Pakistan: APC terms Bahria Town Karachi as 'illegal'
May 26, 2021, at 01:08 am
Islamabad: An All Parties Conference (APC) on Sunday declared Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) of Pakistan as "illegal and unconstitutional" and "a modern form of colonisation", media reports said.
Pakistan: FC men, protesters clash in Kurram leaving 8 injured
May 26, 2021, at 01:04 am
Kurram: Clashes between the protesters and personnel of the law enforcement agencies in Pakistan's Kurram region on Saturday left at least eight people hurt, media reports said.
Pakistani Air Force partners with Turkey’s notorious paramilitary group: Reports
May 26, 2021, at 12:48 am
The Pakistani Air Force (PAF) has agreed to cooperate with a Turkish paramilitary group accused by the United Nations of deploying fighters, including children, from Syrian armed groups to take part in military operations in Libya, says Stockholm-based Nordic Research and Monitoring Network.
Forced conversion still remains an irritant for Pakistan: Report
May 26, 2021, at 12:44 am
Islamabad: Experts have voiced their concerns that Pakistan is still witnessing hundreds of annual cases of forced conversions of mostly underage non-Muslim girls to Islam in the country.
TLP’s radicalism impacting Pakistan’s political structure: Expert
May 26, 2021, at 12:38 am
Lahore: A Lahore-based journalist has said the rise of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) group has changed the trend in Pakistan which has witnessed religious-political parties not gaining much popularity or even vote bank politics in the country.
Dawood Ibrahim: US agents asked Pakistani gold trader Asif Hafeez for help
May 26, 2021, at 12:34 am
Islamabad: Court papers have revealed that American agents had asked Pakistani gold trader Muhammad Asif Hafeez to help them with information for a breakthrough on India’s most wanted Dawood Ibrahim, media reports said on Tuesday.
Nepal, US discuss bilateral cooperation and Covid situation
May 25, 2021, at 10:33 pm
Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali hd a telephonic conversation with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and discussed bilateral cooperation including the Covid situation in Nepal.
Afghan forces free over 40 people from Taliban captivity: Defence Ministry
May 25, 2021, at 10:29 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: The Afghan special forces liberated 41 captives from a Taliban prison in the western province of Herat, the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Bank approves 200 million currency swap with Sri Lanka
May 25, 2021, at 10:20 pm
Bangladesh Bank has approved a 200 million US dollar currency swap with Sri Lanka’s central bank. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka agreed to the arrangement during the visit of Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to Dhaka earlier this year.
Australia to close down its embassy in Afghanistan amid worsening security situation
May 25, 2021, at 09:16 pm
Melbourne: Australia will close down its embassy in Kabul this week, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Tuesday, citing the uncertain security environment, thus making it the first major country to shut down its mission after the announcement of foreign troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Pakistan's literacy rate stagnated at 60 percent: Survey
May 25, 2021, at 08:22 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's literacy rate among children aged 10-year-old and above have stagnated at 60 percent, media reports said.
Pakistan seeks broad-based partnership with US, seeks help to arrange Covid 19 vaccine
May 25, 2021, at 08:11 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has now sought the US role in arranging coronavirus vaccine for his country after the nation failed to get supply committed under the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) COVAX because of excessive global demand.
Chinese aggression: Beijing is gradually invading Bhutan, reveals study
May 25, 2021, at 07:52 pm
Paro: A new research has unveiled that China has quietly been invading its Himalayan neighbour Bhutan for years, media reports said.
Lithuania drops out of China's 17+1 group dealing a blow to Beijing
May 25, 2021, at 07:40 pm
Vilnius: Giving China a jolt, Lithuania has dropped out from the "17+1" group and urged other EU countries to follow suit.
High-level probe into Chinese ‘spies’ working in British universities could lead to arrests: Report
May 25, 2021, at 07:19 pm
Beijing/London: A high-level probe into Chinese ‘spies’ working in British universities might lead to arrests in the upcoming weeks, media reports said.
