Pakistan’s first Metro rail, to be built in Lahore, has received a setback. The Lahore High Court on Friday (Aug 19) banned construction of the country’s first rapid mass transit system within 61 metres of historic buildings in the city of Lahore. Heritage campaigners had argued that the Chinese-funded metro project, most of which will […]
The leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nepal has called for prayers amid a state clampdown on evangelistic outreach, including the distribution of religious literature and even having a Bible in a Christian orphanage. All evangelistic activity is prohibited under a new Nepalese Constitution that came into force in September 2015. Article 31(3) of […]
Facing a shortage of candidates at home, Chinese airlines are dangling lucrative pay packages at foreigners with cockpit experience. In fact, Chinese airlines are desperate to attract pilots! Are we going to see a wing-drain from India? Unlike India, it seems that aviation is booming in China. The number of airlines has increased to 55 […]
Bangladesh: People from all sections of Bangladeshi society should denounce the use of violence in the name of religion, said Bishop Sebastian Tudu of Dinajpur in a recent seminar. Bangladeshi police organized the seminar, which drew some 8,000 people including leaders from Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Christian communities. Bangladesh is a multi-religious and multi-cultural nation, […]
KATHMANDU – Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda sent one of his trusted lieutenants from the insurgency period as a special envoy to China. He seeks to clear confusion over the future of agreements signed by his predecessor. In a balancing act, officials said Prachanda would send another deputy, Bimelandra Nidhi, a member of the Madhesi […]
Even as the Prime Minister Modi’s speech from the ramparts of the Red fort signified a no-nonsense approach to the murky Indo-Pak relationship, Pakistan on Monday (also India’s Independence Day) invited India for talks on Kashmir, saying it is the “international obligation” of both the countries to resolve the issue, notwithstanding India’s insistence that it […]
Khyber Pakhtunwala (PAKISTAN): In June, three men broke into the home of a transgender woman named Kashi, in Mansehra and attempted to rape her. They ended up shooting her several times. Kashi is only one of many transgender women in Pakistan to have been attacked in recent months. In May, Alehsa, a transgender woman and […]
KARACHI, Pakistan: It was a macabre sight earlier this week, scores of dead dogs piled up on the streets! Animal activists will probably howl with pain at the sight. The fact is that ‘man’s best friend’ is responsible for 6,500 people being bitten just in one city in the past six months. Officials have poisoned […]
GUWAHATI: The new government in Assam wants 250 ‘illegal’ Bangladeshi nationals deported immediately. Miffed at the slow deportation process, the State Government has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asking the latter to streamline and fast-forward the deportation process on a priority basis. The MHA, as part of the process, is expected to […]
On Wednesday Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Maoist Party chairperson, also known as Prachanda, was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal after K.P. Oli resigned rather than facing defeat in a vote of no-confidence. Speaker Onsari Gharti who declared the results said a total of 573 members out of total 598 (including the speaker) cast […]
Pakistani media have reported that Pakistan has the second largest number of HIV patients in South Asia. Pakistan has around 94,000 HIV positive patients, the second largest number in South Asia. According to the report of HIV /AIDs Control Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, around 157 children across the province were infected with HIV while Peshawar tops […]
NEW DELHI An Indian teenager was among 20 foreigners who were killed after being taken hostage by a group of attackers at an upmarket cafe in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, a government minister said Saturday Tarushi Jain, 19, was caught up in the horrific 11-hour siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery, a Western-style cafe popular with […]
