Islamabad | Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who is the founder of Pakistani nuclear programme, passed away due to lung problems on Sunday at the age of 85, his family said. Khan’s health condition started deteriorating on Saturday night, after which he was rushed to the Khan Research Laboratories Hospital in Islamabad, according to his […]
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20 dead, over 300 injured in powerful earthquake in Pakistan’s Balochistan
New Delhi | At least 20 people were killed and over 300 others injured after an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Pakistan’s Balochistan on Thursday morning, according to provincial authorities. According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre of Pakistan, the 5.9-magnitude quake struck at 3.01 a.m. with focal depth of 15 km and […]
US fears IS attack at Kabul airport
Kabul | The US has warned its citizens to avoid the Kabul airport amid concerns about the potential for attacks by Afghanistan’s branch of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, the BBC reported. A security alert on Saturday told US citizens to stay away due to possible “security threats outside the gates”. Only those individually told […]
13 Afghan children rescued while being taken to Pakistan terror camps
Kabul | The Afghan Ministry of Justice has said that the country’s intelligence forces have prevented 13 Afghan children from being taken to Pakistan for terrorist training. According to the ministry, terrorists intended to take the children to the Khyber Agency in Pakistan’s Balochistan province to impart terrorist training after deceiving their families, but the Afghan […]
Taliban displaced thousands including women & children in Ghazni
New Delhi | Disturbing eyewitness accounts have emerged of deliberate and unlawful killing of civilians by the Taliban in Malistan district of Ghazni province. According to the Afghanistan Human Rights Commission’s findings, the Taliban killed civilians after capturing the center and parts of Malistan district. In addition to violence and inhumane treatment of people, looting of […]
China reports human infection of H10N3 avian influenza
Beijing | A human infection with the H10N3 strain of avian influenza has been found in China’s Jiangsu province, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday. The patient, a 41-year-old man in Zhenjiang city, developed fever and other symptoms on April 23 and was hospitalised on April 28, Xinhua news agency quoted the NHC as […]
Nawaz Sharif denied renewal of passport, told to return to Pak
Islamabad | Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been living in London for the past 16 months after being ousted from power but was later allowed to travel abroad on medical grounds, had sought renewal of his diplomatic passport but the government has denied his request and told him to return to Pakistan. As […]
Massive quake rocks Japan, tsunami warning issued
Tokyo | An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck north-eastern Japan on Saturday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning for Miyagi prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of up to a 1-metre high tsunami in Miyagi and the first tsunami wave has already swept ashore in the city of Ishinomaki, dpa news agency […]
2mn Covid vaccine doses from India reach Dhaka airport
Dhaka: Two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India arrived in Dhaka on Thursday as a gift from New Delhi. The Air India charter flight 1232 from Mumbai carrying the consignment landed at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 11.20 a.m. on Thursday. In a tweet, Indian Minister of […]
Bangladesh to receive 2 mn Covishield doses from India as ‘gift’
Dhaka: Bangladesh Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that the country would receive two million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (Covishield) from India as a “gift” on Wednesday. Maleque confirmed to IANS that a special Air India flight carrying the consignment would be landing at Dhaka airport on Wednesday, India has said in a letter […]