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Pakistan PM Sharif urges poll body to announce verdict on 'foreign funding
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged the country's election commission to announce a long-delayed verdict in the case of "foreign funding" against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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Pakistan: Death toll rises to 23 after wedding boat capsizes in Indus rive
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): A total of 23 people have been confirmed dead after a boat carrying over 100 wedding guests capsized in the Indus river near Rahim Yar Khan city and 26 others have been reported missing, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe among 3 candidates in race to become Sri Lanka's next
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): Acting Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe is among the top three candidates for the Presidential election scheduled to be held in the crisis-marred island nation on Wednesday.
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Pakistan, China mull extending CPEC to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Pakistan and China are mulling the possibility of extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan, a development that may prove to be a security concern for India.
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Food scarcity looms in Sri Lanka, orphanages face uphill task of feeding c
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented political and economic situation in Sri Lanka, the island country is now facing food insecurity due to the ongoing crisis that could severely affect thousands of children.
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Pakistan reports 459 new Covid-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Pakistan reported 459 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, the country's National Institute of Health said on Tuesday.
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Sri Lankan Presidential polls: Sajith Premadasa withdraws, lends support t
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): In a major announcement, Sri Lanka's main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Tuesday withdrew his candidature for President of the island nation and said he is supporting rival candidate Dullas Alahapperuma for the top post.
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Rescuing Sri Lanka: India emerges as top lender, ADB second
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 19 (ANI): At a time when Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented economic fiasco, the country's finance ministry said that in the four months through April India has emerged as a top lender for the island nation.
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Pakistan may go for early elections: PML-N Minister after Imran's Punjab b
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): After former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won the Punjab bypolls, PML-N leader and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that early elections are on the cards however the decision will only be finalized post discu
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Man harasses burqa-clad woman in Pakistan, gropes her from behind
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): A burqa-clad Pakistani woman was harassed by an unidentified man who groped her from behind in day time in the country's capital Islamabad, a video of the incident that is gone viral revealed.
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Pakistani PM airs grief as 19 wedding guests meet watery grave
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed condolences to the 19 people who met watery grave after a boat carrying around 100 wedding guests capsized on Monday.
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No need to get overexcited: Maryam takes dig at Imran Khan after victory i
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Taking a dig at Imran Khan over his party's victory in Punjab bypolls, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz has said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has no need to get "overexcited".
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