Laws passed by PTI govt will be used against PM Imran Khan in future: Maryam
Feb 21, 2022, at 10:22 pm
Pakistan's key opposition leader Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said that the laws which the PTI-led government is passing will be used against Prime Minister Imran Khan and company in future.
Bangladesh: Fire triggered by gas explosion in Mymensingh leaves 3 children dead
Feb 21, 2022, at 08:43 pm
Mymensingh: A fire triggered by a gas cylinder explosion in Bangladesh's Mymensingh town on Monday left at least three children dead, media reports said.
China to impose sanction on US over Taiwan
Feb 21, 2022, at 08:30 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: China decided to take measures against the United States over the sale of weapons to Taiwan and impose sanctions on Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday, adding that China would continue to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty.
UNICEF provides support to all public school teachers in Afghanistan for 2 months
Feb 21, 2022, at 06:06 pm
Kabul: As part of efforts to ensure all school-age girls and boys in Afghanistan go to school and learn, UNICEF and partners are providing emergency cash support to all public education teachers for the months of January and February.
Pakistan: Security forces kill five terrorists
Feb 21, 2022, at 03:53 am
North Waziristan: Pakistan security forces have killed at least five terrorists in North Waziristan, media reports said on Sunday.
Paris: Protest held outside FATF office calling to blacklist Pakistan
Feb 20, 2022, at 10:15 pm
Paris: A protest was held in France on Saturday near the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) office to urge the financial watchdog to place Pakistan on its blacklist, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Aurat March Lahore launches manifesto of 'justice'
Feb 20, 2022, at 04:39 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Aurat March Lahore has unveiled its manifesto for 2022 centering on the theme of “Reimagining Justice”.
Pakistan has become dangerous country in world for journalists: Hamid Mir
Feb 20, 2022, at 04:32 am
Swat, Pakistan: Senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir on Friday said the country has become the most dangerous country in the world for journalists where state machinery failed to protect journalists from raising facts and highlighting public issues.
Online gaming sector is thriving in China despite introducing anti-addiction rules: Report
Feb 20, 2022, at 02:00 am
Beijing: A new research has found that China’s online gaming sector is still doing well regardless of the tough new rules introduced last year to prevent addiction among underage players.
China introduces new decree in Tibet to curb the spread of online religious content
Feb 20, 2022, at 01:51 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has announced a new decree by which it warned Tibetans of possible clamp down on the spread of online religious content that the party deems ‘damaging’, media reports said.
Pakistan: Quetta witnesses protests over non-payment of salaries
Feb 20, 2022, at 01:03 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Anti-government protests rocked Qutta city of Pakistan recently over non-payment of salaries and pensions to the employees of Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Quetta Metropolitan Corporation (MCQ) and other Balochistan Municipal Committees.
Pakistan: Grenade attack in Peshawar leaves 3 policemen injured
Feb 19, 2022, at 10:07 pm
Peshawar: At least three policemen were hurt as a grenade attack hit Pakistan's Peshawar city on Saturday, media reports said.
China's wrath: Uyghur high school principal sent to 18 years in prison
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:20 am
Xinjiang, China: A Uyghur educator and principal of a high school in Korla in Xinjiang region of China has been serving 18 years in prison for inviting two Uyghur scholars to give presentations, media reports said on Friday.
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:14 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan and said under his regime the country is sliding towards authoritarianism and dictatorship.
Pakistan: Students’ sit-in for unions revival enters 9th day
Feb 19, 2022, at 05:08 am
Lahore: The sit-in of the Progressive Students Collective (PSC), who are demanding a revival of the student unions, reduction in fee and withdrawal of security forces from the campuses, entered its ninth day of protest on Thursday, media reports said.
Feb 19, 2022, at 02:35 am
Islamabad: The Pakistani Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Noorul Haq Qadri, has asked Prime Minister Imran Khan not to allow any organisation or individual to raise “anti-Islam slogans” during ‘Aurat March’.
Pakistan: Police arrest three staff members of journalist Mohsin Baig
Feb 19, 2022, at 02:11 am
Islamabad: Police in Islamabad city of Pakistan have arrested three servants of senior media person Mohsin Baig in connection with a case registered over an alleged attack on a team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) who had gone to his house to arrest him on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Samaa TV journalist shot dead in Karachi
Feb 18, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Armed robbers shot dead a Samaa TV journalist in an alleged snatching bid in Karachi's North Nazimabad area on Friday, media reports said.
Counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, top priorities for UN cooperation with Eurasian security body
Feb 18, 2022, at 09:05 pm
New York: Conflict prevention, counter-terrorism and support to Afghanistan, top the list of issues on which the UN and the Collective Security Treaty Organization – a Eurasian regional grouping comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan – should bolster their cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Joe Biden to host meeting with Ukraine
Feb 18, 2022, at 03:28 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will host a meeting with major allies on Friday to discuss the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office said in a statement.
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:52 am
Shenzhen, China: The housing market in China's Shenzhen has gone into deep freeze, as a mixture of anti-speculation measures and a slowing economy sent the market contraction into overdrive, which has left sales of lived-in homes in the secondary market to plunge to 15-year low figures, media reports said on Wednesday.
Police baton charge PoK university students as they protest demanding online exams amid COVID surge
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:38 am
Muzaffarabad, PoK: Police resorted to baton charge students of University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) as they were demonstrating for holding online exams due to the surge in Covid-19 cases.
Pakistan: Sikh hakeem injured in gun attack in Peshawar
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:35 am
Peshawar, Pakistan: Two people, including a Sikh hakeem (local doctor), were hurt in a gun attack in Peshawar city of Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan family claims their son, who served as MoD officer, detained by Taliban
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:31 am
Kabul: A family in the Afghan capital of Kabul has claimed that their son, who had earlier served as an officer at the Ministry of Defense, has been detained by Taliban forces, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Lady health workers demonstrate in Multan over unpaid salaries
Feb 17, 2022, at 04:17 am
Multan, Pakistan: Several lady health visitors (LHV) and other employees blocked the Multan-Muzaffargarh Highway in Pakistan as they demanded their pending salaries.
Pakistan: Farmers' group demonstrates against PTI govt over high fertiliser prices, power tariff
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:34 am
Sahiwal, Pakistan: The Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) on Monday demonstrated at Rangu Pull on Khanewal-Multan Road to mobilise farmers for the wider agitation against the government over issues ranging from power tariff to high prices of fertilizers.
Pakistan: Lawyers boycott dist courts against new rule for case allocation
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:29 am
Lahore, Pakistan: Members of Pakistan's Lahore Bar Association (LBA) observed a boycott of the district courts on Monday to protest against a newly-introduced mechanism of case allocation on the basis of tehsil and sub-division, media reports said on Monday.
China alerts its citizens in Solomon Islands after another Chinese shop looted
Feb 17, 2022, at 03:04 am
Beijing: Beijing's embassy in Solomon Islands has asked its citizens to remain alert after a Chinese store was looted recently.
Pakistan: Police foil mob attempt to lynch blasphemy suspect
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:16 am
Muzaffargarh, Pakistan: Police on Monday foiled an attempted lynching incident in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh area and rescued a man from a mob over alleged blasphemy and shifted him to some undisclosed location, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: FIA arrests man in Lahore for ‘vilifying’ PM Imran Khan’s wife
Feb 17, 2022, at 12:14 am
Lahore, Pakistan: The cyber crime wing of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday arrested a person in connection with running a ‘malicious campaign’ against Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi on social media, media reports said.