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Pakistan expected to hold fresh elections in October: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Pakistan's ruling coalition and rival former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are set to hold talks over holding fresh general elections and as per local media sources the date for the same is expected to be in October 2022.
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Chinese financial watchdog official faces probe amid law violations
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Zhengzhou [China], July 24 (ANI): A senior official, Li Huanting, who worked under the Chinese financial watchdog's provincial bureau is facing a probe for serious law violations, a local media report said.
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Pakistan forms panel to probe 'harassment' charges against former NAB chie
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Pakistan government has constituted an inquiry commission to probe into the sexual offence against former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal, according to local media.
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CPC leaders including Xi given local COVID vaccine shots: Official
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 24 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party of China (CPC) leaders have been vaccinated with domestically produced COVID-19 vaccines to bring people's confidence in the domestic vaccines, according to local media.
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Gunmen kill five in central Nigeria: Police
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Unidentified gunmen on Thursday attacked a community in central Nigeria's Plateau state, killing five people, local authorities said on Saturday.
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Myanmar reports 43 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar registered 43 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 613,940, according to the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
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Bangladesh witnesses protest over attack on Hindus
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 23 (ANI): Condemning the attack on the Hindu community and the ongoing killing of Hindu teachers and rape of Hindu women in Bangladesh, a protest march was held on Friday in Chittagong, a local media reported.
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Local court grants two-day ED custody to WB Minister Partha Chatterjee
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 23 (ANI): The Bankshall Court in Kolkata granted two days Enforcement Directorate custody to West Bengal cabinet minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday. However, Chatterjee has developed heart pain and will be admitted to SSKM hospital.
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Pakistani government, opposition to hold talk on fixing date for fresh gen
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-led (PML-N) government, all allied parties and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are expected to hold talks on the date of a fresh general election in the country, a local media reported citing sources.
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Afghanistan: Sporadic gunshots heard near police station in Baghlan provin
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 23 (ANI): Sporadic gunshots were heard near the police department in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province on Saturday, a local media reported.
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Protests break out in Pakistan against poll panel's decision to postpone K
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Several opposition parties in Pakistan staged protests on Friday against the Election Commission's decision to put off local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad, which they said was a "blow to democracy." They vowed to raise their voice against
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China reports 128 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 23 (ANI): Daily caseload has begun to go up in recent days in China. The country reported 128 locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, including 42 in Gansu and 35 in Guangxi, media reports said citing the National Health Commission.
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