New Delhi: India has rejected Pakistan’s allegations that New Delhi is behind the violence in the neighbouring country where the latest in a series of bloodshed is a train hijacking by the Baloch rebels. In strong remarks, India has snubbed Pakistan after it hinted at its role in fomenting trouble in the restive area of…
The south-western province of Balochistan remains one of Pakistan’s biggest security headaches after many decades of an armed rebellion seeking independence for the mineral-rich region. The latest in a series of bloodshed is a train hijack by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), the strongest rebel group active in the region bordering Iran and Afghanistan. On…
Pakistani security forces have been locked in a deadly standoff with armed militants for more than a day after the attackers seized a passenger train on Tuesday and held hundreds hostage. The crisis is a dramatic escalation of a long-running separatist insurgency in the country’s southwest. The Baloch Liberation Army, or B.L.A., a banned separatist…
Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has said it is looking into an imported case of measles involving a 38-year-old man who returned to the city from Vietnam. News of the case emerged amid a resurgence of the extremely contagious disease in some countries. Dr Edwin Tsui Lok-kin, controller of the centre, said on…
China would assist Pakistan in selecting and training astronauts and the chosen candidates would then travel to China for further training, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said on Friday after the signing of a cooperation agreement in Islamabad. Later, one or more of them will join a Chinese crew for a short-term mission aboard…
Study design and population A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect retrospective data from the recovered cases of COVID-19 in Pakistan. The target population was adults aged 18–50 years. Pregnant and lactating females were excluded due to their special dietary considerations and health practices while older adults were excluded due to their potential recall difficulties….
Islamabad, Pakistan – In January, as Pakistani citizens battled with poor internet quality after the country began deploying a national firewall last year, some of them tagged Elon Musk on X, urging him to provide services from Starlink, the satellite internet provider the world’s richest man founded in 2019. Musk responded by saying that SpaceX, his company…
Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who have congregated in Pakistan’s capital region to seek resettlement in other countries are being ordered to move elsewhere in Pakistan by March 31. The refugees have arrived in large numbers in the capital, Islamabad, and in neighboring Rawalpindi because of the embassies and refugee agencies based there. Forcing…
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to China could not have been better timed, for optics back home. Now in the third week since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US is yet to establish any formal contact with Pakistan. Trump has already met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is meeting Japanese Prime Minister…
HONG KONG — China and Pakistan will upgrade and reconstruct Pakistan’s railway network and further develop its Gwadar port, while Chinese companies can invest in the South Asian nation’s offshore oil and gas developments, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. The comments came as Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari visits China from Feb….