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Sindh will not accept any cut in its water share amid acute crisis: Minist
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The ongoing shortage of irrigation water posed a grave threat to the agricultural economy of Sindh province.
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China replicating Xinjiang surveillance model in Shanghai
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], May 7 (ANI): In the garb of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the Shanghai lockdown to implement the most draconian of its surveillance and authoritarian systems, the kinds of which were only seen in far-off provinces like Xinjiang t
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Delay in CPEC projects sowing frustration in Pakistan, China: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Amid long delays in the completion of projects and building up arrears, the once much celebrated China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from China's Xinjiang province, running up to Gwadar in Balochistan, is increasingly becoming dysfunctional leading to i
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Suspected al-Qaida gunmen attack security headquarters in southern Yemen
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Suspected al-Qaida gunmen attacked a security headquarters in Yemen's southern province of Dhalea on Friday night, a government official told Xinhua.
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FISU postpones Summer World University Games in China's Chengdu to 2023
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (ANI/Sputnik): The Summer World University Games in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province have been postponed to 2023, the International Federation of University Sports (FISU) said on Friday.
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3 out of 4 Pakistan provinces suffer from acute food scarcity
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 6 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces are suffering from acute food shortages, according to a report released by the Global Report on Food Crises recently.
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26 people dead so far in Central China building collapse
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Changsha (China), May 5 (ANI): At least 26 people have been reported dead as of Thursday after a residential building collapsed in central China's Hunan Province, the previous week.
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Pakistan: Thatta people protest against water scarcity, blocks National Hi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Thatta [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): People of Thatta, a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh, staged a sit-in protest on Thursday, blocking the National Highway on account of the acute water shortage in the Sindh province.
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Sindh facing acute water crisis, asks Pak govt's help
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Noting the acute water shortage in Pakistan, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has made an appeal to the federal government on Thursday to address the water crisis in Sindh and provide water to the province.
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20 Afghan civilians killed in floods
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): Due to heavy rain and flooding in Afghanistan, about 20 civilians have lost their lives while 30 others were injured in over 10 provinces, informed the Afghan officials said on Wednesday.
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Armed men attack Christian school in Pakistan's Punjab province, demand ex
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Fourteen armed men attacked a Christian school in Sheikhupura city in Pakistan's Punjab province and demanded extortion money from the principal of the school as well as issued death threats if the school authorities failed to make payment.
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Tension runs high along Pak-Afghan Nimroz border
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions along the border in Afghanistan's western Nimroz Province remain high despite efforts by both sides to defuse the situation.
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