India opposes China-Pakistan's move of building hydropower plant in Gilgit-Baltistan region
May 15, 2020, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has opposed all-weather ally China and Pakistan's move of building a major hydropower plant in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Daughter of missing Pashtun activist Idris Khattak slams Pakistan over silence
May 15, 2020, at 09:54 pm
London: Talia Khattak, daughter of a prominent human rights defender Idris Khattak, has slammed Pakistan over its silence on her father's 'forced disappearance' last year.
Treating severe COVID-19 patients will be hard in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh : WHO
May 15, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Valentina Shvartsman Treating severe patients suffering from the COVID-19 lung disease would be particularly challenging in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh due to crowded settings and lack of space for additional health facilities, Catalin Bercaru, a communication officer for the World Health Organization (WHO) country office in Bangladesh, told Sputnik.
Agents of Pakistan's military killed Kashmir nationalist leader Arif Shahid 7 yrs ago: Sajjad Raja
May 15, 2020, at 06:37 pm
London: Marking the seventh martyrdom anniversary of Arif Shahid, a Kashmiri nationalist leader who advocated independence of Kashmir from both India and Pakistan's rule, National Equality Party Chairman Sajjad Raja said agents of Pakistan's powerful military agencies killed the Kashmiri nationalist leader and hence they will never be traced.
Covid-19 cases under reported in Pakistan: Opposition blames Imran Khan govt
May 15, 2020, at 05:02 pm
Islamabad: Main opposition party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has accused the government of under reporting the number of Coronavirus cases in the country and claimed that the tally has crossed the 1,00,000-mark.
Tribute: Bangladesh national professor Anisuzzaman, a life less ordinary
May 15, 2020, at 12:40 pm
Dhaka: Drawing the curtain down on an illustrious life, Bangladesh's National Professor, Dr. Anisuzzaman, passed away at the Combined Military Hospital in the capital on Thursday (May 14). He was 83 years old. It was revealed after his death that he was infected with coronavirus.
Car bomb explosion in Paktia kills five civilians
May 15, 2020, at 10:14 am
Paktia/IBNS: At least five civilians were killed as a car bomb exploded in front of the gate of a Defense Ministry facility in Gardiz city of Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Pashtun activist claims Pakistan Army committing human rights violations
May 13, 2020, at 06:10 pm
Islamabad: A Pashtun activist has accused the Pakistan Army of committing human rights violations in the country's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
Attack India with forces: PoK PM tells Imran Khan
May 13, 2020, at 06:00 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: At this moment of crisis when the world is combating COVID-19, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) PM Farooq Haider has asked Pakistan PM Imran Khan to attack India with forces.
Pakistan disobeying UNSC resolution on Kashmir: PoK activist writes to British MP
May 13, 2020, at 05:54 pm
London/IBNS: A political activist from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Shabir Choudhry has written to British lawmaker and Leader of Opposition, Keir Starmer, and informed him that Islamabad is not obeying UN Security Council's resolutions on Kashmir issue.
Bangladesh reports 19 more COVID-19 deaths
May 13, 2020, at 04:50 pm
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from novel coronavirus has reached 269 as 19 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country on Wednesday
COVID-19 cases in Nepal cross 200-mark
May 13, 2020, at 01:39 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: COVID-19 cases in Nepal crossed 200 mark after the Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday reported 83 new cases, in the largest single day spike in cases.
Afghanistan: UN shocked and outraged over deadly attacks on maternity hospital and funeral
May 13, 2020, at 01:07 pm
New York/IBNS: Perpetrators behind two separate deadly attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday must be brought to justice, top UN officials have said.
Afghanistan: ISIS terrorists target funeral in Nangarhar during Ramadan, 24 killed
May 13, 2020, at 12:31 pm
Kabul/IBNS: In the holy month of Ramadan, terrorists targeted a funeral in Afghanistan's Nangarhar region which left 24 people dead and 70 others injured, media reports said on Wednesday.
