Sep 27, 2020, at 04:38 am
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday addressed the 75th General Assembly of the United Nations and said world leaders should ensure that any proven vaccine is made accessible to all countries at the same time.
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:59 am
Geneva: European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) director Junaid Qureshi has targeted Pakistan and said the country's military establishment has used youth from Jammu and Kashmir to join its various terrorist proxies like Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed since 1980s.
UN must intervene to protect minorities from persecution in Pakistan: Activist Anila Gulzar
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:45 am
Geneva: Rights activist from Pakistan Anila Gulzar has urged the United Nations to intervene and protect the rights of minorities in the south Asian nation.
UNHRC: Baloch leader targets Pakistan over its oppression on people
Sep 27, 2020, at 12:37 am
Geneva: President of Baloch Voice Association, Munir Mengal, told United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) that people in the region are unable to end oppression, suppression and forced annexation by Pakistan.
Afghan forces repel Taliban attack in northeastern province, 5 killed in fighting
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:06 pm
Faizabad/Xinhua: The Afghan security forces have repulsed Taliban militants' attack on Duaba Yaftal Bala, a suburban of Faizabad, capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani said on Saturday.
Gov't forces kill 3 foreign militants in eastern Afghanistan
Sep 26, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Asadabad/Xinhua: Afghan forces in crackdown against armed insurgents have killed three militants affiliated with the hardliner Lashkar-e-Tyeba group in the eastern Kunar province, provincial government spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim said Saturday.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to address UNGA today
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be virtually addressing the 75th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill district NDS chief
Sep 26, 2020, at 09:24 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed the head of NDS for Kohband district in Afghanistan's Kapsia province, media reports said on Saturday.
Sep 26, 2020, at 03:26 am
Nay Pyi Taw: A Myanmar newspaper has challenged claims made by Beijing’s state-run media Global Times that Western organizations are helping local NGOs in Myanmar and elsewhere in Southeast Asia mount anti-China campaigns and oppose China-backed projects.
Australian think-tank claims it found 380 detention camps in Xinjiang
Sep 26, 2020, at 02:09 am
Canberra: An Australian think-tank has said it seems China is expanding its network of secret detention centers in Xinjiang.
Declare BRI projects between China and Pakistan as illegal: activist urges UN
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:58 am
Geneva: A prominent political activist from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir has urged the United Nations to declare Belt and Road Initiative projects between China and Pakistan as illegal and said Islamabad is committing war crimes in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Release jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti from Chinese prison, says his daughter
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:51 am
Beijing: Daughter of jailed Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti has demanded immediate release of her father from a Chinese prison.
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:16 am
Geneva: Amsterdam-based think-tank The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has hit out at Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led government and said the country is harboring terrorists in its territory.
Pakistan: Lady health worker shot dead
Sep 26, 2020, at 01:05 am
Islamabad: Unknown gunmen shot dead a lady health worker in Mirali sub-division of North Waziristan tribal district of Pakistan on Monday, reflecting the lawlessness in the nation, media reports said on Friday.
UN aviation agency directs Pakistan not to issue new pilot licences
Sep 25, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistani government has been told by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that it should immediately stop the issuance of new pilot licenses in the country in the wake of an alleged scandal involving people procuring falsified commercial licences to fly.
Pakistan opposition attacked: JUI-F chief's close aide Musa Khan handed over to NAB
Sep 25, 2020, at 06:07 pm
Peshawar: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Peshawar chapter on Thursday produced Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) leader Musa Khan in front of the accountability court.
Chinese encroachment on Nepali land: Kathmandu witnesses demonstration outsident Chinese embassy
Sep 25, 2020, at 06:03 pm
Kathmandu: A group of protesters on Wednesday demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu over the alleged land encroachment in the Himalayan nation by China.
Stop Pakistan from treating us like animals: PoK activist breaks down at UNHRC
Sep 25, 2020, at 05:57 pm
Geneva: The torture meted to people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) was reflected in the hard-hitting words of activist Muhammad Sajjad Raja as he broke down in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), appealing the global body to stop Pakistan from treating them like animals.
Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan move: 39-yr-old NSA Moeed W Yusuf plays a key role
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:50 pm
Quetta: A 39-year-old Pakistani National Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed W Yusuf has played a crucial role in Islamabad’s decision to revoke the notional autonomy granted to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
Pashtun leader says Pakistan Army should not meddle in country's politics
Sep 25, 2020, at 04:00 am
Islamabad: A noted Pashtun leader has targeted the Pakistan Army and said it should not meddle in the country's politics as it violates the very essence of the Constitution.
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:38 am
A senior European Parliament member has questioned whether Pakistani migrants are using Bosnia-Herzegovina as a gateway to enter European Union.
UNHRC: Pashtuns protest against Pakistan Army
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:28 am
Geneva: Condemning human rights violations in Pakistan, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) Europe activists participated in a demonstration outside the UNHRC headquarters in Geneva recently to condemn the gross abuses in the South Asian nation.
Imran Khan govt wants to make Gilgit-Baltistan a province to save CPEC: Mirza
Sep 25, 2020, at 03:19 am
Geneva: Political activist from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) Amjad Mirza has said Pakistan is forced to make occupied Gilgit-Baltistan region as its fifth province as the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which is passing through the area, is in the doldrums.
Sep 25, 2020, at 02:32 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Christian Association on Wednesday demonstrated close to the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka against Pakistan's blasphemy law.
Future of foreign judges in Hong Kong uncertain: SMCP column
Sep 25, 2020, at 02:19 am
Hong Kong: With the implementation of the national security law, the future of foreign jurists serving in Hong Kong is becoming uncertain, according to a report in South China Morning Post (SCMP).
Sep 23, 2020, at 11:40 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's Milli Gato Saatonko Group, a national interests preservation body, has sent a letter to US politician Stephen F. Lynch and claimed that Taliban used 'Pakistan as a launching ground to attack the US, NATO and Afghan security forces'.
Bhutan issues first sovereign bond to meet increasing fiscal financing needs in fighting COVID-19
Sep 23, 2020, at 10:43 pm
Thimphu:: The Royal Government of Bhutan has announced its first sovereign bond to support the economy in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic while diversifying financial sources. The new financing instrument supported by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is a monumental step in tapping into the domestic resources market and preparing Bhutan to enter the international capital market.
Sri Lankan President calls on WHO to facilitate ‘universal access’ to COVID vaccine
Sep 23, 2020, at 10:19 pm
New York: The President of Sri Lanka has highlighted the success of his country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, underscoring the importance of a well-coordinated approach, underpinned by robust local health care system, to contain the disease.
Chicago tech executive charged with illegally exporting computer equipment to Pakistan
Sep 23, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Washington: A Chicago-area resident who owns a Pakistani technology company has been indicted for allegedly illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the Pakistani government.
Afghan army defuses 4,776 improvised bombs, landmines in six months
Sep 23, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The Afghan National Army (ANA) has during the past six months discovered and defused 4,776 improvised bombs and landmines planted by militants, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.