Blasphemy charges: Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death
Sep 09, 2020, at 02:29 pm
Lahore: A Court in Pakistan's Lahore city on Tuesday sentenced a Christian man to death for having committed "blasphemy", media reports said.
Bangladesh AC explosion: Death toll touches 28
Sep 09, 2020, at 02:11 pm
Dhaka: The death toll in the air-conditioner blasts incident at a Narayanganj mosque in Bangladesh has reached 28 as another victim died on Tuesday, media reports said.
Poor conditions rife in Pakistani women’s prisons: Human Rights Watch
Sep 09, 2020, at 04:30 am
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Human Rights Ministry has issued a report that says women in prison face poor conditions and receive inadequate medical care, Human Rights Watch has said.
Sep 09, 2020, at 02:02 am
Beijing: A noted scholar has claimed that China’s communist regime embezzles the COVID-19 crisis to muzzle the voice of dissents in Xinjiang and Tibet.
Sri Lanka to replace brakes on faulty Chinese train compartments
Sep 08, 2020, at 11:20 pm
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Railway department has said the brakes on faulty Chinese train compartments will be replaced, media reports said.
Sep 08, 2020, at 06:15 pm
Thailand, a key ally of China, is slowly pushing back against Beijing and recently the country decided to not only postpone the procurement of two submarines from China but has also shelved the Chinese proposal for building a canal in the Bay of Bengal replacing it with its own project, media reports said.
Sep 08, 2020, at 06:01 pm
Islamabad: Lieutenant General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa last week decided to resign from his post as the special assistant to the prime minister on information and broadcast after an investigative report alleged corruption scams against him.
Japan's record GDP contraction revised down to annualized 28.1 pct in April-June quarter
Sep 08, 2020, at 03:51 pm
Tokyo/Xinhua: Japan's economy in the April-June period shrank an annualized real 28.1 percent from the previous quarter, downwardly revised from the 27.8 percent contraction initially reported, the government said in a report on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Roadside mine blast leaves one dead in Kandahar
Sep 07, 2020, at 09:51 pm
Kandahar: At least one person was killed as a roadside mine exploded in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar on Monday, media reports said.
Chinese deep-sea trawlers arrive in Karachi, Pakistani fishermen plan protest
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:33 am
Islamabad: Pakistani fishermen are planning to protest against the arrival of Chinese deep-sea trawlers in Karachi city, media reports said.
Bangladesh parliament adopts condolence motion regarding Pranab Mukherjee
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:10 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief over the death of former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and other departed souls including two lawmakers of the present parliament.
Bangladesh: Mosque explosion death toll rises to 24
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:05 am
Dhaka/UNI: Three more people who sustained burn injuries due to an explosion at a mosque in Narayanganj, died on Sunday, taking the death toll from the incident to 24.
Chinese language imposition: Mongolians protest against China in Tokyo
Sep 07, 2020, at 01:59 am
Tokyo: Around 35 ethnic Mongolians living in Japan on Saturday demonstrated against China in Tokyo city against the policy to forcibly push Mandarin language education in Inner Mongolia region.
Vice governor of China's Qinghai Province under investigation
Sep 07, 2020, at 01:18 am
Beijing/Xinhua: Wen Guodong, vice governor of northwest China's Qinghai Province, has been put under disciplinary and supervisory investigation by the country's top anti-graft body for suspected severe violations of disciplines and laws.
President Xi Jinping is a global threat like Hitler: China’s exiled Tiananmen leader
Sep 06, 2020, at 10:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Communist Party of China’s Xi Jinping is a major threat to global peace and the world needs to follow India in fighting his expansionism, an exiled Chinese student leader who had led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest has said.
China has deep strategic interests in Pakistan: US report
Sep 06, 2020, at 09:48 pm
Washington/UNI: An official report by the US government has stated that China has deep strategic interests in Pakistan, which will ensure close relations between the two countries despite irritants.
Bangladesh: Death toll from gas explosion in mosque rises to 21: Reports
Sep 06, 2020, at 02:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: At least 21 people were confirmed dead as a result of a gas explosion in the Baitus Salah Jame mosque, located in the Narayanganj city of Bangladesh, as dozens of injured worshipers are still receiving medical treatment, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
Afghanistan: Freed Taliban by government returns again to pursue 'jihad'
Sep 06, 2020, at 01:52 pm
Kabul: In a startling revelation, Taliban prisoners released by the Afghan government as part of a deal brokered by the United States aimed at ending almost 20 years of war are returning to the battlefield as commanders and fighters.
Chinese President Xi Jinping cancels visit to Pakistan amid COVID -19 pandemic
Sep 06, 2020, at 05:08 am
Islamabad: The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan has been postponed amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 06, 2020, at 05:01 am
The chairman of Sindh-based Pakistani political outfit Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) holds that China's aggression, war frenzy and Pakistan's Islamic terrorism pose a serious threat to regional peace and global security.
Sep 06, 2020, at 02:00 am
Beijing might have an eye on becoming a global superpower, but presently, it is struggling to feed its people.
Kabul: Senior police officer gunned down in Afghan capital
Sep 05, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Unidentified armed men shot and killed a key airport police officer on Friday in the latest targeted attack in Afghanistan, reported local media on Saturday.
End secret detention of rights defender, independent experts urge Pakistani authorities
Sep 05, 2020, at 09:58 pm
New York: Independent UN rights experts have called on the Government of Pakistan to end the secret detention of a human rights defender, who has not been heard from in more than nine months.
Bangladesh: Six AC machines explode in mosque, 50 worshippers hurt
Sep 05, 2020, at 03:13 pm
Dhaka: At least 50 people were hurt as six air conditioners at a mosque in Narayanganj’s Fatullah region in Bangladesh exploded on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Fahmida Riaz's daughter turns down presidential award
Sep 05, 2020, at 03:56 am
Islamabad: Protesting against the kidnapping and torture of journalists and writers in the country, poet Fahmida Riaz's daughter has declined the presidential award announced by the Pakistani government for her late mother.
Pakistan must end enforced disappearance of human rights defender: UN Experts
Sep 05, 2020, at 03:10 am
Geneva/IBNS: UN human rights experts on Friday called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than nine months.
Ten outstanding Bangladeshi students to receive online training offered by Huawei
Sep 04, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Dhaka/Xinhua: Huawei, the world's leading ICT solutions provider will offer an online training program to 10 outstanding ICT talents from five renowned universities of Bangladesh.
Afghanistan: Near-record violence risks derailing imminent talks between Government and Taliban
Sep 04, 2020, at 09:54 pm
New York: The UN’s top official in Afghanistan has warned that with the formal launch of direct peace negotiations imminent, near-record violence in the country is creating an atmosphere of mistrust that risks derailing long-sought talks between the Government and the Taliban.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill religious scholar in Paktia
Sep 04, 2020, at 02:42 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed religious scholar and Quran memorizer Mawlawi Mohajer in Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Facebook removes several Pakistani accounts over 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour'
Sep 04, 2020, at 12:58 am
San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday said it has removed 453 Facebook accounts, 103 Pages, 78 Groups and 107 Instagram accounts operated from Pakistan for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior'.