Amritsar, July 14 (IANS) Pakistan on Sunday agreed in principle to allow visa-free, year-long travel to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara for Indian passport holders and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card holders. Throughout the year,…
Islamabad, July 14 (IANS) The World Bank Group’s Inter-national Centre for Settle-ment of Investment Disp-utes (ICSID) has announced a huge award of $5.976 billion against Pakistan in the Reko Diq case, Pakistani media reported on…
Amritsar, July 14 (IANS) Pakistan on Sunday agreed in-principle to allow visa-free, year-long travel for Indian passport holders and OCI card holders to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara. Everyday, 5,000 pilgrims will be allowed to visit…
Islamabad, July 13 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday likened his country’s money laundering suspects to the Sicilian mafia, saying they also use bribes, threats and blackmail to pressurize state institutions and the…
Kabul, July 13 (IANS) At least 10 persons were killed after a group of Taliban fighters stormed a hotel in Afghanistan’s Badghis province on Saturday, leading to a gunfight with the security forces, an official…
Islamabad/New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Improving cross-border connectivity and trade, people-to-people exchanges and educational collaboration were among the subjects discussed at the two-day civil society-led Track-II dialogue between India and Pakistan in Islamabad, the first…
Islamabad/New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) Improving cross-border connectivity and trade, people-to-people exchanges and educational collaboration were among the subjects discussed at the two-day civil society-led Track-II dialogue between India and Pakistan in Islamabad, the first…
Kabul, July 13 (IANS) A group of gunmen stormed a hotel in Afghanistan’s Badghis province on Saturday leading to a gunfight with the security forces, an Interior Ministry’s spokesman has confirmed. The group entered the…
Islamabad, July 13 (IANS) Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem has said that the government was committed to protecting the country’s Islamic law, including those pertaining to Blasphemy and the Finality of…
Dhaka, July 13 (IANS) The World Bank has approved $100 million to improve water supply and sanitation system in 30 Bangladesh municipalities. The “Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Project” will help about 600,000 people living…
Washington, July 13 (IANS) A growing number of migrants from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean are trying to cross the border between Mexico and the US. Central America and Mexico continue to lead the flow…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) A group of Chinese personnel in civilian clothes crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the sensitive Demchok area of Ladakh on July 6 and objected to the celebrations…
Kathmandu, July 12 (IANS) A decision of the Nepal government to raise visa fees for foreign tourists will come into effect from July 17, as per the Department of Immigration (DoI). Citing that the tourist…
Kabul, July 12 (IANS) Afghan Special Forces raided a medical clinic in Wardak province on the night of July 8-9 and executed four civilians, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Afghan authorities should promptly and…
Kabul, July 12 (IANS) A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up at a wedding in Afghanistan on Friday, killing six people and injuring 20 others, an official said. The attack took place at the residence…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday requested Pakistan’s Law Ministry to remove Accountability Judge Arshad Malik from his post over a video controversy. The acting IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Pakistan will not open its airspace until India de-escalates, the country’s Aviation Secretary Shah-rukh Nusrat told a parliamentary committee. “The Indian government approached asking us to open the airspace. We conveyed…
Kathmandu, July 12 (IANS) At least 6,346 farmers and entrepreneurs have been carrying out commercial coffee farming in 32 out of 77 districts in Nepal, according to a new survey. The “Commercial Coffee Farming Survey…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The third edition of the South Asia Conclave by Oxford University Press (OUP) witnessed researchers, policymakers, bureaucrats, academicians and journalists from different spheres attending and debating contemporary ideas that define…
Bangkok, July 11 (IANS) A pilot was killed and another injured after a fighter jet crashed in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province, according to the Thai air force on Thursday. Air force spokesman said the plane…