Terror attack in Kabul hospital leaves two newborns, 12 others dead
May 13, 2020, at 10:24 am
Kabul/IBNS: The terror attack in a hospital in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Tuesday left at least 14 people killed, media reports said on Wednesday.
Banning Indian raw material can prove suicidal: Pakistan Pharmaceutical industry warns Imran govt
May 13, 2020, at 03:04 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Despite all their designs against India, Pakistan government is facing a dilemma. It is because of a plea from its own people against the banning of Indian raw material for manufacturing drugs in the country, specially at this time when the nation is grappling with COVID-19 outbreak.
Death toll in Afghan bomb blast rises to 24
May 12, 2020, at 06:45 pm
Kabul/UNI: The death toll from a bomb blast at the funeral of a police chief in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province has gone up to 24, and the number of injured has risen to 68.Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor's spokesman, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Balochistan: Two students disappeared, Pakistan Army blamed
May 12, 2020, at 06:01 pm
Quetta: Even at a time when Pakistan is combating COVID-19 outbreak, the country's military continued its domination over Balochistan people as two students have disappeared in the region, media reports said.
Pakistan govt allegedly imposes ban on Balochistan Human Rights Commission's website
May 12, 2020, at 05:56 pm
Quetta/IBNS: In yet another attempt by the Pakistani authority to curb down the Baloch voices, PM Imran Khan-led administration has imposed an indefinite ban on the official website of Human Rights Commission of Balochistan, media reports said.
Human Rights activist calls Pakistan's move to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan as 'illegal'
May 12, 2020, at 05:49 pm
Quetta/IBNS: A political and human right activist from Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) has described Pakistan's s move of holding election in the region as 'illegal'.
Blasphemy: Pakistani singer targeted over song posted on social media
May 12, 2020, at 05:42 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: While the world is engaged in combating COVID-19 outbreak, Pakistan's hardline Islamists are active. They are misusing the blasphemy law to target any voice of protest.
Five killed in terrorist attack at maternity hospital in Afghan capital
May 12, 2020, at 04:37 pm
Kabul, May 12 (Xinhua) Four civilians and an assailant were killed and five civilians were wounded after two explosions rocked a maternity hospital in Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood in western part of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Tuesday, the country's Interior Ministry confirmed.
Nine civilians killed, 11 others injured in airstrike in N Afghanistan - eyewitnesses
May 12, 2020, at 04:30 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: An airstrike in Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh has left at least nine civilians killed and 11 others injured, local residents told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets funeral ceremony in Nangarhar, several killed
May 12, 2020, at 04:27 pm
Kabul/IBNS: A suicide bomber targeted a funeral ceremony in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province which left at least 47 people wounded or killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Security forces arrest key ISIS leader
May 12, 2020, at 01:33 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Afghanistan security forces have arrested three ISIS terrorists in Kabul city of the country, media reports said.
Explosion happens at entrance to Kabul hospital, militants enter building - reports
May 12, 2020, at 12:14 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: An explosion occurred at the entrance to a hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul, and militants then entered the building, 1TV broadcaster reported on Tuesday, citing a doctor working at the hospital.
Pakistan ranks 19th in COVID-19 infected list
May 11, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan has ranked in the 19th position in the global coronavirus ranking, as per data released on Sunday.
Taliban maintains close ties with terror groups: Afghanistan NDS chief
May 11, 2020, at 05:02 pm
Kabul/IBNS: The head of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) has said Taliban’s relations with other terrorist groups 'continue to be close and mutually beneficial which is against the spirit of the peace agreement the group had signed with the United States'.
Hindu man, wife tortured in Pakistan by neighbours
May 11, 2020, at 04:49 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Torture of minorities continues in Pakistan even at a this time when the world is united in their fight against COVID-19 as a Hindu man Gulab and his wife were attacked in Punjab region of the country.
COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan:Lockdown extended in Islamabad till May 31
May 11, 2020, at 04:22 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Amid growing COVID-19 cases in the city, Islamabad extended COVID-19 lockdown for three more weeks.