Lahore (TIP): Two teenage girls were allegedly gang-raped by seven men in Lahore, sparking outrage over increase in sexual assault cases in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The Opposition has demanded resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Usman […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has ordered a 10-day nation-wide lockdown from August 20 night, amidst mounting pressure from medics and the powerful Buddhist clergy to curb the raging third wave of Covid-19 […]
Karachi (TIP): Its curtains down for Pakistan’s “iron lady” Dr Seemin Jamali, who has treated hundreds of victims of terror attacks and other crisis situations in her over three decades of service and takes pride […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s main opposition CPN-UML, the largest communist party in the country, has officially split, with one of its factions led by dissident leader Madhav Kumar Nepal applying for registering a new political party […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Former Malaysian Deputy PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob moved closer on August 19 to forming the next government after securing a parliamentary majority from the same coalition that collapsed earlier this week. Muhyiddin […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan is issuing visas upon arrival to all diplomats, foreigners and journalists who want to leave Kabul over security concerns. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on August 18 that since Sunday, 900 […]
Islamabad (TIP): Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is set to form the next government in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as it emerged as the largest political party in the legislative assembly election in the […]
Kabul (TIP): Afghan security forces have foiled a Taliban attack on the city of Taluqan city, the capital of Takhar province, and killed 28 militants, an official said on July 27j27. The Taliban militants, according […]
Medan (Indonesia) (TIP): A rumbling volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on July 28 shot billowing columns of ash and hot clouds down its slopes. The ash released by Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province reached […]
Lahore (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally filed a reply in a defamation case and identified a “common friend” who allegedly offered him Rs 1,000 crore on behalf of Shahbaz Sharif to withdraw […]
Islamabad (TIP): The connectivity conference in Tashkent attended by almost all foreign ministers from Central and South Asia saw sparks fly between Pakistan and Afghanistan before both sides cooled the tensions with a meeting between […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui has been killed in Afghanistan, said the country’s ambassador in Delhi. Kabul (TIP): The 41-year-old, who was chief photographer for Reuters news agency in India, was on assignment when […]
Dhaka (TIP) : India and Bangladesh have reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening the expanding multifaceted cooperation, as foreign ministers of met in Tashkent and discussed a range of issues, including regional connectivity, Covid and […]
Lahore (TIP): Six members of a family, including three children, were buried alive when the roof of their house collapsed in Pakistan’s Lahore city. The incident took place at Lahore’s thickly-populated area Shad Bagh on […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday formally became the country’s Prime Minister for a record fifth time after the Supreme Court’s intervention. Becoming the Prime Minister of Nepal for the fifth […]
Islamabad (TIP): Pakistan expects some five lakh fresh Afghan refugees in case of a civil war in neighbouring Afghanistan, according to a media report here on July 7, amidst the Taliban militants gaining rapid strides […]
Kabul (TIP): The Taliban’s march through northern Afghanistan gained momentum overnight with the capture of several districts from fleeing Afghan forces, several hundred of whom fled across the border into Tajikistan, officials said July 5. […]
Yangon (TIP): Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 persons on July 8 in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta at a town in the centre of the Southeast Asian nation, two residents […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains across Nepal have left at least 38 people dead, including seven children, and wounded over 50 others in the last 20 days, the Home Ministry […]
Kabul (TIP): American troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan on July 2, leaving behind a piece of the World Trade Center they buried 20 years ago in a country that the […]
Islamabad (TIP): A top Pakistani court on July 2 withdrew its earlier decision to ban the popular Chinese short video-sharing platform TikTok for spreading immorality in the country. The Sindh High Court (SHC) on June […]
Islamabad (TIP): A top Pakistani court on June 24 dismissed appeals by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction in two corruption cases by an accountability court, as it described him as a “fugitive […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Questioning the impartiality of President Bidya Devi Bhandari in the May 22 dissolution of the House of Representatives, lawyers representing petitioners against the move have argued that her actions make it clear that […]
Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal on June 23 announced to resume both domestic and international flights with restrictions and to limited destinations, weeks after the services were suspended due to the imposition of lockdown amidst the second […]
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lanka’s former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on June 23 was sworn in as an MP for a record ninth consecutive time, creating history as the only politician in the country to have […]
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