Karachi, Nov 27 (IANS) An armed person stormed into a barber shop in Baldia Town in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, held customers hostage at gunpoint and took away their valuables, the local media quoted Karachi Police as saying on Thursday.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) The basic infrastructure of primary and secondary hospitals in Pakistan's Sindh continues to remain underdeveloped even after 70 years as hundreds of staff positions remain vacant in district hospitals and trauma centres for treating accident victims still not set up, the local media reported.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The US Embassy in India on Thursday thanked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after it dismantled an illegal call centre targeting US nationals and arrested a key operative in the transnational cybercrime network.
Johannesburg, Nov 27 (IANS) South Africa on Thursday termed US President Donald Trump's statement of not inviting the African nation to attend the next year's Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Miami as "regrettable".
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) India and Indonesia on Thursday reiterated the importance of maintaining a free, open, peaceful, stable, and prosperous Indo-Pacific, guided by international law and respect for sovereignty. Both sides also agreed to enhance cooperation through multilateral frameworks such as Indian Ocean Rim Association under India's chairmanship.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s long-running energy crisis has once again come under global scrutiny, this time through a hard-hitting report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Hong Kong, Nov 27 (IANS) The death toll in a major fire that tore through a residential area in Hong Kong from Wednesday afternoon has risen to 55, said the Fire Services Department (FSD) in a press briefing on Thursday.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Responding to rumours of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan having died in custody, Rawalpindi's Adiala jail authorities have said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder has not been shifted from prison and remains "in good health", local media reported on Thursday.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi has announced that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members will hold a peaceful protest outside the Islamabad High Court every Tuesday for delays in the hearing of cases against PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife, local media reported on Thursday.
Yunnan (China), Nov 27 (IANS) A test train crashed into a group of railway workers in China's southwestern Yunnan province early Thursday (local time), killing 11 people and injuring two others, according to state media.
