Taliban leader directs to implement Sharia Law in Afghanistan
Jul 29, 2022, at 03:29 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Thursday said Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has directed for the implementation of Sharia law in the country.
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping exchange warnings over Taiwan issue
Jul 29, 2022, at 02:18 pm
Washington: President Biden and President Xi Jinping have warned each other over any move over Taiwan during a phone call that lasted more than two hours, BBC reported on Friday.
Bangladesh: Awami League to be blamed for attack on Hindus, says BNP
Jul 29, 2022, at 03:26 am
Dhaka/UNI: Minorities are being attacked in Bangladesh as the government resorts to strategies for altering attention for a non-partisan government, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Afghanistan: Blast occurs close to Sikh temple in Kabul, no casualty
Jul 27, 2022, at 10:11 pm
Kabul: A blast occurred close to the Sikh temple in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Singapore extends Ex-President Sri Lankan Gotabaya Rajapaksa's visit pass by 14 days
Jul 27, 2022, at 09:55 pm
Singapore: The Singapore government has granted another stay of 14 days to former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the Island Nation earlier this month.
Pakistan Rupee drops further, trades 237 to a dollar
Jul 27, 2022, at 07:37 pm
Karachi: Pakistan rupee has dropped further and traded at 237 to a dollar in the interbank market during intraday trade on Wednesday.
Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return to country: Report
Jul 27, 2022, at 02:49 pm
Colombo: Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return to the country from Singapore, media reports said.
Pakistani rupee continues to fall against USD, touches new low
Jul 26, 2022, at 10:39 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan rupee continued to fall and hit a new low against the US Dollar on Tuesday.
Cut ties with terror, Uzbekistan tells Afghanistan Taliban
Jul 26, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Tashkent: Uzbekistan has urged the Afghan government led by the Taliban to sever all ties with terrorist organizations, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Police arrest man for selling his underage daughter for child marriage
Jul 26, 2022, at 08:18 pm
Jacobabad: Pakistan police have arrested a man for allegedly selling his underage daughter for child marriage.
Pakistan gold prices reach all-time high
Jul 26, 2022, at 07:37 pm
Islamabad: Price of 10 gms of gold in Pakistan reached an all-time high of Rs127,143 in the local market, media reports said.
Pakistan: Govt allows shipment of all imported items despite ban
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has announced the country's government is allowing the import of all items that have reached the ports by June 1 despite a ban on import of luxury items.
China Evergrande removes top executives
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:53 pm
Beijing: China Evergrande, the embattled Chinese property developer, recently announced that its chief executive had resigned.
China bank scandal: Financial official placed under investigation
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:48 pm
Beijing: A top Chinese official, who was once responsible for overseeing the banks at the centre of one of China’s biggest financial scandals, has been placed under investigation, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Army soldier dies while exchange of fire with terrorists in DI Khan
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:07 pm
Rawalpindi: A Pakistani Army soldier died while fighting against terrorists in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan on Saturday.
Pakistani Rupee stumbles to 230 against USD
Jul 25, 2022, at 07:32 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Rupee stumbled further to touch 230 during intraday trade against US Dollar on Monday.
Shenzhou-14 astronauts enter China's Wentian lab module
Jul 25, 2022, at 07:18 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: On Monday at 10:03 am (Beijing time), the Shenzhou-14 astronauts opened the hatch door of Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, and entered the module, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Lithuania plans to open trade representative office in Taipei
Jul 25, 2022, at 07:13 pm
Taipei: Lithuania is planning to open a trade representative office in Taipei, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka removes Bangladesh flag from Facebook page
Jul 24, 2022, at 11:25 pm
Dhaka: The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka has removed the distorted image of the Bangladesh flag from its Facebook page.
Jul 24, 2022, at 06:21 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistani security forces killed three terrorists and arrested four others in military operations in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, said a military statement on Saturday.
Afghanistan: 180 people arrested in Kunduz in past three months
Jul 24, 2022, at 03:55 am
Kunduz, Afghanistan: Security officials in Kunduz province of Afghanistan have arrested 180 people from different parts of the province in the past three months on different criminal charges.
Pakistan failing to make its own COVID-19 vaccine due to lack of tech
Jul 24, 2022, at 03:39 am
Islamabad: Pakistan might be witnessing a spike in COVID-19 but the country's hope to create its own vaccine might not be possible due to lack of technical capacity.
Pakistan: Security heightened in Khyber region amid increase in attack on police personnel
Jul 24, 2022, at 03:36 am
Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan have heightened security of all the checkposts after there was a spike in attacks on police personnel in the Khyber region of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan needs to engage Kabul directly to neutralise TTP: Think Tank
Jul 24, 2022, at 03:01 am
Islamabad: A paper released by a think tank has said Pakistan will have to engage the Taliban government in Kabul directly to neutralise the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as the group continues to pose threats to Pakistan’s internal security and western borders.
Pakistan govt seeks US support for reviving economy
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:58 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi told US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman that Islamabad views the United States as an ‘important partner in its efforts to revive” the country’s ailing economy.
Chinese police stop students from offering flowers on first anniversary of Henan floods
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:54 am
Beijing: Chinese Police have prevented students from offering flowers to Henan Flood victims on the first anniversary of the calamity.
Blast kills Afghan child, injures 3 others in Helmand province
Jul 23, 2022, at 10:48 pm
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan/UNI/Xinhua: One child was killed and three were injured after an explosive device went off outside the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, the provincial director of information and culture said Saturday.
Bangladesh: Deputy Speaker Md Fazle Rabbi Miah dies in US
Jul 23, 2022, at 06:20 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh Deputy Speaker Md Fazle Rabbi Miah has died in the United States, media reports said on Saturday.
Taliban bans unsubstantiated criticism of govt officials
Jul 22, 2022, at 07:53 pm
Afghanistan/UNI/Sputnik: The leader of Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, forbade to make accusations against government officials without sufficient evidence, media reported.
Sri Lanka Crisis: Anti-government protests continue after military crackdown
Jul 22, 2022, at 07:20 pm
Colombo: Two days after Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka, 14 people including one woman were hospitalised on Friday when the security forces and police forcibly dispersed them from the protest area around the President's office.