The acting leader of Myanmar’s parallel civilian government said it will seek to give people the legal right to defend themselves as the death toll in protests against last month’s coup exceeded 80, according to an advocacy group. Mahn Win Khaing Than, who is on the run along with most senior officials from the ruling National League for Democracy Party, addressed the …

A Muslim boy was beaten in India for entering and drinking water from a Hindu temple, multiple Indian media outlets reported on Sunday. The incident took place on Thursday in the city of Dasna in Ghaziabad district, which lies in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The 14-year-old boy had entered the temple to drink water when he was noticed by …

Police in London drew widespread criticism after handcuffing mourners at a vigil for a woman who was murdered after setting out to walk home, in a case that has sparked national fury about violence against women. Officers scuffled with some members of the hundreds-strong crowd that gathered despite coronavirus restrictions for a candlelit tribute late Saturday close to the spot where 33-year-old …

LAHORE: PPP Punjab Assembly parliamentary leader Hasan Murtaza has asked the PML-N leadership to take notice of Talal Chaudhry’s taunt to Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, saying the former minister is trying to create differences among the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) parties. “In order to please his old masters, PML-N leader Talal Chaudhry is trying to create differences in the PDM. Talal should …

Upward trend continues in Islamabad as 402 new cases emerge Punjab govt issues new timings for bazaars under which they will remain shut on weekends Traders reject new timings RAWALPINDI: While the upward trend in Covid-19 cases continued in Islamabad with 402 more infections, the Punjab government imposed a micro-smart lockdown in four localities of Rawalpindi and issued new standard …

ISLAMABAD: Trophy hunting has been a success story in Pakistan but private as well as some registered trophy hunting operators are failing it by offering foreign hunters a menu of off wild animals that are endangered and need to be protected, learnt through sources in the World Wildlife Fund and the Ministry of Climate Change. In theory, trophy hunting presents …

ISLAMABAD: Experts at a webinar on Saturday feared that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) might become a debt trap if the authorities did not efficiently actualise the targets of the game-changer initiative. Institutions, experts and the public at large are still unclear about the scope and targets of CPEC where the Pakistan government has committed billions of dollars to pool …

ISLAMABAD: Strong evidence has been found that people in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) use Twitter to communicate about service delivery issues and this phenomenon is increasing, according to a World Bank research. Tweets about service delivery have been dominated by the topics of access to clean water, education, economic development and healthcare. There is also a significant …

ISLAMABAD: In an eff­ort to mount a worthwhile legal challenge against the rejection of seven vital votes polled during the election to the office of Senate chairman on Friday, the Pakistan Peoples Party has put together a formidable team comprising three former Senate chairmen and a former governor of Punjab that would likely file a petition on the matter before …

PESHAWAR: A jirga backed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has helped the residents of Karak district and members of the Hindu community reach an agreement to settle issues that arose after the desecration of a local Hindu shrine over two months ago. On Dec 30, 2020, a mob had vandalised and torched the Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj shrine in the …