Protest over wheat distribution in Pakistan: Demonstrators, police scuffle in Mera
Apr 01, 2023, at 11:04 pm
Bisham: The Karakoram Highway recently turned into a battlefield when thousands of protesters, who were staging a sit-in demonstration, in Pakistan's Mera area clashed with the police on Thursday, leaving three persons hurt, media reports said.
Ramzan: People in Karachi facing hardships amid ongoing gas crisis
Apr 01, 2023, at 10:44 pm
People in Pakistan's Karachi are facing troubles in the month of Ramzan amid a gas crisis across the city.
Pakistan: Sikh trader shot dead in Peshawar by unknown assailant
Apr 01, 2023, at 09:28 pm
Peshawar: Unknown assailant shot dead a Sikh trader in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Friday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Rohingya man shot dead in Ukhiya camp
Apr 01, 2023, at 09:25 pm
Cox's Bazar: A Rohingya man was shot dead in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar area.
Pakistan: March inflation touches 35.37 percent, highest recorded since July 1965
Apr 01, 2023, at 09:09 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released data on Saturday showed that the country's inflation, which is measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI), has touched an all-time high of 35.37 percent year-on-year (YoY) in March.
Afghanistan: Mine blast kills child, injures 3 others
Apr 01, 2023, at 05:47 pm
Qalat, Afghanistan/UNI: One child was killed and three others were injured after a mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province, said a statement of the provincial Police office released here Saturday.
Pakistan: DSP, three policemen die in ambush
Apr 01, 2023, at 03:47 pm
Lakki Marwat: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP), along with his three gunmen, died during an attack targeting a police vehicle in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat on Thursday, media reports said.
Forced conversion: Dalits hold rally in Karachi
Apr 01, 2023, at 02:43 pm
Karachi: An alliance of Dalit community people took out a rally from the Karachi Press Club to the Sindh Assembly building in the Pakistani city on Thursday to protest against alleged forced conversion in the nation.
Pakistan: 12 people, including nine women, die in stampede during ration distribution in Karachi
Apr 01, 2023, at 02:27 pm
Karachi: At least 12 people died and five others were hurt during a stampede that took place inside the premises of a factory at the Naurus intersection in Karachi's SITE area in Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Ramadan charity distribution stampede leaves 11 dead
Apr 01, 2023, at 01:07 am
Karachi: At least 11 people died on Friday during a stampede at a factory in Pakistan's Karachi city, media reports said.
Pakistan: Police shoots unarmed boy in Karachi
Apr 01, 2023, at 01:04 am
Police shot at and critically wounded an unarmed Class IX student near the Rizvia Society underpass in Pakistan's Karachi city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Hindu doctor shot dead in Karachi
Apr 01, 2023, at 01:00 am
Karachi: A Hindu doctor in Pakistan's Karachi city became the latest victim of target killing in Karachi city on Thursday.
Nepal: Kathmandu’s longest chariot festival honouring Lord of Rain commences
Mar 31, 2023, at 11:15 pm
The chariot procession of Seto Macchindranath, one of the biggest chariot festivals celebrated inside Kathmandu valley, commenced on Wednesday, media reports said.
Bangladesh War: UN hosts first exhibition on 1971 genocide
Mar 31, 2023, at 11:03 pm
A photo exhibition was held recently at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the first time under the joint auspices of the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN and Bangladesh Liberation War Museum, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Taliban shuts down women-run radio station
Mar 31, 2023, at 09:52 pm
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have shut down women-run Radio Sadai-e- Banowan in northeastern Badakhshan province over an alleged violation of the ruling regime’s broadcasting policy, media reports said.
Afghanistan: OHCHR alarm over arrests of activists speaking up for women and girls
Mar 31, 2023, at 06:40 pm
New York: The de facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan must immediately release activists detained for advocating for girls’ and women’s rights, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday, expressing alarm over ongoing arrests.
