Sri Lankan President thanks Indian External Affairs Minister for providing Line of Credit
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:39 am
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday when he thanked the Indian Minister for providing USD 1 billion Line of Credit (LOC).
Afghanistan: Journalist detained by Taliban
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:34 am
Kabul: Family of a local journalist has claimed that Taliban forces have detained him on Saturday due to unknown reasons.
Pakistan Interior Minister warns PDM against turning rally into sit-in
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:31 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has warned the opposition parties are allowed to hold a public gathering in Islamabad “but if anyone tries to stage a sit-in he will crush it”.
Pakistan: Two security guards attempt to rape woman during PSL match
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:27 am
Lahore, Pakistan: The Lahore Police in Pakistan have registered a case against two security guards, and also arrested one of them, on the charge of allegedly attempting to rape a girl who came to Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore to watch a Pakistan Super League (PSL) match, media reports said.
Book on studies and practice of Xi Jinping's economic thought published in China
Mar 29, 2022, at 04:04 am
Beijing: A Chinese publishing house has published two books on the studies and the practice of country's leader Xi Jinping's economic thought for nationwide distribution.
Mar 28, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: The political battle in Pakistan turned intense as Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif on Monday tabled in the National Assembly a no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan, media reports said.
Afghanistan singer Farhad Darya spreads idea of peace by performing in Geneva
Mar 28, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Geneva: Popular Afghan Singer Farhad Darya spread the idea of peace as his band performed in Geneva on Saturday.
Afghanistan: Private schools, universities lose students this academic year
Mar 28, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's private school and university owners in Kabul city have complained that they have lost 60 percent of their students as the new educational year commenced recently.
Pakistan: Imran Khan claims foreign powers are behind ‘conspiracy’ to overthrow his govt
Mar 28, 2022, at 03:23 am
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday said foreign powers were involved in the ‘conspiracy’ to send his coalition government at the Centre packing through a no-confidence motion tabled by the country’s joint opposition.
Shehbaz Sharif urges people to join anti-inflation march
Mar 28, 2022, at 01:26 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday asked people to join PML-N's anti-inflation march on Monday to "save the future of Pakistan".
Afghanistan: Women can only enter parks for three days in a week, directs Taliban
Mar 28, 2022, at 01:10 am
Kabul: The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued yet another bizarre diktat by which women can only go to parks three days a week while men are given four days in the country.
Pakistan: Imran Khan's aide quits cabinet, joins opposition
Mar 27, 2022, at 10:03 pm
Islamabad: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, who was serving as the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant (SAPM) on Reconciliation and Harmony in Balochistan, on Sunday quit his position, giving a jolt to Imran Khan ahead of the no-confidence motion against him.
Taliban will keep finding excuses to stop girls from learning in Afghanistan: Malala Yousafzai
Mar 27, 2022, at 09:31 pm
Kabul: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has criticised the Taliban government of Afghanistan and said the group will try to find excuses to stop girls from learning.
Pakistan: Security forces kill 6 terrorists in Balochistan operation
Mar 27, 2022, at 05:45 am
Islamabad: Security forces in Pakistan killed at least six Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) separatists involved in various attacks including the Lahore bomb blast earlier this year, the military's media wing said on Saturday.
Nepal should be extremely cautious while accepting loans from China: Senior economist
Mar 27, 2022, at 05:38 am
Kathmandu, Nepal: A senior Nepalese economist has said the Himalayan nation should be extremely cautious while accepting loans from China.
Beijing restricts use of Tibetan language on learning apps, streaming services
Mar 27, 2022, at 05:31 am
Beijing: The Chinese authorities continue their dominance over the Tibetan minority and as per the new step taken by the nation the administration has imposed restrictions on use of the Tibetan language on video services and other online platforms, media reports said.
Nepal, China sign nine agreements during Wang Yi's visit
Mar 27, 2022, at 02:30 am
Kathmandu: Nepalese Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka and his visiting Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday held delegation level talks after which they witnessed the signing and exchange of nine agreements and memorandums of understanding.
Pakistan: 50 ministers belonging to Imran Khan’s party go “missing”
Mar 27, 2022, at 01:23 am
Islamabad: Amidst the no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, at least 50 ministers belonging to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have gone 'missing' from the political front, The Express Tribune reported citing sources.
Pakistan: No-confidence vote likely to take place on April 3 or 4
Mar 27, 2022, at 12:20 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Saturday that the no-confidence vote, to be tabled against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly, will most likely take place on April 3 or 4, Express Tribune reported.
Pakistan: Four soldiers die during exchange of fire with terrorists
Mar 26, 2022, at 11:41 pm
Hassan Khel: At least four Pakistani Army personnel died in North Waziristan's Hassan Khel area during an exchange of fire with terrorists who attempted to infiltrate into Pakistan from Afghanistan in the night between March 23 and March 24, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: PMO’s YouTube channel renamed to ‘Imran Khan’
Mar 26, 2022, at 11:10 pm
Islamabad: As the Pakistan National Assembly was set to vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the YouTube channel of the Prime Minister's office was renamed to "Imran Khan", Geo News reported on Friday.
Afghanistan: Women protest against Taliban's decision to ban girls from going to school
Mar 26, 2022, at 10:50 pm
Kabul: A small group of women demonstrated in Kabul city on Saturday against Taliban regime's decision to ban teenage girls from going to schools.
Bangladesh celebrates Independence Day
Mar 26, 2022, at 03:48 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh is observing Independence Day on Saturday, a day which marks the nation's victory in gaining freedom from the hands of Pakistan.
Afghanistan: Multiple attackers stab 80-year-ol man to death
Mar 25, 2022, at 08:19 pm
Kabul: Multiple attackers stabbed to death a 80-year-old man in Afghanistan's 16th police district in eastern Kabul, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: NA session adjourned without tabling of no-trust motion against PM Imran Khan
Mar 25, 2022, at 07:31 pm
Islamabad: The highly-anticipated session of the National Assembly with a crucial no-confidence motion — filed by the opposition against Prime Minister Imran Khan — on the agenda was adjourned till Monday.
Bangladesh observing Genocide Day
Mar 25, 2022, at 07:27 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh observed 'Genocide Day' on Friday to commemorate the brutal Pakistani military crackdown on this day in 1971 which led to a Liberation War and the ultimate liberation of Bangladesh as an independent nation.
Mar 25, 2022, at 07:01 pm
Kabul: Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom, USA and several other nations condemned the Taliban’s decision not to re-open secondary schools to Afghan girls.
Taliban’s backtracking on girls’ education, ‘deeply damaging’
Mar 25, 2022, at 04:17 pm
New York: Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human rights chief shared her “profound frustration and disappointment” that six months after the Taliban seized power, high school girls have yet to return to the classroom.
Ukraine War: Chinese Prez Xi Jinping yet to talk to Zelensky
Mar 25, 2022, at 07:01 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping has spoken to several state leaders, including Vladimir Putin, ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, except Volodymyr Zelensky.
Pakistan: PM Imran Khan's trouble deepens as more allies abandon PTI Govt
Mar 24, 2022, at 06:39 pm
Islamabad/IBNS/UNI: The Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan finds itself in political isolation as more of its allies have switched sides with the opposition on the no-confidence motion, The Dawn reported on Thursday.