Pak Minister backs ‘Islamic presidential’ system
Jan 25, 2022, at 12:20 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Khan, has backed the “Islamic” Presidential System and said the nation never experienced a true presidential system in true spirit.
Cleric's killing in Pakistan: Demonstration takes place in Swat
Jan 25, 2022, at 12:17 am
Swat, Pakistan: A religious party's workers and supporters recently took to the streets of Swat city of Pakistan over the delay in the arrest of the killers of a cleric, Sheikh Abdul Hamid.
Talks with TTP collapsed due to its harsh demands: Pakistan Interior Minister
Jan 25, 2022, at 12:00 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had broken down due to the outfit's unreasonable and harsh demands.
US delays approval of Pakistan's ambassador designate Masood Khan
Jan 24, 2022, at 11:54 pm
Islamabad: The United States has delayed the approval of Pakistan’s ambassador-designate Masood Khan’s posting in Washington, media reports said.
European agency refuses to lift ban on Pakistani flights
Jan 24, 2022, at 11:48 pm
Islamabad: European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Saturday gave a jolt to the Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) hope of resuming flight service to key destinations in Europe as it conveyed that it would conduct its own evaluation before allowing resumption of flights from Pakistan.
Dozens of Chinese warplanes fly close to Taiwan, largest incursion this year
Jan 24, 2022, at 05:56 pm
Taipei, Taiwan: The Chinese government sent 39 warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Sunday, a move that may further escalate tension in the region.
Unemployment: China witnessing rise in layoff in IT sector
Jan 24, 2022, at 05:45 pm
Beijing: China is witnessing a spike in unemployment as several tech companies in the country have started laying off employees.
Pakistan Supreme Court gets its first female judge
Jan 24, 2022, at 05:15 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday sworn in Justice Ayesha Malik as its first female judge.
PML-N leader slams Imran Khan for 'lying' to nation on GDP growth
Jan 24, 2022, at 03:13 am
Islamabad: PML-N information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has targeted PM Imran Khan for “lying” to nation and the world by claiming that his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has achieved the highest GDP growth rate in the country’s history.
Jan 24, 2022, at 02:44 am
Nowshera: Residents of Nowshera region of Pakistan blocked Nowshera-Mardan road to traffic to protest the suspension of natural gas supply to domestic consumers on Friday.
Afghanistan: NGO women ‘threatened with shooting’ for not wearing burqa
Jan 24, 2022, at 01:23 am
Kabul: Two international NGO workers have claimed that Taliban religious police have threatened to shoot the women NGO workers if they are found not wearing burqa in Badghis province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Jan 24, 2022, at 12:58 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has approved to pay USD 11.6 million in compensation to the Chinese nationals who were either killed or wounded in a terrorist attack, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Blast leaves 6 people dead
Jan 23, 2022, at 09:36 pm
Kabul: A blast rocked Afghanistan's Herat province on Saturday which left six people dead, media reports said on Sunday.
Jan 23, 2022, at 12:00 am
Vienna: Save Tibet organization held a rally in Austria to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights violations.
Urgent action needed to protect Vietnamese workers trafficked to Serbia
Jan 22, 2022, at 11:25 pm
New York: Urgent action is required to assist and protect some 400 Vietnamese migrant workers who were allegedly trafficked to Serbia, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday.
Pakistan: Hazaras protest terror attacks on their community
Jan 22, 2022, at 10:20 pm
Islamabad: Members of the Hazara community in different parts of the world, including in Pakistan, recently commemorated the victims of two terrorist attacks in 2013 and 2021.
Survey shows 75.9% of Japanese feel 'close' to Taiwan
Jan 22, 2022, at 12:24 am
Taipei/Tokyo: A 2021 survey has shown 75.9 percent of Japanese said they felt “close” to Taiwan, while 64.8 percent believed Taiwan to be “trustworthy,” the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in Japan announced on Thursday.
South China Sea: US Navy warship challenges Chinese territorial claims
Jan 22, 2022, at 12:03 am
Beijing: The US Navy guided missile destroyer challenged Chinese claims of sovereignty in and around islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, media reports said.
Pakistan: PPP to launch ‘tractor trolley march’ today to support farmers
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:55 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) might soon launch the first phase of its “tractor trolley march” on Friday as they extend support to the support to the country’s farmers who have been protesting over the alleged poor agricultural policies of the government.
Pakistan refineries warn of shutting operation in next few weeks
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's oil refineries have warned the government of a looming shutdown of their operations in the next few weeks due to high and yet rising stocks of furnace oil, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents storm Kabul apartment, arrest female activist
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:31 pm
Kabul: An eye-witness has said Taliban insurgents stormed an apartment in Kabul, smashing the door in and arresting a woman rights activist and her three sisters.
Belt road railways: Thai traders anxious over ‘influx’ of Chinese produce
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:23 pm
Thai traders are increasingly growing anxious over the influx of Chinese goods and agricultural produce since the opening of the Boten-Vientiane high-speed railway in Laos.
Tibetan language advocate speaks up again following release from prison
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:09 pm
A Tibetan activist is speaking out against language restrictions after he spent five years in prison for discussing the matter with the Western media, media reports said.
Pakistan: Police assault women in Quetta with no female cop around, CM orders strict action
Jan 21, 2022, at 10:10 pm
Quetta, Pakistan: Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has ordered strict action against police officials who were caught on camera assaulting three Pakistani women in Quetta city in the absence of female constables.
Saudi authorities prepapring to deport 2 Muslim Uyghurs back to China: HRW
Jan 21, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Beirut, Lebanon: Saudi authorities are apparently preparing to deport two Muslim Uyghurs back to China, where they are at serious risk of arbitrary detention and torture, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said recently.
Pakistan: Wall collapse leaves two children dead
Jan 21, 2022, at 08:57 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Two children lost their lives after a wall of a primary school collapsed in Pakistan’s Sindh province on Friday.
Pakistan: Sindh HC directs authorities to constitute task force on enforced disappearance
Jan 21, 2022, at 08:50 pm
Karachi, Pakistan: The Sindh High Court in Pakistan recently expressed dissatisfaction over reports filed by the police in missing persons’ cases.
Woman gets death penalty in Pakistan over 'blasphemous' WhatsApp activity
Jan 21, 2022, at 08:39 pm
Islamabad: A Rawalpindi court has given death penalty to a Pakistani woman on blasphemy charge under section 295C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), media reports said on Friday.
Greece: Pakistani man sentenced to seven years in prison for assaulting 16 women in Crete
Jan 21, 2022, at 07:31 pm
Athens: A Pakistani national was sentenced to seven years in prison in Greece for a series of violent attacks on women in Crete, media reports said on Friday.
Beijing fines 7-Eleven retail chain for marking Taiwan as independent nation on its website
Jan 20, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Beijing: The local authorities in Beijing have fined retail chain 7-Eleven for recognizing Taiwan as an independent nation on its website.