Gas suspension to Punjab: Pakistan loses textile exports worth USD 250m
Jan 08, 2022, at 11:55 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has lost textile exports of USD 250 million in December amid gas supply closure to the sector in Punjab for 15 days, media reports said on Saturday.
Turkish Minister Solaiman Salu reviews Rohingya camp in Bangladesh
Jan 08, 2022, at 09:23 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Turkish Home Minister Solaiman Salu has reached Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar to review the Rohingya camp.
PoJK raises voice against interference in governance
Jan 08, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Islamabad: The subjugated voice of people of Pakistan occupied Jammu-Kashmir (PoJK) is gradually finding an outlet outside Pakistan.
Afghanistan: IRC warns 90 percent health centre may shut down in Afghanistan by 2022 end
Jan 08, 2022, at 09:14 pm
Kabul: International Rescue Committee has unveiled its latest report where a warning has been issued that up to 90 percent of health centers in Afghanistan might shut down by the end of 2022.
Afghanistan: Taliban put up posters across Kabul, asking women to cover up
Jan 08, 2022, at 08:55 pm
Kabul: The Taliban members of Afghanistan have put up posters across Kabul where they directed women to cover up.
Myanmar: WFP plans to aid 4 million through 2022
Jan 08, 2022, at 07:40 pm
New York: Ten months since the military takeover in February 2021, food insecurity in Myanmar has risen sharply, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Release of detainees a ‘significant confidence-building step’ in Ethiopia: UN chief
Jan 08, 2022, at 07:32 pm
New York: The Ethiopian Government on Friday freed several high-profile political detainees, a move UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a “significant confidence-building step”.
Afghanistan: Kabul residents complain about uneven distribution of aid
Jan 08, 2022, at 05:19 am
Kabul: Residents of Kabul city have complained they are witnessing “unfair distribution” of aid.
Durand Line: Pakistan military says fencing will be completed soon
Jan 08, 2022, at 05:15 am
Islamabad: Pakistan military has said it would complete the fencing along the Durand Line.
Torkham land dispute: Protesting tribesmen claim stopping construction work
Jan 08, 2022, at 05:11 am
Islamabad: The Khugakhel tribesmen recently protested in Pakistan's Landikotal area and stopped the National Logistics Cell (NLC) from undertaking the construction work, which was underway at Torkham border.
China: 16 killed, 10 injured in canteen blast
Jan 08, 2022, at 04:31 am
Chongqing/UNI/Xinhua: Sixteen people were killed and 10 injured, one critically, after a blast rocked a canteen of a subdistrict office in Wulong District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality at noon Friday.
COVID strategy: China set to remain closed for all of 2022
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:19 am
Beijing: Goldman Sachs Group Inc group has said China's border restriction will remain for the entirety of 2022 as the country gears up for important international events, such as the Winter Olympics.
Chinese person pleads guilty to economic espionage conspiracy
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:12 am
Beijing: Xiang Haitao, 44, a Chinese national formerly residing in Chesterfield, Missouri, pleaded guilty recently to conspiracy to commit economic espionage, said the US Department of Justice.
Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from certain sporting activities
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:07 am
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned sporting activities for women in the country.
Pakistan Military official says border fencing with Afghanistan will remain
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:03 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Army this week vowed to continue beefing up the fence on the disputed borders with Afghanistan despite recent tensions with the Taliban.
Jan 08, 2022, at 12:00 am
Islamabad: A report compiled by the scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has found that PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) received funding from foreign nationals and companies, under-reported funds and concealed dozens of its bank accounts.
Large number of Pakistanis purchased cryptocurrency worth $5 crore in just six months: Reports
Jan 07, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: A large number of Pakistani people have purchased cryptocurrency worth $5 crores in just six months, causing the country's investigative agency to look into the matter, media reports said.
Pakistan targeting its Sikh minority population: Reports
Jan 07, 2022, at 11:54 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan, a Islam majority nation, is systematically targeting the Sikh minorities to hurt their sentiments, media reports said.
Pakistan President Alvi tests COVID19 positive
Jan 07, 2022, at 11:52 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi has tested positive for COVID-19.
North Korea to boycott 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Jan 07, 2022, at 08:34 pm
Pyongyang/UNI/Sputnik: North Korea will not take part in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over the activities of "hostile forces" and the COVID-19 pandemic, the stare-run KCNA news agency reported on Friday.
Blast hits canteen in China, 20 trapped
Jan 07, 2022, at 08:28 pm
Beijing: A blast hit a canteen of a subdistrict office in Wulong District of China on Friday left at least 20 people trapped under the debris.
UN urges restraint in Kazakhstan, with dozens reportedly killed
Jan 07, 2022, at 06:13 pm
New York: Amid alarming reports of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Asia have called for restraint and dialogue.
55 journalists killed in 2021, impunity ‘alarmingly widespread’ – UNESCO
Jan 07, 2022, at 05:11 pm
New York: Fifty-five journalists and media professionals were killed last year, latest UN data showed on Thursday, with nearly nine in 10 killings since 2006 still unresolved.
Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ during 2021
Jan 07, 2022, at 04:48 pm
New York: The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed on Thursday.
Former British-Pakistani peer Lord Ahmed found guilty of child sex offences
Jan 06, 2022, at 07:18 am
London/IBNS: Former Labour peer Lord Ahmed has been found guilty of sexual offences against two children in the 1970s.
US: 13 dead in Philadelphia house fire
Jan 06, 2022, at 05:19 am
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: At least 13 people died and two were injured in United States's Philadelphia on Wednesday morning after fire broke out in a three-story apartment building, local authorities said.
Canada loses to US in first dispute under new Canada-US-Mexico Agreement on dairy imports
Jan 06, 2022, at 05:12 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada has lost to the US in the first-ever dispute case under the new North American trade agreement when a three-member panel agreed that Canada's imposition of complicated rules violated its promise to allow more dairy imports.
Jan 06, 2022, at 03:07 am
Swat, Pakistan/IBNS: A local Hindu delegation, led by Member of Parliament (MP) Ramesh Kumar, recently expressed displeasure over the condition of the civilian hospital in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
President Macron vows to 'hassle' France's unvaccinated
Jan 06, 2022, at 12:56 am
Paris/UNI: French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to "piss off" people until everyone is vaccinated against Covid-19.
Taliban govt frees 40 inmates from Kandahar prison
Jan 05, 2022, at 11:04 pm
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has released 40 prisoners in Kandahar.