EFSAS chief calls Asim Munir's nuclear attack remark 'irresponsible'
Aug 13, 2025, at 03:11 pm
Kashmiri political activist and Director of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Junaid Qureshi, has labelled the nuclear threat remark by Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir as 'irresponsible'.
Pakistan: Minor house help tortured to death in Gujranwala
Aug 12, 2025, at 07:02 pm
A 13-year-old domestic worker was allegedly tortured to death by her employers in Pakistan's Gujranwala city, media reports said on Tuesday.
Nine Pakistani soldiers killed in Balochistan attack
Aug 12, 2025, at 06:32 pm
At least nine Pakistani soldiers died and six others were injured in an attack in the South Asian country's restive southwestern Balochistan province, media reports said.
Bangladesh signs MoUs with Malaysia amid deteriorating ties with India
Aug 12, 2025, at 05:27 pm
Bangladesh and Malaysia have signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and three Exchange of Notes in diverse areas of cooperation on the first day of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus's visit to the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: 12-year-old boy killed in mortar shell explosion
Aug 12, 2025, at 04:55 pm
A 12-year-old boy was killed and two others were injured after a mortar shell exploded close to the Pakistan-Iran border on Monday.
Aug 12, 2025, at 01:45 pm
A former Pentagon official has criticised Pakistan army chief Asim Munir for his recent nuclear rhetoric and compared him with 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden.
Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir now threatens to target Mukesh Ambani's Jamnagar refinery
Aug 12, 2025, at 11:04 am
Tampa/IBNS: After nuke threat to India, now Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir has threatened to target billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led RIL's refinery in Gujarat's Jamnagar, media reports said.
US designates Balochistan Liberation Army as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Aug 12, 2025, at 10:01 am
The United States on Monday designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its alias, the Majeed Brigade, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
Pakistan: Unidentified armed men abduct Ziarat assistant commissioner, son
Aug 11, 2025, at 06:47 pm
Unidentified armed men have abducted the assistant commissioner of Ziarat district and his son in Pakistan's Quetta region, media reports said.
Pakistan: Karachi Bar Association to protest outside Chief Minister's House over lawyer's killing
Aug 11, 2025, at 06:22 pm
The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) would stage a protest outside the Chief Minister's House on Monday over the 'failure' to protect the legal fraternity after a young lawyer was shot dead in the Pakistani city last week.
Chinese man arrested for stealing fellow passenger's bag in Dubai-Singapore flight
Aug 10, 2025, at 10:21 pm
A Chinese man has been arrested after he allegedly stole a passenger's bag on board a flight from Dubai to Singapore, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Six bogies of Jaffar Express derail after bomb blast rocks Balochistan, no casualties
Aug 10, 2025, at 08:42 pm
A bomb blast on the railway track in Balochistan’s Mastung district in Pakistan derailed six bogies of the Jaffar Express, media reports said on Sunday.
Bangladesh general polls to be held in first half of February: Election body chief
Aug 10, 2025, at 06:04 pm
Bangladesh poll body chief AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday said the general elections in the country will be held in the first half of February.
Thailand: 26 Chinese, including one woman, arrested for illegal loan practices
Aug 10, 2025, at 02:14 pm
At least 26 Chinese nationals were arrested in Thailand during a raid on a loan-sharking business operating from a luxury pool villa near Pattaya, media reports said.
Aug 09, 2025, at 06:37 pm
The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) has lost Rs4.1 billion in just over two months after it closed its airspace to Indian-registered aircraft, media reports said.
Recognise Balochistan: Mir Yar Baloch urges Trump
Aug 09, 2025, at 06:18 pm
A prominent Baloch activist has written a letter to US President Donald Trump and urged him to recognise Balochistan as a free and independent state.
Bangladesh: Journalist stabbed to death in Gazipur, five detained
Aug 08, 2025, at 06:00 pm
At least five people have been detained in a case filed in the murder of a journalist in Bangladesh's Gazipur area, media reports said.
Aug 08, 2025, at 03:15 pm
Bangladesh's former ruling outfit Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)'s acting chairman’s advisor on foreign affairs, Humayun Kabir, has said the political outfit's acting chairperson Tarique Rahman will be the PM if it wins the general polls.
'Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile': Chinese envoy slams Trump's 50 pct tariff on India
Aug 08, 2025, at 12:20 am
Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, slammed US President Donald Trump after his tariff impositions on several countries, including India.
Pakistan: 71 dead, 86 injured in KP rains, flash floods amid raging Monsoon
Aug 06, 2025, at 07:13 pm
The KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has said 71 people, mostly children, died in rain-related incidents in Khyber Paktunkhwa, media reports said.
Pakistan: 71 dead, 86 injured in KP rains, flash floods amid raging Monsoon
Aug 06, 2025, at 07:13 pm
The KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has said 71 people, mostly children, died in rain-related incidents in Khyber Paktunkhwa, media reports said.
Muhammad Yunus to ask Election Commission to host Bangladesh general polls in February
Aug 06, 2025, at 09:15 am
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said he will ask the Election Commission to organise the general polls in February next year.
Aug 04, 2025, at 11:04 pm
Telo Tulku Rinpoche, the former head of Buddhists of the Republic of Kalmykia and the Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Russia, Mongolia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS countries), has warned that Mongolia has emerged as a testing ground for Beijing’s campaign to control the sacred Buddhist institution of reincarnation.
Pakistan: Teen girl 'killed' by uncle for 'honour'
Aug 04, 2025, at 10:58 pm
A Pakistani teen girl was allegedly gunned down by her uncle in an episode of 'honour killing' in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Battagram district on Monday.
Pakistan: Gunmen target Zard Ghulam Jan Mangochar Grid Station
Aug 04, 2025, at 09:55 pm
A group of armed men stormed the Zard Ghulam Jan Mangochar Grid Station in Pakistan, which damaged the control room and other equipment present in the facility.
Pakistani couple, who were married last year, 'shot dead' in the name of honour
Aug 04, 2025, at 06:19 pm
A Pakistani couple who had married of their own free will were shot dead on Sunday allegedly in the name of honour, media reports said.
Bangladesh needs fundamental reforms, says NCP ahead of August 5 anniversary
Aug 03, 2025, at 10:47 pm
National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Tajnuva Jabeen has said Bangladesh needs a fundamental reform ahead of the anniversary of the August 5, 2024 uprising that led to the removal of former PM Sheikh Hasina from power.
Pakistani dacoit gang claims responsibility for attacking Sheikhani police post
Aug 03, 2025, at 10:25 pm
The ringleader of Indhar dacoit gang, Tanvir alias Dooda Indhar, has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Sheikhani police post in Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Police use tear gas to disperse protesting government employees
Aug 03, 2025, at 10:02 pm
Pakistani police recently launched a crackdown on government employees who were on a sit-in protest at the Provincial Assembly Chowk in the South Asian country's Peshawar city on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan court sends Mahrang Baloch, BYC leaders to police custody for 20 days
Aug 03, 2025, at 08:33 pm
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Saturday remanded Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief Dr Mahrang Baloch and other organisers of the group to police custody for 20 days.