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South Asia
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19 June 2021, 05:38 AM
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South Asia
India calls for ‘open and inclusive’ Indo-Pacific based on sovereignty, peace
16 June 2021, 09:57 AM
South Asia
Police trying to find out if Chinese man illegally entering India from Bangladesh is a spy
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South Asia
NAWAZ SHARIF REFUSES TO GO TO HOSPITAL
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has declined to be shifted to a hospital despite his health condition deteriorating in Adiala
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
'IMRAN PROMOTING HATE POLITICS'
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan's former wife Reham Khan has once again hit out at the cricket-turned-politician, accusing
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Attempts on to defame judiciary
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has said attempts are being made to defame the judiciary and any harm caused to the institution can
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Historic polls or a military dud?
The run up to the Pakistan polls have been overshadowed by terrorist attacks, hundreds of arrests and accusations of widespread interference by the military. They have also seen a massive crackdown on the media and controversy over militant groups' electoral participation.
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Pakistan votes under military shadow
Pakistan's military fanned out across the country ahead of today's election, deploying hundreds of thousands of troops to oversee polling stations in a short but acrimonious contest that analysts say is still "up for grabs".
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
PTI ahead
A poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan based on data from five separate polls carried out in the months leading up to today's elections forecasts
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
RULERS OF PAKISTAN
RULERS OF PAKISTAN
24 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Nepal minister quits after remark on Nepalese female MBBS students in Bangladesh
Nepal’s Law Minister Sher Bahadur Tamang, who came under criticism from several quarters for his controversial remarks on Nepalese students studying MBBS in Bangladesh, resigns.
24 July 2018, 15:46 PM
Army, LEAs take over polling stations ahead of election day in city
The otherwise dull campaigning for the July 25 elections in Karachi finally gains momentum on the last day of electioneering in the country including Karachi.
24 July 2018, 10:59 AM
Pakistan voters mull options as curtain falls on election campaign
As election campaigns come to a closet, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership round off their campaigns by predicting victory for themselves in the July 25 elections whereas Pakistan Peoples Party chairman promised a progressive Pakistan with a commitment to democracy.
24 July 2018, 04:24 AM
Jailed Sharif denied personal doctor: party
Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is suffering from high blood pressure but has been refused permission to see his personal doctor, his party said yesterday.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Minorities face daunting test
As Pakistan heads into parliamentary elections tomorrow, the country's minorities are looking for better representation and a voice that will speak up for them.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Hospitalisation of Nawaz advised
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif falls ill as he suffers from heart and kidney problems and a medical team recommended that he be shifted to a hospital.
23 July 2018, 04:35 AM
Dozens hurt in Nepal healthcare protest
Dozens of protesters in Nepal have been injured in clashes with police at a demonstration in support of a hunger-striking doctor seeking
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Afghan VP Dostum escapes killing plot
Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home yesterday from more than a year in exile in Turkey over allegations of torturing and abusing a political rival.
22 July 2018, 18:00 PM
FACTBOX: Islamist parties running in Pak polls
Religious parties - some new, others long-established - are fielding more than 1,500 candidates for national and provincial assemblies in Pakistan's general election on July 25.
22 July 2018, 05:16 AM
Hard-line Islamists push religion to centre of Pakistan polls
Pakistani cleric Hafiz Saeed is one of the United States' most-wanted terrorist suspects, accused over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. At home, his charities are banned, as is a new Islamist political party launched by his followers.
22 July 2018, 04:58 AM
'LeT CANDIDATES!'
The United States remains concerned about the participation of Lashkar-e-Taiba-affiliated (LeT) individuals in the elections and has conveyed its concern to Islamabad as well, says the US State Department.
21 July 2018, 18:00 PM
TRAGEDY!
Mirza Muhammad Ahmed Mughal, an independent candidate from Faisalabad's NA-103, has committed suicide after being disillusioned with not being able to secure the backing of his own family.
21 July 2018, 18:00 PM
The town that doesn't vote
There are no campaign posters in the Pakistani town of Rabwah, and no election rallies on its streets. Though they could be an influential bloc in a key electoral battleground, nearly 90 percent of its residents will not vote in a July 25 poll.
21 July 2018, 18:00 PM