Pakistan comfortably won the 1st T20I by 6 wickets, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, against Zimbabwe. Babar Azam (82) was outstanding for Pakistan in the run chase. Wesley Madhavere (75) was Zimbabwe’s top performer with the willow. Match Summary Pakistan 157 – 4 Zimbabwe 156 – 6 The result – Pakistan won by 6 […]
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday dismissed a petition filed by a citizen seeking the decriminalization of carrying up to 10 grams of hashish (chars) on the person. “What kind of a petition have you brought to the court?” Sindh High Court’s Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar said in indignation as petitioner Ghulam Asghar Saeein […]
Afghanistan reels from attack on Kabul University that left at least 22 people, including 18 students, dead. Sami Mahdi, a professor at Kabul University, is shaken by the killing of his students by gunmen on Monday. He has just returned after laying them to rest but their memories still remain fresh. He recalls the dreams […]
PTI’s ‘isolated’ leader Jahangir Tareen arrived in Lahore on Friday after spending several months in the United Kingdom. He was accompanied by his son Ali Tareen. Earlier this year, a sugar inquiry commission — formed on the directives of the premier to probe the rise in the price of the commodity — had revealed names […]
Punjab government to provide a free meal daily to children of 100 primary schools However, the Punjab government has announced it will provide one free meal daily to children of 100 primary schools across the province. Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas announced on Twitter, sharing pictures in which he can be seen sharing a meal […]
However, Pakistan has categorically rejected the “baseless and fallacious” propaganda regarding Kartarpur Corridor. Indian claims that the management of the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur has transferred to a non-Sikh body. Afterward, the Foreign Office in a statement on Thursday said the Indian claims have rejected by the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) itself. Later […]
France condemned what it said were “declarations of violence” by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and raised the possibility of new sanctions against Ankara. Erdogan has been feuding bitterly with French President Emmanuel Macron on a number of geopolitical flashpoints and, more recently, France’s fight against what it calls “radical” Islam. “There are now declarations […]
ISLAMABAD: The PTI government has been left with no other option but to seek rollover of $4 billion deposit loans obtained from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) for another year in order to avoid dwindling of foreign exchange reserves, it was learnt. Top official sources confirmed that Pakistan decided to […]
The security guard of a bank shot dead its manager, alleging that the latter had committed blasphemy. Police sources and a government official said the blasphemy accusation was fabricated and the murder had been based on personal enmity. However the incident took place in Khushab’s Tehsil Quaidabad on Wednesday; where Ahmad Nawaz, a security guard […]
As Americans vote in a bitterly contested election for a White House race between President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden, with millions of ballots still to count, the Foreign Office has said that Pakistan was looking forward to “working with anyone who wins”. “Pakistan looks forward to working with anyone who wins […]
