PSL: Player, team official quarantined after violating bio-secure protocols
Karachi, 20 February 2021: A player and an official of one of the teams taking part in thePakistan Super League 2021 have been placed in a three-day quarantine after they came into contact…
Picturesque Gwadar Stadium hosts inaugural cricket match
The Gwadar Cricket Stadium, dubbed by netizens as the world's most beautiful ground, is hosting its first ever cricket match on Friday.
The exhibition match, dedicated to legendary…
Rich nations stockpiling a billion more COVID-19 shots than needed: report
Rich countries are on course to have over a billion more doses of COVID-19 vaccines than they need, leaving poorer nations scrambling for leftover supplies as the world seeks to curb the…
NASA’s astrobiology rover Perseverance makes historic Mars landing
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely inside a vast crater, the…
Privatization to save Pakistan’s power sector, says Miftah Ismail
KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail said the power sector in Pakistan should move towards the privatisation in order to solve its long-standing issues.
Mr Ismail said this…
Greatest Pakistani climber Ali Sadpara is no more
GILGIT: Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara has been declared dead along with his two foreign counterparts by their families and the government of Pakistan.
The announcement was made by Ali…
COVID-19 vaccination ‘wildly uneven and unfair’: UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the goal of providing vaccines to all as “the biggest moral test before the global community”, underlining that everyone, everywhere must be…
PML-N stalwart Senator Mushahidullah Khan passes away
ISLAMABAD - PML-N stalwart Senator Mushahidullah Khan passed away in Islamabad early Thursday morning. He was 68.
Senator Mushahidullah had been unwell for quite a long time.
The…
Imran Khan proposes 5-point agenda to end global poverty, hunger
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday described agriculture as “central to human survival” and proposed a five-point agenda to end poverty and hunger from across the world.…
PCB announces PSL commentary panel
Some of the most popular cricket commentators will be commentating at this year’s HBL Pakistan Super League. The commentary panel for the month-long event that starts at the National Stadium…
South Africa’s Faf du Plessis retires from Test cricket
South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis has announced his retirement from the Test cricket on Wednesday.
He had played 69 Tests for South Africa, captaining his country in 36 Tests and…
‘Rights have been systematically manipulated’: Second Asma Jahangir Memorial Lecture
ISLAMABAD: Speaking at the annual Asma Jahangir Memorial Lecture instituted by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Senator Raza Rabbani observed that, although the Constitution…
Saudi king, not de facto leader MBS, will get first Biden call: W.House
Saudi Arabia's king, not the younger de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will be the one getting a first phone call from US President Joe Biden, the White House said Tuesday.…
Millions struggle without power as deadly cold snap grips US
Millions were left without power as a winter storm gripped the southern and central United States Tuesday with record-low temperatures in ill-prepared areas, and a tornado claiming three…
Pakistan MPs grill Twitter official for silencing Kashmiri activists
Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Tuesday grilled the regional head of social media platform, Twitter, for silencing voices of thousands of Kashmiri and Pakistani activists projecting the…