Afghanistan: Taliban govt names 25 new members in its interim Cabinet
Nov 23, 2021, at 11:48 pm
Kabul: The Taliban have included 25 new members to its interim Cabinet in Afghanistan, media reports said on Tuesday.
Afghan students demonstrate outside Pakistan embassy in Kabul for not getting visas
Nov 23, 2021, at 11:37 pm
Kabul: A section of Afghan students demonstrated in front of the Pakistani embassy in the capital Kabul after they were not issued Pak visas despite winning educational scholarships from the neighbouring country.
China calls international community to unfreeze Afghanistan's assets frozen abroad
Nov 23, 2021, at 11:33 pm
Beijing: China has urged the international community to ensure release of Afghanistan's assets frozen abroad as the south Asian country is still struggling to fight against the growing poverty.
Pakistan: Lawyers allegedly beat up female activist in Karachi court
Nov 23, 2021, at 09:39 pm
Lawyers allegedly manhandled a female activist of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and her brother in a court in Karachi city.
Immediately release sick Chinese journalist, rights experts urge
Nov 23, 2021, at 09:26 pm
New York: UN-appointed independent human rights experts urged the Chinese authorities on Monday to release on humanitarian grounds, imprisoned citizen journalist and human rights defender, Zhang Zhan.
Afghanistan: Armed men claiming to be Taliban members harass Kandahar residents
Nov 23, 2021, at 02:16 am
Kandahar: Some residents of Kandahar city in Afghanistan have complained that armed men, who are claiming themselves to be Taliban members, are harassing them.
Countering military threats from China: Taiwan unveils new F-16V fighter jets
Nov 23, 2021, at 01:59 am
Taiwan has unveiled its upgraded F-16 fighter jets as a measure to counter China in case Beijing carries out an air attack, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan hospital razes trees for fuel amid severe economic crisis
Nov 23, 2021, at 01:55 am
Kabul/IBNS: An Afghanistan hospital, which is facing a severe economic crisis, has cut down trees to use as cooking fuel in its kitchen, media reports said.
Urgent measures needed to restore Afghanistan's chaotic financial system, says UN
Nov 23, 2021, at 12:01 am
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The problem of financial and bank payment systems in Afghanistan, which are currently "in disarray", must be resolved quickly to minimise negative impacts on the population, according to a new situation report published by the United Nations Development Program on Monday.
Pakistani authorities must end their abhorrent use of enforced disappearance: Amnesty International
Nov 22, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani authorities must end their abhorrent use of enforced disappearance, said Amnesty International, in a new briefing on Monday detailing the practice’s devastating impact on the families of those who vanished.
Pakistan: Petroleum dealers announce nationwide strike on Nov 25
Nov 22, 2021, at 10:05 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) has called nationwide strike on Nov 25 to protest against the government's decision to sell petrol on low-profit margins.
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from appearing in television dramas
Nov 22, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban in Afghanistan have imposed new restrictions in the war-torn south Asian country by which women will not be allowed to appear in television dramas.
Karak temple attack: Pakistan's Hindu community decides to pay fine imposed on accused
Nov 22, 2021, at 08:46 pm
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa/UNI: Pakistan's Hindu community has announced its decision to pay the fines that were imposed on 11 religious leaders, who were involved in the Karak temple attack in December 2020, from the All Pakistan Hindu Council’s fund as a ‘goodwill gesture’ in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistan journalists condemn harassment of journalists by ministers, officials
Nov 22, 2021, at 08:33 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the chasing of journalists and Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) employees by unknown people in different vehicles.
Afghanistan: Media employee beaten up by armed men in Kabul
Nov 22, 2021, at 03:04 pm
Kabul: An Afghanistani media employee has claimed he was beaten up by armed men in PD 9 region of Afghanistan's Kabul city recently, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: First civil flight in 20 years lands in Jalalabad airfield
Nov 22, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The first civilian flight in 20 years has landed at an airfield in the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, the governor's office announced.
UNESCO world heritage site Minaret of Jam is now on brink of collapsing: Afghan Officials
Nov 22, 2021, at 05:01 am
Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has said the Minaret of Jam, which is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-declared world heritage site, is on the brink of collapse, media reports said.
Opium prices hike in Afghanistan, force farmers to cultivate more poppy
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:52 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Farmers in Afghanistan's Helmand province said they will cultivate opium as its products make better profits than other crops.
TTP demands political office in third country, Pakistan govt calls it 'unacceptable'
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:48 am
Islamabad/IBNS: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked the Pakistan government during the recently held talks to allow it to open a political office in a third country, and the 'demand' has been rejected by Islamabad as 'unacceptable', according to media reports.
UAE firm files Rs 74 Bn lawsuit against State Bank of Pakistan for 'unlawful actions': Reports
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:43 am
Islamabad/IBNS: A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based trading and investment firm has filed a nearly Rs 74 billion suit for damages against the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and a private bank for allegedly freezing its bank accounts illegally nine years back, media reports said.
Pakistan: Several areas in Karachi face gas shortage
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:39 am
Karachi, Pakistan/IBNS: People in the Pakistani city of Karachi faced hardships on Saturday as gas supply was suspended in several parts of the city since the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) went about its load management plan.
Hong Kong public libraries purge 29 titles about the Tiananmen Massacre from shelves: Reports
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:32 am
Hong Kong public libraries have removed 29 out of 149 books about the Tiananmen Massacre from their shelves in the past 12 years, media reports said.
Bangladesh registers 7 new deaths due to COVID-19
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:21 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh, a country which witnessed a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in recent times, recorded seven more deaths due to the deadly virus in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Nov 22, 2021, at 04:10 am
Balochistan/IBNS: Thousands of people demonstrated and staged a sit-in protest against the setting up of unnecessary check posts and fishing trawlers in Gwadar district of Pakistan's Balochistan province, media reports said.
Paris: Tibetan community associations demonstrate against 2022 Winter Olympics
Nov 21, 2021, at 11:58 pm
As many as six Tibetan community associations, including Students for Free Tibet, Tibetan Youth Congress France Utsang Association France, Chushi Gang Druk , Domey Association France and Tibetan community association, jointly organized a protest demonstration against China in Paris on Saturday.
Japan to take its own stand vis-a-vis Beijing Olympics : FM Yoshimasa Hayashi
Nov 21, 2021, at 10:10 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: The Japanese authorities are set to make an autonomous decision regarding participation in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Three coal miners shot dead in Balochistan
Nov 21, 2021, at 09:56 pm
Quetta: Pakistan police said three coal miners were shot dead in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: 11-year-old Hindu boy sexually assaulted, murdered in Sindh
Nov 21, 2021, at 08:21 pm
Islamabad: An 11-year-old Hindu boy has been sexually assaulted and then murdered in Pakistan's Sindh region, media reports said on Sunday.
Airfield in Afghanistan's Jalalabad ready to receive humanitarian aid from Iran: Governor
Nov 21, 2021, at 02:39 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The airfield in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad is ready for operation and will soon receive humanitarian aid from Iran, the provincial governor's office announced on Saturday.
Prices of food items, fuel soar in Afghanistan
Nov 21, 2021, at 02:03 pm
Kabul/UNI: A number of Afghanistan's Kabul residents and businessmen have said that the prices of several primary items, mainly food and fuel, have increased by almost 100 percent compared to last year.