Coronavirus cases surge in China ahead of Congress Party gathering
REUTERS: China's coronavirus cases spike ahead of a key gathering of the highest-ranking members of the Communist Party next week.
The National Health Commission confirmed on Wednesday 93…
PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja lavishes praise on Pakistan cricket team
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja Tuesday heaped praise on the Pakistan cricket team for being the first one to qualify for the semi-finals.
The Men in Green became the…
Babar Azam becomes number 1 batsman in T20 rankings, again
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has once again climbed atop the ICC T20 rankings as well, at the same time he also occupies the number 1 ranking in ODI rankings.
Babar Azam dethroned…
Facebook ending facial recognition use over privacy fears
Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting a billion faceprints, its parent company said Tuesday, in response to serious concerns over privacy at the scandal-hit…
Pakistan crush Namibia to seal semi-final berth
Number-two ranked Pakistan gave a cricket lesson to Namibia in their maiden meeting on Tuesday as they booked a place in the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021.
Swashbuckling…
19 killed in attack on Kabul military hospital
At least 19 people were killed and 50 others injured in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul on Tuesday, the latest assault to rock Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power.
Two…
Hundreds of TLP activists released as govt implements secret deal
The government has released hundreds of activists of banned Tehreek-e-Labbak Pakistan (TLP) in line with a confidential agreement it had signed with the protesting religious group on Sunday.…
Pakistan snubs India, declines invite to attend NSAs meeting
Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf Tuesday confirmed that he would not visit India to attend a meeting of the national security advisers (NSA) discussing the issue of…
PPP asks govt to make TLP agreement public
The government must immediately make the agreement signed with the banned TLP public, demanded Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar.
“The government should inform the parliament and the nation…
Buttler ton helps England virtually seal T20 World Cup semi spot
Jos Buttler hit the first century of the Twenty20 World Cup as England effectively booked their semi-final spot with a 26-run victory over Sri Lanka on Monday.
Buttler's unbeaten 101 -…
Pakistan calls for action to overcome common flood risk in climate-vulnerable Asia
ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to PM on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said that lives and livelihoods in the Asia region are acutely exposed to exacerbating risk of flooding caused due to…
Czech model imprisoned in Pakistan over drugs is acquitted
A Czech model sentenced to over eight years in prison for drug trafficking in Pakistan has been acquitted, her lawyer said on Monday.
Tereza Hluskova, 25, was arrested at the airport in…
World leaders in Glasgow for ‘last, best hope’ climate summit
More than 120 world leaders meet in Glasgow on Monday in a "last, best hope" to tackle the climate crisis and avert a looming global disaster.
"It's one minute to midnight and we need to…
Asghar Afghan says Pakistan loss ‘hurt too much’, caused him to retire…
Asghar Afghan, former Afghanistan skipper and veteran cricketer who represented his country for 17 years, said Sunday that the loss to Pakistan hurt him and the players so much that he…
Indian submarines’ unrequited quest for presence in the Arabian Sea
By Zayan Tamer
Around midnight on October 16, 2021, one of the Pakistan navy’s anti-submarine warfare aircraft picked up a fading silhouette of an unknown surface contact. The aircraft,…