Pakistan has lifted all restrictions on visas for Bangladeshi citizens, a move being seen as an ice breaker in the frosty relations between the two Muslim-majority countries in South Asia. “Pakistan has already removed all restrictions on Pakistani visas for Bangladeshi citizens”; said a statement by the Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh; after a meeting […]
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday sentenced three men to death for sharing blasphemous content on social media. A fourth accused in the same case was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. The ATC also issued perpetual arrest warrants for four accused, absconding in the case. According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which had investigated […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday urged the protesting members of Balochistan’s Shia Hazara community to bury the bodies of the miners killed in a brutal attack in Mach, promising he would visit them “very soon”. On Sunday, armed attackers slit the throats of 11 miners in a residential compound near a mine site in […]
Indonesia will begin its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program on January 13; with President Joko Widodo set to be given the first jab, made by China’s Sinovac Biotech. The mass inoculation program will begin in the capital, Jakarta; Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin announced on Tuesday; while vaccinations in other regions will follow on January […]
At least 11 coal miners were killed in the Mach area of Balochistan on Sunday after armed militants kidnapped them and took them to a nearby area before opening fire at close range. Police authorities said the miners were on the way to work when armed militants kidnapped them and took them to the nearby […]
A 22-year-old student was shot dead by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) personnel in the G-10 area of Islamabad on Saturday. According to reports, Osama Satti was coming after dropping his friend in the area of Shams Colony. Speaking to the reporters, Farrukh Satti, cousin of the slain; said that ATS personnel were on patrol in the […]
Five women have been killed in war-torn Yemen after a projectile exploded at a wedding held on New Year’s Day in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah; officials told the local news agency. The government and Houthi rebel forces blamed each other for the Friday night bombing of the hall near Hodeidah’s airport; a […]
A police constable shot dead a man while trying to flee after killing a woman; also a murder suspect, who took to the orthopedic ward of the KDA; Teaching Hospital here in police custody. SHO KDA police station Saifullah Khan told that Shamoon, a proclaimed offender wanted in a murder case; said he came from […]
The EU is launching a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc’s top official says is a “touching moment of unity”. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had been delivered to all 27 member states. Some countries started administering the jabs on Saturday, saying they […]
Seven rare deer mysteriously died in the Bahawalpur zoo on Saturday. The zoo management said 12 other deer are in critical condition; 22 have “treated” after dozens of deer suddenly started getting sick. It suspected that the deer died after eating poisonous fodder; however, the management of the zoo is saying it cannot comment on […]
