Pakistan minister cites Bangladesh to make case for population control
Jul 12, 2021, at 10:48 pm
“Let's say Pakistan had enough capacity to provide quality education to only half its kids. If Pak population growth drops to that of Bangladesh, in 10 years we will accommodate every child in the country of primary school age and in 15 years in secondary school," Umar tweeted on Sunday.
Jul 12, 2021, at 10:35 pm
Islamabad: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Monday blamed Delta variant as the reason behind the current COVID-19 situation in Pakistan.
Maryam Nawaz slams Pakistan PM Imran Khan, says his election symbol should be 'thief'
Jul 12, 2021, at 09:24 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's key election leader Maryam Nawaz has slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said his election symbol should now be that of a "thief" rather than the cricket bat.
Chinese crackdown: Hong Kong pro-democracy group downsizes
Jul 12, 2021, at 08:23 pm
Hong Kong: A leading pro-democracy civic organization has said it is letting go of its paid staff and halving the size of its steering committee after Beijing stepped up its crackdown on opposition activity in the city which has been engaged in a conflict with China over numerous issues.
Pakistan witnessing alarming rise in violence: Reports
Jul 12, 2021, at 07:45 pm
Pakistan is witnessing a rise in violent incidents as 203 people lost their lives and 966 were wounded in the country due to various forms of violence during the April-June quarter of this year.
China poses threat to UK universities: British MP
Jul 12, 2021, at 07:37 pm
London: A British MP has claimed that Chinese influence in academia is becoming a 'massive problem' for UK universities.
Turkey: 12 South Asian migrants killed in bus crash
Jul 12, 2021, at 03:42 pm
Istanbul: At least 12 people were killed and 26 wounded in Turkey when a bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed early on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Police recover three bombs from militant hideout in Narayanganj
Jul 12, 2021, at 03:12 pm
Narayanganj: Police recovered three bombs while conducting an operation on a militant hideout in Narayanganj area of Bangladesh on Sunday.
Pakistan: Model found dead in Lahore
Jul 12, 2021, at 02:48 pm
Lahore: A Pakistani model has been found dead at her residence in Laore city, media reports said on Sunday.
Jul 12, 2021, at 04:53 am
Islamabad: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has expressed its reservation towards several provisions of the Domestic Violence Bill in 2020.
Pakistan's support for terrorism can hurt it, says Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay
Jul 12, 2021, at 04:43 am
New Delhi: Afghanistan Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay has warned that Pakistan's support for terrorism can hurt the country itself.
US special envoy back in Doha to push for Afghan peace talks
Jul 12, 2021, at 04:24 am
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special peace envoy for Afghanistan, has reached Doha, Qatar, to push for “determined diplomacy in pursuit of a peace agreement” between the warring Afghan parties.
Bangladesh eagerly waiting for preferential trade agreement with Sri Lanka
Jul 12, 2021, at 04:01 am
Bangladesh is eagerly awaiting a preferential trade agreement with Sri Lanka for a mutually beneficial and robust trade relationship between the two countries supported adequately by strong shipping connectivity, according to its envoy. With the trade volume between the two countries still quite low, Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Tareq Md Ariful Islam feels some kind of facilitation was necessary to take bilateral trade to the next level.
Pakistan’s Balochistan province to benefit from EU-UNICEF education initiative
Jul 12, 2021, at 02:13 am
The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday signed an agreement to launch an estimated 22.2 million euro education initiative for Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
Pakistan: Woman stripped in DI Khan to pay for husband’s alleged love affair
Jul 12, 2021, at 01:41 am
Dera Ismail Khan: Three men allegedly stripped a woman in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan to avenge her husband’s alleged liaison with their sister, an episode exposing the atrocities on women in the country.
Afghanistan conflict: NSA warns Taliban may slip into Pakistan as refugees
Jul 12, 2021, at 01:22 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf has warned that the negative fallout of the civil war in Afghanistan may lead to Taliban fighters slipping into Pakistan as refugees.
Explosion rocks US military base in Syria
Jul 11, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Damascus: An explosion rocked a US military base in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor on Sunday, media reports said.
US Defense official confirms American forces came under attack in Syria, no casualties
Jul 11, 2021, at 04:10 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: A Pentagon official confirmed to Sputnik on Saturday that US forces came under attack in Syria’s Conoco, with no casualties reported.
Explosives detonated at sports club in Sudan port city, at least 4 dead: Doctors
Jul 11, 2021, at 03:12 pm
Khartoum/UNI/Sputnik: At least four people were killed in an explosion at a sports venue in eastern Sudan, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said in a statement.
Pakistan strengthens border security amid fears of refugee influx from Afghanistan
Jul 11, 2021, at 02:53 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Sputnik: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar says Pakistan has been working on strengthening security at the border with Afghanistan amid foreign troops withdrawal.
Afghanistan: Ismail Khan mobilizes hundreds in Herat to end Taliban run
Jul 11, 2021, at 05:32 am
Kabul: Political situation in Afghanistan is undergoing a massive change in recent times as foreign troops are moving out of the country and in such a backdrop Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former mujahideen leader and a senior member of Jamiat-e-Islami party, has mobilized hundreds of his loyalists in Herat province in the west of Afghanistan to fight the Taliban as the group continues to capture large swaths of territories across the country.
Jul 11, 2021, at 05:29 am
New York: The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Sunday said it added 34 entities, many of which are based in China, to the Entity List for their involvement in, or risk of becoming involved in, activities contrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States.
Paracel Islands: Vietnam slams China for sovereignty violation
Jul 11, 2021, at 05:24 am
The Vietnam government has slammed China's plan to send a research vessel to the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, media reports said on Saturday.
Apple Daily Row: China opposes European Parliament resolution
Jul 11, 2021, at 05:15 am
Beijing: The Chinese government has opposed a European Parliament resolution on Hong Kong, which had denounced the closure of the city's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily after its editors and owner were hounded by China.
Chinese Army starts training Tibetan troops to conduct special operations in high altitude
Jul 11, 2021, at 05:08 am
Beijing: The Chinese Army has started training Tibetan troops for conducting special operations in high altitude regions, media reports said.
A third of Haiti’s children in urgent need of emergency aid: UNICEF
Jul 11, 2021, at 04:37 am
New York: Nearly a third of all children in Haiti – numbering around 1.5 million - are in urgent need of emergency relief due to rising violence, insufficient access to clean water, health and nutrition, said the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Friday.
UN chief urges G20 finance chiefs to support global COVID vaccine plan, climate finance
Jul 11, 2021, at 04:05 am
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s largest economies to spearhead a global COVID-19 vaccination plan, expand debt relief to developing countries battered by the pandemic, and step up funding for climate action.
Turkey: 11 irregular migrants from Pakistan held
Jul 10, 2021, at 11:47 pm
Istanbul: As many as 11 irregular migrants from Pakistan were held in Turkey's northwestern Kocaeli province on Friday, media reports said.
Bangladesh records 185 new COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
Jul 10, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh continues to witness a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic as 185 new deaths were recorded due to the virus in the past 24 hours.
Afghanistan: Two separate explosions rock Kabul, Kandahar, 4 die
Jul 10, 2021, at 09:41 pm
Kabul: Two separate explosions rocked Kabul and Kandahar provinces in Afghanistan which left at least four people dead on Saturday, media reports said.