Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) A leading minority rights group on Saturday raised concern over alarming rise in sexual violence against children across Pakistan describing it as a complete failure of the Pakistani authorities to protect vulnerable lives.
Quetta, Sep 6 (IANS) Several human rights organisations on Saturday strongly condemned the extrajudicial killing of a Baloch teenager by Pakistan Army-backed death squads in Balochistan which continue to target students, activists, and political opponents across the province.
Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Days after Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry had summoned Pakistan's Ambassador in Kabul to lodge a formal protest over Pakistani military strikes in the border provinces of Nangarhar and Khost, Islamabad on Saturday admitted that its security forces had recently carried out "targetted operations" in the border regions.
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a phone conversation with Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, exchanging views on recent efforts towards bringing an end to the conflict in Ukraine while reiterating India’s consistent support for peaceful resolution of the issue and early restoration of peace and stability in the entire region.
Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday stated that as many as 907 people have died and 1,044 injured so far due to the ongoing rains and flooding across the country.
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The humanitarian aid dispatched by New Delhi immediately after the initial earthquake rocked the southeastern parts of Afghanistan at the end of August is not a gesture in isolation.
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League on Saturday accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of turning “security operations” into instruments of repression in the country. The party alleged that these operations are shielding convicted killers and extremist militants rather than safeguarding the citizens of Bangladesh.
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Former Indian Ambassador to France and Monaco, Jawed Ashraf, on Saturday welcomed US President Donald Trump's recent praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it “a very welcome development” and “an early start of a process of reducing the temperature” in bilateral relations.
Seoul, Sep 6 (IANS) Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Saturday he may visit the United States to discuss with Washington the arrests of hundreds of South Koreans by U.S. immigration authorities at a South Korean battery plant site in the state of Georgia.
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) Several students at Bangladesh's Chittagong University (CU) staged a protest at the campus on early Saturday, slamming the controversial remarks made by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Sirajul Islam about the recent clashes that erupted following the assault of a female student, local media reported.
