Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) A leading minority rights group on Tuesday drew attention to the killing of a Christian spiritual leader in Pakistan, who was shot dead outside his residence in Punjab province, barely two months after narrowly surviving a similar attempt on his life in Islamabad.
Dhaka, Dec 9 (IANS) As political conflict escalates ahead of next year’s election in Bangladesh, differences between the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) over election campaigning in the Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj district erupted into violence, leaving around 15 Jamaat workers injured, local media reported on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani will arrive here on Wednesday for a three-day official visit to India.
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) A policeman was injured after assailants targeted a police station in Bannu district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported.
Kuwait City, Dec 9 (IANS) Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Sarthak arrived at Kuwait's Shuwaikh Port on Tuesday to a rousing welcome by the cheerful school children carrying the Indian tricolour.
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts at mediating a lasting truce between Afghanistan and Pakistan after several rounds of negotiations between the warring neighbours by regional brokers failed to identify the modalities for a ceasefire, said a report.
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) India and Bangladesh successfully concluded the release and repatriation of 47 Indian fishermen and 38 Bangladesh fishermen, along with their operable vessel, on Tuesday, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) The Baloch Students Council (BSC) in Islamabad strongly condemned the ongoing trial against lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan, describing the charges filed under the country's Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) as "politically motivated".
New York, Dec 9 (IANS) A US-based press freedom organisation has written to Bangladesh's interim government's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, raising alarm over the imprisonment of four journalists on murder charges.
Quetta, Dec 9 (IANS) Another Baloch civilian was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces amid a growing wave of enforced disappearance across the province, a leading human rights organisation said on Tuesday.
