Pakistan: Punjab Assembly resolution seeks most stringent anti-blasphemy laws, USCIRF condemns
Washington/IBNS: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Friday condemned the resolution passed by the Punjab Assembly in Pakistan which asked the federal government to make new or improve existing laws to sternly punish blasphemers and set up a Saudi Arabia like central screening or filtration system to intercept blasphemous material on social media.
Pakistan introduces bill to extend country's army chief's tenure
Islamabad/IBNS: Paving way for three-year extension for Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, country's Federal Minister for Defence Pervez Khattak on Friday tabled the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act 2020 in the National Assembly on Friday.
Madrasa headmaster’s 4-year-old son recovered from teacher's wardrobe
Dhaka/IBNS: Police detained a madrasa teacher after the body a 4-year-old child was recovered in his wardrobe from Bangladesh's Gazipur area, media reports said.
Eight policemen killed in Afghanistan's Balkh province following Taliban attack
Kabul/SPutnik/UNI: The Taliban militants have attacked a police checkpoint in the northern Afghan province of Balkh, leaving eight people killed and three others injured, the Balkh police chief, Ajmal Fayez, told Sputnik on Wednesday.
PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates Dhaka International Trade Fair
Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday unveiled the 25th edition of Dhaka International Trade Fair.
Afghanistan: Air pollution kills 17 in Kabul, says Health Ministry official
Kabul/UNI: At least 17 people were killed due to the extreme air pollution in Afghanistan's capital Kabul over the past one week, Fida Mohammad Paikan, an official with the Public Health Ministry said.
Bangladesh closes mobile phones along India border
Dhaka/UNI: Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Of Bangladesh has ordered a shutdown of mobile networks along the borders with India, citing security reasons.
Bangladesh: Two RAB members injured as suspected Rohingya gunmen shoot them
Dhaka/IBNS: The Rapid Action Battalion has said two of its members were hurt as suspected 'Rohingya gunmen' shot at them during an anti-drugs drive conducted in a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar area, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: 14 soldiers killed in checkpoint attack
Shiberghan/Xinhua/UNI: A total of 14 Afghan security force members were killed after Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's northern province of Jawzjan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.
10 Afghanistan journalists killed in 2019: Report
Kabul/IBNS: Based on the Reporters without Borders “RSF” report and the statistics recorded at Nai Media Watch department, journalists and media staff assassination has significantly been reduced in Afghanistan.
Rohingya man detained with fake passport in Bangladesh airport
Dhaka/IBNS: A Rohingya man was detained on Monday with fake passport and other documents after he reached Bangladesh's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in country's capital Dhaka from Malaysia.
Chinese envoy in Nepal asks people to follow and promote her on Twitter in lieu of movie tickets
Beijing/IBNS: In an unheard of social media diplomacy, the Chinese envoy in Nepal has offered people of the Himalayan nation to follow her on Twitter and retweet her posts in exchange for movie tickets.
Dhaka/IBNS: Continuing her government's development policy, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated two new airplanes added to the fleet of Bangladesh Biman and even the construction of the terminal 3 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in country capital Dhaka.
Afghanistan:Taliban attack leaves 10 soldiers killed
Kabul/IBNS: At least 10 soldiers were killed on Friday as Taliban terrorists attacked their outpost in Sangin district of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Migrants' boat sinks in Turkey's Lake Van, 2 Pakistanis die
Islamabad/IBNS: At least two Pakistani people died as a boat capsized in Lake Van of Turkey's Bitlis province, officials said on Saturday.