Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Police statistics have shown a decline in reported street crimes in Pakistan’s Karachi from 71,105 cases in 2024 to over 64,000 in 2025. However, the same official data underline the extent to which abnormality has become normal in the country’s largest city, a report said.
Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Teacher recruitment was effectively frozen in several parts of Pakistan for over five years. A ban on teacher recruitment is not fiscal discipline but educational sabotage as it quietly pushes children out of school by denying them qualified adults in classrooms, a report said.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar, will be on an official visit to France and Luxembourg from January 4-9. During his visit to France, the EAM will meet French leadership and hold talks with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jean Noel Barrot.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) China is now reported to be eyeing northern Thailand, especially along the Thai–Myanmar border, with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) playbook to build strategic influence in the region.
Dhaka, Jan 4 (IANS) The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on all types of public gatherings in key areas in Bangladesh's capital, including near the Secretariat and Jamuna, the official residence of Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, local media reported on Sunday.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Bangladesh’s jute industry is steadily losing its edge in the global market as high production costs, outdated machinery and low productivity continue to drag the sector down, according to Bangladesh Jute Spinners Association (BJSA) Chairman Tapash Pramanik.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s textile sector, which forms the backbone of the country’s exports and industrial employment, is on the brink of collapse with workers being laid off and factories being shut.
Quetta, Jan 4 (IANS) Pakistan's Balochistan witnessed a rise in enforced disappearances, an escalation of state repression, and further restrictions on political activists in 2025. The forcible disappearance of students, political activists and relatives of people related to Balochistan resistance continued and the cases of enforced disappearances of women have increased in Balochistan, local media reported on Sunday.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Several challenges faced by the Bangladesh economy from 2025, such as the rising non-performing loans in the financial sector, are likely to spill into the new year, according to local media reports.
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) In an age of cutting-edge technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI), several installations, including government portals and academic institutions, are under increased threats of cyber espionage, purportedly driven by the Pakistan-aligned hacker group, said a news report.
