New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The biggest concern for Pakistan amid the ongoing protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is the growing possibility of the unrest drawing international attention.
Kabul, Aug 6 (IANS) As many as 460 Afghan families, comprising 2,292 people, returned to the country from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, a top Taliban official said on Thursday. Sharing a daily operational report from the High Commission for Addressing Returnees’ Issues on social media platform X, Taliban Deputy Spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat detailed that 372 families, comprising 1,947 people, returned to Afghanistan through the Torkham crossing. As many as 17 families, comprising 85 individuals, returned to Afghanistan through the Spin Boldak crossing and a total of 66 families, comprising 239 individuals, returned to the country through the Silk Bridge crossing in Nimroz province.
Kathmandu, Aug 6 (IANS) A planned international conference on Tibetan studies in Kathmandu has been cancelled after Kathmandu University (KU) withdrew from hosting the event following a government directive. Local media reports have linked the decision to concerns raised by China, although the university says it does not know of any such pressure.
Tokyo, Aug 6 (IANS) India's Ambassador to Japan, Nagma Mallick, on Thursday, laid flowers at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and paid tribute to the victims of the atomic bomb.
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Several members of the Kashmiri diaspora staged a protest outside the Pakistani Consulate in Bradford city of the United Kingdom, condemning brutalities by Pakistani forces against peaceful protesters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Islamabad, Aug 6 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) held nationwide protests to mark three years of PTI founder Imran Khan's imprisonment, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi announcing that the party will again hold a march on September 27 if authorities do not lift the restrictions imposed on the party founder, local media reported on Thursday.
Suva, Aug 6 (IANS) India and Fiji on Thursday held discussions on strengthening cooperation in affordable social housing, sustainable urban development, waste management and local governance.
Dhaka, Aug 6 (IANS) Amid an ongoing gas crisis in Bangladesh, owners of CNG filling stations are facing mounting financial losses as low gas supply has reduced sales at most stations to less than half, local media reported on Thursday.
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Former Pakistani state minister Rukhsar Ahmed, who was arrested in the United Kingdom in July 2024 on suspicion of raping vulnerable young girls in Manchester in the 1990s and trafficking children in care as part of a grooming gang, has been "re-elected" as a "lawmaker" from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), according to media reports.
Islamabad, Aug 6 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expressed grave concern over the Pakistani government's new Foreign Media Facilitation Guidelines 2026, warning that these measures come amid an increasingly restrictive environment for media freedom, with the space for independent journalism continuing to shrink in the country.
