Pakistan govt seeks $6.3b China debt rollover
Oct 25, 2022, at 05:30 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has urged its all-weather ally China to rollover its USD 6.3 billion debt that is maturing in the next eight months as part of its overall plan to arrange USD 34 billion in the current fiscal year to meet its debt and external trade-related obligations, media reports said.
Afghanistan envoy to UN says attacks on Hazaras must be investigated as genocide crime
Oct 25, 2022, at 12:00 am
Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Afghanistan’s representative to the UN, urged the organization’s member states to probe the targeted attacks on Hazara community members as act of genocide.
Pakistan: Two policemen die in separate incidents
Oct 24, 2022, at 11:56 pm
Charsadda: Two policemen were killed in two separate attacks which took place in Pakistan's Waziristan, Charsadda regions, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: ANP says exploitation of Pakhtuns must end
Oct 24, 2022, at 11:53 pm
Awami National Party’s central secretary culture Dr Khadim Hussain has said the Pakhtun community members should first get the right to use their resources.
Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif shot dead in 'mistaken identity' case: Reports
Oct 24, 2022, at 10:27 pm
Nairobi: Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead by Kenyan Police on Sunday in a mistaken identity case after the vehicle he was in failed to stop at a roadblock mounted in the area, local media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Islamabad HC rejects former PM Imran Khan’s plea to suspend ECP order
Oct 24, 2022, at 08:14 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday rejected Imran Khan’s request to suspend the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)'s order instantly in the Toshakhana reference, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Cyclone Sitrang likely to make landfall tomorrow
Oct 24, 2022, at 08:12 pm
Dhaka: With Cyclone Sitrang moving closer, Bangladesh authorities have suspended river transports from Sadarghat to the southern districts, media reports said.
Kenya: Senior Pakistani journalist shot dead in Nairobi
Oct 24, 2022, at 03:30 pm
Nairobi: Senior Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif has been shot dead in Kenya's Nairobi city, his wife said on Monday.
Pakistan: Roadside explosion leaves two security officials dead in Kalat
Oct 24, 2022, at 04:57 am
Kalat: At least two security officials were killed and three others hurt in a roadside explosion in the Johan area of Pakistan's Kalat district on Friday.
US voices concern over rise in TTP attacks in Pakistan
Oct 24, 2022, at 04:14 am
Islamabad: US State Department's Special Representative and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan Thomas West has expressed concern that Pakistan is witnessing a rise in attacks led by banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan: 600 teachers in Muzaffargarh not getting salaries for two years
Oct 24, 2022, at 03:46 am
Muzaffargarh: More than 600 women teachers of the Basic Education Community Schools (BECS) and the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) schools in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district have been denied their salaries for the past two years, media reports said.
United Kashmir People’s National Party demonstrates across different cities on 'Black Day'
Oct 24, 2022, at 02:41 am
London: United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) on Saturday demonstrated in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and different parts of the world on what is observed as a 'Black Day’ to remember the Pakistani invasion of the region in 1947.
Pakistan needs to take internal steps for economic recovery: Martin Raiser
Oct 23, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan will have to take internal measures along with help from the international community by implementing economic reforms to recover from the cataclysmic floods, World Bank Vice President for South Asia Martin Raiser said.
China using influencers to whitewash human rights abuses, claims report
Oct 23, 2022, at 07:21 pm
Beijing: The Chinese government is attempting to use social media influencers from the Xinjiang region, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia to whitewash human rights abuses through an increasingly sophisticated propaganda campaign, claims a report.
COVID-19 concern: Chinese stocks tumble to multi-year lows in New York and Hong Kong
Oct 23, 2022, at 07:01 pm
Hong Kong: China's growing struggle with COVID-19 is evident in the market as the country's stocks have hit multi-year lows in New York and Hong Kong, media reports said on Saturday.
China Communist Party Congress: Xi Jinping secures third term in power in closed-door voting
Oct 23, 2022, at 04:47 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping secured a third term in a closed-door vote on Sunday after a week-long gathering in Beijing of the selected members of the Communist Party of China or CPC, media reports said.
Eleven women enter China's newly formed central committee
Oct 23, 2022, at 06:28 am
Beijing: Only 11 women have secured seats in the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), according to the official list of newly-appointed members.
China: Ex-leader Hu Jintao left out of Congress ceremony
Oct 23, 2022, at 01:39 am
Beijing: Chinese former leader Hu Jintao has been left out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Mortar shell explosion leaves two children dead
Oct 23, 2022, at 01:32 am
Kabul: An unexploded mortar shell exploded in Paktika region of Afghanistan which left at least two children dead, media reports said.
Pakistan: Policeman killed in Dera attack
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:24 am
Dera Ismail Khan: Unidentified assailants have opened fire and killed a police constable in Prova police station limits in Dera Ismail Khan region of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Mob attacks Orangi Town police station, SSP's office
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:21 am
A mob of around 200 people attacked the Orangi Town police station and nearby West SSP’s office in Pakistan on Thursday which left one policeman injured, media reports said.
Pakistan: Army bans Pashto language in Army Public Schools
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:15 am
Islamabad: A recent crackdown on Pakistan's largest ethnic minorities became evident when the Pakistan Army banned Pashto in its Army Public Schools, media reports said on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Body of young girl with bullet wound recovered
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:06 am
Kabul: The lifeless body of a young girl was recovered from Pol-e-Khomri city in Afghanistan with a gunshot wound, media reports said on Saturday.
Singing sensation Yohani joins Sri Lanka tourism to woo Indian filmmakers
Oct 22, 2022, at 08:51 pm
Mumbai/Colombo/Bangalore: Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), together with Sri Lankan Airlines and the International Film Producers’ Association of Sri Lanka (IFPA), recently organized a Film Tourism Promotional campaign in Bangalore and Mumbai to target major Indian movie industries by promoting Sri Lanka as "the ideal film location destination in South Asia".
Pakistan security forces, Taliban armed forces clash along Spin Boldak, woman dies
Oct 22, 2022, at 07:15 pm
Kandahar, Afghanistan: Pakistani border security forces and Taliban armed forces clashed along the border in the Spin Boldak border town in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan when an Afghan woman died during the skirmish, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Large number of farmers now depend on opium cultivation for survival, says SIGAR
Oct 22, 2022, at 07:11 pm
Kabul: The struggle of people in Afghanistan is becoming more intense and even forcing farmers in the country to depend on opium poppies cultivation for their livelihood.
Tension with US over oil: Pakistan decides to side Saudi Arabia
Oct 22, 2022, at 05:47 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to take the side of Saudi Arabia at a time when the Middle East nation has locked horns with the United States over the cut in oil supply in the international market.
Pakistan: Imran Khan says female journalist bound to be harassed if she invades male space
Oct 22, 2022, at 05:40 am
Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan recently landed himself in a controversy when he issued an inappropriate statement against a leading female journalist, implying that she was asking to be trolled and harassed as she “invades male-dominated spaces” while covering political rallies, media reports said.
China continues to tighten grip over Tibet
Oct 22, 2022, at 05:31 am
Lhasa: China has started reinforcing tight control over the highly surveilled Tibet autonomous region and the authorities continue to increase its repression in the name of the Zero-Covid policy, media reports said.
China’s economy badly hit by Covid lockdowns: Reports
Oct 22, 2022, at 05:24 am
Beijing: China's economic indicators are not looking very positive as the country is badly hit by COVID-19 imposed lockdowns which is affecting both businesses and consumers.