Dhaka, Aug 23 (IANS) Bangladesh's Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Saturday said that preparations are underway to conduct the next general election before Ramadan in February, warning that if any polling booth is captured, voting there will be cancelled, local media reported.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar firmly dismissed claims made by US President Donald Trump regarding American mediation in resolving the brief conflict between India and Pakistan in May this year.
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) In a sharp and unapologetic response to criticism from Western nations, particularly the US, External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar, defended India’s oil trade policies, particularly its continued purchase and export of Russian crude and refined products. He also stated that "when it comes to the interests of farmers, when it comes to our strategic autonomy, our stand is clear."
Islamabad, Aug 23 (IANS) The Human Rights Council of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the arrest of the country's prominent journalist Khalid Jamil, calling it an attack on press freedom.
Dhaka, Aug 23 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League on Saturday slammed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for "threatening" the country's media houses with legal action against any future publication or dissemination of statements from former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Islamabad, Aug 23 (IANS) More than 300 houses and dozens of shops have been destroyed in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan's Ghizer district following a glacier burst that triggered a landslide and severe flooding, local media reported on Saturday.
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced the nomination of longtime aide and trusted political strategist Sergio Gor to serve as the next United States Ambassador to India, as well as Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.
Quetta, Aug 22 (IANS) A Baloch family protesting the enforced disappearance of their son by Pakistani forces continued its sit-in demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club for the 18th consecutive day on Friday.
Washington: By any measure, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has crossed a diplomatic red line. Standing on American soil during his second visit to the United States in as many months, Munir delivered a barely veiled nuclear threat against India. He bluntly warned that should Pakistan feel threatened, even by something as seemingly technical as Indian hydropower projects on the Indus River and its tributaries, it would be prepared to plunge South Asia into nuclear conflict.
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) Tara Chand, President of Baloch American Congress, on Friday slammed the Pakistani judiciary over the continued detention of Mahrang Baloch, the chief organiser of the human rights organisation Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) along with other BYC leaders who are being kept behind bars without any charges and repeatedly forced to appear in court.
