At least three people, including the president of the Khuzdar Press Club, have been killed and six others wounded in a bomb explosion in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Khuzdar police chief Ghulam Mustafa told the BBC Friday’s blast in Khuzdar targeted Khuzdar Press Club President Siddiqullah Mengal’s vehicle. Mengal and two passers-by were killed More
A passenger bus overturned in Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan region on Friday, killing at least 20 people and injuring as many more, rescue officials said. Diamer district rescue officer Shaukat Riaz told Dawn.com that the bus was travelling from Rawalpindi to Gilgit when the driver lost control near Gunar Farm. Subsequently, the bus with 43 passengers More
Turkey has suspended all trade ties with Israel in protest over the war in Gaza, media reports said on Saturday. Bloomberg news agency quoted Turkey’s trade ministry as saying: “All import and export transactions related to Israel, including all products, have been stopped.” “Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures until the Israeli More
At least 70 people lost their lives in 77 militant attacks in Pakistan during April, says an Islamabad-based think-tank. In a monthly security report, the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) the fatalities included 35 civilians, 31 security personnel and four militants. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, particularly its southern districts, bore the brunt of More
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concerns at the police treatment of pro-Palestine protestors at the Columbia University in New York. Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college More
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan on Sunday announced Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will take over as deputy prime minister. Dar, a trusted aide of Pakistan Muslim League supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, was elevated to the position at a time when both Prime Minister Shehbaz and Dar were in Saudi Arabia to attend the More
An arrest warrant has been issued for renowned Pakhtun nationalist leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai, A judicial magistrate issued the warrant for the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief for failing to appear in a case, according to Dawn. The case is related to what the prosecution calls the grabbing of state-owned land and alleged meddling in More
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due in Beijing today (Wednesday) to discuss a range of bilateral, regional and global issues with Chinese officials. “Blinken will travel to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) April 24-26,” the US State Department said in a statement. Blinken will meet senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing More
About 80 earthquakes and aftershocks jolted the eastern coast of Taiwan, including the capital city of Taipei, on Monday night. The biggest tremor had a magnitude of 6.3 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale, the Taiwanese Meteorological Authority announced. Reuters reported the quakes were centred largely on the rural eastern county of Hualien. The aftershocks were felt More
Pakistan and Iran have decided in principle to ban terrorist outfits operating in the two countries and beef up border management cooperation. At a meeting in Islamabad on Monday, interior ministers of the two countries decided to take steps for the prevention of smuggling and drug trafficking. The state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported Interior More
