Pakistan

Following a meeting with the team owners and considering the health and wellbeing of all participants is paramount, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to postpone the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 with immediate effect. The decision was…
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LAHORE: Two more players taking part in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021 have tested positive for coronavirus, confirmed the PCB in a press release on Thursday. According to the cricket board, the players that tested positive for…
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ISLAMABAD: The PTI did end up becoming the largest party in the Senate elections by notching 18 seats. However, it was a bittersweet victory for the ruling party since it lost its key Islamabad seat to the Pakistan Democratic Movement's…
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Millions of American households, who were receiving payments under the Trump administration as part of the COVID-19 relief package, will no longer be getting them according to Biden's new plan. Under a compromise with centrist Democrats in…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan will take a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, said Foreign Minister and Vice Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday. The decision came in the backdrop of…
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Myanmar pro-democracy activists pledged on Thursday to hold more demonstrations after the United Nations said 38 people had been killed in the most violent day of unrest since last month’s military coup. Police and soldiers opened fire with…
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ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Wednesday pulled off an upset to defeat finance minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the hotly-contested Senate elections. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and the former prime minister were seen…
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Independent candidate Abdul Qadir has been elected as senator from the general seat in Balochistan, unofficial results. Qadir was initially fielded by the PTI but it his candidacy was withdrawn after resistance from the ruling federal…
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Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned trolling of women journalists and anchorpersons by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Shehbaz Gill and demanded his resignation as he “habitually trolls women…
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The number of affected by the Coronavirus rose to 16,648 with 1,163 more people tested positive for the deadly disease during the last 24 hours. According to the National Command and Operation Centre, 75 corona patients have died during…
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Pope Francis, on a historic trip to Iraq, will on Saturday hold a hugely symbolic meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, seeking to deepen his cautious dialogue with Muslim leaders. The 84-year-old pope will visit the top Shiite…
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ISLAMABAD: Polling is underway for the 37 seats of the Senate, as lawmakers from the provincial assemblies of Pakistan and the National Assembly vote for the upper house elections. Lawmakers will be casting votes in one of the country's…
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REUTERS: President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on U.S. states to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers to ensure children could return to school quickly and safely, and said every educator should receive at least one shot by the end…
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ISLAMABAD: PPP MPA Ali Haider Gilani has defended his decision to meet the members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to ask for votes for his father Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, who is a joint candidate of the PDM in the Senate's elections.…
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Tuesday that it had filed a criminal case in a German court against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for "crimes against humanity" in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The complaint,…
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