ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 15 militants in two separate intelligence-based operations in Balochistan on Saturday, the military said, while a bomb blast in South Waziristan killed two policemen and wounded several others the same day.
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Pakistan end eight-year Hockey World Cup exile with dramatic comeback victory over Japan
KARACHI: Pakistan have qualified for the FIH Hockey World Cup for the first time in eight years after staging a remarkable final-quarter fightback to defeat Japan 4-3 in the semi-final of the qualifying tournament in Egypt.
PTI leaders again turned away from Imran Khan prison visit despite supreme court order
ISLAMABAD: The opposition party PTI was on Thursday again blocked from meeting its founder and former prime minister Imran Khan in prison, despite a list of visitors having been cleared by the supreme court the previous day.
National Assembly posts record legislative output but faces scrutiny over rushed reforms and falling attendance
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Assembly recorded its highest legislative output of any recent assembly in its second year, passing 59 bills while relying less on presidential ordinances, but a detailed independent audit has exposed persistent weaknesses in attendance, agenda management and meaningful deliberation.
Pakistan Super League franchise rebrands from Sialkot Stallionz to Multan Sultans
LAHORE: The Sialkot Stallionz have been renamed the Multan Sultans, the Pakistan Super League’s chief executive, Salman Naseer, confirmed on Tuesday, restoring a name long associated with south Punjab in the country’s premier T20 competition.
IHC to hear Imran Khan’s plea for private hospital treatment as bail granted in six other cases
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has ordered a hearing next week on a plea by the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to be transferred from Adiala prison to a private hospital for treatment of a serious eye condition, while simultaneously fixing the date for arguments in his main appeal against conviction in the high-profile Toshakhana corruption case.
US Marines open fire on protesters storming Karachi consulate in deadly clashes over Khamenei assassination – report
KARACHI: US Marines opened fire on demonstrators who breached the outer wall of the American consulate in Karachi on Sunday, two US officials told Reuters, in a rare use of lethal force at a diplomatic mission that risks sharply escalating tensions in Pakistan.
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by five runs but crash out of T20 World Cup on net run-rate
KANDY: Pakistan were eliminated from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup despite beating Sri Lanka by five runs in a Super Eights match of extraordinary swings at Pallekele on Saturday.
Top court returns Imran Khan hospital transfer application with objections
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday raised objections to an application seeking the transfer of former prime minister Imran Khan from jail to a hospital for treatment of an eye ailment.
Pakistan, Italy, Spain and Greece agree on coordinated push to curb illegal migration through legal pathways
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministers of Italy, Spain and Greece joined Pakistan’s interior minister in Rome on Thursday in endorsing a joint strategy to combat illegal migration, human smuggling and narcotics trafficking that centers on creating regulated legal channels and repatriating serious criminals.