UNITED NATIONS — The Taliban’s move to restrict women from working could immediately cost the Afghan economy up to $1 billion, or 5% of GDP, the United Nations Development Programme said in a new report as the militant group seeks global help to avert a deepening crisis. The UN report painted a grim picture of […]
LAHORE — The Lahore High Court on Saturday set aside a trial court’s conviction and acquitted six senior leaders of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s banned Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) in a terror- financing case. Saeed-led JuD is the front organisation for the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the terror outfit responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday highlighted the need for improving ties with India, but cheekily said that after his country’s victory against the latter in the T20 World Cup 2021 it was ‘not a good time’ for such a conversation, according to a media report. Addressing the Pakistan-Saudi Investment Forum in […]
NEW DELHI — China on Saturday passed a new law to strengthen and govern its land borders amid the ongoing military tension along the disputed boundary with India. The legislation formalises combining the military defence of China’s land borders with improving social and economic development in border areas. It further strengthens the People’s Liberation Army’s […]
BEIJING — Authorities in China cancelled hundreds of flights, closed schools and ramped up mass testing on Thursday to try and stamp out a new COVID-19 outbreak linked to a group of tourists. Beijing has maintained a relentless zero-Covid approach with strict border closures and targeted lockdowns, even as other countries tentatively try to ease […]
ISLAMABAD — Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Thursday that Pakistan has received an invitation from India to attend a conference on Afghanistan and a decision about attending the meeting would be taken in due course of time. Qureshi made the comments while addressing a press conference in Islamabad after returning from his day-long […]
NEW DELHI — The Taliban have said India offered extensive humanitarian assistance to the Afghans in its second official meeting with the Indian side on the sidelines of the Moscow Format meet. The Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary, PAI (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) JP Singh and the Taliban delegation led by Deputy PM Maulavi Abdul Salam […]
LAHORE — A loud explosion shook Lahore Thursday afternoon. A boiler at a beverages factory, located on the Multan road, blasted, killing the a passerby, and injuring the factory manager. Videos from the site showed heavy smoke and flames billowing into the sky. Within a few hours, the blaze engulfed the entire factory. People living […]
BEIJING — Three people were killed and over 30 others injured on Thursday after an explosion at a restaurant in Shenyang, capital of China’s Liaoning province, according to local authorities. The blast took place at around 8.20 a.m. at the restaurant located in in Taiyuannan street, reports Xinhua news agency. It caused damages to the […]
NEW DELHI — Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has condemned the recent attacks against the Hindu community in his country, saying this is “not the red and green we wanted to see”. In a Facebook post written in Bangla Monday, Mortaza said this is the loss of an entire nation. “We witnessed two […]