Pakistan's human rights group warns of sit-in from Jan 31 if govt fails to recover missing persons
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:59 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's human rights group, The Defence of Human Rights (DHR), has said all efforts by the government to recover missing persons have failed.
Afghanistan: Roof of school building collapses in Kandahar, 1 dies
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:57 pm
Kandahar, Afghanistan/IBNS: At least one student was killed as the roof of a religious school collapsed in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar city on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami to protest against hike in electricity prices today
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:55 pm
Peshawar, Pakistan: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) members are going to demonstrate across Peshawar province in Pakistan on Friday against the hike in the rates of electricity and imposing unjustified taxes and fuel price adjustment in bills.
Sindh’s share in urea being given to Punjab, alleges adviser to Sindh CM on agriculture
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:52 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Adviser to Sindh chief minister on agriculture Manzoor Hussain Wassan has alleged that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan-led federal government was giving Sindh’s share of urea to other provinces by exerting pressure on fertiliser companies.
China facing the tough task of stabilising economy amid COVID-19 pandemic, fast-aging population
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Beijing: China is facing the tough task of stabilising employment in 2022 amid the crisis of COVID-19 and a fast-aging population.
Top Pakistan Police official claims 90% of terrorist groups are operating from Afghanistan
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:38 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan's top police official claimed over 90 percent of the terrorist groups are planning attacks and operating from Afghanistan.
China to open consulate office in Iran's Bandar Abbas
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Tehran: Iran's cabinet of ministers on Wednesday voted to allow China the permission to open its consulate general in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, media reports said.
Xi'an lockdown: 'Starving' residents survive on a bowl of porridge
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Xi'an, China: Beijing is claiming that they have 'sufficient' food supplies but 'starving' residents in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi'an are portraying a different picture as they are surviving on a bowl of porridge a day.
Taliban says growing beard is not mandatory in Afghanistan
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:15 pm
Kabu/UNI: The Taliban has told people in Afghanistan that growing a beard is a recommendation, not mandatory, the media reported on Friday.
Chinese army moving robot vehicles in Tibet
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:05 pm
Beijing: The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed a large number of unmanned ground vehicles to carry troops, weaponry and supplies, a move made to tackle the difficulties faced by Han Chinese soldiers due to cold weather and high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau.
Ashraf Ghani gives reason for leaving Kabul as Taliban approached city on Aug 15
Dec 31, 2021, at 09:15 pm
Kabul: Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said he decided to flee Afghanistan when Taliban approached Kabul as he wanted to prevent the destruction of the city.
Pakistan: Unknown attackers gundown two people, including a cop, in Karachi
Dec 31, 2021, at 09:07 pm
Islamabad: Armed men on motorcycle gunned down two people, including a Sindh Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI), in Pakistan's Karachi city on Friday, media reports said.
Grave violations surge for children in conflict
Dec 31, 2021, at 05:20 pm
New York: Armed conflict, inter-communal violence and insecurity continued to take a devastating toll on thousands of children throughout 2021, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), warned on Friday.
Urgent action needed to save Rohingya refugees distressed at sea in Indonesia
Dec 31, 2021, at 04:40 pm
New York: The UN refugee agency called on Wednesday for the immediate, life-saving disembarkation of a group of Rohingya refugees in distress at sea off the coast of Indonesia.
Former ISIL prison transformed to bring joy and support to youth
Dec 31, 2021, at 04:22 pm
New York: Once used as a prison by the ISIL terror network in Iraq, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency and partners have converted a former grim detention centre into a sunny space for youth.
Pakistan: Blast leaves 4 people dead in Quetta
Dec 31, 2021, at 03:14 pm
Quetta: At least four people have died as a blast hit Pakistan's Quetta city on Thursday, media reports said.
Yearender: A list of 2021's top 10 global events
Dec 31, 2021, at 01:45 am
With the world ringing into the New Year under the shadow of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the devastating Delta wave of COVID-19 in 2021 would haunt people despite a rapid vaccination worldwide. IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra looks back at the 10 mega events of the year which also saw a world forsaken Afghanistan overrun by Taliban as the foreign troops left the war-ravaged country.
China directs Indonesia not to continue drilling off South China Sea islands
Dec 30, 2021, at 05:13 am
Beijing: China has directed Indonesia to halt an oil and natural gas development project in the South China Sea.
Pakistan: Farmers demonstrate on Faisalabad-Multan road against non-availability of urea
Dec 30, 2021, at 03:23 am
Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan: Pirmahal farmers demonstrated and even blocked Faisalabad-Multan road in Pakistan on Tuesday against the non-availability of urea in the country.
Pakistan: Blast in North Waziristan leaves one dead
Dec 30, 2021, at 03:07 am
North Waziristan, Pakistan/IBNS: At least one person died and two others were hurt as an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on Tuesday night, media reports said on Wednesday.
Dec 30, 2021, at 02:57 am
Islamabad/IBNS: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has expressed concern over the act of Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government of bypassing parliament in the formulation of the country’s first National Security Policy.
Pakistan: Women demonstrate against power, gas outrage in Lakki
Dec 30, 2021, at 02:15 am
Islamabad: 'Burqa' clad women protested in Lakki city on Tuesday against excessive spike in gas shortage and power supply outrage.
Hong Kong media outlet closes after police arrests
Dec 29, 2021, at 11:45 pm
Hong Kong/UNI/Sputnik: Stand News, an independent publication popular among Hong Kong opposition supporters, said on Wednesday that it had stopped working, following a massive raid and arrests of its employees.
Afghanistan women call for rights, protest in Kabul against Taliban govt
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:58 pm
Kabul: Several women in Afghanistan took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday demanding rights to education, employment and social freedom in the war-torn country, according to media reports.
Pakistan: University of Agriculture Faisalabad issues dress code for students
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:47 pm
Islamabad: The Toba sub-campus of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has issued a bizarre diktat by introducing dress code for male and female students, media reports said.
Pakistan: Internal rift in Imran Khan's party widens
Dec 29, 2021, at 09:44 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Amid the ongoing internal rift in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Minister Kamran Bangash has served a legal notice to his own party leader Arbab Mohammad Ali for accusing him of selling ticket of Peshawar city Mayor to a businessman.
Myanmar: Attack leaves 35 dead, including 4 children
Dec 29, 2021, at 05:01 pm
New York: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) condemned on Tuesday the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers, in the Kayah state, in Myanmar.
Three separate shipwrecks leave dozens dead and more missing
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:52 pm
New York: At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks over the course of four days last week in the Aegean Sea, and an unknown number are still missing, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
Amrullah Saleh located in Panjshir, Afghan resistance has enough weapons: Diplomat
Dec 29, 2021, at 04:03 pm
Dushanbe/UNI/Sputnik: Ex-Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh is located in the Panjshir province, and resistance forces against the Taliban have enough weapons and military equipment there, Afghan Ambassador to Tajikistan Muhammad Zahir Agbar has told Sputnik.
Afghanistan: Taliban fire at protesters in Kabul
Dec 29, 2021, at 03:52 pm
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: The Taliban on Tuesday opened fire at women protesters in Kabul near a building that housed the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in the past.