By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan clinched the Emerging Asia Cup title with a thumping 128-run victory over arch-rivals India in the final on Sunday, powered by a brilliant century from Tayyab Tahir.
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World Cup 2023: PM Sharif seeks advice on sending cricket team to India
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has set up a high-level committee to decide whether the national cricket team should take part in the 2023 World Cup in India, amid strained relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
The Prince of Taxila?
A monumental head of a bodhisattva is returning to Pakistan from Australia after being smuggled out of the country by art thieves. A veteran curator of Gandhara Art says it could have originated in the Taxila Valley.
Pakistan boast two top ICC-rated batsmen for first time
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s in-form opener Imam-ul-Haq went past Indian veteran Virat Kohli to join teammate Babar Azam at the top of the ICC MRF Tyres Men’s One Day Batter rankings, a statement said on Wednesday.
Power at large
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: On the mornings of long power-less nights, hot and bothered sleep-deprived employees totter into their offices after burning the country’s history’s most expensive fuel and blackguard their employers in hushed tones for eternally stagnant salaries.
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Christiane Amanpour's CNN Edition - video screen grab
A plucky young Bhutto batting for Pakistan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Bilwal Bhutto Zardari may be young but he is a Bhutto. Diplomacy runs in his blood and international affairs were the stuff he learned in his cradle. Small wonder he was like a fish in water interacting with foreign leaders and media persons on his maiden visit to the United States after assuming charge as Pakistan’s new foreign minister.
Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal. Photo courtesy of APP
Govt plans summit to review Single National Curriculum
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The new government is likely to axe Imran Khan’s cherished Single National Curriculum (SNC) initiative.
Giving the game away
Pakistan’s power lifting future seems to have fallen apart under the “performance pressure” as six young athletes had themselves thrown out of Commonwealth Games 2022 by testing positive for doping, it is learnt.
Pakistan roasts in record-setting heat wave
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Temperatures in parts of Pakistan have reached record levels, putting the lives of millions at risk as the effects of the climate crisis are felt across the country.