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Beijing: China is facing a major diplomatic crisis in Africa as several nations have now voiced their concerns amid reports that African nationals are facing COVID-19 related racial discrimination in the East Asian country. more
Experts believe Gilgit-Baltistan, PoK are turning into COVID-19 epicentres, blame Imran Khan govt

Islamabad: Experts are claiming that Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are fast emerging into COVID-19 hotbeds of the country and even the PM Imran Khan- ...

Hindu national forcefully converted to Islam in Karachi

Islamabad: When the world is busy fighting COVID-19 outbreak, radical Islamists in Pakistan continued to convert by force, the latest being a Hindu national in Karachi city.

Pakistan lawyer highlights Imran Khan govt's lackluster attitude in dealing COVID-19 situation in Gilgit-Baltistan

Islamabad: Amidst coronavirus epidemic, Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region appears to have been forgotten by the country's government after a prominent lawyer of Astore, one of ...

Africans nationals facing widespread harassment in China in the wake of Covid-19: Reports

Wuhan: After emerging as the epicentre of the COVID-19 disease, reports are now emerging that African students and expatriates in China are facing evictions from their homes and are being ...

COVID-19: PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan families complain of police atrocities, lack of proper medical facilities

Gilgit: Apart from alleged improper implementation of policies by the government at a time when the country is facing COVID-19 outbreak, reports are now emerging that Pakistani agencies a ...

COVID-19: Baloch National Movement condemns police action against protesting doctors in Pakistan

Quetta: The Baloch National Movement (BNM) on Friday condemned the police action against doctors who were protesting against lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for health wo ...

Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in 2017 attacks, UN watchdog finds

New York : The Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in three separate attacks in March 2017 on the central town of Ltamenah that affected a total of at least 106 people, the Orga ...

‘Say no to hate speech and xenophobia’, urges Guterres, marking 26 years since genocide in Rwanda

New York : Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda, 26 years ago, the UN chief underscored on Tuesday that ...

Pakistan govt allegedly follows discrimination in giving ration to minorities, Christian woman claims she was asked to read 'Kalma'

Islamabad: A shocking tale of discrimination by PM Imran Khan-led government has come to fore during the COVID-19 crisis in Pakistan where certain families, belonging to the religious min ...