Category: International

Five terrorists were killed by security forces in intelligence-based operations (IBOs) carried out in North and South Waziristan, the military’s media affairs wing said on Friday. In a press release the Inter Services Public Relations said: “On March 10, IBOs were conducted by security forces in North and South Waziristan districts. During conduct of the […]

OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Canadian police said on Thursday they were investigating allegations that two Montreal-area centers were being used as Chinese state-backed “police stations” to intimidate or harass Canadians of Chinese origin. The investigation adds to mounting allegations of Chinese interference in Canada’s internal affairs, including accusations by Ottawa that Beijing tried to influence the […]

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations (UN) has called on the government of Pakistan to investigate the death of former senator Usman Kakar and an alleged “Kill List” that names several individuals to be eliminated. The call was made in a joint letter by four UN Special Rapporteurs on human rights, dated December 27, 2021, which was […]

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan termed the government crackdown as “shortsighted”. “There is now an acute need for both the government and opposition to hold a political dialogue, lower the political temperature and find a solution to this perpetual impasse,” it stressed. Amnesty International strongly criticised the ban and called for it to be […]

GENEVA: United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday demanded action from Beijing to address “grave concerns” over the human rights situation in China’s Xinjiang province. Turk has been under pressure from Western nations and rights organisations to take a firm stand on Xinjiang following a bombshell report by his predecessor which cited possible crimes […]

BBC reports that: Protesters have clashed with police in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, after parliament backed a controversial draft law which critics say limits press freedom and suppresses civil society. Riot police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse the crowds outside the parliament building. Some protesters were seen falling on the ground and coughing, […]

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Wednesday that police personnel involved in baton-charging the participants of Aurat March — a public demonstration held annually in various cities to mark International Women’s Day — in Islamabad had been suspended. In a tweet, the minister said “other persons responsible for misbehaviour” were also being identified and proper […]

Pakistan is once again, going through a deep economic crisis. Like always, we have no other choice except to throw ourselves at the mercy of the IMF. Our perennial dependence on cheap and easy foreign money has finally come to haunt us. Even a cursory review of the trend in the country’s rising imports over […]

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan leads Gallup poll according to the latest results released by the survey agency, reported The Friday Times. 62% of Pakistanis blame the incumbent Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government rather than the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the current economic meltdown and political chaos, according to a recent Gallup poll. […]

At least nine personnel of the Balochistan Constabulary were martyred while nine others sustained injuries in a bomb attack in Bolan, SSP Kachhi Mahmood Notezai told on Monday. According to the police, the blast occurred near the Kambri bridge area of Bolan and the injured are being shifted to Divisional Headquarters Hospital. Senior Superintendent of […]