Bangladesh registers three fresh COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Nov 24, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Dhaka: As many as three people died due to COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Pakistan: Lahore emerges world's most polluted city
Nov 24, 2021, at 09:43 pm
Lahore/UNI: Pakistan's Lahore city has been ranked as the world's most polluted city, for second time in less than a week, with particulate matter (PM) rating of 241.
40 percent population in Pakistan is malnourished: Minister
Nov 24, 2021, at 09:29 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's Federal Minister for Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam said 40 percent of the country's population is malnourished.
Afghanistan: Two security personnel hurt in magnetic mine blast in Kabul
Nov 24, 2021, at 03:46 pm
Kabul: At least two security personnel were injured as a magnetic mine blast hit Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistan's anti-graft body claims to have solid evidence of money laundering by high-profile people
Nov 24, 2021, at 04:23 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's anti-graft body, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), has claimed it has concrete evidence of money laundering of billions of rupees using fake accounts by notable personalities, according to media reports.
Durand Line dispute raises major existential concerns for Pakistan
Nov 24, 2021, at 03:37 am
Islamabad/IBNS: The dispute over the Durand Line region, which is a strategic concern for both Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been posing a major existential concerns for Islamabad, according to media reports.
Pakistan's Punjab approaching another flour crisis: Reports
Nov 24, 2021, at 03:33 am
Faisalabad, Pakistan/IBNS: Amid countrywide protests in Pakistan over rising inflation and price hike on food items, another wheat flour crisis is looming in Punjab, according to media reports.
Beijing News founder Dai Zigeng now serving jail term
Nov 24, 2021, at 12:25 am
Authorities in China have sentenced ex-Beijing News publisher and co-founder Dai Zigeng to eight years' imprisonment for "bribery", media reports said on Tuesday.
Chinese social media platform bans users from flaunting 'wealthy lifestyle'
Nov 24, 2021, at 12:19 am
A Chinese lifestyle platform has banned wealth-bragging behavior on its site in the latest move to heed the national call to offer healthy online content and better regulated cyberspace, media reports said on Tuesday.
Japan's apparel makers join global trend of shunning cotton from Xinjiang region
Nov 24, 2021, at 12:13 am
Japan's apparel makers have joined the global trend of shunning cotton from China's western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Pakistan govt releases over 100 TTP members as 'goodwill gesture'
Nov 23, 2021, at 11:50 pm
Islamabad: The Imran Khan-government in Pakistan has freed over 100 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) prisoners as a “goodwill gesture” to reciprocate the ceasefire announced by the group earlier this month, local media reports said on Tuesday.
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.