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At least 128 people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal when a strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot, officials said on Saturday, as houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far as New Delhi in neighbouring…

Schools across India’s capital New Delhi have been shuttered and construction activity halted as the city was declared the world’s most polluted. The New Delhi government has also announced a ban on the entry of diesel buses. The closures were…

Local sources confirmed that another Shia youth, identified as Umair son of Zahid, was brutally martyred on the false charge of insulting the Companions. Tahir Mughal, a brutal Nasibi terrorist, shot and killed the victim in Makhdoompur area of Khanewal…

Thousands of people a day are arriving in Afghanistan without shelter, food or water and are facing an uncertain future after being told to leave Pakistan. In mid-September the government of Pakistan announced that undocumented foreigners must leave the country…

The head of the United Nations was “horrified” by a strike by Israeli forces on a convoy of ambulances in Gaza on Friday, he said in a statement, adding that the conflict “must stop.” The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has…

Pakistani authorities began conducting unexpected house raids on the homes of Uyghurs living in Rawalpindi just before a government order to expel all illegal migrants by November 1. The deportation measure affects nearly 20 Uyghur families — or about 100…

The World Nonviolence Organization (Freemuslim) has called on international organizations, agencies and bodies concerned with global security and peace to take urgent action to conduct transparent investigations that consider the evidence and documents that condemn the crimes of against journalists…

The chairman of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib on Thursday underlined the importance of practicing the guidance from the Holy Quran in order to establish Islamic financing principles. Dr Saqib made these remarks during his address…

An explosion targeting police in northwest Pakistan killed five people on Friday, rescue and police officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The bomb exploded close to a police patrol in Dera Ismail Khan city, a police…

Pakistan’s election oversight body on Thursday postponed the country’s upcoming parliament elections for the second time, saying the vote will take place on February 8. However, with the country’s main opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and its leader, former Prime…