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European investments in China slowly decreasing

Sep 25, 2022, at 04:08 am

Beijing: European corporate investment in China is slackening as the country’s real estate market is slumping, and consumer spending is drying up due to the stringent COVID-19 policy followed by Beijing.

BNM leader slams Pakistan for stopping Panjgur cultural programme, calls it 'cultural genocide' of Baloch

Sep 25, 2022, at 04:02 am

Islamabad: The Secretary General of Baloch National Movement (BNM) Dil Murad Baloch condemned Pakistan for the blockade of the music concert in Panjgur and even described the incident as a “Baloch cultural genocide”.

Pakistan: Karachi Police arrest man for allegedly harassing Turkish vlogger

Sep 24, 2022, at 11:29 pm

Karachi: Karachi Police in Pakistan have arrested a man for allegedly harassing a female Turkish vlogger.

Afghanistan: Kabul blast leaves 9 people dead

Sep 24, 2022, at 02:31 pm

Kabul: At least nine people died and 41 others, including children, were hurt as a blast occurred in the Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul city on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Uzbek community leader slams Hazara leader over secret ties with Pakistan

Sep 24, 2022, at 05:24 am

Kabul: An Uzbek community leader in Afghanistan has accused Mohammad Karim Khalili, a Hazara leader, of having secret ties with Pakistan.

China: Ex-justice minister Fu Zhenghua jailed on corruption charges

Sep 24, 2022, at 04:53 am

Beijing: China's former justice minister Fu Zhenghua has been jailed due to bribery, media reports said on Friday.

Winter crisis: NEA plans to light up Nepali homes with Indian energy

Sep 24, 2022, at 04:27 am

Kathmandu: The Nepal Electricity Authority is planning to buy electricity from the Indian market under a six-month contract to meet the domestic demand market for power in winter.

Survey shows majority of Pakistan's flood victims are unhappy with performance of state institutions, ruling parties

Sep 24, 2022, at 03:41 am

Islamabad: A large section of Pakistan's flood victims appeared to be unhappy with the performance of state institutions and ruling parties, media reports said on Friday.

At HRC, Baloch group requests UN intervention over human rights abuses in Pakistan

Sep 24, 2022, at 03:24 am

Geneva: A Baloch rights group has requested UN intervention in the southwestern province of Pakistan to save people who are facing severe rights violations, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Explosion occurs close to Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Mosque

Sep 23, 2022, at 10:46 pm

Casualties are feared as an explosion rocked close to Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Mosque in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said.

Myanmar spiralling ‘from bad to worse, to horrific’, Human Rights Council hears

Sep 23, 2022, at 06:07 pm

New York: Since the Myanmar military launched its “disastrous” coup last year, UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said on Wednesday that conditions have worsened, “by any measure”.

Bangladesh: Volunteer guard attacked and killed at Rohingya refugee camp

Sep 21, 2022, at 11:12 pm

Dhaka: Unknown people shot and hacked to dead a volunteer guard at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya, media reports said on Wednesday.

Afghanistan to auction $12m to stabilize currency

Sep 21, 2022, at 10:59 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan's Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) said on Wednesday that it has put in auction 12 million US dollars as part of efforts to keep the local currency afghani stable.

Bangladesh Minister seeks international recognition of 1971 genocide

Sep 21, 2022, at 05:37 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has urged people who believe in the spirit of the Liberation War to unite in realising the international recognition of genocide carried out in the 1971 Liberation War on unarmed Bangalees.

Baloch Genocide: Pakistan's Baloch National Movement blames China

Sep 21, 2022, at 02:35 am

Quetta, Pakistan: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has accused China of joining hands in “carrying out the Baloch Genocide" in Pakistan.

Tibet: Lhasa officials apologise over handling of COVID-19 lockdown amid protests

Sep 21, 2022, at 12:52 am

Lhasa: Authorities in Lhasa have apologised for the handling of the lockdown issue in Tibet after angry residents complained about food shortages, media reports said on Monday.

Sri Lanka will witness revolt if no election is held within six months, warns top monk

Sep 20, 2022, at 11:15 pm

Colombo: A mass revolt will become inevitable in Sri Lanka if a general election is not held within six months after the formation of an all-party government, a top Buddhist monk warned in comments published on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Father sets child on fire for not studying

Sep 20, 2022, at 02:48 pm

Karachi: A child died in Pakistan's Karachi city after his father set him on fire for not studying.

Afghanistan: UN repeats call for Taliban to allow girls full access to school

Sep 20, 2022, at 02:38 pm

New York: Marking one year since Afghanistan’s de facto rulers decreed that girls should be excluded from high school, UN chief António Guterres has urged the Taliban to “let them back in” without delay.

Afghanistan: Man shot dead in Shindand

Sep 20, 2022, at 02:31 pm

Kabul: Unidentified men have shot dead a youth in Afghanistan's Shindand district, media reports said on Tuesday.

Over 3 million child labourers in Bangladesh; 1.3 million exposed to hazardous conditions

Sep 20, 2022, at 01:34 pm

Dhaka/IBNS: Over three million children in Bangladesh are trapped in child labour and among them 1.3 million are made to work extremely hard in hazardous conditions, according to a report.

US releases top Afghan drug lord in prisoner swap

Sep 20, 2022, at 12:23 am

Washington: The United States released a powerful Afghan drug lord after two decades of imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in return for an American held prisoner by the Taliban, Afghan officials said.

Karzai condemns clashes between Taliban, NRF in Panjshir

Sep 20, 2022, at 12:02 am

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai had reacted to the ongoing clashes between  Taliban and National Resistance Forces (NRF) in Panjshir and said the continued bloodshed must stop.

Taliban govt to ban Pubg, Tiktok in Afghanistan in 3 months

Sep 19, 2022, at 11:55 pm

The Taliban government has decided to ban Pub G and TikTok apps in the next three months.

Pakistan govt's expenses shoot up to Rs1.1 trillion in 2 months

Sep 19, 2022, at 11:34 pm

Islamabad: The current expenditure of the Pakistan government has touched nearly Rs1.1 trillion.

Pakistan: Flour crisis continues in Balochistan

Sep 19, 2022, at 11:32 pm

Quetta, Pakistan: The Balochistan region of Pakistan continues to face a flour crisis with the mill owners continuing to blame  the provincial government for failing to procure the required wheat this year.

Pakistani Rupee slides by Rs. 1.07 during interbank

Sep 19, 2022, at 11:11 pm

The Pakistani Rupee slides by Rs1.07  against USD during the interbank market on Monday.

Taliban make $200m annually through criminal activities in Pakistan, claims Senator

Sep 19, 2022, at 08:25 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has claimed that a high ranking government official revealed in a meeting of the National Security Committee of the National Assembly that the Afghan Taliban have been generating around USD 200 million annually by performing different kinds of criminal activities, which included extortion, in Pakistan.

Pakistan: Quetta blast leaves one dead

Sep 19, 2022, at 03:57 am

Quetta: At least one person died in a grenade explosion in Pakistan's Quetta region on Friday, media reports said.

UN Mission urges Taliban govt of Afghanistan to allow high school education for girls

Sep 18, 2022, at 11:33 pm

Kabul: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged on Sunday the Taliban-led (under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) Afghan government to allow high school education for girls.