Nepali Congress party wins most seats in general election

The ruling Nepali Congress party has emerged as Nepal's single largest party after winning 89 seats in the 275-member parliament in a general election last month, and its leader, Sher Bahadur Deuba, looks set to stay on as prime minister.
7 December 2022

Smog forces closure of Lahore schools for 3 days a week

Pakistan’s Punjab government has announced the closure of schools three days a week across Lahore in view of aggravated levels of smog..A notification to this effect was issued last night by the provincial government..“In compliance with the directions of honourable Lahore High Court
7 December 2022

Death of journo in Kenya: Pak SC to oversee probe

Pakistan’s Supreme Court yesterday set up a panel of five judges to supervise an investigation into the death of a prominent journalist who was
6 December 2022

Afghan blast kills 7

A roadside bomb killed seven petroleum company employees aboard a bus in northern Afghanistan yesterday, a provincial police spokesman
6 December 2022

1971 war 'a military failure', says Pakistan foreign minister

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said the "Dhaka debacle in 1971 was in fact a military failure that had brought a host of challenges for the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto-led PPP"..Bilawal, also PPP chairman, made the comments on Wednesday at the Nishtar Park rally, organised to m
2 December 2022

Pak embassy in Kabul attacked, one injured

Pakistan's embassy in Kabul came under attack today with gunfire injuring a Pakistani security guard, officials said, in what Islamabad called an attempt to assassinate its head of mission, who was unhurt.
2 December 2022

Sri Lanka ends resort blackouts to lure back foreign tourists

Sri Lanka said on Thursday that it was reorganising its blackout-prone electricity grid to guarantee power to tourist resorts, in an effort to lure back foreign travellers after a bruising economic crisis.
2 December 2022

Sri Lanka ends resort blackouts to woo back tourists

Sri Lanka said yesterday it was reorganising its blackout-prone electricity grid to guarantee power to tourist resorts, in an effort to lure back foreign travellers after a bruising economic crisis.
1 December 2022

BSF to install 5,500 CCTV cameras at Bangladesh, Pakistan borders

India's Border Security Force will install 5,500 security cameras, and buy drones and other monitoring gadgets for surveillance at the country's borders along Bangladesh and Pakistan.
1 December 2022

15 killed as blast hits Afghan school

A blast tore through a religious school during prayer time in the northern Afghan province of Samangan yesterday, killing 15 people, a provincial spokesperson
30 November 2022

3 killed in Quetta suicide blast: Pakistan Taliban claims attack

Three people were killed and 23 injured Wednesday when a suicide bomber targeted a police truck in western Pakistan, an attack claimed by the domestic chapter of the Taliban.
30 November 2022

Pakistan’s new army chief takes command

General Asim Munir took over as the new chief of army staff (COAS) at a ceremony held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi today.
29 November 2022

Imran Khan says his party to quit all assemblies

Springing the much-touted ‘surprise’ on his political allies and opponents alike, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan announced on Saturday his party’s intention to disassociate itself from the “current corrupt political system” by quitting the assemblies of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
27 November 2022

‘Why don’t our institutions learn from old mistakes?’

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan yesterday lamented his country’s institutions’ incapability to learn from past mistakes as he addressed thousands of supporters at a rally after being shot earlier this month in an assassination attempt he blamed on his successor.
26 November 2022

Imran Khan vows to fight on in first rally since being shot

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan told tens of thousands of supporters Saturday he would fight with his "last drop of blood" in a first public address since being shot in an assassination attempt earlier this month.
26 November 2022

Pakistan’s Imran Khan to address first rally since being shot

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is expected today to address thousands of supporters at his first public appearance since being shot earlier this month in an assassination attempt he blamed on his successor.
26 November 2022

Taliban's treatment of women may be crime against humanity: UN experts

The Taliban's treatment of Afghan women and girls, including their exclusion from parks and gyms as well as schools and universities, may amount to a crime against humanity, a group of UN experts said Friday.
25 November 2022

‘We will not surrender’

More than a dozen Afghan women protested briefly in Kabul yesterday, calling for their rights to be recognised on the eve of the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
24 November 2022

Lt Gen Asim Munir Pakistan’s new army chief

After weeks of intense speculation and rumours, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chose Lt Gen Asim Munir as the new chief of army staff (COAS).
24 November 2022

1971 war political failure, not military: Pakistan army chief

In his final public address as Pakistan's army chief, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa yesterday said the 1971 war with Bangladesh was a political failure of Pakistan and not a military one.
24 November 2022