United Nations: "Horrifying" reports have emerged that the Taliban have severely restricted the rights of Afghan women and girls in areas they have seized, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The Taliban have been inching closer to Kabul and full control of Afghanistan, fueling fears of
Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Saturday the remobilisation of the country’s armed forces was a "top priority", as Taliban fighters inched closer to the capital after routing the country’s defences over the past week. The president gave no hint he would resign or take responsibility
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday categorically rejected the "absurd remarks" by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denying India’s involvement in the recent Dasu terror attack, which claimed the lives of three Chinese and nine Pakistanis. On July 14, a bus carrying Chinese nationals and accompanying
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan A few months after the Indian government appeared to have gone to war with Twitter, the American social media platform is in the news again for its impact on Indian politics. Except this time, the accusations are flying from another part of the political
Geneva: The World Health Organization said it was setting up a new group to trace the origins of the coronavirus, seeking to end what it called “political point scoring” that had hampered investigations. The inability of the WHO to say where and how the virus began
London: UK-based charity Human Appeal has won a bid with UNICEF to launch a wide-ranging water and sanitation project in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The 18-month program, which will target the Khairpur district, will build safe water and sewage facilities in more than 1,300 villages, and will
New Delhi: Indian farmers protesting against the three contentious agriculture laws will celebrate India’s 75th Independence Day as ‘Kisan Mazdoor Azaadi Sangram Diwas’. Following a national call by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, farmers across the country will mark the day with tiranga rallies at block and
Chandigarh: Non-allocation of funds for the scheme of special central assistance to scheduled castes sub-plan for want of utilisation certificates and annual action plan to Punjab has left the standing committee on social justice and empowerment, ministry of social justice and empowerment annoyed. Special central assistance
Washington: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has welcomed the celebration of religious minorities day in Pakistan, hoping that the government would uphold the vision of inclusiveness and religious freedom advocated by its founding father, Mohammad Ali Jinnah. In a message on Pakistan’s National
Srinagar: The people celebrated Pakistan’s 75th Independence Day on in Indian Occupied Kashmir with great enthusiasm, devotion and respect. The people in IOK raised Pakistani flags in Srinagar, Khanqah-e-Moallah and other areas to express their love for Pakistan at the stroke of midnight on August 14.