26 killed, 50 injured in suicide bombing in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN: A suicide bombing at the Quetta Railway Station on Saturday morning (Nov. 9, 2024) has resulted in the deaths of at least 26 people, including 14 military personnel, and injuries to more than 50. According to the police, the attack took place at the platform as passengers […]
China, Pakistan apex trade bodies form Alliance for land – sea corridor
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), the apex trade bodies of two countries, have formed an alliance for land – sea corridor; which comprises of chambers of commerce & industries of […]
First batch of 27 Palestinian medical students from Gaza arrives in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz The Asian Representative ISLAMABAD: The first batch of 27 Palestinian medical students arrived in Lahore city of Pakistan from Cairo on Sunday October 13, 2024 to continue their medical studies. This batch of students is part of 192 Palestinian medical students from war-torn Gaza who will continue their medical and dental studies […]
Pakistan: New version of old story of Ali Baba and 40 Thieves
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’ is an Arabic folktale, the most popular and widely read and retold across the world including Pakistan, especially for children. According to the story, as I read in my childhood, Ali Baba was a poor woodcutter and an honest person who discovers […]
Pakistan: Police shoot dead a doctor accused of blasphemy, set his body on fire
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: The police on Thursday September 19, 2024, reportedly shot dead a doctor, identified as Dr. Shahnawaz Kumbar, accused of blasphemy, in Mirpurkhas city of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan, declaring that he was killed during an ‘encounter with the police’. The police, after killing the doctor, […]
Pakistan Army arrests its former Spy Chief Lt. Gen (R) Faiz Hameed
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army has arrested Lt. Gen. (Retired) Faiz Hameed, the former Chief of country’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in connection with a housing scheme scandal. He will now face the Court Martial. “Former ISI chief Lt General (R) Faiz Hameed has been taken into custody,” said the […]
Pakistan Military thwarts attack on a Cantonment, kills 10 terrorists
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: A group of ten terrorists targeted the Bannu Cantonment in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, resulting in the martyrdom of eight soldiers in the early hours of Monday July 15. The security forces however effectively thwarted the attack, killing 10 terrorists, the Pakistan military said in a statement on […]
Over 4,000 Pakistani students stranded in Bishkek airlifted
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH: Some 205 more Pakistani students stranded in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, after the violence, arrived at Jinnah Terminal Karachi on Thursday morning. Chief Minister of Sindh province Syed Murad Ali Shah received the students at the airport. More than 4000 Pakistani students have been airlifted so far. […]
Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project delayed due to international pressure – Iranian Envoy
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH: Consul General of Islamic Republic of Iran Mr. Hassan Nourian says that the international pressure was the main cause behind delay in execution of Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project. “Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project, conceived in 2009, was originally named as Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline Project, but after India backed […]
Pakistan invites Saudi Arabia for joint ventures in country’s airports, state-owned airline
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has invited Saudi Arabia for joint business ventures in the privatization of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and airports as Pakistan aims at bolstering foreign investment to stabilize its shaky economy. The offer was extended to a high-powered Saudi delegation led by […]
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