No FIR still filed in PTI worker's death
Mar 13, 2023, at 04:32 am
Islamabad: Pakistan police are yet to register a case on the death of PTI worker Ali Bilal even as his post-mortem result showed he died due to excessive injuries.
Mar 13, 2023, at 04:24 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said the police personnel in Islamabad, who were involved in baton-charging the participants of Aurat March, an event held in different cities of Pakistan on International Women's Day, have been suspended.
Afghanistan: Carpet weavers of Badakhshan facing challenges everyday to execute their task
Mar 13, 2023, at 04:14 am
Female carpet weavers of Afghanistan's Badakhshan region are facing regular challenges despite working hard regularly to create their handicrafts due to the lack of a carpet processing center and a suitable market for selling them.
US spy agency sees China will exert more pressure on Taiwan during Xi's third term
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:51 am
Taipei: A report released by a US intelligence community has said Beijing will continue to press Taiwan on unification and try to undercut US influence in the region as Chinese leader Xi Jinping begins his third term as the President of the country.
Afghanistan diaspora members protest in Vienna against Taliban atrocities against women, children
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:19 am
Vienna: Austrian city of Vienna recently witnessed Afghanistan diaspora members, including women associated with Afghan diaspora organizations AKIS (Afghanische Kultur, Integration und Solidaritat), staging a protest against the Taliban rulers of the South Asian country.
Expert expresses concerns over imports of $1bn worth pulse by agrarian country like Pakistan
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:07 am
Islamabad: The University of Agriculture of Faisalabad (UAF) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan has said Pakistan's move of importing pulses worth $1 billion every year is a matter of concern for the country.
More than 500 people graduate from Afghanistan's Jihadist school
Mar 13, 2023, at 02:01 am
Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, a group that seized power in the South Asian country in 2021, has said more than 500 people have graduated from Jihadist schools in Helmand, Laghman, and Sar-e-Pol provinces.
One person killed, 8 injured in blast at cultural center in northern Afghanistan - Reports
Mar 12, 2023, at 01:30 am
Kabul: One person was killed, and eight others were critically injured on Saturday in a blast at a cultural center in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the Balkh province, Afghan broadcaster Ariana News reported.
Pakistan: Three die in Swabi car attack
Mar 11, 2023, at 11:03 pm
Swabi: At least three people were killed when gunmen attacked their car in Razaar area of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Police, student, among four dead in Bannu firing
Mar 11, 2023, at 10:46 pm
Four people, including a policeman, died and six others were hurt when unknown assailants opened fire on them near a private school on DI Khan Road in Pakistan on Thursday.
Islamabad Police says journalist Abid Mir returned home, brother refuses claim
Mar 11, 2023, at 09:10 pm
Balochistan-based journalist and human rights activist Abid Mir has gone missing from Pakistan capital Islamabad.
Afghanistan: Several journalists feared hurt as blast rocks Mazar-e-Sharif
Mar 11, 2023, at 08:56 pm
Kabul/Mazar-e-Sharif: Several people are feared to be hurt as a blast rocked PD2 in Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif province on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: 5 terrorists killed during operations conducted in North and South Waziristan
Mar 11, 2023, at 02:38 pm
South Waziristan: At least five terrorists were killed by security forces during intelligence-based operations carried out in Pakistan's North and South Waziristan, media reports said on Saturday.
Taiwan tracks 7 Chinese military aircraft around nation: Reports
Mar 11, 2023, at 04:27 am
Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has said it tracked seven Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 am on Tuesday (March 7) and 6 am on Wednesday (March 8), media reports said.
Pakistan: UN officials call for investigation into Senator Kakar’s death
Mar 11, 2023, at 04:25 am
Islamabad: Four UN special rapporteurs on human rights have urged the Pakistani government to initiate the investigation into “the death in unclear circumstances of former senator Usman Kakar”.
World Uyghur Congress nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Mar 10, 2023, at 11:39 pm
Washington: The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
Pakistan: TTP terrorists attack Dahli check post, Levies Force sepoy die
Mar 10, 2023, at 11:15 pm
Washuk: Banned terrorists of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked Dahli check post in the country on Tuesday which left at least a Levies Force sepoy dead, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Women protest in Kabul to demand for education, work
Mar 10, 2023, at 09:26 pm
Kabul: Women in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Tuesday protested to demand access to education for women, which has been curtailed ever since Taliban forces snatched power in the country in 2021.
Ex-ISI chief being investigated for corruption: Minister
Mar 10, 2023, at 09:19 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that former chief of the Inter Services Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt-Gen Faiz Hamid(Retd) is being investigated for alleged corruption.
Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women, Security Council hears
Mar 10, 2023, at 06:19 pm
New York: Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the “most repressive country in the world [for] women’s rights”, the senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday, while nevertheless voicing a nuanced position on the importance of continuing to engage with the group.
International webinar discusses hopes and possibilities for a Free Tibet in present global scenario
Mar 10, 2023, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi: To mark the 64th anniversary of Tibetan People’s Uprising, the Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies and Engagement (CHASE) and Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) jointly organized an international webinar on “Hopes and Possibilities for a Free Tibet in the Present International Scenario.”
Xi Jinping re-elected as China's president for third term
Mar 10, 2023, at 04:01 pm
Beijing: The Chinese National People's Congress — the country's supreme state authority — on Friday unanimously reelected Xi Jinping as the president of China for a third five-year term, according to the voting results.
Pakistan: ISIS claims responsibility for killing nine policemen during recent attack in Balochistan
Mar 10, 2023, at 03:39 pm
Quetta: Terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the recent attack in Pakistan's Balochistan region which left nine policemen dead, media reports said.
Pakistan: People demonstrate in Mohmand over prolonged load-shedding
Mar 10, 2023, at 03:23 pm
Mohmand: People in Mohmand region of Pakistan came down to the streets on Tuesday to protest against prolonged load-shedding, media reports said.
Mar 10, 2023, at 02:56 pm
Amsterdam: Overseas Pakistani Christians in the Netherlands on Wednesday demonstrated against human rights violence suffered by women and girls in the South Asian country.
Afghanistan: Taliban governor killed in Balkh, ISIS claims responsibility
Mar 10, 2023, at 02:35 pm
Kabul: Terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of the Taliban governor of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province.
Honda shuts plant in Pakistan amid economic crisis
Mar 10, 2023, at 02:04 pm
Islamabad: Honda Atlas Cars, the assembler of Honda automobiles in Pakistan, on Wednesday announced it will be shutting down the plant for the remainder of the month.
Court to hear Imran Khan's pleas on Thursday
Mar 09, 2023, at 06:57 am
Lahore/UNI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) fixed the hearing of two cases of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday as the ex-prime minister remains embroiled in legal battles.
UN continues to support Pakistan flood response
Mar 09, 2023, at 01:26 am
New York: Six months after the devastating floods in Pakistan, humanitarians have reached more than seven million people with food and other essential services, the United Nations has reported.
Pakistan: Security forces gun down six terrorists in North Waziristan
Mar 08, 2023, at 10:32 pm
Rawalpindi: Pakistani security forces on Wednesday eliminated six terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan's general area Datakhel, media reports said.