Hafeez, Shaheen make impressive gains in ICC T20I rankings
Mohammad Hafeez and Shaheen Shah Afridi have made impressive gains in the latest ICC T20I Player Rankings following stellar performances in the just concluded series against England, which…
Veteran Hafeez lavishes praise on T20 debutant Haider Ali
Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez lavished praise on teenage debutant Haider Ali, who scored an all-important 50 to help Pakistan sign-off with a win in the final T20I against England at…
Shehbaz Sharif meets Karachi rain victims
Opposition leader and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Karachi on a day-long visit to show solidarity with the victims of urban flooding triggered by the…
Spurned by allies, Saudi rethinks chequebook diplomacy
From Pakistan to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia is scaling back its famed chequebook diplomacy, a longstanding policy of splashing petro-dollars in exchange for influence, which observers say has…
Pakistan puzzles health experts as virus cases drop
Six months after the coronavirus arrived in Pakistan, the country appears to have dodged the worst of the pandemic, baffling health experts and dampening fears its crowded urban areas and…
Pakistan end series on high note, beat England in thriller
AFP: Pakistan ended its fairly dismal series against England on Tuesday on a high note, beating the hosts by five runs in a match that went down the wire.
It was Pakistan´s first victory…
Army chief visits Karachi, lays stress on setting priorities right
KARACHI: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said that the country's problems were not about non-availability of resources but not setting its priorities right, as he arrived in…
FM Qureshi highlights Saudi leadership role in Muslim Ummah
Saudi ambassador to Islamabad Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Malki paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, according to Foreign Office.
Foreign Minister Qureshi…
Virus despair forces girls across Asia into child marriage
Tens of thousands of girls across Asia are being forced into marriage by desperate families plunged into poverty because of the coronavirus pandemic, as campaigners warn years of progress…
Asim Bajwa to issue clarification on assets in few days: Shibli Faraz
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz said that SAPM on Information Lt Gen (retd) Asim Bajwa will issue a detailed clarification regarding his assets in a…
PM orders authorities to finalise ‘Karachi Transformation Plan’
Chairing a high-level meeting of government ministers and key figures, PM Imran on Monday directed authorities to finalise a "Karachi Transformation Plan" by this week, seeking to remedy the…
Crown Prince MBS removes six defence officials
AFP: In yet another anti-corruption probe, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the removal of six key defence officials that include two members of the Royal Family as well.…
Biden slams ‘toxic’ Trump for deteriorating law and order
AFP: US Democratic Presidential nominee and former vice president Joe Biden on Monday slammed Donald Trump, referring to him as a 'toxic' man who was stoking the flames of hatred and leading…
India, China accuse each other of provocation in new border standoff
India and China accused each other Monday of military provocation on their contested Himalayan border where a deadly showdown erupted in June -- even as commanders from the two sides held…
Former India president Pranab Mukherjee dies at 84
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who had tested positive for Covid-19 this month, died on Monday after weeks in the hospital. He was 84.
New Delhi's Army Hospital (Research And…