Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan: HRW

Mar 08, 2022, at 01:33 am

Kabul: Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said today.

China: Xi Jinping asks ethnic groups to ‘stick together like pomegranate seeds’

Mar 08, 2022, at 01:02 am

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on people from Inner Mongolia to 'stick together like pomegranate seeds' as he stated that unity is the “lifeline” for all ethnic groups in the country.

Enjoying majority in House: Pakistan Muslim League (N) challenges PTI-led govt to convene National Assembly session

Mar 08, 2022, at 12:56 am

Lahore, Pakistan: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has challenged the PTI-led government to convene a session of the National Assembly in case it is confident of enjoying the majority in the House.

Pakistan: PM Imran Khan hits out at opposition leaders over hype created around no-confidence motion

Mar 08, 2022, at 12:52 am

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday lashed out at the opposition leaders over the hype created around the no-trust motion and said he is fully prepared to tackle the moves made by a ‘bunch of thieves’.

Afghanistan: Blast near Paktika mosque leaves three dead

Mar 07, 2022, at 06:38 pm

Kabul: At least three people died and 20 others were wounded as a bomb rocked Afghanistan's Paktia province on Friday, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan journalist arrested for 'unclear reasons'

Mar 07, 2022, at 06:33 pm

Kabul: An Afghan journalist has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Afghanistan's capital Kabul for 'unclear reasons', media reports said.

Afghanistan university professor, who is known for criticising Taliban, goes missing

Mar 07, 2022, at 05:47 pm

Kabul: A professor of an Afghanistan university, who is known for criticising the Taliban government, has gone missing.

PM Imran Khan should resign before we table no-confidence motion: Zardari

Mar 06, 2022, at 10:12 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari targeted PM Imran Khan and said he should resign before the joint Opposition tables the no-confidence motion against the incumbent government.

Unknown people behead five members of a family in Afghanistan

Mar 06, 2022, at 09:19 pm

Herat: Unknown people have beheaded five members, including children, of a family in Afghanistan's Herat province, media reports said on Sunday.

China-backed AIIB freezes lending to Russia and Belarus: Report

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:59 am

Beijing: The China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said it has suspended activities relating to Russia and Belarus until further review, media reports said.

Pakistan's 44 pct population disturbed by rising inflation rate

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:54 am

Islamabad: The rising inflation rate has left 44 percent of people in Pakistan disappointed, a survey showed.

Pakistan Chief Justice irked over reports of cases worth Rs 3 trillion pending in court

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:52 am

Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial, seems to remain concerned over reports that cases pending in courts across the country have bottled up claims involving a staggering amount of over Rs 3 trillion, mdia reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari links Peshawar terror attack to non-implementation of NAP

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:49 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemned the Peshawar blast and even blamed the government for not implementing the National Action Plan (NAP) to check terrorism in the country.

Iraqi parliamentary party asks Pakistan to remove terrorist cells

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:47 am

Islamabad: Iraqi parliamentary party chief has called upon Pakistan to eliminate terrorist cells, their facilitators and sponsors from the country.

Pakistan NSA Moeed Yusuf's UK visit called off

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:41 am

Islamabad: The British government did not state any reason as it unilaterally called off the visit of Pakistan's National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Taliban govt asks people to handover weapons, govt property

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:39 am

Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has asked people to voluntarily hand over government-related weapons and other property and get them confiscated as they continue operating house-to-house sweeps in Kabul city.

Afghanistan: Poppy cultivation rises in Kandahar, Helmand

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:35 am

Kabul: Afghanistan farmers have said cultivation of poppy for production of opium has surged in southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar this year compared to previous years.

Afghanistan: One killed as Taliban affiliates open fire at checkpost

Mar 06, 2022, at 04:30 am

Kabul: Taliban affiliates in the Shigal district of eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan opened fire at civilians on Thursday, leaving a young man dead and another person injured, media reports said.

Pakistan: Death toll in Peshawar mosque blast touches 62

Mar 05, 2022, at 11:08 pm

Peshawar: The death toll due to the blast at a mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city has now touched 62 media reports said on Saturday.

Face of Haqqani Network's leader unveiled

Mar 05, 2022, at 09:34 pm

Kabul: The Head of Haqqani Network and the Taliban-appointed Interior Minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani's face was revealed as he appears before camera for the first time on Saturday.

FATF once again places Pakistan in grey list

Mar 05, 2022, at 02:34 pm

Paris/Islamabad/UNI/IBNS: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday retained Pakistan on the grey list, and asked it to work on taking forward Terrorist Financing investigations and prosecutions by targeting senior leaders and commanders of UN-designated terrorist groups.

Pakistan mosque blast leaves at least 56 killed, 194 injured

Mar 05, 2022, at 04:20 am

Peshawar/IBNS: At least 56 people were killed and 194 injured on Friday in a suicide explosion at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, the deadliest attack in the country since 2018.

Eradicating culture: China decides to shut down more than 150 Uyghur cultural research and language organizations

Mar 05, 2022, at 12:55 am

Beijing: The Chinese government is trying to eradicate the Muslim community of the country and it is evident from the government’s move to shut down more than 150 Uyghur cultural research and language organizations, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: Peshawar mosque blast leaves 57 people dead

Mar 05, 2022, at 12:48 am

Peshawar: At least 57 people died as a suicide blast hit a mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Friday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Explosion in Peshawar mosque leaves 30 dead, over 50 injured

Mar 04, 2022, at 09:24 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan/IBNS: A powerful explosion in a mosque at Kocha Risaldar area in Pakistan's Peshawar has left at least 30 people dead and more than 50 others injured, reports said.

Pakistan: PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto declares 'war' on 'illegally elected' PM Imran Khan

Mar 04, 2022, at 04:57 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition leader and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has declared a ‘war’ on the 'selected government' of Imran Khan and accused him of being elected as the Prime Minister of the country illegally.

Pakistan's trade deficit widens to $31.96 billion

Mar 04, 2022, at 04:49 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's trade deficit has widened 82 percent year-on-year to $31.96 billion, media reports said on Thursday.

Pakistan's circular debt in energy sector swells to Rs 2.358 trillion in 7 months

Mar 04, 2022, at 04:40 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's growing economic troubles is getting more clear as troubling energy sector’s circular debt has reached Rs 2.358 trillion during the first seven months (July, 2021-Jan, 2022) of FY 2021-22 compared to Rs 2.331 trillion in corresponding period of 2020-21 due to reduction in amount parked at Power Holding Limited (PHL) and Gencos payables to fuel suppliers, media reports said.

Pakistan: Locals arrange rallies in Swat to protest against ‘forced’ acquisition of land

Mar 04, 2022, at 04:34 am

Mingora, Pakistan: The land owners and locals from different parts of Swat region of Pakistan on Wednesday staged protest rallies against the forced acquisition of agricultural land for Swat Expressway phase-II.

Pakistan govt agrees to withdraw PECA ordinance amid opposition pressure

Mar 04, 2022, at 04:32 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said he has agreed to the opposition’s demand of withdrawing the Pakistan Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act ordinance 2022 (PECA) ordinance following the deliberations and finalisation of draft by joint action committee members.