Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Seven individuals, including six police personnel, were killed after unidentified assailants targetted a police vehicle in Kohat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, local media reported.
Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Citing a new report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) which reveals that the Punjab province's Crime Control Department (CCD) might be more violent than any other specialised squads in the country, a report has stated that policing in Pakistan cannot improve if contempt for human life goes unpunished.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Israel beginning Wednesday will reaffirm the deep and long-standing strategic partnership between the two countries, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Bangladesh, under new Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, faces structural challenges in balancing the US and China trade ties as both are vital economic partners, a new report has said.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is currently on a four-day visit to Singapore and Japan for attracting global investors and inviting big-ticket investments in the state, met Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Gan Kim Yong, and also visited an airport logistics hub with his team on Tuesday, to draw "valuable insights" and their subsequent application in building a robust aviation infrastructure in the state.
Tehran, Feb 24 (IANS) Despite "unprecedented external threats", the government remains focused on keeping Iran away from the danger of war, a top administration official stated on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) The Lahore police remains clueless about the whereabouts of a Canadian national, who was allegedly kidnapped on February 19, local media reported.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said the Parliamentary Friendship Groups constituted with more than 60 countries will deepen ties with key nations and strengthen parliamentary diplomacy as a central pillar of India's foreign policy.
Dhaka, Feb 24 (IANS) A prosecutor of Bangladesh's International Crime Tribunal (ICT) accused the outgoing Chief Prosecutor of the tribunal, Mohammad Tajul Islam, of corruption and irregularities, alleging that a syndicate led by him had turned the "Chair of the Chief Prosecutor" into a money-making tool.
Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Five United Nations special rapporteurs have voiced concern over criminal proceedings against human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan, stressing that the charges made against them may be used to suppress legal advocacy and freedom of expression, local media reported on Tuesday.
