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ANP mayoral candidate shot dead in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Pakistan's Awami National Party leader and candidate for tehsil mayor in Dera Ismail Khan was shot dead, a day before polling for local government seats which were scheduled to take place in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Sunday.
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Pakistan's debt mounts over USD 15 billion, breaking previous year's recor
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Shattering the previous record of 10.45 billion US dollars, Pakistan took out 15.32 billion US dollars in new foreign loans in the fiscal year 2020-21, according to a new government report.
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Cases of sexual assault, rape, kidnapping, domestic violence increased in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] December 19 (ANI): Pakistan's Punjab province has recorded an increase in cases of violence including sexual assault, harassment, rape, kidnapping and domestic violence, according to the Punjab Gender Parity report 2019-20.
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Pakistan: 2 killed, 5 injured in bomb blast
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Two people were killed and five others were injured after a blast hit Bajaur district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, media reported citing police on Sunday.
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OIC's Under-Secretary-General urges international community to provide urg
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Under-Secretary-General Tariq Ali Bakheet on Sunday urged the international community to come forward and provide the people of Afghanistan with immediate humanitarian aid.
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Iran calls for sending humanitarian aids to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Iran on Sunday called for sending humanitarian aids to Afghanistan regardless of political interests on the sideline of the Organization of Islamic Organization (OIC) Summit held in Pakistan.
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Pakistan has much higher COVID-19 mortality rate in comparison to global d
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Despite health experts claims that COVID-19 has been less lethal among Asians, global data has shown that Pakistan's mortality rate is far higher than in many regions, a media report said.
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Pakistan: OIC Foreign Ministers begin discussion on humanitarian situation
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): The 17th Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) started in Islamabad on Sunday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, reported local media.
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Pakistan to host Islamic Co-operation Organisation meeting on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Pakistan is set to host a special meeting of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and navigate its way out of an emerging humanitarian and economic crisis.
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3 terrorists killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pakistan Army
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Pakistan security forces have killed three terrorists including an acquaintance of Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a top leader of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
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If state gives space to extremists, Frankenstein monsters are hard to chai
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 18 (ANI): On the seventh anniversary of the deadly attack against Army Public School students in Peshawar by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistani media has come out all guns blazing on the subsequent governments which it says gives space to extremists an
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Imran Khan condemns Sindh government's refusal to join Ehsaas Ration Progr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 18 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday condemned the Sindh government for not participating in the Rs 106.1 billion Ehsaas Ration Programme (ERP) starting from December 31.
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