Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan Civil Servants protest discrimination
Sep 19, 2023, at 11:21 pm
Civil servants belonging to Gilgit-Baltistan Civil Service in Pakistan recently observed a pen-down strike on the eve of the caretaker prime minister's visit to protest against discriminatory clauses persisting in Rules of Business 2009.
Taliban urged to uphold Afghan girls’ right to education
Sep 19, 2023, at 11:17 pm
The international community must ensure that every girl in Afghanistan has an opportunity to learn, the head of the UN fund for education in emergencies said on Monday – the second anniversary of the Taliban’s edict banning secondary education for girls.
Pakistan: Rawalpindi man arrested, booked over desecration of Bible
Sep 19, 2023, at 01:31 am
A man has been arrested and booked for allegedly desecrating the Bible in Rawalpindi city of Pakistan.
Pakistan: CTD official shot by armed men in Quetta
Sep 19, 2023, at 12:20 am
Armed men shot dead a constable of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in the Jail Road area of Pakistan's Quetta city on Saturday.
Pakistan: Transporters threaten wheel-jam strike in KP over petroleum price hike
Sep 19, 2023, at 12:14 am
The business community, transporters and political activists of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan have expressed their displeasure over the increase in petroleum prices and asked the federal government to withdraw it.
Handling children's data in Europe: Chinese-owned TikTok fined 345 million euros
Sep 18, 2023, at 02:58 am
Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has fined Chinese-owned short video platform TikTok for breaching privacy laws related to the processing of children's personal data in the European Union.
Pakistan: Students of Karakoram University in Gilgit protest against fee hike
Sep 18, 2023, at 01:35 am
Students of Karakoram International University (KIU) in Pakistan's Gilgit city recently demonstrated against the administration for an unprecedented fee hike.
Pakistan: Security forces gun down two suspected terrorists
Sep 18, 2023, at 12:31 am
Jaffarbad: Security forces have gunned down two suspected terrorists in Jaffarabad area of Pakistan's Balochistan region on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Unemployment figure in Pakistan to touch 5.6 million this year, says ILO report
Sep 17, 2023, at 08:55 pm
The unemployment figure in Pakistan, a country suffering from a financial crisis, is projected to hit 5.6 million this year, as per data released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
Sep 17, 2023, at 08:35 pm
Baloch activists are blaming the Pakistan Army is using “excessive force” against civilians when they intensify their search to find six young footballers abducted in the Dera Bugti area of Pakistan's Balochistan region.
Internet still banned in Gilgit-Baltistan, online traders and students face trouble
Sep 17, 2023, at 06:23 pm
Local administration continued to suspend internet services in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region amid sectarian tension between Sia and Sunni communities, causing trouble to the residents of the region.
Karachi's Erica Robin becomes first Miss Universe Pakistan, conservatives target her
Sep 17, 2023, at 01:29 am
Karachi: Karachi-based Erica Robin has done something unthinkable as she won the ‘Miss Universe Pakistan’ contest recently.
Pakistan: Petrol, diesel prices spike, cross Rs.330 mark
Sep 16, 2023, at 10:05 pm
Pakistan's caretaker government has increased the price of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs26.02 and Rs17.34 per litre, giving more hard times to consumers.
Taiwan Defence Ministry says it detected 68 Chinese aircraft, 10 warships close to island
Sep 16, 2023, at 06:00 am
Taiwan recently detected 68 Chinese aircraft and 10 warships with some of them even crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
Guterres urges G77 and China to champion multilateralism ‘rooted in equality’
Sep 16, 2023, at 05:31 am
UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to leaders from the Group of 77 developing countries (G77) and China to “fight for a world that works for all”, in his address to their summit in Havana, Cuba, on Friday.
Pakistan: Three terrorists, one soldier die during exchange of fire in Quetta
Sep 16, 2023, at 12:07 am
At least three Pakistani terrorists and a Pakistani Army personnel were killed during an exchange of fire between them in the country's Quetta region on Thursday.
Pakistan-Afghanistan: Torkham border reopens after remaining closed for 10 days
Sep 15, 2023, at 10:52 pm
After remaining closed for ten days following a clash between Afghanistan and Pakistani security forces, creating trouble for people from both sides, the Torkham border reopened on Friday.
Pakistan International Airlines continues to face liquidity crisis, cancels several flights
Sep 15, 2023, at 10:15 pm
Facing severe cash flow problems, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has cancelled several domestic and international flights, media reports said.
Mafias are bleeding Pakistani economy: Intelligence Bureau Report
Sep 15, 2023, at 10:01 pm
A report released by Pakistan's Intelligence Bureau on smuggling, tax evasion, drug trade, illegal currency business and misuse of Afghan transit trade showed mafias are bleeding the economy of the country.
Afghanistan: Central Bank to soon ban use of Pakistani currency
Sep 14, 2023, at 06:44 pm
The Central Bank of Afghanistan may soon ban the use of Pakistani currency in Pakistani currency (Rupee) in the southwestern provinces of the country.
Uyghurs demand 78th UN General Assembly to confront China's ongoing genocide in East Turkistan
Sep 14, 2023, at 06:37 pm
In light of Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent invigorated commitment to persist with genocidal actions in East Turkistan, the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) issues an immediate and urgent plea to the 78th United Nations General Assembly and its member states for immediate and decisive action to halt China's ongoing genocide against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and other Turkic peoples.
Sep 14, 2023, at 06:33 pm
Several Baloch organisations will join to host a photo and banner exhibition from September 25 to 27 in front of the United Nations office in Geneva to make the international community conscious of human rights violations in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
No respite for consumers as fuel prices may spike once again in Pakistan
Sep 14, 2023, at 06:30 pm
There seems to be no respite for people in Pakistan as the price of petroleum in the country might be rising once again this week owing to a combination of currency depreciation and higher international oil prices.
Pakistan: Dacoits loot 70 garment factory workers, including eight women, in moving bus in Karachi
Sep 14, 2023, at 04:53 pm
At least 70 garment factory workers, including eight women, were looted in a moving bus in Pakistan's Karachi city recently.
Afghanistan: Human rights ‘in a state of collapse’, warns Türk
Sep 13, 2023, at 07:14 pm
The “shocking” and “cruel” oppression of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban against the backdrop of a severe humanitarian crisis has put the country’s future in jeopardy, UN rights chief Volker Türk warned on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: People protest in Nangarhar over closure of Torkham border crossing
Sep 12, 2023, at 11:44 pm
A large number of people demonstrated in Nangarhar region of Afghanistan recently over the closure of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan for the past couple of days ever since the security forces of the neighbouring nations exchanged fires.
Pakistan International Airlines operation badly hit, cancels several flights amid shortage of funds
Sep 12, 2023, at 10:06 pm
Operation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national carrier of the country, was severely hit on Tuesday due to a shortage of funds, leaving several of its domestic and international flights cancelled, media reports said.
Meth trafficking surges in and around Afghanistan
Sep 12, 2023, at 10:02 pm
Methamphetamine trafficking in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries is surging, according to a report published on Sunday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
War crimes intensifying: Myanmar human rights investigators
Sep 12, 2023, at 09:58 pm
UN-appointed independent human rights investigators told the Human Rights Council on Monday that Myanmar’s people continue to suffer deeply from the effects of horrific crimes committed by the country’s military, amid intensifying violence.
Bangladesh, France ink two agreements, aim to enhance cooperation in infrastructure, satellite
Sep 11, 2023, at 10:16 pm
Bangladesh and France on Monday signed two agreements to enhance cooperation in various fields, including infrastructure and satellite.