Gilgit: Four independent candidates who won seats in Gilgit-Baltistan’s general elections have joined the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, handing the fledgling political outfit its first-ever foothold in the regional assembly and potentially complicating what had appeared to be a straightforward path to government for the Pakistan Peoples Party.
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PCB overhauls player contracts in bid to revive test fortunes
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board unveiled a sweeping overhaul of its central contract system on Monday, restructuring the financial framework that governs the country’s professional cricketers into five distinct categories while granting dedicated Test specialists the rare freedom to play first-class cricket abroad — a concession that represents, in the board’s own framing, a deliberate wager on the long-term health of the longest format.
Monsoon storms kill ten across Pakistan as climate funding falls far short of crisis scale
ISLAMABAD: At least ten people have been killed and more than 40 injured across Pakistan after a 72-hour spell of monsoon rains, severe thunderstorms and flash flooding swept through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, leaving a trail of collapsed roofs, overturned vehicles and inundated valleys.
Petrol prices cut for fifth consecutive week
ISLAMABAD: The government has reduced the price of petrol by Rs4 per litre and high-speed diesel by Rs2 per litre, with the new rates taking effect from Saturday.
Pakistan’s hands are all over this world cup
SIALKOT: The 23rd FIFA World Cup began on Thursday, launching nearly six weeks of football across the stadiums of the United States, Canada and Mexico. The players are from 48 nations. The coaches speak dozens of languages. But the ball they will all chase — the one that will determine who lifts the trophy in New Jersey on July 19 — was made in Pakistan.
Pakistan braces for storms and flooding even as Karachi swelters under historic heat
KARACHI: The thermometer read 37 degrees Celsius when afternoon arrived Wednesday in this coastal megacity of some 20 million people, but for anyone stepping outside, that number told only part of the story.
ICC penalises Lord’s and Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium for ‘unsatisfactory’ pitches
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council on Tuesday sanctioned two of cricket’s most storied venues, awarding demerit points to Lord’s in London and Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium after match referees condemned the pitches used for recent internationals as heavily skewed in favour of bowlers.
Rift in PTI deepens as 30 rebel lawmakers threaten to block KP budget to press for Imran Khan’s release
PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf faces a deepening internal rebellion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where more than 30 members of the provincial assembly have coalesced into a dissident bloc demanding aggressive action to secure the release of the party’s imprisoned founder, Imran Khan — and threatening to bring down the provincial government’s budget if their demands are not met.
Pakistan’s top court rules acid attacks more heinous than homicide, calls for sweeping reforms
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan declared acid attacks a graver crime than homicide in a landmark ruling on Monday, calling on federal and provincial governments to establish a national rehabilitation fund for survivors, impose sweeping restrictions on the sale of corrosive substances and extend disability protections to victims of what the court described as an assault on the soul as much as the body.
Young doctors shut Quetta hospitals after colleague wounded in acid attack
QUETTA: She is 29 years old and working her shift at the Civil Hospital when a man she knew walked up to her and threw acid in her face.