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Kazakhstan’s largest city back online after clashes, blackout

Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan 10 (AFP/APP):Kazakhstan’s largest city was back online and appeared to be returning to normal on Monday, as the nation observed a day of mourning after clashes that left dozens dead and the financial hub of 1.8 million people reeling. Almaty, the country’s […]

Fire at Bangladesh Rohingya camp leaves thousands homeless

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Jan 9 (AFP/APP):Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire gutted parts of a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, police said on Sunday. About 850,000 of the persecuted Muslim minority — many of whom escaped a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar […]

Afghan professor arrested for calling Taliban ‘stooge of Pakistan’

Kabul – January 9 (ONLINE): A prominent Afghan university professor who openly criticised the Taliban’s hardline regime has been arrested in Kabul, a spokesman for the government said. Professor Faizullah Jalal has made several appearances on television talk shows since the previous US-backed government was […]

More than 5,000 arrested since riots erupted a week ago

Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan 9 (AFP/APP):More than 5,000 people have been arrested in Kazakhstan over the riots that have shaken Central Asia’s largest country in the last week, Kazakh authorities were quoted as saying Sunday. In total, 5,135 people have been detained for questioning as part […]

UN to hold Sudan talks to end crisis after coup

Khartoum, Jan 8 (AFP/APP):The United Nations said Saturday it will launch talks to help Sudan find an end to the crisis following a military coup that stalled the transition to civilian rule. “It is time to end the violence and enter into a constructive process,” […]

Global food prices rose “sharply” during 2021: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 08 (APP):The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Rome-based agency’s Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices, averaged […]

Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up

Kabul-January 08 (Online): The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up, an official said Friday, the latest in a string of creeping restrictions. The poster, which includes an image of the face-covering burqa, was slapped […]

Govt deploys Pak Army to rescue stranded tourists amid heavy snowfall: Rasheed

ISLAMABAD, Jan 08 (APP):Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Saturday said the federal government had deployed personnel of Pakistan Army and other civil armed forces as around 16 – 19 people died in their vehicles in Murree due to heavy snowfall. In a video […]

19 tourists shiver to death after heavy snowfall in Murree

Rawalpindi-January 08 (Online): As many as nineteen tourists shivered to death as Army, Frontier Corps and Rangers were called in to rescue thousands of tourists stranded in the frosty cold of Murree and Galyat after the authorities imposed an emergency in the hill station declaring […]

Islamabad Capital Territory administration bans tourist entry from Islamabad to Murree till Sunday night

ISLAMABAD, Jan 08 (APP): Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Saturday banned the entry of tourists from Islamabad to Murree amid extreme weather conditions. “Entry from Islamabad to roads leading to Murree from Islamabad are hereby closed in public interest because of traffic jams and […]

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