UN chief appeals for dialogue in Samoa amid prime ministerial stand-off
May 25, 2021, at 06:15 pm
New York: The UN has called for dialogue in Samoa, where the first woman elected as Prime Minister was locked out of Parliament on Monday amid a bitter power struggle with the country’s long-standing leader.
May 25, 2021, at 06:12 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General said on Monday he was “deeply concerned” over the apparent forced landing of a commercial passenger jet over Belarus, and the subsequent detention of a prominent dissident and journalist by authorities there.
WFP scales up support in Yemen but fears response could be hampered
May 25, 2021, at 05:57 pm
New York: Although the World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up support to people in Yemen’s worst hunger hotspots, in efforts to prevent famine, sustaining response through the rest of the year is uncertain, the UN agency warned on Monday.
One blue helmet lost is ‘one too many’: UN peacekeeping chief reports spike in 2021 fatalities
May 25, 2021, at 05:43 pm
New York: UN blue helmets face an increasing number of attacks throughout the complex environments in which they work, the head of the Organization’s peacekeeping operations told the Security Council on Monday.
Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone shelled 40 times in past day: Reconciliation Center
May 25, 2021, at 03:32 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone 40 times over the past 24 hours, Rear Adm. Alexander Karpov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing.
May 25, 2021, at 03:50 am
Ottawa/IBNS: In observation of Asian Heritage Month, Statistics Canada profiled the employment characteristics of the three largest Asian populations in Canada: South Asian, Chinese, and Filipino Canadians aged 15 to 69 during the three months ending in April 2021.
Afghanistan: Commandoes free 8 captives from Taliban
May 25, 2021, at 12:05 am
Kabul: Eight security forces members have been rescued from Taliban prison during an operation conducted in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan region on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan wants Afghanistan to break off ties with India, says former Afghan president
May 24, 2021, at 10:20 pm
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that Pakistan wanted Afghanistan to “break off” relations with India in exchange for its cooperation in establishing peace in the country. He said agreeing to the demand would mean compromising with the country’s “sovereignty”.
Pakistan locally produces single-dose Chinese Cansino Covid vaccine
May 24, 2021, at 10:17 pm
In what came as a big move for vaccine manufacturing in Pakistan, the country has successfully produced 124,000 doses of Cansino, a single dose Covid-19 vaccine produced by a Chinese firm, Cansino Biologics. The single-shot vaccine has 65.7 percent efficiency.
Pakistan: Blast rocks Quetta, 3 hurt
May 24, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Quetta: A blast rocked Pakistan's Quetta city on Monday which left at least three people hurt, media reports said.
China: Boat capsizes in Heilongjiang, four dead
May 24, 2021, at 06:08 pm
Beijing: A fishing boat capsized in China's Heilongjiang province on Saturday which left four people dead and five others missing, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan witnesses drop in foreign investments by 32.5 pct in 10 months
May 24, 2021, at 05:39 pm
Islamabad: The rate of foreign investment flow in different sectors of Pakistani economy has dropped by 32.5% to $1.55 billion in the first 10 months of current fiscal year 2020-21 as compared to $2.3 billion in the same period of last year, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Friday.
Pakistan: Balochistan Minister resigns, apologizes for failing to serve people
May 24, 2021, at 05:37 pm
Islamabad: A senior minister in the Balochistan cabinet has resigned and apologized to the people for having been unable to serve them.
Some Afghans who worked with German troops face 'threat to lives', seek protection
May 24, 2021, at 05:33 pm
Kabul: Some Afghans who have worked with German troops in Afghanistan, especially in the north, have said they are facing threat to their lives.
Former Canadian envoy tweets to highlight Pakistan's 'proxy war' in Afghanistan
May 24, 2021, at 05:28 pm
Ottawa: Former Ambassador and Canadian Cabinet Minister Chris Alexander has raised the issue of Pakistan's 'proxy war' in Afghanistan in his tweet post recently.