LAHORE: Sahibzada Farhan has been named ICC men’s player of the month for February after a record-breaking campaign at the 2026 T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, where the Pakistan opener became the tournament’s leading run-scorer and surpassed Virat Kohli’s mark for the most runs in a single edition of the event.
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Pakistan marks founding resolution with gun salutes and flag-raisings, but skips traditional parade amid global oil crisis
ISLAMABAD: The country observed its annual Pakistan Day on Monday with the patriotic fervor that has long defined the holiday, but this year’s ceremonies were deliberately modest, stripped of the usual military parade and large-scale pageantry in line with government austerity measures imposed because of the global oil crisis.
Pakistan accuses India of illegal suspension of Indus Waters Treaty, says millions of farmers at risk
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accused India on Thursday of violating a decades-old water-sharing agreement by unilaterally putting the Indus Waters Treaty on hold, warning that the decision endangers the livelihoods of millions who depend on the rivers for their crops and could further inflame tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
Opposition leaders again turned away from Imran Khan jail visit
ISLAMABAD: The opposition figures were once again barred from meeting imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday, an episode that deepened anxieties over his health and prompted sharp accusations that the government is deliberately obscuring details about the longtime political leader’s condition.
Imran Khan’s ex-wife accuses authorities of pushing sons to travel on NICOP without British consular protection
ISLAMABAD: Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, accused the Pakistani government on Thursday of deliberately refusing to issue visas to her two sons so that any visit would leave them without British consular protection.
At least 17 dead as storms and gale-force winds batter Karachi, collapsing walls and uprooting trees
KARACHI: At least 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Wednesday night when heavy rain, thunderstorms and winds gusting as high as 97 kilometers per hour slammed into Karachi, toppling walls and roofs, striking victims with lightning and leaving trees strewn across streets in Pakistan’s largest city.
Imran Khan’s sons offered visa-free entry on identity cards to Pakistan as ex-wife pleads for family visit amid jailed ex-PM’s declining health
ISLAMABAD: The information minister said on Wednesday that the two sons of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan are welcome to visit their father without visas by using their National Identity Cards for Overseas Pakistanis, responding directly to a public appeal from Khan’s ex-wife that highlighted months-long delays and the politician’s deteriorating health.
Missile debris kills Pakistani national in Abu Dhabi, third such death in UAE
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani national was killed on Tuesday after falling debris from an intercepted ballistic missile struck a residential area in Abu Dhabi, the third such fatality involving Pakistanis in the United Arab Emirates amid escalating Iranian retaliation against US and Israeli strikes on Tehran.
Govt cancels traditional military parade for March 23 amid oil crisis triggered by Middle East conflict
ISLAMABAD: The government said on Tuesday it will forgo its annual military parade and associated ceremonial events for Pakistan Day on March 23, citing austerity measures imposed in response to a global oil crisis sparked by the ongoing war between the United States, Israel and Iran.
Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima appeals to PM Sharif to allow sons to visit jailed father
ISLAMABAFD: Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, issued a direct public appeal Monday to the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, urging him to intervene so that her two sons can visit their father in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.