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Pakistan's caretaker govt used threats, abuse, and detention to coerce Afg
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan's caretaker government clamped down on dissenting media, the political opposition, and nongovernmental organisations in 2023, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2024 on Wednesday.
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Pakistan elections: PML-N, four allied parties agree on seat sharing in Si
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahead of the general elections in Pakistan, five political parties agreed over seat adjustment on the national and provincial assemblies' seats in Singh, ARY News reported, citing sources, on Thursday.
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Ahead of polls, leader of Imran's PTI shot dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Shah Khalid, was shot dead by unidentified armed men in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swabi, The News International reported on Wednesday.
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Pakistan: Girl gang-raped at gunpoint in Islamabad
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A Pakistani girl was allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint within the limits of Shalimar police station in Islamabad, ARY News reported on Thursday.
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IMF approves USD 700 mn loan for Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid the crippling economic woes in Pakistan, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its first review of the country's economic reform programme and allowed the immediate disbursement of USD 700 million, ARY News reported on Thursday.
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'Nation First, Business Later': EaseMyTrip reaffirms stand to suspend trav
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid the row over the distasteful remarks by Maldivian ministers and government officials against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent visit to Lakshadweep, Indian travel company EaseMyTrip on Thursday reiterated its stand to suspend all bookings to the island nation from January
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Two alleged journalists killed in Gaza were really senior terrorists: Repo
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said that two people in Gaza who were killed by its forces and alleged to be journalists were in fact senior-ranking terrorists from Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
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India-Maldives spat: Foreign tourists, locals vouch for Indian destination
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Foreign tourists, as well as locals, are now vouching for India's top destinations, including cities, tourist attractions, and other places while shunning the sun-kissed getaway for domestic beaches instead.
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Papua New Guinea declares state of emergency after violent protests kill 1
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday declared a two-week state of emergency in the capital, Port Moresby, and suspended the Pacific island nation's chief of police after violent protests killed as many as 16 people in the country, The New York Times reported.
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Iran looms large as UN Security Council condemns Houthis
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The United Nations Security Council didn't name Iran explicitly, but the message was clear, stating, that Yemen's Houthis wouldn't be able to threaten global trade if not for the Islamic Republic's support.
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Pakistan: Islamabad Court revokes stay order in cypher case trial, declare
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the appeal against the in-camera trial of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the cypher case. The IHC had stopped the hearing of the case till January 11.
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UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor voices concern over reports of police ha
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
She said that "spurial criminal complaints" against the peaceful protesters should be dropped.
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