Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League Party has alleged that last year’s violent July demonstrations were not a spontaneous revolution, but a “carefully orchestrated coup” executed by unelected technocrats, backed by foreign powers, and led by Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government in the country.The party mentioned that on the morning of August 5, 2024 Bangladesh witnessed the fall of a democratically-elected government led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,…

Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) A leading minority rights group on Wednesday drew attention to the cold-blooded murder of a Pakistani youth from the Christian community in Sialkot city of Punjab province amid an escalating wave of violence against the religious minorities in Pakistan. The Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM) mentioned that 25-year-old Habroon C Qaiser, a member of a respected political family in Pakistan, who was dedicated to the values of “community, faith, and dignity”, had his life sto…

Kabul, Aug 13 (IANS) Thousands of Afghans in Pakistan, including many who took refuge after Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, now face an uncertain future under the Sharif government’s renewed Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan, a report has said. A nationwide crackdown has been conducted on undocumented Afghan refugees after the policy was revived in late 2023. In April alone, over 144,000 Afghans arrived back in Afghanistan — nearly 30,000 of them deported. Pakistan Prime Mini…

Quetta, Aug 13 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch on Wednesday asserted that the US President Donald Trump has committed a “strategic blunder” by assuring Pakistan access to Balochistan’s vast and untapped mineral wealth.Mir stated that Balochistan will not allow its rare earth minerals to be exploited by Pakistan for purposes that undermine global peace and stability.Within just 48 hours of this assurance, the human rights activist said, Pakistan’s Army Chief Asi…

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Exposing Pakistan’s repeated attempts to spin a false narrative, the Indian Open-Source Intelligence (OSNIT) community has debunked the claims made by Pakistani locals who circulated videos to allege that Indian jets had crashed in their vicinity during Operation Sindoor. According to the analysis done over the past three months, the videos primarily recorded by Pakistani residents in areas like Dina, Gujrat, Sialkot, and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are instead circu…

Jerusalem, Aug 13 (IANS) The United States cannot afford to ignore “dangerous double games” of Pakistan, particularly when they threaten global security and strain ties with steadfast ally India, a leading Israeli daily reported on Wednesday. During his recent visit to the US, Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir had reportedly threatened to “take half the world down” alongside India, in comments which reflected reckless brinkmanship that no ally should tolerate.Highlighting the “audacio…

Beijing/New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to visit India on August 18 for talks under the Special Representative mechanism, reports indicated on Wednesday. The visit is scheduled to take place shortly before Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit scheduled to take place at Tianjin later this month.On August 8, China stated that it welcomes PM Modi’s participation in the SCO Summit.At a briefing on …

Moscow, Aug 13 (IANS) Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of ramping up attacks ahead of the August 15 meeting between the US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska. In a statement shared on X, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that 22 people have been killed and another 105 injured due to Ukraine’s shelling and drone strikes over the past week. The ministry also shared a map marking the attacked areas in the Russian territory.”With the Russia US Summit app…

Dhaka, Aug 13 (IANS) Eight trains, including one carrying oil, were stranded after the students blocked railway tracks on the Dhaka-northern districts’ route on Wednesday to demand the approval and full enforcement of the Development Project Proposal (DPP) for the permanent campus of Rabindra University. Students began the protest at Ullapara Railway Station in Sirajganj at 9 am (local time). Eight trains, including one carrying oil, were stuck on both sides of the blockade. A previous protest a…

Dhaka: A year has passed since Sheikh Hasina was ousted from her long tenure as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister on August 5, 2024, following a mass uprising. Just days after she fled the country, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus assumed the role of Chief Advisor to the interim government on August 8, promising sweeping reforms and heralding a new era of freedom and democratic revival. Yet, 12 months on, the reality is far from that vision. Anarchy and violence—perpetrated by both security forces and …