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Free Balochistan demonstrators protest outside UN HQ in New York, demanding independence

Sep 28, 2025, at 04:54 pm

Members of the Baloch community staged a demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday, calling for independence for Pakistan’s Balochistan region.

Traders in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan continue sit-in, reject tax deal

Sep 27, 2025, at 05:17 pm

Traders in the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan have rejected the government's conditional tax concessions and continue their sit-in demonstration at the Sost Dry Port.

Bangladesh : Local Hindu leaders demand all-year-round protection amid rising attacks on temples ahead of Durga Puja

Sep 27, 2025, at 04:00 pm

Local Hindu leaders in Bangladesh on Friday said they do not want to see attacks on Durga pandals (murquee) and idols during the five-day festival, the major annual event of the Hindu community in the country.

Pakistan: Jaffar Express suspended over security reasons, passengers urge govt to ensure safety

Sep 23, 2025, at 05:01 pm

The operation of Pakistan's Jaffar Express, which was hijacked by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) earlier this year, has been suspended again due to security concerns, media reports said.

Grenade explosion leaves three people injured in Pakistan's KP

Sep 23, 2025, at 03:42 pm

At least three people were injured after a grenade exploded at a scrap shop in Pakistan's Mardan district on Tuesday, media reports said.

30 die after Pakistan Air Force drops bombs on KP village, HRCP condemns

Sep 22, 2025, at 05:48 pm

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed a 'deep shock' over the aerial bombing in Pakistan's  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region that has left 30 people, mostly women, killed.

30 die after Pakistan Air Force drops bombs on village, HRCP condemns

Sep 22, 2025, at 05:47 pm

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed a 'deep shock' over the aerial bombing in Pakistan's  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region that has left 30 people, mostly women, killed.

Awami National Party Mir Azam Khan killed by unknown attackers in Pakistan

Sep 22, 2025, at 05:30 pm

Unknown attackers killed a worker of the Awami National Party in Pakistan's Khar region on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Nine Bugti tribe members abducted

Sep 22, 2025, at 04:33 pm

At least nine members of Bugti tribe were abducted in Sui tehsil of Dera Bugti district of Pakistan recently, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan Air Force drops bombs on KP village, 30 dead

Sep 22, 2025, at 03:42 pm

At least 30 people, including women and children, died after the Pakistan Air Force carried out airstrikes on Matre Dara village in the Tirah Valley of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.

Taliban rejects Donald Trump’s demand to return Bagram Air Base

Sep 22, 2025, at 12:16 am

An Afghan government defence official said Sunday that a deal over Bagram air base was "not possible," after US President Donald Trump demanded that the former US base be handed back to Washington.

Pakistan: Activist Imaan Mazari-Hazir booked following clash with Islamabad bar chief

Sep 21, 2025, at 03:24 pm

Pakistani police have arrested an outspoken rights activist Imaan Mazari-Hazir, her spouse, and several PTI-linked lawyers under anti-terror laws after a clash broke out with the president of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA).

Chinese journalist, who was arrested for COVID-19 reporting, sentenced to jail in new case

Sep 21, 2025, at 02:42 pm

Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was earlier jailed for her reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, has been sentenced to another four years in prison in a separate case, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said.

Pakistani leader claims authorities are kidnapping, making people disappear in Balochistan

Sep 21, 2025, at 12:29 am

A senior politician has claimed that Pakistani authorities are playing a major role in the kidnapping and disappearance of people in Balochistan.

Pakistan: Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights demands strong action to protect children from abuse in school, seminaries

Sep 20, 2025, at 06:59 pm

The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights in Pakistan has demanded strong action to protect children from abuse at seminaries and schools across the country.

Pakistan: Three people, including two women, killed in drone strike in Balochistan; locals blame Army

Sep 20, 2025, at 06:21 pm

At least three people, including two women, died, and five others were injured after an alleged drone strike by the Pakistani Army hit Zehri region in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Wednesday.

LeT operative admits Muridke HQs destroyed by Op. Sindoor, exposes Pakistan with 'rebuilding' claim

Sep 19, 2025, at 01:35 pm

Islamabad/IBNS: After Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)'s admission of Operation Sindoor impact, an operative of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has accepted that the Indian military's action destroyed the group's headquarters at Markaz Taiba in Muridke, media reports said.

Nepal PM Sushila Karki meets Chinese, US envoys after telephone conversation with PM Modi

Sep 19, 2025, at 10:00 am

Nepal's interim PM Sushila Karki met the Chinese and American envoys immediately after his telephone conversation with Indian PM Narendra Modi on Thursday.

A member of New York's Chinese dissident community has pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of China.

Sep 17, 2025, at 06:47 pm

The pleaded person was identified as 68-year-old Yuanjun Tang.

Pakistan continue to struggle with floods as millions left homeless

Sep 17, 2025, at 04:14 pm

A senior UN humanitarian official in Pakistan has warned that “the needs are huge” as massive floods across Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan continue to leave millions homeless, destroying vital crops and pushing fragile communities to the brink.

Pakistan reels from floods as millions left homeless

Sep 17, 2025, at 04:02 pm

A senior UN humanitarian official in Pakistan has warned that “the needs are huge” as massive floods across Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan continue to leave millions homeless, destroying vital crops and pushing fragile communities to the brink.

Pakistan: BLA releases video footage of attacks on military forces in Tump, Zamuran

Sep 16, 2025, at 06:50 pm

The Baloch Liberation Army's media wing, Hakkal, has released a video allegedly showing the recent blasts that targeted Pakistani military forces in the restive regions of Tump and Zamuran, located in Balochistan, media reports said.

Balochistan journalist abducted by Pakistani police, claims family members

Sep 16, 2025, at 05:57 pm

A journalist's family has alleged that he was abducted by police and plainclothed personnel in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, media reports said.

Jaish leader admits Masood Azhar's family members 'torn into pieces' during India's Operation Sindoor

Sep 16, 2025, at 04:37 pm

Terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad has admitted for the first time that family members of its head Masood Azhar were 'torn into pieces' during India's strikes in Bahawalpur during Operation Sindoor in May.

Gen Z protesters want India to invest in Nepal, praise Modi's leadership

Sep 16, 2025, at 04:05 pm

Two prominent Nepali Gen Z protesters have said they want India and other nations to contribute and invest in the Himalayan country so that economic progress can be reached.

Pakistan: Attack on Bajaur police station repulsed

Sep 14, 2025, at 11:02 pm

The Pakistani police foiled a terrorist attack on a police station at Bajaur’s Lowi Mamund tehsil in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.

Unknown miscreants destroy newly built pipeline in Pakistan's Chagai, police begin probe

Sep 14, 2025, at 09:39 pm

Unknown miscreants recently destroyed a newly built pipeline meant for supplying drinking water to thousands of people in Pakistan's Chagai region, media reports said.

Pakistan: Swabi elders form committee to expel transgender from district

Sep 14, 2025, at 09:11 pm

A group of Pakistani elders have formed an 11-member committee in Swabi region and declared that all transgender persons would be expelled from the district, media reports said.

Pakistan: Bullet-ridden body of 'forcibly disappeared' person recovered from Balochistan

Sep 14, 2025, at 08:26 pm

The bullet-ridden body of a man was recovered from Purana Parom Cross in Balochistan’s Panjgur region in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.

Nepal’s new interim PM Sushila Karki vows to tackle corruption after Gen Z-led protests

Sep 14, 2025, at 02:18 pm

Nepal’s newly appointed interim prime minister, Sushila Karki, pledged on Sunday to meet the demands of young protesters calling for an end to corruption, as she began work following the dramatic ouster of her predecessor.