Daily Archives: March 16, 2019

Karachi: The dead statues society

Imagine a surprisingly youthful Queen Victoria fixing you with a regal stare while a headless male figure, presumably Prince Albert, stands by her side. Close at hand, the blindfolded...

BANGLADESH TEAM TO RETURN HOME FROM NZ SATURDAY NIGHT

Members of the Bangladesh cricket team check into Christchurch Airport as they look the leave on 16 March 2018 following the deadly massacre on two mosques in the city....

PM MODI SPENT RS 3,044 CRORE ON ADVERTISEMENTS, CLAIMS MAYAWATI

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) BSP chief Mayawati claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent Rs 3044 crore on advertisements, adding that the lumpsum amount "could have been spent for...

KHOST JOURNALIST KILLED IN ARMED MEN ATTACK

A local journalist in Khost province lost his life after he was severely wounded in an attack by unknown armed men in the west of Khost city on Friday...

GASIM IBRAHIM AND WIFE AISHATH CLASH ON SUPPORTING FORMER MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT YAMEEN

Aishath Nahula, the Maldivian Transport Minister and wife of the Jumhooree Party (JP) leader Gasim Ibrahim, has stated that she would not support any candidate backed by former President...

PAKISTAN SEEKS $500 MILLION LOAN FROM ADB

Pakistan has requested the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to approve a $500 million loan in budgetary support before June this year, as it faces difficulties in retaining foreign exchange...

Candidates Doubt IEC’s Capacity To Hold Timely Elections

Two presidential candidates and some members of electoral monitoring organizations on Friday said they doubt the capacity of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to hold the presidential elections on...

Peace in Afghanistan within reach: Imran Khan

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said Friday that peace in Afghanistan is “around the corner,” referring to the efforts by the United States for a political settlement to the...

UNDP honours Bhutan King

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has presented a Special Award of Recognition to the Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck for advancing human development and the wellbeing and...

Nepali endorses protocol of Nepal-China TTA

The Nepali government endorsed the protocol of Nepal-China Transit Transport Agreement (TTA) and authorized its commerce secretary to sign the protocol, a cabinet minister of Nepali government has said...

China backs Pakistan with primary weapons and complex exercises

The international community may be urging Pakistan to act on terror organisations operating from its soil but relations with ‘iron brother’ China have gone from strength to strength over...

Australia’s largest ever defence engagement with Sri Lanka to unfold

Australia’s largest ever defence engagement with Sri Lanka is set to unfold this month, Acting Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Jon Philp said Friday (15 March). He said that...

NZ MOSQUE ATTACK: BANGLADESH MISSION IN CONTACT WITH AUTHORITIES

Following the gruesome terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch on Friday, Bangladesh high commission in Canberra has intensely engaged with the New Zealand authorities for safety of members...

China deflects India’s call for UN sanctions on leader of Pakistan-based militants

China has again blocked an Indian request to blacklist the leader of a Pakistan-based militant group that claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Indian paramilitary police in disputed...

READY TO TALK TO MODI IN COUNTRY’S ‘BEST INTEREST’: IMRAN

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he is ready to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ‘best interest of the country’ but this offer should...

CONGRESS WANTS MODI BIOPIC BANNED DURING LOK SABHA ELECTION PHASE

The National Students' Union of India – Goa, the Congress party's student wing, has written to the Election Commission of India objecting to the proposed release of a biopic...

Solving the Kashmir puzzle

Pakistan has been seeking enforcement of a 1948 UN Security Council resolution which states that a plebiscite should be held across Kashmir asking residents there whether they want to...

Sri Lanka’s debt problem wasn’t made in China

Global media and numerous "experts" routinely assert that Sri Lanka was forced to cede a strategically important port to China after being lured into a debt trap by easy...

Narendra Modi’s post-Pulwama doctrine: Securitise politics, politicise security

The Pulwama terror attacks unleashed an ugly frenzy within the Indian public sphere. There were angry calls for retributive action and even war from sections of the television media...

US-Afghan tensions erupt over Kabul’s exclusion from peace talks

The United States and Afghanistan clashed publicly on Thursday over US peace talks with the Taliban, with a visiting Afghan official accusing the chief US negotiator of “delegitimizing” the...

AA accuses EU of pro-gov’t bias in statements on Rakhine conflict

The Arakan Army (AA) says it will stop targeting police task force members in Rakhine State when the European Union guarantees that police have ended what it says is...