Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz on Thursday appealed to citizens of Lahore to attend the upcoming December 13 rally of opposition's 11-party alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), telling them that the time has come to "get rid of the

To boost adventure tourism, the Jammu and Kashmir tourism department celebrated International Mountain Day at the conference hall of the TRC Sport Climbing at Artificial Rock in Nowgam village on Friday.Speaking to ANI, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Deputy Inspector General (DIG)

The Baloch Republic Party (BRP) organised a demonstration in Busan city of South Korea to highlight gross human rights abuses being committed by Pakistani armed forces in Balochistan province of Pakistan. The protest was held to mark International Human Rights Day on December 10. The

Teng Biao a Grove Human Rights Scholar from the City University of New York said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a threat to Global Freedom and Democracy. CCP has various ways to deny free speech. One of the ways is visa denial to professors, journalists, artists, politicians

The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states that was backed by President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed this week by the state of Texas, sought to invalidate results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and

NATO is increasing cooperation with Australia, Japan and South Korea as the trans-Atlantic security alliance reacts to security challenges it says are posed by China. The move reflects the reality that no single country can combat China on its own, according to NATO Secretary-General

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has new powers to veto or scrap agreements that state governments reach with foreign powers under laws that could stymie China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Australia and further inflame tensions between the trading partners. The laws

The United States on Thursday announced sanctions against 17 officials of China and other foreign governments, as well their immediate family members, for serious human rights violations. On Human Rights Day, United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, in a statement, said the

Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020's Person of the Year. The two made history on November 7 when they beat Donald Trump in a bitter election that put him in a small club of presidents who served only one term. Harris on that day became the country's first

US President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter has said his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation is being conducted by federal prosecutors in Delaware. Hunter Biden said he took the case "very seriously" but was confident an "objective review"

In a recent report, Pakistan’s Auditor General has revealed financial irregularities worth over Rs 2.77 billion in Peshawar’s Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) project, considered as one of the best metro bus projects in the country. The AGP report said that the changes made to the

Former Union Minister MJ Akbar has urged the Indian Muslims to play an active role in the nation-building process, like they have been doing for the past many decades. “The dangers that we Indian Muslims face, and I think one of the most important ones, is the temptation of

India’s latest round of Gulf diplomacy is being driven by three high-profile visits: Gen. M.M. Naravane will be the first army chief to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday. Later this month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be in Qatar and Kuwait, while his

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said if the opposition resigns from parliament, the government will go ahead with by-elections on the vacant seats. Speaking to a group of senior journalists and columnists at the Prime Minister’s House on Tuesday, he said whenever the government

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Tuesday rescued 19 Bangladeshi fishermen who were adrift at sea without food or water for nearly a fortnight.  Their fishing trawler was spotted inside India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by an ICG Dornier patrolling the area late on

China’s shadowy regime of detention camps along the country’s western border appears to be ratcheting up. As the country admonishes Australia over war crimes committed in Afghanistan, China’s own human rights abuses along its border with nearby Kazakhstan are

Almost half of the construction work of north India’s first Industrial Biotech Park being set up in Kathua district’s Gatti has been completed and the work is in full swing to complete the project as soon as possible to help farmers in the region. OP Bhagat, Deputy

Myanmar rice traders plan to seek help from the Ministry of Commerce and Chinese officials after a Chinese trader disappeared without paying for more than 2.6 billion kyats (nearly US$2 million) worth of their rice, according to the rice wholesale center in Muse, Myanmar’s largest

An inquiry into the Christchurch massacre has found a series of failures ahead of the 2019 attack, but concluded the tragedy was unpreventable. The inquiry was launched after white supremacist Brenton Tarrant killed 51 people at two mosques in March 2019. It found he had been able

US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin as his defence secretary, US media report. Gen Austin, aged 67, will become the first African-American to lead the Pentagon. Gen Austin, who led US Central Command during the Obama administration, would need a