Istanbul, 08 May 2021 (Anadolu News) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president on Saturday strongly condemned Israel’s recent violence against worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. "We strongly condemn Israel's heinous attacks against our first qibla Al-Aqsa Mosque, that are unfortunately being carried out every Ramadan," he said in a tweet. The president also expressed...

Doha, 06 May 2021 (AlJazeera News-Reuters) Qatar’s attorney general has ordered the arrest of Finance Minister Ali Shareef Al Emadi as part of an investigation into alleged misuse of public funds and abuse of power, according to state media. Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported on Thursday that the decision had been taken after the review...

Khushab, 05 May 2021 (Geo News) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N)  has won the PP-84 Khushab by-election with a significant margin as he retained the seat that was vacated after the death of party lawmaker Malik Muhammad Waris Kallo in March. According to an unofficial and unconfirmed count that concluded early Thursday morning, Moazzam Sher Kallu...

kalcuta, India, 02 May 2021 (AlJazeera) The incumbent chief minister’s party in India’s West Bengal state has defeated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in state elections held as the coronavirus pandemic surged to crisis levels. Modi has been criticised for focusing on the elections instead of making the pandemic his top priority. Mamata Banerjee, 66...

30 April 2021 (Daily Dawn) The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a review of the GSP+ status granted to Pakistan in view of an "alarming" increase in the use of blasphemy accusations in the country as well as rising number of online and offline attacks on journalists and civil society organisations, it...

Ankara, 01 May 2021 (Anadolu News) Iran’s Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said Saturday that Saudi Arabia and Israel are believed to be behind the recent leak of an audio recording for Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Jahangiri said in statements cited by local media that the recording was released in a "sensitive time" amid talks...

Ankara, 01 May 2021 (Anadolu News) A Taliban delegation led by deputy leader Mullah Baradar met Thursday with Washington’s special envoy for Afghanistan and his delegation in the Qatari capital of Doha. Baradar and Zalmay Khalilzad discussed “the current situation of Afghanistan, the peace process and matters pertaining to them,” Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said...

Lahore, 29 April 2021 (Daily Express Tribune) Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan did not pay heed to the request of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) to get expunged the remarks he had passed against the armed forces. The CJ was hearing a matter wherein some petitioners claimed the DHA had occupied their...

Riyadh, 29 April 2021 (Daily Dawn) Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia has returned to the country while orders have been issued to six other officers of the embassy in Riyadh to return over complaints by the Pakistani community in the kingdom, the Foreign Office said in a statement on Thursday. The statement issued from Prime...

Islamabad, 28 April 2021 (Daily Dawn) The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) announced on Wednesday that it had developed the country's "first indigenous intensive care unit (ICU) ventilator" — i-Live. The ventilator was developed by PAEC's scientists and engineers while keeping in view all essential quality standards and regulatory requirements, the body said in a...