27-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ NEW YORK: The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the country as the governing Taliban imposes new restrictions on women and attacks against religious minorities mount. Richard Bennett said on …

26-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned Pakistan’s government to set new elections in the next six days or he will again march on the capital along with millions of people. Khan spoke at a rally of thousands of demonstrators early …

25-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Clashes have been reported in Pakistan after authorities blocked roads leading to the capital, where a defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party is planning to hold a major rally to demand the removal of the government and immediate general …

25-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Mahira* has become a familiar face on Afghan television, as viewers tune in every night to watch her present the news. Even during the most turbulent recent events, the 27-year-old journalist remained calm and composed as she reported on the …

23-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Once again, in different cities of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the police have registered dozens of First Information Reports (FIRs) against three main journalists/ anchor persons and other reporters through some known and unknown ‘Space Creatures’ and ‘State Characters’ as the …

22-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Anthony Albanese’s opposition Labor party has won Australia’s election but with votes still being counted it remained to be seen if it would achieve a parliamentary majority. Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat late on Saturday even though vote counting …

21-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia’s opposition Labor Party appeared on track to win Saturday’s general election, television stations projected, as voters deserted the ruling conservative coalition in favor of climate-focused independents and smaller parties. A win would end nine years in opposition for Labor and …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ DOHA/ KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: World’s second most Hippocratic country known as Australia that is not only known as anti-Islam and anti-Muslim state but also avowed as an immature, immoral, irresponsible, uneducated, abnormal, insincere, illiterate, uncivilized, selfish, opportunist and backward but self-declared modern republic just …

18-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The acting Minister of Interior, Sirajuddin Haqqani, said the Islamic Emirate (Taliban) is committed to the rights of everyone and that it is not forcing women to wear hijab but advising them. In the second portion released of a CNN interview, …

16-05-2022 By SJA Jafri + Agencies UIGHUR/ BEIJING/ KARACHI: Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uighur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, a review of leaked data by The Associated …