Kabul: The head of the Sikh community in Afghanistan’s restive Kunduz city was shot dead by unknown gunmen (Dec 29), the second such incident within three months, triggering fear among the minority group members. Lala Del Souz was gunned down at about 9am in the Haji Gulistan Kochi Haman area of the city, Tolo News […]
Tibet will soon become a powerful Mineral Water (bottled water) supplier, says a report dated Dec 28. For the first time, China today started transporting bottled water to other parts of the country by charter trains from the Himalayan rivers in Tibet, known for its rich water resources. A train full of Tibetan bottled water […]
An estimated 1,000 young Christian and Hindu girls, most of them underage and impoverished, are taken from their homes each year, converted to Islam and married, according to a report by the NGO South Asia Partnership. More than two million Pakistanis live as “modern slaves”, according to the 2016 Global Slavery Index, which ranks Pakistan […]
COLOMBO : “Holy Mother of G…!”, no doubt a similar expression ran through the minds of the organisers of the Catholic Church’s ‘Joy to the World’ festival. In a Christmas debacle, Sri Lanka’s Catholic church withdrew hymn sheets after lyrics of “Hail Mary” were mixed up with an expletive-packed version by rapper Tupac Shakur, a […]
LAHORE: Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s philosophy resonated in a conference in Pakistan this week, says this article in a Pakistani newspaper. Ideas and philosophies for the betterment of society are abundant but the real issue is their implementation, said Evacuee Trust Property Board chairman Siddiq al Farooq on Thursday. He was speaking at the 9th international […]
The People’s Republic of China is hopping mad because of HH DalaiLlama hobnobbing with the President, and they’re kicking up an unholy row. Now, China routinely issues ‘we’re very annoyed’ statements whenever His Holiness calls upon some world leader or the other. But now, things are taking an ugly turn. On December 16, China took […]
Dhaka: Bangladesh paid homage to the intellectuals martyred in the 1971 liberation war as President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led thousands in paying their respects in the capital (December 14). Army bugles played the ‘Last Post’ as Hamid and Hasina stood in solemn silence in a state ceremony at the Martyred Intellectuals […]
Hang on, you dry ATMs, the army has been called to the rescue! The Army has been called in to help churn out the new Rs 500 notes at a faster pace! The 200 soldiers will do the non-technical stuff. Army jawans are now assisting the Bank Note Press employees at Dewas in Madhya Pradesh […]
Islamabad: The World Bank has cancelled a USD 100 million loan to Pakistan for a natural gas efficiency project due to ‘no progress in achieving the development objectives’ and a’ lack of interest’ on the part of the gas distribution company. The bottom line is, there was a lot of pilferage. Somebody was siphoning off […]
There were no survivors after a plane carrying 48 passengers crashed into a mountain in northern Pakistan on Wednesday (Dec 7), the airline’s chairman said, as recovery operations continued late into the night at the remote crash site, according to a Reuters report. The military said 40 bodies had been recovered and rescue efforts involved […]
Tourists to the Andaman Islands are having a tough time. Heavy rains have trapped them on an island. The storm means that ferry services cannot operate. Torrential rain and rough seas have stranded around 1,000 tourists on one of India’s tropical islands off its east coast, officials said Wednesday (Dec 7). Officials from the local […]
NEELUM VALLEY (Pakistan) Residents in Pakistani Kashmir are racing to build underground bunkers for the first time since the 1990s, frightened by what they say is the worst cross-border violence since a ceasefire was agreed in 2003. Months of tension between India and Pakistan have erupted into shelling and gunfire across the disputed Kashmir frontier, […]
