ISLAMABAD: Another group of 97 Pakistani nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived in Karachi on Saturday as people continue to flee the war-torn country which the UN chief said “is falling apart”. This brought the total number of evacuated Pakistanis to 357, as 260 landed in Karachi a day ago. The group was flown from […] Read more
Abdul Qayoom, a retired Indian soldier, gives tips to civil servant Sanjeet Kumar (right) about using a bolt-action rifle in Dhangri village of India-held Kashmir.—AFP DHANGRI: Brandishing a bolt-action rifle, civil servant Sanjeet Kumar is one of 5,000 Kashmiri villagers who have joined all-Hindu militia units armed and trained by Indian forces to fight off […] Read more
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has completed distribution of third & forth phases of NFI Kits consisting of 15,000 NFI kits among flood affected people living in Punjab and Sindh. As a result, a total number of kits distributed has gone up to 50,000 and 350,000 Individuals were benefited from these NFI […] Read more
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Tajikistan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck around 5:37 am local time (0037 GMT) at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres (12.7 miles). The USGS estimated that “little or no population” would be exposed to landslides from the quake. Its epicentre appeared to be in Gorno-Badakhshan, […] Read more
NEW DELHI: Indian tax authorities raided the BBC‘s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions in the Gujarat riots. Police sealed off the New Delhi office, which occupies two floors, and half a dozen officers were stationed outside to prevent people […] Read more
• 1,243 people put to death in the kingdom between 2010 and 2021, says Reprieve • Pakistanis make up highest number among those executed KARACHI: While the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has rebranded itself as a country open to investment, tourism and engagement with the rest of the world under powerful Crown Prince Mohammed Bin […] Read more
RAMALLAH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shuttled from Israel to the Palestinians’ West Bank on Tuesday, appealing for an end to resurgent violence and reaffirming Washington’s backing for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict. Blinken is urging calm on both sides after last week’s killing by a Palestinian gunman of seven people outside […] Read more
GENEVA: All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters. Despite three “brutal” years of the Covid-19 pandemic, strong preparedness systems are “severely lacking”, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said. The […] Read more
UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s one-day visit to Islamabad — scheduled for today — has been postponed due to bad weather conditions, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday. “Due to weather conditions, President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to the friendly Islamic Republic of Pakistan scheduled for […] Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The internet has “super-charged” hate speech, allowing perpetrators to spread their “lies, conspiracies and threats,” the United Nations warned, hours after an anti-Islam activist burned copies of the Muslim holy book near a Copenhagen mosque facing the Turkish embassy in Denmark. “Around the world, we see a groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance, […] Read more