17 die of dengue fever, 9000 cases reported across Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: A health official said that 8,933 dengue cases have been reported from across the country, while 17 people lost their lives during the current year. Chief of Disease Surveillance Division at the National Institute of Health (NIH) Dr. Rana Safdar told the media that 2,132 cases were reported from […]
Beijing to open one more visa office in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: China has decided to open a visa office in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw province bordering Afghanistan, to boost economic relations with Pakistan, Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday. According to the state-run radio service, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing made the announcement while talking to the media […]
Child murder cases spark violence in Pakistan city
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: The rape and murder of three minor children in Kasur has sparked protests across the Kasur city of Punjab province. The protesters shut down shops and transport and pelted stones at police station on Wednesday. They also blocked roads leading to the police station by setting tyres on fire. […]
Pakistan refuses India’s request to open airspace for Indian PM Modi
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not be allowed to use Pakistan’s airspace for his upcoming visit to Germany, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, after New Delhi requested Islamabad’s permission. Announcing the decision via a video statement, Qureshi said the Indian High Commissioner had been informed of Pakistan’s […]
IMF officials, Pakistan PM discus bailout package
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Director Middle East and Central Asia Jihad Azour met Prime Minister Imran Khan at the PM Office here on Tuesday. Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and Governor State Bank Dr Reza Baqir were present in the meeting. The IMF delegation […]
Pakistan women’s football captain named mental health champion for British charity
By Nasir Aijaz AsianN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan women’s national football captain Hajra Khan has been named as the new ambassador for the British Asian Trust, one of the Prince of Wales’s charities in the United Kingdom. According to a press release issued by the organisation, Hajra will help create mass awareness about mental health issues, […]
Hindu community’s business remains shut in Pakistan’s restive town Ghotki
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Although the situation in Ghotki town of Sindh province remained relatively calm on Monday following two days of violence, fear from mob attacks gripped the Hindu business community who kept their shops shut in main bazaar and other localities. The Muslim religious extremists had ransacked three temples, a school, […]
Hindu temples, houses, school ransacked in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Law and order of Ghotki town and surrounding areas in Sindh province of Pakistan deteriorated on Sunday as students of seminaries took to the streets to protest against an alleged incident of blasphemy and ransacked Hindu Temples, houses, shops and a school owned by Hindu community The protests […]
Four Pakistan soldiers killed in firing near Afghan border
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Four soldiers of the Pakistan army were martyred and one other was injured in two separate incidents of firing by militants near the Afghan border, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. The first incident occurred in North Waziristan tribal district, where miscreants opened fires on a routine patrolling […]
Pakistan-India Davis Cup tie to be held in November in Islamabad
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: The upcoming Davis Cup tie between Pakistan and India has been rescheduled for the week starting November 25 in Islamabad, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has said. “The Davis Cup Committee has determined that the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie between Pakistan and India will be rescheduled for […]
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