Pakistan: Four killed, six injured in attacks on police in Lakki Marwat
Mar 30, 2023, at 06:50 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Four policemen were killed and six others injured in two coordinated attacks on police in Pakistan's northwestern Lakki Marwat district in the wee hours of Thursday, a police spokesperson said.
China’s Big Tech slashed jobs by the thousands in 2022: Reports
Mar 30, 2023, at 06:26 am
Beijing: China's Big Tech companies witnessed the shrinking of their payrolls in the past year as they streamline their businesses and rein in costs by shedding unprofitable projects to weather Covid-19 restrictions and a year-long regulatory crackdown, their latest financial reports show.
Pakistan: Two persons wounded in police fire in Sialkot
Mar 29, 2023, at 11:47 pm
Narowal: The Sialkot police in Pakistan injured two innocent persons while chasing three robbery suspects on Monday, media reports said.
Bhutan Echoes to host Drukyul’s Literature Festival in August
Mar 29, 2023, at 10:37 pm
Thimphu: Bhutan Echoes is giving good news to people of Bhutan as it will host Drukyul’s Literature Festival from the 4th to the 6th of August in Thimphu.
Amsterdam Authorities to ban Chinese TikTok on officials' work phones: Reports
Mar 29, 2023, at 10:28 pm
Paris: The municipality of Amsterdam, following the Dutch government's example, intends to ban the Chinese TikTok from the work phones of civil servants, while not excluding a possible ban on Telegram, Dutch media reported on Tuesday.
Bhutan: Villagers earning their livelihood by cultivating endangered medicinal herb Chirata
Mar 29, 2023, at 09:50 pm
Thimphu: Villagers of Lauri Gewog region of Bhutan are earning their livelihood through an endangered medicinal herb named Chirata.
Pakistan: Stampedes at free flour centres leaves two people, including an old woman, dead
Mar 29, 2023, at 08:58 pm
Two more people, including an old woman, died and 56 others were hurt in Pakistan due to stampedes at free flour centres in Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, Muzaffargarh and Okara districts of the country on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Khyber residents block road against excessive power cuts
Mar 29, 2023, at 12:41 am
Khyber: Scores of enraged tribesmen blocked the Torkham highway on Sunday before Iftar to protest against loadshedding in Landi Kotal, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bara women barred from visiting flour distribution points
Mar 29, 2023, at 12:19 am
Tribal elders in Bara tehsil of Khyber district of Pakistan have stopped women from visiting the officially designated points for the distribution of free flour to save them from what they call humiliation.
PTI's politics is all about creating chaos, unrest in Pakistan: Maryam
Mar 29, 2023, at 12:10 am
Islamabad:Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz has slammed former PM Imran Khan and said his PTI's politics is all about protecting personal agenda by creating chaos and unrest in the country.
Pakistan: Gwadar witnesses protest as women demonstrate demanding HDT chief's release
Mar 29, 2023, at 12:05 am
Following the arrest of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) chief Maulana Hidayatur Rehman in mid-January, the situation in Pakistan's Gwadar region remained calm but after the lifting of section 144 in the town, protests over the arrest of the Maulana once again started.
Pakistan: Residents of Skardu facing water shortage, major dam falls to dead level
Mar 28, 2023, at 11:55 pm
Gilgit: Residents of Skardu area of Pakistan might be facing severe water shortage as the water level in Sadpara dam has fallen to a dead level, media reports said.
Bhutan: 400 plus DeSuups clean and beautify Thimphu to advocate clean environment
Mar 28, 2023, at 11:29 pm
Thimpu: More than 400 DeSuups activists participated in a half-day cleaning, maintenance, and garden development along Norzin Lam in Thimphu on Mar 26, media reports said.
Taliban arrest prominent advocate for girls' education in Afghanistan: UN mission
Mar 28, 2023, at 10:18 pm
Kabul: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday that the Taliban movement, which is currently ruling in Afghanistan, have arrested a prominent activist fighting for girls’ rights to education.