ISLAMABAD: Pakistan announced restrictions on certain flight routes over Karachi and Lahore starting Tuesday, citing operational safety concerns, as India prepares for a large-scale military exercise along their shared western border that includes disputed territory.
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Pakistan Super League plans major expansion with two new teams and venues
LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League is gearing up for its largest expansion in years with two new teams and two additional venues slated for the next edition, PSL chief executive Salman Naseer said on Friday, even as a row escalated between the league’s management and one franchise owner over public criticism.
Pakistan recall Babar Azam for home white-ball series against South Africa, Sri Lanka
ISLAMABAD : Former captain Babar Azam returned to Pakistan’s T20 international squad on Thursday as selectors named teams for upcoming white-ball series against South Africa and Sri Lanka, as well as a tri-series also involving Zimbabwe.
UK’s Imperial College rejects reports of Lahore campus linked to Nawaz Sharif IT City
ISLAMABAD: Imperial College London rejected assertions by the Punjab government in Pakistan that the prestigious British university intended to open a campus in Lahore, calling the reports “incorrect” and emphasising that all of its campuses remain in the United Kingdom.
Supreme Court judges warn new conduct code curbs judicial independence
ISLAMABAD: Two senior justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan have sharply criticised recent amendments to the code of conduct for superior court judges, warning that the changes would curb judicial independence, foster self-censorship and open the door to internal and external pressures on the judiciary.
Pakistan top court tightens code of conduct for judges
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council on Saturday approved sweeping changes to the code of conduct governing judges on the country’s superior courts, imposing strict new limits on their public statements, media engagements and social activities in an effort to shield the judiciary from political entanglements and external pressures.
Troops foil suicide attack on North Waziristan army camp, kill four militants
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed four terrorists on Friday after thwarting a suicide attack on a military camp in the restive North Waziristan district, according to state-run Pakistan Television, amid a sharp escalation in militant violence and cross-border tensions with Afghanistan.
Military dismisses India’s account of May clashes as ‘Bollywood-style propaganda’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military on Tuesday dismissed recent Indian claims of inflicting heavy casualties and destroying air assets during a brief but intense border conflict in May, labelling the assertions as “delusional, fabricated and provocative propaganda” designed to reshape history through “outlandish, Bollywood-style scripts.”
Afghan Taliban tanks, posts hit in fresh cross-border clashes in Kurram
ISLAMABAD: Fighting erupted anew along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday night, with Pakistani forces reporting intense clashes in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after what they described as unprovoked fire from Afghan Taliban fighters and militants affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Pakistan launches new polio drive to vaccinate 45 million children
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched a nationwide polio vaccination drive on Monday aimed at reaching 45 million children under the age of 5, as health officials warned that recent flooding and persistent environmental detections of the virus have heightened the risk of outbreaks in vulnerable regions.