Tag: Asia

Video Duration 24 minutes 50 seconds 24:50 From: Inside StoryCommittee to Protect Journalists says 80 percent of people accused of murdering journalists go unpunished.The killers of media workers are getting away with murder. That was the warning on the United Nations’ International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – President Xi Jinping has said China will continue to support Pakistan to help it stabilise its economy, as he hosted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for talks. The leaders met at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Wednesday, the last day of Sharif’s two-day visit ...

The government’s Economic Cooperation Committee backs $112m deal aimed at meeting country’s shortfall after weak production, floods.Islamabad, Pakistan – The government of Pakistan has approved a deal worth nearly $112m to import 300,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia to meet its domestic shortfall. The deal endorsed by the Economic ...

Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds 25:00 From: Inside StoryPakistan’s former prime minister is leading a protest from Lahore to the capital demanding an early election.Earlier this year Imran Khan lost a crucial no-confidence vote in parliament. It led to his resignation. But since then he has held regular rallies ...

CNN  —  Saifullah Paracha, a former detainee at the Guatanamo Bay detention facility, has been repatriated to Pakistan, according to a statement from the Department of Defense. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin previously notified Congress in September of his intent to repatriate Paracha, who had been held in US detention ...

Pir Bhakkar, Sindh – Fishing is the centre of Muhammad Kasim’s life. His family has fished near the Indus River for generations. However, the recent floods in Pakistan have turned his village, Pir Bhakkar, into a swamp. Now, his profession and his large family’s source of income are in ...

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has gathered hundreds of supporters in the eastern city of Lahore to join a caravan of cars and trucks heading for the capital, Islamabad, in an attempt to pressure the government to call snap polls. Since being removed in April through a parliamentary ...

The catastrophic floods in Pakistan have pushed the country to the brink. These floods follow the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation and the most severe heatwave the country has faced in more than 60 years. When he visited in September, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said he had “never seen ...

At least 25,000 people pay their respects to the veteran journalist who was shot dead in Kenya as allegations against the military rise.Islamabad, Pakistan – Thousands of people chanted “revolution” as journalist Arshad Sharif was buried after being shot and killed under mysterious circumstances in Kenya. His funeral prayers were ...

A two-member committee is tasked with investigating the circumstances behind the murder of investigative journalist Arshad Sharif.Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced the formation of an inquiry committee that will travel to Kenya to investigate the circumstances behind the murder of investigative journalist Arshad Sharif, who was shot ...