Islamabad, Nov 29 (IANS) Several leading international legal organisations have expressed their grave concerns over the ongoing judicial harassment of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha, calling on the Pakistani authorities to immediately drop all...
New York, Nov 28 (IANS) In the fallout from the killing of a National Guard soldier, US President Donald Trump has threatened to take away the citizenship of those disrupting "domestic tranquility" and halt migration from "third world countries". In...
Washington/New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) India and the United States' expanding counter-narcotics cooperation demonstrates how shared vulnerabilities can evolve into long-term alliances, disrupting transnational drug networks, protecting public health, and strengthening economic resilience in both countries, a report highlighted on...
Quetta, Nov 28 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender, Mir Yar Baloch, on Friday called on the United States administration and its investigative agencies to thoroughly reassess Pakistan's role in global security and consider placing the country at the top...
Naypyidaw, Nov 28 (IANS) China's expanding global footprint through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which involves heavy infrastructure investments across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, has not necessarily translated into admiration, a report detailed on Friday. It...
Dhaka, Nov 28 (IANS) Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members on Friday rejected the corruption charges against them, calling the claims "malicious, politically motivated and without any proper foundation". The remarks came after a Dhaka court...
Kathmandu, Nov 27 (IANS) Nepal's Central Bank has brought new 100-rupee-denominated currency notes that showcase the disputed lands of Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura — claimed by both Nepal and India — into circulation starting Thursday. Five years after the Himalayan...
Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) Teachers of Bangladesh's government primary schools resumed a full-day work stoppage on Thursday, holding a strike on school premises to press home their three-point demand, local media reported. The teachers said they would not enter the...
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) A leading minority rights organisation on Thursday expressed grave concern over a newly released national factsheet documenting 5,097 cases of violence against children (VAC) across Pakistan in the first six months of 2025. According to the...
Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) The re-emergence of terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) in Bangladesh’s public arena — marked by its gathering near Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Dhaka - has exposed how extremist ideologies do not vanish but adapt, recalibrate, and...
Tel Aviv, Nov 27 (IANS) Although the terror group Sikhs for Justice attracted several thousand participants to its referendum on creating a sovereign Sikh homeland held in Ottawa, such numbers cannot shroud the stark reality that democracies must protect citizens...
Dhaka, Nov 22 (IANS) Bangladesh's interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has directed the country’s Election Commission to hold a referendum on the same day as the February 2026 elections, the EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said on Saturday, local media...