LAHORE: Pakistan’s cricket board has filed a formal complaint with the International Cricket Council against the match referee for Sunday’s Asia Cup clash with India, accusing him of breaching rules on the “Spirit of Cricket” by allegedly instructing the teams not to exchange handshakes.
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PM Sharif proposes Arab-Islamic task force to counter Israeli aggression at emergency summit in Doha
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on Monday for an Arab-Islamic task force to combat Israeli “aggression and expansionism,” as leaders from more than 50 nations convened under the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to craft a unified response to Israel’s airstrike on Qatar last week, an attack that killed five Hamas peace negotiators and a Qatari security officer and threatened fragile cease-fire talks in Gaza.
SBP set to hold rate at 11 percent as floods stoke inflation risks
KARACHI: The central bank is set to keep its benchmark interest rate on hold at 11 percent when its Monetary Policy Committee convenes on Monday, as fresh flooding threatens to stoke inflation in a fragile economy already strained by energy costs.
India hammer Pakistan in politically charged Asia Cup tie
DUBAI: India powered to a seven-wicket rout of Pakistan in a politically charged Asia Cup 2025 group match on Sunday, capping a one-sided affair with a controversial post-match speech from captain Suryakumar Yadav that invoked a deadly Kashmir attack and a recent border skirmish.
Pakistan defers August power dues for businesses, forgives household bills in inundated areas
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Saturday that residential electricity consumers in flood-hit areas would be exempt from paying their August bills, as the government moves to ease the financial burden on households reeling from deadly flash floods that have killed nearly 1,000 people.
FM Aurangzeb says IMF understands flood strain ahead of loan review
LAHORE: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said the government is in close contact with the International Monetary Fund, which has shown understanding of the economic strain from devastating floods, as the lender prepares to review a $1.4 billion loan program.
Sindh on alert as 700,000 cusecs of floodwater head toward Sukkur Barrage
KARACHI: A massive wall of floodwater, measuring between 650,000 and 700,000 cubic feet per second, is barreling toward the Sukkur Barrage on the Indus River, officials warned on Sunday, as Pakistan’s southern Sindh province hunkered down against the threat of further inundation.
Swabi elders move to expel transgender people, rights body condemns
ISLAMABAD: A council of community elders in a conservative district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has moved to drive out all transgender people, prompting a sharp rebuke from human rights watchdog as fears mount over escalating threats to a vulnerable minority.
President Zardari pledges deeper defence ties with China in landmark aerospace visit
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari pledged on Sunday to deepen defence ties with China, touring the headquarters of the country’s top aerospace firm in a landmark visit that highlighted their strategic alliance amid fragile peace with India.
Dar in Doha to lead delegation ahead of Arab-Islamic summit on Israeli strike
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar reached Doha on Sunday to head Pakistan’s delegation to a ministerial session ahead of an emergency Arab-Islamic summit, a pointed gesture of support for Qatar following Israeli airstrikes that killed at least six people in the Gulf nation’s capital this week.