Pakistan mosque blast leaves at least 56 killed, 194 injured
Mar 05, 2022, at 04:20 am
Peshawar/IBNS: At least 56 people were killed and 194 injured on Friday in a suicide explosion at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, the deadliest attack in the country since 2018.
Mar 05, 2022, at 12:55 am
Beijing: The Chinese government is trying to eradicate the Muslim community of the country and it is evident from the government’s move to shut down more than 150 Uyghur cultural research and language organizations, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Peshawar mosque blast leaves 57 people dead
Mar 05, 2022, at 12:48 am
Peshawar: At least 57 people died as a suicide blast hit a mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Explosion in Peshawar mosque leaves 30 dead, over 50 injured
Mar 04, 2022, at 09:24 pm
Peshawar, Pakistan/IBNS: A powerful explosion in a mosque at Kocha Risaldar area in Pakistan's Peshawar has left at least 30 people dead and more than 50 others injured, reports said.
Pakistan: PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto declares 'war' on 'illegally elected' PM Imran Khan
Mar 04, 2022, at 04:57 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has declared a ‘war’ on the 'selected government' of Imran Khan and accused him of being elected as the Prime Minister of the country illegally.
Pakistan's trade deficit widens to $31.96 billion
Mar 04, 2022, at 04:49 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's trade deficit has widened 82 percent year-on-year to $31.96 billion, media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan's circular debt in energy sector swells to Rs 2.358 trillion in 7 months
Mar 04, 2022, at 04:40 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's growing economic troubles is getting more clear as troubling energy sector’s circular debt has reached Rs 2.358 trillion during the first seven months (July, 2021-Jan, 2022) of FY 2021-22 compared to Rs 2.331 trillion in corresponding period of 2020-21 due to reduction in amount parked at Power Holding Limited (PHL) and Gencos payables to fuel suppliers, media reports said.
Pakistan: Locals arrange rallies in Swat to protest against ‘forced’ acquisition of land
Mar 04, 2022, at 04:34 am
Mingora, Pakistan: The land owners and locals from different parts of Swat region of Pakistan on Wednesday staged protest rallies against the forced acquisition of agricultural land for Swat Expressway phase-II.
Pakistan govt agrees to withdraw PECA ordinance amid opposition pressure
Mar 04, 2022, at 04:32 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said he has agreed to the opposition’s demand of withdrawing the Pakistan Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act ordinance 2022 (PECA) ordinance following the deliberations and finalisation of draft by joint action committee members.
To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council
Mar 04, 2022, at 03:22 am
New York: Six months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it is time for concerned countries to deepen their engagement with the country’s new authorities and take action to prevent an irreversible economic collapse, the top UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Blast in Quetta leaves three people, including DSP, killed
Mar 03, 2022, at 06:09 am
Quetta: Three people, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), were killed and 25 others were hurt in a bomb blast close to a police van at Quetta's Fatima Jinnah Road in Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Chinese government destroys third Tibetan Buddhist statue in past 3 months: Reports
Mar 03, 2022, at 04:30 am
Chengdu, China: The Chinese government has destroyed a third Tibetan Buddhist statue, a measure seen by many as the latest example of official efforts to stamp out the Tibetans’ religious traditions.
2018 Pakistan polls: PPP provides ‘confidential’ report on ‘rigging’ to CEC
Mar 03, 2022, at 01:57 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has handed over a report on the alleged rigging in the 2018 general elections to the chief election commissioner and urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ‘take punitive action’ against those involved in ‘glaring theft of the entire general elections’.
Pakistan: Punjab Cabinet proposes declaration on finality of Prophethood before marriage
Mar 02, 2022, at 11:48 pm
Lahore, Pakistan: The Punjab cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to the West Pakistan Rules under Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961, an attempt seen by experts as a move to win over the right-wing vote bank, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bill in Senate seeking provisional province status for GB rejected
Mar 02, 2022, at 11:40 pm
Gilgit, Pakistan: A parliamentary committee of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly has rejected a private members’ bill that was submitted by four senators of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) in the Senate seeking provisional province status for GB, media reports said on Wednesday.
