Pakistan: Imran Khan govt plans to promote hijab to counter Aurat March
Feb 23, 2022, at 03:36 am
Islamabad: Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan is planning to hail wearing hijab in order to promote conservatism during the Aurat March to be held next month, a think tank has claimed on Tuesday.
FIR lodged against son of PM Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi
Feb 22, 2022, at 10:21 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan police have lodged an FIR against the younger son of PM Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi from her previous marriage and his cousin and a friend on charges of possession of liquor.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slams PTI govt, says Pakistan suffering unprecedented economic devastation
Feb 22, 2022, at 03:32 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is one of the key opposition leaders of Pakistan, on Monday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for allegedly "backtracking on all its promises"
Pakistan govt planning to borrow people's gold to increase gold reserve
Feb 22, 2022, at 02:43 am
Islamabad: Pakistan, a nation which is facing tough economic challenges for the past several years, is planning a proposal to borrow gold biscuits and bars from the people to increase foreign exchange reserves that remain on a sliding path despite taking over $5 billion loans in the past three months from bilateral and multilateral creditors, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Local manufacturers irked by presence of low quality Iranian bakery products
Feb 22, 2022, at 01:41 am
Islamabad: Pakistani local manufacturers are finding it tough as low-quality cooking oil, bakery and confectionery items, and cheap smuggled Iranian dairy products have found a place on the retailers’ shelves in low-end markets across the country.
Pakistan govt ready to regulate social media through ordinance
Feb 21, 2022, at 11:50 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani government is all set to promulgate an ordinance declaring defamation of people and institutions on social media a cognisable offence, with jail term being increased from two to five years, a move seen by experts as another attempt made to regulate social media.
Pakistan: TTP claims responsibility of grenade attack on Peshawar police check post
Feb 21, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistan’s banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the hand grenade attack which took place in the Phandu region of Peshawar city, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan releases 46 TTP prisoners
Feb 21, 2022, at 11:32 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani government recently released 46 Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) prisoners with an aim of a permanent ceasefire and peace agreement with the banned terrorist group, media reports said.
Australia wants explanation from China on ship-aircraft laser incident
Feb 21, 2022, at 11:01 pm
Canberra/UNI/Sputnik: Australia is awaiting a response from China on the recent incident involving a Chinese vessel pointing a military grade laser at an Australian surveillance aircraft, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday.
Laws passed by PTI govt will be used against PM Imran Khan in future: Maryam
Feb 21, 2022, at 10:22 pm
Pakistan's key opposition leader Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said that the laws which the PTI-led government is passing will be used against Prime Minister Imran Khan and company in future.
Bangladesh: Fire triggered by gas explosion in Mymensingh leaves 3 children dead
Feb 21, 2022, at 08:43 pm
Mymensingh: A fire triggered by a gas cylinder explosion in Bangladesh's Mymensingh town on Monday left at least three children dead, media reports said.
China to impose sanction on US over Taiwan
Feb 21, 2022, at 08:30 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: China decided to take measures against the United States over the sale of weapons to Taiwan and impose sanctions on Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday, adding that China would continue to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty.
UNICEF provides support to all public school teachers in Afghanistan for 2 months
Feb 21, 2022, at 06:06 pm
Kabul: As part of efforts to ensure all school-age girls and boys in Afghanistan go to school and learn, UNICEF and partners are providing emergency cash support to all public education teachers for the months of January and February.
Pakistan: Security forces kill five terrorists
Feb 21, 2022, at 03:53 am
North Waziristan: Pakistan security forces have killed at least five terrorists in North Waziristan, media reports said on Sunday.
Paris: Protest held outside FATF office calling to blacklist Pakistan
Feb 20, 2022, at 10:15 pm
Paris: A protest was held in France on Saturday near the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) office to urge the financial watchdog to place Pakistan on its blacklist, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Aurat March Lahore launches manifesto of 'justice'
Feb 20, 2022, at 04:39 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Aurat March Lahore has unveiled its manifesto for 2022 centering on the theme of “Reimagining Justice”.
Pakistan has become dangerous country in world for journalists: Hamid Mir
Feb 20, 2022, at 04:32 am
Swat, Pakistan: Senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir on Friday said the country has become the most dangerous country in the world for journalists where state machinery failed to protect journalists from raising facts and highlighting public issues.
Online gaming sector is thriving in China despite introducing anti-addiction rules: Report
Feb 20, 2022, at 02:00 am
Beijing: A new research has found that China’s online gaming sector is still doing well regardless of the tough new rules introduced last year to prevent addiction among underage players.
China introduces new decree in Tibet to curb the spread of online religious content
Feb 20, 2022, at 01:51 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has announced a new decree by which it warned Tibetans of possible clamp down on the spread of online religious content that the party deems ‘damaging’, media reports said.
Pakistan: Quetta witnesses protests over non-payment of salaries
Feb 20, 2022, at 01:03 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Anti-government protests rocked Qutta city of Pakistan recently over non-payment of salaries and pensions to the employees of Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Quetta Metropolitan Corporation (MCQ) and other Balochistan Municipal Committees.
Pakistan: Grenade attack in Peshawar leaves 3 policemen injured
Feb 19, 2022, at 10:07 pm
Peshawar: At least three policemen were hurt as a grenade attack hit Pakistan's Peshawar city on Saturday, media reports said.
China's wrath: Uyghur high school principal sent to 18 years in prison
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:20 am
Xinjiang, China: A Uyghur educator and principal of a high school in Korla in Xinjiang region of China has been serving 18 years in prison for inviting two Uyghur scholars to give presentations, media reports said on Friday.
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:14 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan and said under his regime the country is sliding towards authoritarianism and dictatorship.
Pakistan: Students’ sit-in for unions revival enters 9th day
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:08 am
Lahore: The sit-in of the Progressive Students Collective (PSC), who are demanding a revival of the student unions, reduction in fee and withdrawal of security forces from the campuses, entered its ninth day of protest on Thursday, media reports said.
Feb 19, 2022, at 02:35 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Noorul Haq Qadri, has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan not to allow any organisation or individual to raise “anti-Islam slogans” during ‘Aurat March’.
Pakistan: Police arrest three staff members of journalist Mohsin Baig
Feb 19, 2022, at 02:11 am
Islamabad: Police in Islamabad city of Pakistan have arrested three servants of senior media person Mohsin Baig in connection with a case registered over an alleged attack on a team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) who had gone to his house to arrest him on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Samaa TV journalist shot dead in Karachi
Feb 18, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Armed robbers shot dead a Samaa TV journalist in an alleged snatching bid in Karachi's North Nazimabad area on Friday, media reports said.
Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, top priorities for UN cooperation with Eurasian security body
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:05 pm
New York: Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Joe Biden to host meeting with Ukraine
Feb 18, 2022, at 03:28 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will host a meeting with major allies on Friday to discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office said in a statement.
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:52 am
Shenzhen, China: The housing market in China's Shenzhen has gone into deep freeze, as a mixture of anti-speculation measures and a slowing economy sent the market contraction into overdrive, which has left sales of lived-in homes in the secondary market to plunge to 15-year low figures, media reports said on Wednesday.