By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Mohsin Naqvi, a media mogul and the interim chief minister of Punjab, the country’s most populous province, was elected unopposed on Tuesday as the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, ending a 13-month leadership vacuum in the country’s troubled cricket administration.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani nationals and wounded three others in southeastern Iran on Saturday, in a brutal attack that drew condemnation from both countries and raised fears of further violence along their volatile border.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is facing a daunting challenge in ensuring universal education for its children, as a new report revealed that more than 26 million of them are out of school, the highest number after Nigeria and India.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf resigned on Friday, citing personal reasons, after a turbulent tenure marked by legal battles, administrative changes, and poor on-field results.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A trial court in the garrison city of Rawalpindi indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, on Tuesday on charges of fraudulently entering a marriage without observing the mandatory waiting period after divorce, known as iddat, local media reported.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Dr. Sania Nishtar, a senator and former special assistant to the prime minister of Pakistan, has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the organization announced Thursday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Justice Ijazul Ahsan resigned on Thursday, a day after another judge facing misconduct charges quit, leaving the country’s top court in turmoil and raising questions about its independence.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday upheld a special court’s verdict that sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death for high treason, dismissing an appeal by his supporters who said the trial was unconstitutional and politically motivated.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government said on Friday it would write to The Economist, a British magazine, to question its editorial decision to publish an article purportedly written by former prime minister Imran Khan, who has been behind bars since his conviction in a graft case last August.
The PML-N has made clear it is going all guns blazing in smaller provinces, a move that may rub former President Zardari’s PPP the wrong way, potentially vitiating the electoral battle ahead. By Nusrat Shaheen.
