New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) There is a growing unrest in Pakistan’s resource-rich regions like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan as Islamabad is riding roughshod over the rights of these states to their natural minerals.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The increasing stranglehold of the military Generals on Pakistan's economy is diverting the country's resources for defence expenditure amid rising poverty and unemployment levels in the country.
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation highlighted a deeply troubling pattern of extrajudicial killings, custodial deaths, and other widespread rights violations across Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) As Indian exporters brace for the impact after additional 25 per cent US tariffs on key goods came into effect on Wednesday, reports said that Trump tariffs are likely to affect the US GDP by 40-50 bps by triggering inflationary pressures.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Expressing "deep regret" over the killing of journalists in Gaza's Khan Younis, India on Wednesday reiterated its consistent stand of condemning the loss of civilian lives in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
New York, Aug 27 (IANS) Even as he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “a very terrific man”, US President Donald Trump stuck to his threats of “a very strong tariff system” against anyone over the Ukraine-Russia war, and gave an embellished narrative of his role in ending the Operation Sindoor conflict.
United Nations, Aug 27 (IANS) For the 17th time, the General Assembly has rolled over Security Council reforms to the next session after failing again to agree on an agenda-setting text for the discussions.
New York, Aug 26 (IANS) Amid tensions between India and the US over tariffs and claims of mediation, senior officials of the two countries held virtual consultations at which they “advanced bilateral initiatives” and discussed trade, the State Department said on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province is grappling with a fresh military offensive as a "targetted operation” by the Pakistani army against Islamist militants near the Afghan border has caught several innocent civilians, including women and children, in the crossfire, exposing them to deadly bombardments and widespread displacement, a report cited on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Pakistan’s organ trafficking racket is operating openly, under the “very nose of the state” with surgeons, nurses, and anesthetists implicated in these crimes, turning spaces meant for healing into hubs of exploitation, a report cited on Tuesday.
