Pakistan: Opposition wants military to clear its stance on ‘foreign plot’ claim

April 5, 2022, 9:38 am Islamabad, April 5 : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman have asked the military authorities to clear their position on the PTI government’s claim that the National Security Committee (NSC) had declared the opposition’s resolution a “part of foreign agenda”, Dawn reported … Read more

PTI workers besiege Lahore hotel housing party ‘traitors’

April 5, 2022, 8:53 am Islamabad, April 5 : Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party workers besieged a hotel here in Gulberg where several disgruntled PTI lawmakers were staying along with hundreds of PML-N MPAs ahead of the crucial election of the Punjab chief minister scheduled for Wednesday, Dawn reported on Tuesday. The PTI workers shouted slogans against … Read more

Malaysia reports 10,002 Covid-19 cases, 28 deaths

April 5, 2022, 8:09 am Kuala Lumpur, April 5 ( /Xinhua) Malaysia reported 10,002 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the national total to 4,256,469, the Health Ministry informed on Monday. There are 98 new imported cases and 9,904 local transmissions, data showed. A further 28 deaths have been reported, taking the country’s Covid death toll to … Read more

Eastern Indonesia struck by 6.0-magnitude quake

April 5, 2022, 7:46 am Jakarta, April 5 ( /Xinhua) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s eastern province of North Maluku early Tuesday, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. /XINHUA ACL0746