LAHORE — Pakistan police have decided to send recommendations to the provincial and federal governments for banning dangerous video games including China’s PUBG after a youth shot dead his mother and three siblings in the Lahore district of Punjab province. According to a Punjab Police spokesperson, the decision to send recommendations amid the fueling rising […]
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14-year-old boy in Pakistan kills entire family ‘under PUBG influence’
LAHORE — A 14-year-old boy shot dead his entire family, including mother and two minor sisters, allegedly “under the influence” of online game PUBG, police here in the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province said on Friday. Nahid Mubarak, a 45-year-old health worker, was found dead along with her 22-year-old son Taimur and two daughters aged […]
10 soldiers killed in terror attack in Pakistan’s Balochistan province
ISLAMABAD — Ten Pakistani soldiers were killed when terrorists attacked a security forces’ checkpost in Kech district of the restive southwestern Balochistan province, the army said on Thursday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) – the media wing of the military – said that the “fire raid” by terrorists occurred on the night […]
Pakistani Hindu lawmaker says he will visit India with pilgrims
ISLAMABAD — A Hindu lawmaker from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party said on Monday that he will travel to India later this week with a delegation of pilgrims. In a statement issued here, Patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council and Member of National Assembly Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani said that the delegation would go to […]
Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s adviser Shahzad Akbar resigns
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s point man on accountability resigned on Monday, January 24, 2022, a move termed by the Opposition as failure to implicate them in fake corruption cases. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior, Shahzad Akbar tweeted that he had submitted his resignation to the premier but vowed […]
42 people dead due to heavy snowfall in Afghanistan
KABUL — Since the last 20 days, at least 42 people have died and 118 other injured as heavy snowfall has lashed 15 provinces of Afghanistan, officials said. Meanwhile, over 2,000 houses have also been destroyed, the officials from the Ministry of Disaster Management said, adding that emergency aid to the affected people were being […]
Pakistan to hand over 20 Indian fishermen to India at Wagah border
ISLAMABAD — Twenty Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for allegedly entering into the country’s territorial waters are set to be handed over to India through the Wagah border crossing on Monday, according to a senior jail official. The fishermen, kept in Karachi’s Landhi Jail, were released on Sunday on humanitarian grounds. Deputy Superintendent of Police […]
3 killed, 20 injured in blast at Lahore’s Anarkali market
LAHORE — At least three people were killed and 20 others injured on Thursday in a powerful blast at the Paan Mandi in Lahore’s famous Anarkali market, where Indian commodities are sold, police said. Lahore police spokesperson Rana Arif confirmed the death of three persons in the blast that shattered windows of nearby shops and […]
26-year-old woman sentenced to death in Pakistan for sharing caricatures of Prophet Muhammad
ISLAMABAD — A Muslim woman was sentenced to death in Pakistan on Wednesday after being convicted of sending a blasphemous text message and caricatures of Prophet Muhammad via WhatsApp, a court said. Aneeqa Ateeq, 26, was arrested in May 2020 and charged with posting “blasphemous material” as her WhatsApp status, according to a summary issued […]
Pakistan to compensate Chinese victims of bus attack near Dasu Hydropower Project
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has decided to compensate the 36 Chinese nationals, who died and were injured in a terrorist attack last year — aimed at removing a major irritant in bilateral relations, Express Tribune reported. A total of 10 Chinese national lost their lives and another 26 were hurt in a suicide attack on a […]









