Pakistan has banned 11 Christian television channels, after the country’s TV regulatory body declared them illegal in September. The move has left the country’s 2.8 million Christian residents with no public media presence, according to a report in express.co.uk. Observers have called the move a blow to religious freedom. The Pakistani Media Regulatory Authority had […]
A prominent Pakistani journalist who was banned from leaving the country after infuriating the army with a front page scoop about its clandestine support of jihadi groups has been removed from the “exit control list”. The interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, said he had agreed to remove the name of Cyril Almeida, a columnist […]
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, has died after 70 years as head of state. Thailand had plunged into deep mourning. The 88-year-old king was widely revered but had been in poor health in recent years, making few public appearances. He was seen as a stabilising figure in a country hit by cycles […]
KABUL (REUTERS) – At least 14 people were killed on Tuesday (Oct 11) when a gunman in a police uniform opened fire on worshippers gathered at a shrine in the Afghan capital of Kabul for a Shi’ite holy day, officials said. Thirteen civilians and one police officer died and 36 people were wounded, said Ministry […]
China has been quietly hinting to Pakistan that it has to get its act together on terrorism, otherwise it might have to rethink its position, according to a report in Asia Times. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, seems to have finally realized that Pakistan cannot fully reap the benefits of CPEC(China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) if eastern […]
With local Pakistani media trumpeting ‘Pakistan is the Best’, the administration tries to make much of an IMF recognition, its ambassador in the US showcasing its economic partnership with the Chinese dragon. Pakistan has been recognised as the ‘Best Country for Infrastructure Development in South Asia’ by the “Emerging Markets”, a publication of the IMF/World […]
An escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan is likely to increase Chinese support for Pakistan and add impetus to India’s strategic partnership with the United States. This will further polarise the subcontinent geopolitically and increase the nuclear threat in South Asia, says an article in South China Morning Post. China is now expected to […]
The arrows of Cupid know no discrimination, and it seems the election commissions of India and Nepal have been his target. Love, it is said, has blossomed, and it’s evident as former Indian Chief Election Commissioner will wed present Nepal CEC! Former Chief Election Commissioner of India SY Quraishi of 69 years and the current […]
On alternate days, a DTC (Delhi Tourism Corporation) or Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) bus leaves from Delhi at 6 a.m. and a bus from Lahore arrives in the evening. On Friday, it was the PTDC bus that brought passengers from Lahore to Delhi. Nothing had changed, said Lahore resident Sofia Joseph when she reached […]
During the dry winter season from October until May every year, the heavily populated Indo-Gangetic Plain is plagued by severe air pollution. In recent years, people in India and Nepal have suffered from periods of suffocating air pollution, known scientifically as Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABCs). In 2015 India’s air pollution levels overtook China’s. According to […]
As China’s telecom firm Huawei starts manufacturing in India, official media in China raised the red flag, warning that Beijing needs to worry about job cuts due to shifting of production bases as economic rivalry increases between India and the world’s second largest economy. “China needs to worry about effect of industrial transfer to India on […]
As ‘non-violent’ Bhutan pushes out its ethnic Nepali-speaking citizens, other countries bear the burden. KATHMANDU: The 90,000th Bhutanese refugee, living in Nepal, has left for the United States along with her four children for the third-country resettlement. US Ambassador to Nepal Alaina B. Teplitz bid farewell to Sahri Maya Thatal at the US Embassy in […]