Hong Kong births sink to lowest in 56 years: Reports
Mar 02, 2022, at 05:09 am
Hong Kong: The number of births in Hong Kong hit a record low last year, falling below 40,000 for the first time in more than five decades as experts warned of wide-reaching implications for the city’s ageing population, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Taliban ban evacuation of Afghans amid massive security sweep
Mar 02, 2022, at 05:03 am
Kabul: A Taliban spokesperson has said their administration will not allow any more evacuations of Afghans until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left.
Afghanistan: Blast in Kunduz leaves 2 dead
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:39 am
Kunduz, Afghanistan: At least two children died as an explosive went off in Khanabad district of the northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan on Sunday, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Biawal Bhutto Zardari launches march to protest against Imran Khan govt
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:29 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday began a march towards Islamabad from the Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum with the pledge that the long march would demonstrate that Imran Khan’s government had lost the nation’s trust.
Pakistan: JUIF members demonstrate in Wara Mamond against long electricity load shedding
Mar 02, 2022, at 04:21 am
Khar, Pakistan: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) members on Sunday protested against hours-long electricity loadshedding in Wara Mamond tehsil in Pakistan and elsewhere in the district, media reports said on Tuesday.
Amnesty International, HRW ask Pakistan to repeal PECA Ordinance
Mar 01, 2022, at 09:33 pm
Islamabad: Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have urged Pakistan to repeal amendments to the "draconian" Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA) Ordinance, terming it the latest in a "concerted campaign to restrict freedom of expression and stifle dissent".
Khost province residents ordered to remove Afghanistan’s flags from residences, cars
Mar 01, 2022, at 01:26 am
Kabul: The provincial governor of the eastern Khost province Muhammad Nabi Omari directed residents of the province to collect and remove Afghanistan flag from the rooftops of their homes and houses and from their vehicles, media reports said.
Pakistan: Shooting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province leaves three people killed
Mar 01, 2022, at 12:11 am
Islamabad: At least three people were killed and four others were hurt in a shooting incident in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan-Afghanistan trade volume move down to USD 1 bn
Feb 28, 2022, at 10:46 pm
Karachi, Pakistan: A report of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has voiced its concern over the “shrinking” trade volume from $2.5 billion to $1 billion between the two countries, media reports said on Monday.
Uyghur torchbearer at 2008 Beijing Olympics detained by Chinese authorities: Reports
Feb 28, 2022, at 08:26 pm
Beijing: An Uyghur doctor, who had served as a torchbearer in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, is currently serving an 18-year jail sentence, media reports said on Monday.
Chinese authorities detain university student for teaching Tibetan language
Feb 28, 2022, at 08:20 pm
Beijing: A university student has been detained by Chinese officials in Chamdo for allegedly teaching Tibetan language to children in Yamda village during the school holidays, media reports said on Monday.
Tibetan government-in-exile minister meets US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Uzra Zeya
Feb 28, 2022, at 03:15 pm
Washington: The exiled Tibetan government’s minister for Information and International Relations Kalon Norzin Dolma recently met US special coordinator for Tibetan issues Uzra Zeya here.
Pakistan: STP rejects proposed proforma for upcoming census
Feb 28, 2022, at 03:34 am
Hyderabad: Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has rejected proposed proforma for upcoming census of Pakistan by which outsiders, who have settled in Sindh from abroad and from within the country, were to be counted among local population.
Pakistan: Woman shot dead by ASI in Daska
Feb 28, 2022, at 01:26 am
Daska: A police patrol official shot dead a woman when she was on her way to attend a wedding ceremony with her family in Pakistan's Daska region on Thursday, media reports said on Sunday.
TLP to host protests against Imran Khan govt in several Pakistani cities over inflation
Feb 28, 2022, at 12:18 am
Islamabad: Religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) has announced it will host protests in several Pakistani cities against inflation under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s regime in the upcoming days.