Former premier Yousaf Raza Gillani, a senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, was elected unopposed as the Senate chairman on Tuesday. Syedal Khan Nasir of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N was also elected unopposed as deputy chairman of the upper house. In today’s session, disrupted and boycotted by supporters of ex-PM Imran Khan, protests from More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced squads for five One-Day Internationals and one four-day match against Sri Lanka A. Wicket-keeper batsman Ikram Alikhil will lead Afghanistan A, which will arrive in Sri Lanka on April 25 and commence their tour with an ODI on April 28. ACB said the second ODI would take place More
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says a possible ban on Facebook in Afghanistan will further impede the free flow of information in the country, but the Taliban says FB has itself restricted freedom of expression and does not allow issues related to the Taliban to be published. The Committee to Protect Journalists said it More
Two individuals have been killed and five others wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The overnight explosion occurred in a crowded shopping area of Khuzdar town late on Sunday evening, police said. Many people, including women and children, were busy with Eid shopping when the blast happened, Dawn reported. At least More
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived on a two-day visit in Beijing on Monday for talks on ‘burning issues’ of common interest. The top Russian diplomat is due to meet China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, TASS news agency reported. They will focus on the situation in Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific region, bilateral cooperation More
Turkey has canceled the visa-free travel regime for Tajik citizens in compliance with a presidential decree, media reports said on Sunday. “A decision was made to cancel the visa-free regime for citizens of Tajikistan holding ordinary foreign passports when traveling to Turkey,” Anatolia news agency reported. The measure is based on the Law on Foreigners More
Two people were killed and seven others injured after police and a gunman exchanged fire in Florida State of the United States, reports said on Sunday. CBS News reported the clash occurred in in a bar at CityPlace Doral, a leisure destination in Miami, in the early morning and gunshots were then fired among a security guard, More
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has warned against political activities in the country citing the ban on political parties after the takeover of the Taliban, a statement said on Friday. A statement from the MoJ said that political parties had been banned after the takeover of the Taliban and a department functional at the ministry More
The Pakistan government’s decision to resume the evacuation process of Afghan refugees on April 15 has made Afghan refugees living in Pakistan worried. According to reports, Pakistan last year expelled around 500,000 Afghans and now Islamabad wants to resume the process of Afghan refugees’ evacuation. Nargis Nahtani, an Afghan refugee living in Pakistan for the More
At least five Iranian security forces have been killed in two separate attacks in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, media reports said on Thursday. At least 15 militants were also killed in the overnight clashes in the Iranian towns of Chabahar and Rask in the impoverished province, Iranian state media reported. It said ten more More
