PAKISTAN

RAMADAN IN PAKISTAN: Stampedes at Flour Distribution Centres

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAsia NewsPAKISTAN7 April 20237 April 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes The plight of the Pakistani people is worsening day by day. While political representatives in Islamabad bicker over power, impoverished citizens are dying in stampedes for a single bag of…

UNSC reform negotiations attempt at transparency

by Newsdesk-Top NewsIndia NewsWorld News7 April 20237 April 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes The effort at transparency is an attempt at moving forward the reform process that has been mired in procedural wrangling by a small group of countries…reports Arul Louis After being…

‘Pakistan won’t play World Cup in India’

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAsia News31 March 202331 March 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Men in Green wants to play their WC matches in Bangladesh or Sri Lanka,….writes Vipul Kashyap Pakistan threatened to not take part in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 scheduled…

Pak Army Watches As Balochistan Crumbles

by NewsdeskArab NewsAsia NewsWorld News15 February 202315 February 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes From the time Pakistan annexed Balochistan in 1948, it has been subjected to the worst form of human rights violations. Pakistan has on its hands the blood of tens of…

Turkey snubs Pakistan, refuses to host Shehbaz

by Newsdesk-Top NewsArab NewsAsia News9 February 20239 February 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes The visit of Shehbaz Sharif to Turkey has been postponed due to Turkish leadership’s engagements related to the ongoing rehabilitation work and bad weather…reports Asian Lite News Turkey, which is…

Nationwide Power Failure Roks Pakistan

by NewsdeskAsia NewsPAKISTANWorld News27 January 202327 January 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Ministry of Energy confirmed that the system frequency of the national power grid “went down” at 0700 hours on January 23 morning and caused a “widespread” breakdown in the…

Would Pakistan Stop Throwing Kashmir Tantrums?

by NewsdeskAsia NewsColumnsWorld News23 January 202323 January 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes Pakistan’s economy is in the doldrums, youth is misguided and employed in violent services, and the socio-political atmosphere is a mawkish drama we have all watched for 70 years, the…

Taliban see foreign hand behind Pak embassy attack

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAsia News5 December 20225 December 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Mujahid said that during the investigation, they learned that the planning of the attack was jointly carried out by IS and another militant group….reports Asian Lite News The Islamic Emirate…

Delay in Reforms Push Islamabad into Default

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAsia NewsColumns26 November 202226 November 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutes Pak economy has little chance to improve without addressing structural distortions. The World Bank, identifying the main reasons for structural imbalances, observed that distortions either introduced by policy decisions or…

Imran Struggles To Mend Fences With Pak Army

by NewsdeskAsia NewsColumnsWorld News22 November 202222 November 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Imran Khan’s open blame-game against the military institutions and name calling Gen Bajwa for “illegitimately” ousting his government in April this year has crossed all “red-lines” and rendered him an…