Myanmar: Car crash leaves five people dead
Jan 29, 2023, at 12:39 am
Yangon: At least five people died when a passenger bus collided with a probox car on Friday evening in southern Myanmar, according to a traffic policeman.
Pakistan witnessing 2.37m tonnes wheat shortage: Minister
Jan 29, 2023, at 12:16 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema has said the country is enduring a net wheat deficit of 2.37 million metric tons (MMT) during the current year.
Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk
Jan 28, 2023, at 09:50 pm
New York: Nearly two years on from Myanmar’s brutal military coup against the democratically-elected government, the country has sunk deeper than ever into crisis, undergoing a wholesale regression in human rights, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday.
Allah is responsible for Pakistan's development, prosperity: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
Jan 28, 2023, at 03:26 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said Allah (Islamic deity) is responsible for the country's development and prosperity.
Philippines 'vigilantly monitors' alleged harassment by China in South China Sea
Jan 28, 2023, at 04:15 am
Manila: The Philippines government has said it is 'vigilantly monitoring' the developments in the South China Sea and also probing the recent incident where a China Coast Guard ship allegedly harassed local fishermen near a Filipino-occupied shoal, media reports said.
Jan 28, 2023, at 12:24 am
Swat: The members of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) staged rallies in different districts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Wednesday over the acquittal of former SSP of Malir district Rao Anwar in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case, media reports said.
Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan Governor seeks release of federal govt funds amid financial crisis
Jan 28, 2023, at 12:13 am
Gilgit: Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Syed Mehdi Shah on Wednesday discussed the issue of financial crisis faced by his region with Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal and sought release of funds by the federal government of Pakistan.
UN deputy chief reminds Taliban: Islam does not ban women from education
Jan 27, 2023, at 08:29 pm
New York: The UN must present “a united front” in the fight for women’s rights in Afghanistan, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said after returning from a two-week country visit spanning several continents.
State Bank of Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves hit nine-year low
Jan 27, 2023, at 03:13 pm
Islamabad: The foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) touched a nine-year low figure of $3.678 billion during the week ended on Jan 20, media reports said.
Pakistani rupee touches historic low figure
Jan 27, 2023, at 02:40 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani rupee has marked its biggest single-day decline in more than two decades, media reports said.
Pakistan's currency drops to a record low after govt ends control
Jan 27, 2023, at 02:51 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's currency Thursday fell to a record low of Rs 255 against the US dollar, according to local media reports.
Pakistan govt fears losing popularity ahead of polls due to IMF deal
Jan 26, 2023, at 10:15 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani government is fearing that it might lose popularity ahead of the general polls which is keeping it away from finalising a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that could stabilise the economy.
Pakistan facing shortage of essential supply of emergency medicines
Jan 26, 2023, at 10:08 pm
Islamabad: A large region of Pakistan is facing shortage in essential supply of emergency medicines and surgical items at a time when the country is also battling a financial crisis.
Pakistan: Textile industry suffers financial loss amid power breakdown
Jan 26, 2023, at 10:06 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani textile sector suffered a financial loss of $70 million after the day-long countrywide power breakdown on Monday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Balochistan: Pakistani region facing acute clean drinking water shortage
Jan 25, 2023, at 06:15 am
Quetta: Pakistan's Balochistan region is facing an acute clean drinking water shortage as most of the water filtration plants installed at various locations in the province are currently out of order, media reports said on Tuesday.
China says 80% of its population have had Covid-19: Reports
Jan 25, 2023, at 05:47 am
Beijing: A government scientist has estimated that around eight among 10 students in China are suffering from COVID-19.
Pakistan: PTM workers protest in Karachi demanding release of MNA Ali Wazir, mutiny case lodged
Jan 25, 2023, at 05:31 am
Karachi: Police recently arrested several members of the Pashtun Tahfuzz Movement (PTM) in an abetting mutiny case after they held a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club.
Pakistan: Several cities still recording power shortage despite minister's claim over restoration
Jan 24, 2023, at 11:39 pm
Islamabad: Several regions in Pakistan are still witnessing power outages despite the government's claim that it has been restored.
Chinese cargo ship runs aground in southern Japan: Reports
Jan 24, 2023, at 11:19 pm
Beijing: The Chinese cargo ship Shin Haijo 2 has run aground between the islands of Ishigaki and Kohama in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday, citing the country's coast guard.
Afghanistan: Taliban says Chinese nationals arrested over smuggling precious stones
Jan 24, 2023, at 09:22 pm
Kabul: Taliban authorities have arrested five men, including two Chinese nationals, over alleged smuggling of lithium-bearing stones out of the country, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Soldier dies in Bannu IED attack
Jan 24, 2023, at 02:27 pm
Bannu: At least one Pakistani soldier died in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the Jani Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district of Pakistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Two cops martyred in Charsadda attack
Jan 24, 2023, at 01:20 am
Charsadda: At least two policemen were killed and one sustained injuries when terrorists attacked the Dheri Zardad check-post here on Saturday, media reports said on Monday.
Trouble with India: China builds new dam in Tibet which might hit flows downstream
Jan 23, 2023, at 11:51 pm
Beijing: China, which has been engaged in conflict with India in recent years, is building a new dam in Tibet on a tributary of the Ganga, close to the tri-junction of its borders with India and Nepal, media reports said.
China’s ‘exhausted’ doctors and nurses working long hours for reduced pay amid COVID-19 surge
Jan 23, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Beijing: Doctors and nurses in China are facing pay cuts or salary delays despite working hard to deal with the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in recent months.
Pakistani cities witnessing massive power outage
Jan 23, 2023, at 07:54 pm
Lahore: Key Pakistani cities have been left without power, triggered by a "frequency variation" in the national grid, on Monday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: University student dies as bus hits motorcycle in Dhaka
Jan 23, 2023, at 12:00 am
Dhaka: A student of a private university died after a bus ploughed into a motorcycle she was riding on near the Jamuna Future Park in Bangladesh capital city Dhaka on Sunday.
Pakistan: Blast occurs close to police vehicle in Peshawar, no casualty
Jan 22, 2023, at 11:41 pm
Peshawar: An explosion occurred close to a police vehicle within the limits of Badaber Police Station in Peshawar city of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Garment workers block highway after truck hits and kills a security guard
Jan 22, 2023, at 10:50 pm
Dhaka: Agitated workers demonstrated on the Dhaka-Tangail highway after a security guard deployed to a garment factory in Bangladesh's Gazipur region died in a road mishap, media reports said.
Pakistan: PML-N leader Pir Aminul Hasnat defects to PTI
Jan 22, 2023, at 04:15 pm
Islamabad/UNI: In a setback to the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), the party's central leader Pir Muhammad Aminul Hasnat Shah joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), media reports said.
Jan 22, 2023, at 07:47 am
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Saturday held a phone conversation with Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi as both sides pledged to strengthen cooperation and vowed to combat terrorism.