So, how many ports is China building in Pakistan’s conflicted province Balochistan? Surprisingly, it could be as many as three and all in Pakistan’s poorest province of Balochistan.
For the world, it is the Gwadar port that is in the spotlight. However, Baloch organisations say China is interested in building...
Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan admitted misplacing a confidential diplomatic cable as he was interrogated by Pakistan's top investigative agency at the Attock Jail in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act for wrongful use of the classified document.
Khan, 70, is currently serving a three-year jail term...
China has launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign targeting its hospitals, pharmaceutical industry and insurance funds as it grapples with mounting economic challenges and long-standing public frustration about high costs in the behemoth health care sector.
More than 180 hospital leaders, including Communist Party secretaries and hospital heads, have been put under investigation...
Erin Yao would like to take street dance classes and travel, activities she could not do during three years of COVID-19 restrictions in China.
Instead of pursuing such goals, as many economists had expected consumers to do once China lifted those curbs, she is saving more of her salary than...
As an angry mob, motivated by blasphemy claims, set fire to churches and wreaked havoc on Christian homes in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad recently, this incident in particular reminds everyone of another distressing chapter in Pakistan's history.
In an editorial, human rights activist Saima William writes that the Jaranwala incident...
The US Department of State announced visa restrictions on Chinese officials linked to the alleged systematic assimilation of over a million Tibetan children in state-operated boarding schools. This decision is part of a broader strategy by the Biden administration to address China’s treatment of its ethnic minorities, with a...
Washington: Uyghurs, the aboriginal Muslim people of China-occupied East Turkistan, have made an impassioned appeal to the “conscience of the international community”, asking whether the world would act in time to end their genocide at the hands of the Chinese or just keep watching.
Stressing the great urgency, East Turkistan Government-in-Exile...
Amid a public outcry over inflated electricity bills, Pakistan's interim PM Anwaar ul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday in which he directed authorities to devise "concrete steps" within the next 48 hours for a reduction in electricity bills.
Protests were held in several cities, including Multan, Lahore and Karachi, against...
The families affected by the Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan announced that work on the 4380 megawatts energy initiative would remain suspended until Wapda fulfils its commitments regarding land acquisition and financial package, reported Dawn.
They made the announcement during a Jirga in the Kamila area of the Upper Kohistan...
