
Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) witnesses demonstrations on Black Day
Oct 23, 2020, at 01:06 am
United Kashmir People's National Party and United Kashmir National Students Organisation workers demonstrated in Muzaffarabad city of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) on Thursday to mark Oct 22, the day of Kashmir invasion by Pakistan in 1947, as a 'Black Day'.
Pakistan indulged in ethnic cleansing of local Kashmiris in 1947: CRPF official
Oct 23, 2020, at 12:51 am
Suneem Khan, a senior medico serving with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Srinagar, has alleged that Islamabad was involved in ethnic cleansing in Kashmir during the Pakistani invasion of October 1947.
Pakistan: Karachi explosion leaves five people dead
Oct 21, 2020, at 10:33 pm
Karachi: An explosion triggered by a gas leak in a multi-storey residential building in Pakistan's Karachi city left at least five people dead and 28 others injured on Wednesday, media reports said.
15 killed in stampede near Pakistan consulate in eastern Afghanistan
Oct 21, 2020, at 08:21 pm
Kabul/UNI: At least 15 people were killed when a stampede broke out at Pakistan's consulate in Jalalabad city where thousands of Afghans had gathered on Tuesday to apply for visas, officials in the eastern city of Jalalabad said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Explosion in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Iqbal area leaves 3 dead, 15 injured
Oct 21, 2020, at 08:15 pm
Islamabad/UNI: An explosion in a building near Maskan Chowrangi in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Iqbal area on Wednesday killed 3 people and injured 15 others, Dawn News reported.
Taiwan alleges its official was hurt by Chinese diplomats during skirmish in Fiji
Oct 21, 2020, at 06:34 pm
Taiwan's foreign ministry has alleged that Chinese diplomats injured a Taiwanese official at an event in the southern Pacific island nation of Fiji, media reports said.
Imran Khan 'lost' Karachi after PDM's rally: Activist Amjad Ayub Mirza
Oct 21, 2020, at 06:07 pm
Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has claimed that Pakistan PM Imran Khan has lost Karachi after a large number of people attended the rally hosted by the opposition alliance in the city.