By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: The England’s cricket team landed in Pakistan on Wednesday for a three-Test series, as the hosts seek to arrest a slide that has seen them lose eight of their last 10 Tests.
Politics
Sindh reports two new polio cases, national tally rises to 26.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan reported two new polio cases in the southern Sindh province on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges facing the country’s vaccination drive.
Security forces kill six militants in Balochistan operation
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces killed six militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in an operation in the southwestern province of Balochistan, state media reported on Wednesday.
Seven labourers slain in troubled Balochistan province
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: Seven labourers were killed and one injured when armed men stormed an under-construction house in Panjgur town of the southwestern province of Balochistan, late Saturday, police said.
Helicopter crash kills six, injures eight
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A helicopter chartered by Mari Petroleum Company Ltd (MPCL) crashed in the country’s northwestern region on Saturday, killing six people and injuring eight, the company said.
Police, PTI supporters clash; Rawalpindi protest called off
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party called off a protest in Rawalpindi on Saturday after violent clashes with police left several injured, as authorities sealed off entry points to the garrison city and used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse supporters.
Rawalpindi deploys paramilitary troops ahead of PTI protest
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The provincial Punjab government has banned public gatherings and deployed paramilitary rangers in the garrison city of Rawalpindi ahead of a planned protest by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Saturday.
ECP seeks stay on Supreme Court’s reserve seats order
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday asked the Supreme Court to stay its July 12 order granting reserved seats to former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party after the court’s verdict was deemed to exceed its authority and effectively rewrite the Constitution.
X banned in Pakistan over national security concerns
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has banned social media platform X on national security grounds after separatists and terrorists used it to promote anti-state activities, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Friday.
PM Sharif slams Israel’s ‘systematic slaughter’ of Palestinians
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for immediate UN action to end bloodshed in Palestine and Kashmir, condemning Israel’s “systematic slaughter” of Palestinians and India’s human rights abuses.