Protest in Balochistan over detention of students for agitating in demand for internet
Jun 30, 2020, at 12:12 am
Quetta: Local workers of Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) and Baloch Students Organization Pajjar (BSO-Pajjar) protested in Dalbandin against the detention of agitating students by the Quetta Police last week.
Bangladesh Defence Secretary dies of Covid-19
Jun 29, 2020, at 05:18 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Defence Secretary, Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury has died of COVID-19 on Monday morning.
Bangladesh launch capsize: 30 body recovered Buriganga
Jun 29, 2020, at 05:07 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bodies of 30 people were recovered after a launch named 'Morning Bird' with more than 50 passengers on board capsized in Buriganga adjacent to Shymbazar area in Old Dhaka on Monday morning.
Ferry capsizes in Dhaka, 25 bodies recovered
Jun 29, 2020, at 04:10 pm
Dhaka/UNI: At least 25 people drowned and several were missing after a ferry carrying around 100 passengers capsized in Buriganga river adjacent to Dhaka’s Shyambazar on Monday morning.
Afghanistan: Bomb blast leaves six killed in Helmand
Jun 29, 2020, at 03:58 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A roadside mine blast in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Sunday left at least six civilians killed, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Mortar shell attack leaves 10 people killed
Jun 29, 2020, at 03:40 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A mortar shell landed in a busy market in Sangin district of Afghanistan which left at least 10 people killed, media reports said.
Pakistan: 4 militants, 5 security personnel killed in terror attack in Karachi
Jun 29, 2020, at 03:33 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Four militants and five security personnel were killed in a terrorist attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in southern port city of Karachi on Monday, police said.
Pakistan: Terrorists attack Karachi Stock Exchange building, multiple casualties reported
Jun 29, 2020, at 01:51 pm
Karachi/IBNS: In an yet another terrorist attack in the South Asian country, four gunmen attacked the Stock Exchange building in Pakistan's Karachi leaving several dead on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gunmen attack Karachi Stock Exchange building, two killed
Jun 29, 2020, at 11:58 am
Karachi/IBNS: At least two people were killed as gunmen attacked the Stock Exchange building in Karachi, Pakistan on Monday.
Police brutality: People stage protest in Peshawar
Jun 29, 2020, at 10:25 am
Peshawar: Days after a video surfaced on social media where alleged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police officials could be seen abusing and stripping a man naked while filming the ordeal, Pakistani city of Peshawar witnessed protests over the incident on Friday.
Jun 29, 2020, at 09:17 am
London: Muttahidda Qaumi Movement's (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain has urged world leaders to take serious note of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's declaration of slain ex-Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden as a martyr.
Nine militants killed during clashes in Afghan province of Paktia: Police Spokesman
Jun 29, 2020, at 08:56 am
Kabul/Sputnik: Nine militants have been killed and five others were wounded during armed clashes in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia, Hayatullah Nizami Ahmadzai, a spokesman for the provincial police force, said on Sunday.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh records 3,809 new cases
Jun 28, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 3,809 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hrs, raising the nation's total tally to 1,37,787 on Sunday.
At least 5 Taliban members killed in blast in southeastern Afghan Paktia province - Police
Jun 28, 2020, at 06:31 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: At least five members of the Taliban group have been killed in a blast in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Paktia, the local police said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Two die as explosion rocks Kabul cityÂ
Jun 28, 2020, at 05:46 pm
Kabul/IBNS: At least two people, including a woman, were killed as an explosion rocked Kabul city in Afghanistan on Sunday.
US puts Pakistan on the ‘Tier 2 Watch List’ on its trafficking scale
Jun 28, 2020, at 03:59 pm
Washington: Stating that the Government of Pakistan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the US downgraded the south Asian country to the ‘Tier 2 Watch List’ on the country trafficking scale.
Pakistan announces re-opening of Kartarpur corridor on June 29
Jun 27, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan on Saturday announced reopening of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from June 29.
Pakistan to re-open Kartarpur corridor on Jun 29
Jun 27, 2020, at 01:01 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan on Saturday announced the reopening of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on Jun 29.
Coronavirus casts ‘huge shadow’ over Afghan life as multi-dimensional crisis continues
Jun 26, 2020, at 09:59 am
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health emergency, but a multi-dimensional crisis for Afghanistan, dealing its people a painful blow just as Kabul and the Taliban prepare for peace talks in Qatar, the top UN official in the country says.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan faces backlash for calling Osama Bin Laden 'martyr'
Jun 26, 2020, at 09:15 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan PM Imran Khan is facing criticisms in the country after he described former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden a 'martyr'.
About 6,500 Pakistan nationals operating as terrorists in Afghanistan, claims UN report
Jun 25, 2020, at 10:15 pm
Brussels: A UN Security Council report has claimed that about 6,500 Pakistani's are operating as terrorist ranks in Afghanistan, media reports said.
Police arrest students who protest to demand for internet to attend online classes in Balochistan
Jun 25, 2020, at 10:05 pm
Quetta: Police on Wednesday arrested over two dozen students in Quetta as they protested from Quetta Press Club to Balochistan Assembly to demand for access to the internet to attend online classes.
Two journalists tortured for reporting on a coronavirus quarantine centre in Pakistan, probe ordered
Jun 25, 2020, at 09:53 pm
Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan have launched an investigation into the torture of two journalists in Chaman region of the country.
Human rights experts discuss plights of minorities in Pakistan
Jun 25, 2020, at 09:44 pm
Washington: Human rights experts recently discussed the condition of minorities in Pakistan and expressed their hardships and sufferings in the south Asian nation at a time when the world is combating COVID-19.
Around 40 percent pilots in Pakistan have ‘fake’ flying licences, reveals Aviation Minister
Jun 25, 2020, at 09:04 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has claimed that around 40 per cent of the pilots in the country have fake flying licences.
Imran Khan refers terrorist Osama bin Laden as 'martyr' in Pakistan parliament
Jun 25, 2020, at 09:03 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan apparently shocked many as he referred dreaded terrorist and former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden as a 'martyr' on Thursday. He made the comment on the floor of the country's Parliament.
Pakistan plane crash was 'human error', pilots were discussing COVID-19: Initial report
Jun 24, 2020, at 09:33 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: A plane crash that killed 97 people onboard in Pakistan last month was a result of human error by the pilot and air traffic control, an initial probe report about the disaster revealed on Wednesday.
China controlling Nepali village Rui Gaun for six decades since its capture
Jun 24, 2020, at 06:46 pm
Kathmandu: Amid growing trouble with India, a media report has emerged which showed how due to gross negligence of the Nepal government, a village in Gorkha in the mid-western part of the Himalayan nation has been under Chinese control for six decades.
Minor Hindu girl abducted, converted to Islam and married off to kidnapper in Pakistan
Jun 24, 2020, at 06:37 pm
Islamabad: Torture on minorities in Pakistan continues even as the coutry is busy fighting COVID-19 infection. Yet another girl from the minority Hindu community was abducted for marriage.
Islamabad to get its first Hindu temple, foundation stone laid
Jun 24, 2020, at 05:25 pm
Dubai/IBNS: The Hindu community in Pakistan's Islamabad will worship in their temple soon as a simple ceremony was held to start construction of the first Hindu temple in the capital’s H-9 area on Tuesday.