At UN, Pakistan calls for steps for better protection of civilians in armed conflicts By: APP on May 28, 2022UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called on the United Nations to do more to ensure the protection of innocent people as the UN peacekeepers strive to keep peace in the conflicts raging around the world. “We strongly feel that the safety and security of civilians must be prioritised in decision-making regarding the allocation, deployment and use […]
Meta working on Instagram access issues reported by users By: Reuters on May 27, 2022Meta on Thursday said it was working on restoring Instagram after thousands of users reported issues with accessing the image-sharing platform. At its peak, more than 6,600 users reported issues with Instagram on Downdetector.com, which collates status reports on outages from sources including user-submitted errors. The outage may be affecting a larger number of users. […]
Oxygen producing plant built in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province By: Xinhua/APP on May 27, 2022KABUL: An oxygen-producing plant has been built in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province to overcome the shortage of essential gas in hospitals, the state-run news agency Bakhtar reported Friday. Constructed at a cost of 120,000 U.S. dollars, the plant with a capacity of filling 60 cylinders of oxygen gas within 24 hours was given to […]
Indian troops martyr four more youth in IIOJK By: APP on May 27, 2022ISLAMABAD: Local forces in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred four youths in Srinagar and Pulwama districts, in India Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. According to the Kashmir media service, the troops martyred two youths during a cordon and search operation in the Soura area of Srinagar and the other two in […]
Man kills ‘issue-less’ wife By: APP on May 26, 2022FAISALABAD: An man alleged shot dead his issue-less wife in the area of Samanabad police station. A police spokesman said on Thursday that one Yousuf, resident of Samanabad, had married Iram Bibi 17 years ago, but they had no children. The couple used to quarrel over the issue. On Thursday, the man reportedly opened fire […]
Scientists design crab-like micro-bots steered by laser By: Xinhua/APP on May 26, 2022BEIJING: Chinese and the U.S. scientists have developed a tiny, untethered crab-like robot capable of walking in different directions at varying speeds. A study published on Thursday in the journal Science Robotics detailed the microbots, which are made of shape-memory alloy and measure smaller than a millimeter in size. Lasers are used to directly manipulate […]
At UN, Pakistan slams India’s repression in Kashmir, spotlights Yasin Malik’s sentencing By: APP on May 26, 2022UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan Wednesday drew UN Security Council’s attention to the life sentence handed down to prominent Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik by an Indian court on fake terrorism charges, and called it the “latest illustration of Indian oppression” in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). “Like other colonialists, India has sought to portray the Kashmiri […]
Shot grandmother, acted alone: police profile Texas gunman By: AFP/APP on May 25, 2022Uvalde, United States: Before he opened fire in a Texas elementary school killing 19 small children teenager Salvador Ramos first shot his grandmother, officials said. The 18-year-old, who died when police tried to arrest him, was a US citizen and a student in Uvalde, a small community near the Mexican border where […]
JKLFN presents memorandum to Indian HC regarding Indian authorities’ atrocities in IIOJK By: APP on May 25, 2022ISLAMABAD: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Nazriyati (JKLFN) on Wednesday presented a memorandum to Indian High Commissioner expressing resentment over framing a fabricated case against pro-freedom leader Yasin Malik. In the memorandum, JKLFN invoked the attention of the Indian government towards the brutalities of Indian forces and gross violation of human rights in Indian Illegally […]
Strike in IIOJ&K against conviction of Yasin Malik By: APP on May 25, 2022ISLAMABAD: Complete shutdown was observed on Wednesday (today) against the conviction of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, by an Indian kangaroo court in a concocted case. According to Kashmir Media Service, the shutdown was being observed despite a stern warning to traders, shopkeepers and transporters by the Indian authorities against closing […]