A South African paraglider has made the first legal flight off Mount Everest, an expedition organiser said yesterday, opening doors for “climb and fly” adventurers on the world’s highest mountain.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah announced on Tuesday that the federal cabinet had decided it would not allow the PTI to hold its planned long march to the capital, which is due to take place on May 25 (tomorrow).

Sri Lanka hiked petrol prices by 20%-24% on Tuesday and also increased diesel prices by 35%-38%, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said.

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, has said they must not forget other difficult situations in the world including the Rohingya crisis that need its attention and resources while focussing on the "catastrophic emergency" in Ukraine.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday told the military to stick to its stated stance of being "neutral".

Bangladesh Education Minister Dipu Moni has said India needs to ensure “protecting and guaranteeing the fundamental rights of every citizen including minorities” if it wants to emerge as a great world economic power.

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital yesterday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday he would like to pivot away from single-issue transactional relationship with the United States as he seeks to repair frayed ties with Washington.

The US dollar, which had closed at a historic high of Rs200 on Thursday, extended its gains against the rupee for the 11th consecutive session today (Friday) as it gained 25 paisa by close.

Sri Lanka's prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season to boost productivity.

Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Thursday that the government has imposed a ban on the import of 38 non-essential luxury items under an "emergency economic plan".

Sri Lanka’s central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said yesterday, but police fired tear gas and water canon to push back student protesters.

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said yesterday.

Sri Lanka’s beleaguered president side-stepped a censure motion yesterday after his fractured coalition rallied to delay a resolution blaming him for the country’s worst economic crisis.

Taliban authorities yesterday said they have dissolved Afghanistan’s independent human rights commission as it was “not considered necessary”.

India and Nepal will build a 695 megawatt hydropower plant, officials said yesterday, as the Himalayan nation looks to exploit its abundant

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol and is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister said yesterday in an address to the nation.

Sri Lanka's new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country's power minister told citizens not to join the lengthy fuel queues that have galvanised weeks of anti-government protests.

For the first time, Pakistan’s remittances crossed the figure of $3 billion in a month, which gave hope that the country would achieve its annual remittance target of $30bn.

A suicide bomber killed three children, age between 4 and 11, and three soldiers in an attack on a military vehicle in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan,