Pakistan
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Pakistan rejects hybrid model for India’s matches in ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has proposed that the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will start on February 19 and will be held in Pakistan, refusing to entertain a hybrid model for…
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Pakistan’s Economic Survey reveals major increase in donkey population
Islamabad: Pakistan Economic Survey (PES) 2023-24 has revealed that the population of donkeys has seen a consistent and major rise during the current fiscal year with the number of donkeys in the…
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Imran Khan ready for talks with Pakistan govt: PTI Chairman
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has given a green signal for talks with the government and is “ready to forgive” what has happened to him, his party’s chairman Gohar…
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Pak missed GDP growth target; achieves 2.38 % against envisaged 3.5 % in FY 2023-24
Islamabad: Pakistan has missed the growth target for the financial year 2023-24 and achieved 2.38 per cent GDP growth against the target of 3.5 per cent, the cash-strapped government acknowledged on Tuesday.…
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Shehbaz Sharif vows to ‘eliminate terrorism’ after 7 soldiers killed in attack
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday pledged to “relentlessly eliminate terrorism” from the country after seven soldiers, including a Captain, were killed in a terrorist attack in the restive Khyber…
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Imran Khan major hurdle in political reconciliation in Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said his successor Imran Khan was the main hurdle in political reconciliation in the country and underscored the ruling PML-N party’s commitment to dialogue…
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Imran Khan’s wife files plea seeking suspension of sentence ‘un-Islamic nikah’ case
Islamabad: Incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi on Saturday petitioned the Islamabad High Court seeking suspension of the sentence and subsequent release in the fake marriage case. The Pakistan…
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Flight of vanity? India-Pakistan T20 World Cup ticket listed on resale market for $175,400
New York: Is there something magical about Seat 30 in Row 20 of Section 252 at the T20 World Cup stadium in East Meadow? Or is it a reseller’s flight of vanity?…
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Pakistan says it desires cooperative ties with India, resolution of disputes through talks
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday said it desired “cooperative ties” with all neighbours, including India, and resolution of disputes through talks, a day ahead of Narendra Modi assuming prime ministership for a record…
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Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly allows lawmakers to use of Punjabi language in house
Islamabad: Lawmakers in Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly would now be able to speak in at least four indigenous languages, including Punjabi, in the house apart from English and Urdu after an amendment was…
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Islamabad HC stays execution of 5 former Pakistan Navy officers
Islamabad: A top court in Islamabad has stayed the execution of five former Pakistan Navy officers previously sentenced to death through a general court-martial decree. Islamabad High Court (IHC) Judge Babar Sattar…
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Pak PM Sharif embarks on five-day visit to China: Report
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday embarked on a five-day official visit to China aimed at strengthening bilateral ties further as the all-weather allies seek to upgrade cooperation under the…
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4 injured as mob attacks polio team in Pak’s Balochistan province
Karachi: Four people, including a woman and a policeman, were injured when a mob armed with sticks and batons attacked a polio vaccine team in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Monday, police…
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Christian man critically injured by mob in Pakistan’s Punjab province dies
Lahore: An elderly Christian man who was critically injured last week by a violent mob over a blasphemy allegation in Pakistan’s Punjab province has died, police said on Monday. An enraged mob…
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In a first, Christian woman becomes brigadier in Pakistan Army
Islamabad: Dr Helen Mary Roberts, serving in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps, has made history by becoming the first woman from a Christian and minority community to achieve the rank of brigadier…
