Tibetans-in-exile in Shimla observed the 36th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, with special prayers and offerings. The Jonang monastery jointly organised the event with the Shimla chapters of the Tibetan Women’s Association and the Tibetan Youth Congress. Tibetan monks, men, and women gathered at the Dingu...
The truth about Pakistan is out of the bag, with its defence minister admitting that Pakistan has been funding and backing terrorist groups. In a video clip that has now gone viral, Pakistan’s defence minister is in conversation with Sky News’s Yalda Hakim, when she asks him, ” But you...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered Pakistan’s GDP growth forecast for fiscal year 2025 to 2.6 percent. In its April 2025 World Economic Outlook report, the IMF reduced Pakistan’s growth estimate from 3% to 2.6%, becoming the second major international financial institution to cut the country’s growth outlook for...
China released its latest white paper on Tibet, Human Rights in Xizang in the New Era, on March 28. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calls this date “Serf Emancipation Day.” It is the anniversary of the CCP’s dissolution of Tibet‘s legitimate government in 1959. After 70 years of control, China’s legitimacy in Tibet remains an...
The Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority concentrated in China’s Xinjiang region, have drawn global attention due to reports of severe human rights abuses. In 2017, Beijing initiated a campaign under President Xi Jinping aimed at eradicating separatism and terrorism in Xinjiang. However, this effort has been widely condemned...
A planned joint naval exercise between Pakistan and Sri Lanka near the strategically vital Trincomalee harbour was quietly called off weeks ago after India raised objections, PTI reported, citing sources. The drills, part of routine military ties between Colombo and Islamabad, were shelved following New Delhi’s intervention. Trincomalee, on Sri Lanka’s...
The Thai authorities have arrested the Chinese executive of the construction company that was building the State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, which collapsed after strong tremors jolted the nation late in March, leaving several people dead. Zhang Chuanling was taken into custody at a hotel in the Ratchadaphisek area of the...
More than 172,000 Pakistanis left their homeland in the first quarter of 2025 to seek job opportunities abroad, with nearly 100,000 individuals categorised as general labourers, according to official data. The Bureau of Immigration and Overseas Employment (BI&OE) updated on its website the details of Pakistanis who went out of...
UK government officials have expressed private worries that drones manufactured in China are being utilised to capture high-resolution imagery of essential national infrastructure locations in the UK, contrary to guidance provided by the nation’s security services National Grid Plc, which manages the country’s electricity and gas distribution networks, employs drones...
The Baloch Human Rights Council of Canada recently demonstrated in the Canadian city of Toronto, demanding the immediate release of Mahrang Baloch and other leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC). Organisers told ANI news agency that the protest marked the beginning of a wider solidarity campaign calling for their...