Author: INP - Independent News Pakistan (INP - Independent News Pakistan)

SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday announced a plan to completely stop operations at a jointly run factory park with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) over Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. The decision ended the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean economic cooperation, which Seoul saw as a key source of cash...

DAMASCUS: As many as 500 people have been killed since the Syrian army. launched a wide-scale offensive in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitor group reported on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 89 civilians among those killed since the beginning of the month, adding that the rest were militant fighters. The...

HERAT, Afghanistan: A total of 11 armed militants laid down arms and gave up fighting in Gazara district of the western Herat province 640 km west of Kabul on Wednesday. “With joining these Taliban fighters to peace process, the security would be further improved in the western region of Afghanistan,” Herat provincial governor Mohammad Asif...

HANOI: Over 60 people died in traffic accidents across Vietnam from Sunday to Tuesday during the Lunar New Year festival, according to Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee on Wednesday. As many as 104 traffic accidents occurred across the country during the period, killing 64 people and injuring 98 others, the committee said on its website....

ISLAMABAD: Director General of Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Wednesday claimed to have busted network of Daesh, also known as Islamic State in Pakistan. During in-camera briefing in Islamabad, DG IB Aftab Sultan told NA Standing Committee on Interior & Narcotics that terrorists involved in more than ten incidents including attacks near Wagah Border and ANP...

SHEIKHUPURA: Relatives of a youth, who was allegedly killed due to police torture, staged a protest at Sheikhupura Road here on Wednesday). The 21-year-old Ali Raza was allegedly badly beaten by a policeman after he was taken into custody from his house in Ferozwala. He was shifted to Allied Hospital in critical condition where he...

BEIJING: China has confirmed an imported case of Zika virus, the country’s first, Peoples Daily reported on Wednesday quoting the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC). The patient, a 34-year-old male from Ganxian county of Jiangxi province, is now recovering with normal body temperature and fading rash, Peoples Daily reported on Wednesday. He had...

LAHORE: The Customs court on Wednesday sent an accused on 14-day judicial remand for allegedly smuggling rare turtle species to Sri Lanka. The judge was apprised by Customs officials that accused Hoon was arrested from Lahore Airport while attempting to smuggle 22 turtles of a rare species to Colombo. Since there was no need for...

NEW DELHI: Third rhino has been killed by poachers in last 40 days in Kaziranga National Park of Assam, India. The poachers killed the female adult rhino on Tuesday on the westernmost side of Bagori, Divisional Forest Officer of the UNESCO declared World Heritage Site S.K. Seal Sharma said. The carcass was recovered with its...

BILASPUR (India): In a bizarre incident, Chhattisgarh police on Monday took into custody a goat after a complaint that it ventured into a judge’s garden in Janakpur block in Korea district, 250 km from here, Times of India reported on Wednesday. The goat, which was accused of being a ‘repeat offender’, was released later, but...