Frozen ties
July 30, 2024
Asian news from Pakistan
Pakistan arrests top leader of radical party on charge of ordering the killing of the chief justice
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police on Monday arrested the deputy chief at a radical Islamist party on the charge of ordering the killing of the chief justice over his alleged support to the minority Ahmadi community, officials said.
Skyrocketing power bills draw protests near Pakistan’s capital
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Protests over skyrocketing power bills shut down a major road into Pakistan’s capital on Monday as some 3,000 supporters of a major Islamist party continued a sit-in despite pouring monsoon rains.
Bangladesh restores internet as students call off job-quota protests
DHAKA — Bangladesh said it had restored internet services as conditions return to normal after students called off protests against reforms to job quotas that killed nearly 150 people in July.
Pakistan using terrorism, proxy war to stay relevant, says India PM Modi
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (July 26) that Pakistan was trying to stay relevant through "terrorism" and "proxy war" but such a strategy would never succeed.
Bangladesh restores mobile internet after 11-day blackout to quell protests
Meanwhile, the home minister says at least 147 people were killed during the violence over government job quotas.
Two Japanese climbers have gone missing while trying to scale K2 in Pakistan, officials say
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two Japanese climbers went missing on Saturday while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain in northern Pakistan, officials said, the fourth such incident in less than two months.