Beijing receives jolt: EU suspends efforts to ratify controversial investment deal with China
May 07, 2021, at 01:42 am
Brussels: Amid ongoing tension between Brussels and Beijing, the European Union has suspended efforts to ratify an investment deal with China, media reports said.
Human Rights and China: Uyghur School Director jailed for 14 years
May 07, 2021, at 01:12 am
A Uyghur academic director and prolific translator who is the brother of an RFA reporter has been sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence following two years spent in an internment camp in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) for “religious extremism", an episode surely highlighting the aggressive stance taken by China over the people of the region.
China arm-twists local news channels in Hong Kong: Reports
May 07, 2021, at 01:01 am
Hong Kong: China is taking up a more aggressive stance against Hong Kong’s main broadcaster as there has been sudden reshuffles from the top while journalists were even removed from their positions, which experts believe is Beijing's attempt to target the local media of the region.
Is Pakistani economy sinking as the trade deficit widens to $23.8b in 10 months?
May 07, 2021, at 12:02 am
Islamabad: Pakistan seems to be struggling in the economic front and it is evident from the trade deficit as it widened to $23.8 billion and exceeded the annual target by $4.1 billion in 10 months of the current fiscal year.
Afghanistan Alert: Taliban threatens media outlets over gov’t collusion
May 06, 2021, at 11:57 pm
Kabul: Taliban terror group has warned the Afghan media outlets to halt what they called one-sided publications and broadcastings.
May 06, 2021, at 11:30 pm
Islamabad: A senior Pakistan journalist has pointed out that a large number of children in the country are sexually abused and are vulnerable to assault and this is a reality that can no longer be ignored.
Beijing indefinitely suspends China-Australia strategic economic dialogue: Commission
May 06, 2021, at 09:43 pm
Beijing/UNI: Beijing decided on Thursday to indefinitely suspend the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue over what it describes as Canberra's measures to disrupt normal exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said.
Sky News host highlights China's threat to world democracies, urge countries to stand together
May 06, 2021, at 04:20 pm
Sky News host Andrew Bolt has said all the world's democracies should stand together or they will fall separately as China is engaged in war in the grey zone where it conducts strategic operations short of an all-out war.
US report alerts: Taliban's return to power may undo women's advancement in Afghanistan
May 06, 2021, at 02:53 pm
Kabul: A US intelligence has warned in its classified report that in case Taliban forces return to power in Afghanistan then it would risk undoing the gains made in women's rights since the group's ousting nearly two decades ago.
Aggressive Dragon: Japan protests presence of Chinese research vessel close to Okinawa
May 06, 2021, at 04:45 am
Okinawa: The Japan Coast Guard recently chased away Chinese research vessel from its exclusive economic zone where Japanese authorities believe it was conducting research, media reports said.
Pakistan minister says govt won't follow Western advice on tackling Islamist group TLP
May 06, 2021, at 04:31 am
Islamabad: Amid its worsening ties with France over Islam, Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday said the government would not take any dictation (from the West) to settle internal issues, including action against the banned far-right Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
US report alerts: Taliban's return to power may undo women's advancement in Afghanistan
May 06, 2021, at 04:20 am
Kablu: A US intelligence has warned in its classified report that in case Taliban forces return to power in Afghanistan then it would risk undoing the gains made in women's rights since the group's ousting nearly two decades ago.
Pakistan records 4113 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
May 06, 2021, at 02:28 am
Islamabad: Pakistan, a country hit by COVID-19 pandemic, has registered 4,113 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Wednesday
Pakistan: Local tribal leader mysteriously killed
May 05, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Islamabad: A local tribal leader has been mysteriously gunned down by unknown men in Datta Khel area of Pakistan, media reports said.
Pakistan: Three cops snatch cash from a person, booked
May 05, 2021, at 11:32 pm
Police have booked three cops in Pakistan on the charge of snatching cash from a citizen, media reports said.
British woman found dead in Pakistan
May 05, 2021, at 11:24 pm
A Pakistani-origin British woman was found dead in a house in Pakistan’s Lahore city, reported Dawn. The victim, Maya, 25, had come to Pakistan two months back to attend a marriage of her relative and been staying in the country since.
Nepal constructing 2000-bed capacity isolation facility
May 05, 2021, at 11:23 pm
Amid rising cases of coronavirus, authorities in Nepal have started the construction of an isolation facility with a 2,000-bed capacity in Geta Medical College of Kailali district, reported The Himalayan Times.
Afghanistan: Taliban digs a tunnel to ANDSF camp, over 20 killed
May 05, 2021, at 11:21 pm
Kabul: Taliban militants captured an army base in Farah’s Bala Buluk last week, media reports said.
No compromise on finality of Prophethood laws: Pakistan PM Imran Khan
May 05, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan has made it clear that his government would not compromise on the laws pertaining to the finality of the Prophethood, media reports said.
Bangladesh reports 50 new COVID-19 deaths
May 05, 2021, at 10:17 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 50 COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Wednesday.
Nepal's hospitals face oxygen supply shortage
May 05, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Kathmandu/Xinhua: Nepal's two major government-run hospitals based in capital Kathmandu have been facing oxygen supply shortage, authorities said.
Pakistan government decides to import 4m MT of wheat
May 05, 2021, at 07:24 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has decided to import four million metric tons of wheat this year to meet the domestic consumption, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Blast targets bus carrying health workers, 1 dead
May 05, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Kabul: At least one person was killed and three others were injured as a blast targeted a bus carrying health workers in Afghanistan's Kalakan district on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan urges Muslim countries to counter Islamophobia
May 05, 2021, at 04:37 am
Days after facing heat from the European Union for its blasphemy laws, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to vehemently counter Islamophobia, reported Dawn. He also objected to equating Islam with radicalism and terrorism.
Chinese man crosses Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy in search of 'freedom and democracy'
May 05, 2021, at 03:41 am
Beijing: Taiwanese police said a Chinese man recently crossed the highly-militarized Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy Saturday in search of "freedom and democracy".
Security concerns: Japanese companies are moving away from Chinese drones
May 05, 2021, at 02:26 am
Fearing security risks, several Japanese infrastructure companies will end their use of Chinese-made drones, media reports said.
PM Imran Khan govt's claim of Pakistan press being free is nothing but a 'bald-faced lie': Dawn News
May 04, 2021, at 08:40 pm
Islamabad: A leading Pakistani news paper has opined that for PM Imran Khan-led government functionaries to insist that the press in the country is free, as they are wont to do sometimes, is no less than a bald-faced lie.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led govt has gagged media: Bilawal Bhutto
May 04, 2021, at 08:38 pm
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari slammed PM Imran Khan-led government and said it has chained press freedoms in Pakistan through threats, intimidation, and pressure tactics.
Balochistan govt allies, several BAP members demand replacement of CM Jam Kamal
May 04, 2021, at 08:35 pm
Conflict has emerged and discontent is rising among several members of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party as well as allies of the Balochistan government which has led to them demanding the replacement of Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, media reports said on Tuesday.
UN condemns deadly attack at guesthouse in Afghanistan
May 04, 2021, at 06:22 pm
New York: The United Nations strongly condemned Friday’s suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan, in which at least 21 were killed and over 100, including women and children, wounded.