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Pakistan: Patients suffer as govt hospitals face shortage of medicines, lack diagnostic facilities

IANS | December 24, 2025 3:07 PM

Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Government hospitals in the city of Hyderabad in Pakistan's Sindh province continue to struggle to provide even the basic healthcare facilities to patients due to acute shortage of medicines, diagnostic facilities and functional medical equipment, majorly due to alleged poor oversight by officials of the health department, local media reported on Wednesday.

Awami League raises alarm over surge in custodial deaths under Yunus-led interim govt in Bangladesh

IANS | December 24, 2025 1:57 PM

Dhaka, Dec 24 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League on Wednesday alleged that deaths in jail and police custody have risen sharply across the country under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, turning “detention into a source of fear rather than protection.”

Pakistan, Iran deport over 3,000 Afghan refugees in single day: Taliban

IANS | December 24, 2025 1:51 PM

Kabul, Dec 24 (IANS) More than 3,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, a Taliban official said on Wednesday.

Railway track damaged after bomb explodes in Pakistan's Balochistan

IANS | December 24, 2025 1:16 PM

Quetta, Dec 24 (IANS) A portion of the railway track was damaged after a bomb planted on the track exploded near Dera Murad Jamali in Pakistan's Balochistan, while police defused another explosive device, local media reported on Wednesday.

Radical ‘Rule Book’ circulated in Bangladesh brands cooperation with India as betrayal

Vicky Nanjappa | December 24, 2025 12:17 PM

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Ties with Bangladesh, which have been strained since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, worsened with radical mobs targeting the minority Hindus in the country. Over the last week, one got to witness gut-wrenching scenes whereby the minority community in the country was brutally targeted.

Bangladesh: Yunus govt had Osman Hadi killed to derail polls, says slain radical's brother

IANS | December 24, 2025 12:12 PM

Dhaka, Dec 24 (IANS) As Bangladesh's political landscape turned volatile in recent days, Sharif Omar Hadi, the brother of slain Sharif Osman Hadi, has accused a vested quarter within the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of orchestrating the killing of his brother to derail the February 2026 polls, local media reported.

'Concern about Bangladesh should be worldwide': Malta High Commissioner Reuben Gauci

IANS | December 24, 2025 11:19 AM

New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Reuben Gauci, High Commissioner of Malta to India, who also holds charge of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and serves as ambassador in Nepal, has voiced concern over the political situation in Bangladesh, emphasising the implications for both regional stability and the sizable Bangladeshi community in his country.

Pakistan's deep state behind atrocities against Hindus in B'desh: Baloch activist

IANS | December 24, 2025 11:15 AM

Quetta, Dec 24 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender, Mir Yar Baloch, on Wednesday accused Pakistan's deep state of the escalating incidents of mob lynching, hate-driven violence, and targeted attacks against the Hindu community in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh police arrest 663 people in 24 hours under Op Devil Hunt-2

IANS | December 24, 2025 11:07 AM

Dhaka, Dec 24 (IANS) At least 663 people were arrested by Bangladesh police across the country in 24 hours as part of 'Operation Devil Hunt Phase-2', a nationwide crackdown launched to restore law and order and recover illegal firearms, local media reported, citing a senior police official.

Afghan national charged in killing of US guardsman

IANS | December 24, 2025 9:32 AM

Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) The US authorities have filed federal charges against a 29-year-old Afghan national in connection with the shooting that killed National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Guardsman Andrew Wolfe in the nation’s capital.

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Pakistan: Patients suffer as govt hospitals face shortage of medicines, lack diagnostic facilities

Awami League raises alarm over surge in custodial deaths under Yunus-led interim govt in Bangladesh

Pakistan, Iran deport over 3,000 Afghan refugees in single day: Taliban

Railway track damaged after bomb explodes in Pakistan's Balochistan

Radical ‘Rule Book’ circulated in Bangladesh brands cooperation with India as betrayal

Bangladesh: Yunus govt had Osman Hadi killed to derail polls, says slain radical's brother

'Concern about Bangladesh should be worldwide': Malta High Commissioner Reuben Gauci

Pakistan's deep state behind atrocities against Hindus in B'desh: Baloch activist

Bangladesh police arrest 663 people in 24 hours under Op Devil Hunt-2

Afghan national charged in killing of US guardsman

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