Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan's three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected on Monday as the head of the country's most populous province, Punjab, in a move underlining the ...
CNN-News18 Exclusive: How Pakistan’s ISI Exploits Innocent Kashmiri Youth and Then Leaves Them In Despair
For decades, the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI has used and exploited innocent Kashmiri youth to spread terror in the region, only to abandon them later in Pakistan. Youths are manipulated and ...
Woman saved from mob in Pakistan in mixup over Arabic text on her dress
A woman in Pakistan had to be rescued from a mob of hundreds of men accusing her of blasphemy after they mistook Arabic calligraphy on her dress for verses from the Quran. The woman was shopping with ...
Ex-PM Nawaz’s daughter is Pakistan’s first female provincial chief minister
Maryam, Nawaz Sharif’s eldest daughter and apparent political heir, becomes first female chief minister of Punjab.
Indonesia’s largest party eyes probe into alleged election irregularities
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), the country's biggest party, will seek to launch a parliamentary probe and file a case with a top court over alleged violations around this month's ...
Online goods sellers defaulting on tax may be banned from leaving Vietnam
Online sellers of goods who fail to fulfill their tax obligations are likely to be prohibited from leaving Vietnam.
Vietnam looks to remain a strong competitor for global FDI
HANOI: Vietnam remained an exception in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the global and regional scale last year. The South-East Asian economy was expected to attract a large amount of ...
Vietnam to disconnect services for non-compliant 2G phones from March
Vietnam will begin blocking signals for non-compliant 2G mobile phones as part of its broader plan to fully phase out the 2G service this year, according to the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority ...
Japan’s Asahi eyes overseas M&A to quadruple sales of Super Dry beer
Japan's Asahi Group Holdings is on the hunt for acquisition targets in the United States and elsewhere to quadruple overseas sales of its flagship Super Dry beer by 2030, its chief executive said.The ...
Pakistan woman in Arabic print dress saved from mob claiming blasphemy
An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistakenly believing them to be Quran verses. She was saved by police who escorted her to ...