Pakistani Foreign Minister openly backs TRF days after US designates it as FTO
Jul 19, 2025, at 06:39 pm
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has triggered a row by saying that terror organisation The Resistance Front (TRF), which claimed responsibility for the attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, was not illegal.
Taiwan detects 58 Chinese military aircraft, 10 ships around its territory
Jul 19, 2025, at 04:41 pm
Taiwan's Ministry of Defense recently said 58 Chinese military aircraft, nine naval vessels, and one official ship were close to Taiwan, media reports said.
Dongsha waters: Taiwan coast guard expels Chinese ships
Jul 19, 2025, at 04:09 pm
Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has said that it had dispatched a Coast Guard vessel on Wednesday to expel two Chinese coast guard ships intruding into Taiwan-controlled waters off Dongsha Island in the South China Sea.
Pakistan: Balochistan Constabulary officer dies after unidentified people open fire on vehicle
Jul 18, 2025, at 05:44 pm
One Balochistan Constabulary officer and three others were injured when unidentified people opened fire on their vehicle in Mastung district of Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Suspected abductor of Balochistan student killed in clash with police
Jul 16, 2025, at 06:23 pm
A Quetta police official on Wednesday said the key suspect allegedly involved in the kidnapping and killing of 14-year-old Musawir Kakar was killed in a clash with the police in the Pakistani city.
Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan's ex-wife Reham Khan launches her own political party
Jul 16, 2025, at 09:46 am
Jailed ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan's wife Reham Khan has joined the political race in the South Asian country by launching her own party.
Jul 15, 2025, at 09:58 am
A report published by the Balochistan Home Department has shown that the volatile Pakistani region is witnessing a 45 percent increase in terrorist incidents and a 100 percent increase in targeted killings of local residents in the first six months of the year.
Terrorists target Pakistani police station in Miryan with quadcopter, cops remain safe
Jul 14, 2025, at 06:53 pm
Terrorists used a quadcopter to target a police station in Pakistan's Miryan area on Saturday.
Jul 14, 2025, at 06:03 pm
Human rights group Baloch Yakjehti Committee has said a man from Naseerabad district in Pakistan was allegedly tortured to death in the custody of the forces and secretly buried without family consent.
Jul 14, 2025, at 04:02 pm
Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a prominent Baloch-based human rights group, held a candlelight vigil recently in memory of Zeeshan Zaheer, who was 'extrajudicially killed'.
Hindu trader beaten to death in Bangladesh, attackers jump on his body
Jul 13, 2025, at 08:48 pm
At least seven people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a Hindu scrap trader in Bangladesh last week, an incident that triggered widespread protests in the South Asian country that has witnessed a rise in atrocities against minorities in recent months.
Ukraine arrests Chinese father, son over suspected spying
Jul 13, 2025, at 11:29 am
Ukrainian officials have arrested a Chinese father and his son over a suspected attempt to illegally transfer classified documents on a key Ukrainian missile system to Beijing.
Pakistan police claim averting mob attack on Ahmadi religious place in Karachi
Jul 12, 2025, at 07:08 pm
Pakistani police have claimed they thwarted a mob attack on the worship place of the Ahmadi community in Lahore city.
British MP Bob Blackman voices concern over rising threats to Hindus, other minorities in Bangladesh
Jul 12, 2025, at 05:17 pm
British MP Bob Blackman has voiced his concern over the rising threats to Hindu, Christian, Buddhist and Ahmadiyya minorities in Bangladesh.
Jul 12, 2025, at 10:39 am
Prominent Bangladeshi economist Abul Barkat, who has been a critic of radical Islam, was sent to jail on Friday over a graft case.
Jul 11, 2025, at 03:47 pm
Karachi/IBNS: Pakistani actress Humaira Asghar Ali, whose decomposed body was recovered from a flat in Karachi a few days ago, died nine months ago, Arab News reported.
Pakistan: Nine passengers kidnapped, shot dead by armed gunmen in Balochistan
Jul 11, 2025, at 09:56 am
At least nine people died after armed gunmen, who were travelling in a bus, were abducted and shot dead in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday, media reports said.
Bangladesh tribunal indicts ex-PM Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity during 2024 student stir
Jul 10, 2025, at 05:35 pm
Dhaka: A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday formally indicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity linked to last year’s mass student uprising that claimed hundreds of lives, news agency AP reported.
Jul 09, 2025, at 04:41 pm
Ousted former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina had authorised the deadly crackdown on students during the July-August Uprising last year, which eventually led to her collapse, a leaked phone call has revealed.
Decomposed body of Pakistani actress recovered from Karachi flat
Jul 09, 2025, at 02:43 pm
The decomposed body of a 32-year-old Pakistani actress was found inside a flat in Karachi city, media reports said.
Global call grows to hold China accountable for '709' crackdown
Jul 08, 2025, at 07:36 pm
Ten years after China launched a sweeping crackdown on human rights lawyers, Amnesty International, a prominent rights group, is urging immediate global action to hold the Chinese government accountable for the repression.
Pakistani court sends Mahrang, other BYC activists on 10-day physical remand
Jul 08, 2025, at 06:33 pm
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on Tuesday sent Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief Dr Mahrang Baloch and other organisers of the group to 10 days police custody.
Marco Rubio, Obama wish Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday
Jul 07, 2025, at 05:45 pm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday wished Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and said he continues to inspire people by embodying a message of unity, peace, and compassion.
Jul 05, 2025, at 06:33 pm
Pakistani authorities have seized 13 illegally kept lions and arrested five individuals for violating wildlife regulations.
Microsoft shuts down Pakistani operations after 25 years, ex-President Alvi expresses concern
Jul 05, 2025, at 10:19 am
Tech giant Microsoft on Friday announced shutting down its office in Pakistan, ending its 25-year journey in the country.
Jul 04, 2025, at 11:59 pm
Pakistani politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has claimed Islamabad does not know where Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar is, adding that Islamabad would be "happy to" arrest him if India can provide information on his whereabouts in his country.
New UN report shows shelter and safety elude Afghan women returnees from Iran and Pakistan
Jul 04, 2025, at 03:03 pm
As returns of Afghan refugees and those living in refugee-like conditions from Iran and Pakistan increase – many forcibly – women and girls are arriving in a country where their rights, safety, and futures face severe threats, according to a new UN-led report.
Afghanistan's Taliban regime rejects its involvement in disappearance of Afghan-American citizen
Jul 04, 2025, at 02:50 pm
The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has denied involvement in the disappearance of Afghan-American citizen Mahmood Shah Habibi.
Jul 04, 2025, at 12:55 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's close aide Rana Sanullah has said his country had only "30-45 seconds" to determine, whether India's BrahMos attack during Operation Sindoor carried a nuclear warhead, and respond.
Pakistan: Blast in Bajaur leaves five, including an assistant commissioner, dead
Jul 02, 2025, at 06:53 pm
At least five people, including an assistant commissioner, were killed and 11 others were injured after a blast rocked a government vehicle in Pakistan's Bajaur district on Wednesday.