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World |2015-10-14 16:30:57
Two killed, scores injured during protests by Sikhs in India's Faridkot

FARIDKOT: At least two people were killed and over 100 people, including cops, injured during clashes between Sikh community protestors and police over an alleged incident of desecration in Faridkot district of Indian Punjab, according to reports published on The Hindu and the Hindustan Times websites...
Sikhs belonging to Faridkot and its adjacent Moga district in Indian Punjab have been holding protests for past two days after more...
Archive |2017-06-02 02:46:27
IS news agency’s founder ‘killed’ in strike

BEIRUT: The founder of the militant Islamic State group news agency was reportedly killed with his daughter in an air strike last week in eastern Syria, Syrian activists said on Thursday...
The militant group itself has not reported the death of the founder of Aamaq news agency, Baraa Kadek...
Pakistan |2017-06-02 03:09:34
Pakistani journalist working for Iranian news agency attacked

ISLAMABAD: A 25-year-old journalist — Zeshan Ali, who works for the Iranian news agency IRNA — was injured after being tortured by two armed men here on Thursday...
Muhammad Raza Monafi, IRNA’s bureau chief in Islamabad, told Dawn that Mr Ali after covering usual events of Ramazan in Sector G-9 was returning to the agency’s office in Sector G-6 when two men riding a motorcycle intercepted his bike and beat him up...
World |2018-09-22 12:35:02
8 Guard members killed in attack: Iranian news agency

The agency did not elaborate...
The semi-official Fars news agency, which is close to the elite Revolutionary Guard, said two gunmen on a motorcycle wearing khaki uniforms carried out the attack...
Archive |2019-06-24 14:35:02
Qatari-Pakistani economic partnership to amount to $9bn: state news agency

Qatar is making $3 billion dollars worth of new investments in Pakistan, in the form of deposits and direct investments, the state news agency said on Monday...
Following this investment, the economic partnership between Qatar and Pakistan will reach $9 billion, Qatar News Agency reported, quoting Qatar’s foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani...
Archive |2020-01-08 20:05:02
Kuwait denies US troop pullout, says news agency hacked

Kuwait on Wednesday denied reports that the United States had decided to withdraw its troops from the Gulf state, saying the Twitter account of its official news agency had been hacked...
The state-run Kuwait News Agency tweeted that the Kuwaiti defence minister had been informed by the commander of US forces in the emirate of their intention to withdraw from the Arifjan base within three days...
Business |2022-08-05 23:05:01
UAE to invest $1bn in Pakistani companies: state news agency

The United Arab Emirates intends to invest $1 billion in Pakistani companies across various sectors, state news agency (WAM) reported citing an official source in Abu Dhabi...
The UAE is keen to continue cooperation with Pakistan “in various fields, which include gas, energy infrastructure, renewable energy, health care,” the agency added...
Archive |2023-02-26 09:15:00
RSS-backed agency to feed news to Doordarshan

NEW DELHI: In a sign of the times, India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati will now entirely rely on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-backed news agency, Hindusthan Samachar, for its daily news feed, The Wire reported on Saturday...
On Feb 14, Prasar Bharati, which runs Doordarshan and All-India Radio, signed an exclusive contract with Hindusthan Samachar — a decision which came some two years after it cancelled its...
Pakistan |2017-09-30 23:02:54
Pemra seeks ARY News response to IB complaint against 'fake news'

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers suspected of links with banned militant groups allegedly compiled by the IB...
The list first came to light when ARY News programme 'Power Play' aired a report on Sept 25 claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on...
Pakistan |2018-03-24 20:35:03
Local news channel claims to have hired first transgender news anchor

Local news channel Kohenoor News on Friday claimed to be the first in the country to have hired a transgender woman as a news anchor...
Maavia Malik, who launched her career in the entertainment industry as a model, was first seen on Kohenoor News during a Pakistan Day news transmission on March 23...
Pakistan |2019-04-16 21:15:03
Pemra serves notices to ARY, Bol News over 'fake' news regarding cabinet reshuffle

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has issued show-cause notices to ARY News and Bol News for airing news items regarding a reshuffle in the federal cabinet and change in the portfolios of some federal ministers, it emerged on Tuesday...
The two media outlets had aired the news on Monday morning about a possible reshuffle in the posts for Minister for Finance and Minister of State for Interior held by Asad Umar...
World |2015-05-17 17:31:53
German spy agency told US of bin Laden's presence in Pakistan: German media

BERLIN: Germany's foreign intelligence agency helped United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, where United States special forces killed the Al Qaeda leader, reported a German newspaper on Sunday...
The German spy-service BND provided a tip-off that bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan, with the knowledge of Pakistani security services, according to the Bild am Sonntag report, which was...
World |2017-10-18 20:46:55
25 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency

Pakistan has arrested at least 25 Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing illegally in its waters, officials said on Wednesday...
The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) made the arrests during the last four days, impounding four wooden boats, a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media...
Pakistan |2017-04-15 21:51:17
India Coast Guards cancel talks with Pakistan Maritime Agency

The Foreign Office on Saturday said talks scheduled between the Pakistan Maritime Agency (PMA) and the Indian Coast Guards have been cancelled...
Nafees Zakaria, spokesperson for the FO, said talks were cancelled by India and not Pakistan...
Pakistan |2017-05-18 19:34:36
British agency's tip-off helped uncover Pakistan Super League scandal: ICC

Britain's National Crime Agency provided the initial intelligence that helped uncover a major spot-fixing scandal in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), a leading official from world cricket's governing body said on Thursday...
Flanagan, head of the ACSU since 2010, said: “The inquiry was absolutely led by the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) throughout and our role was simply that before the PSL match we received intelligence that was...