LAHORE — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced that the renovation and upgradation work at Lahore’s Gaddafi stadium has been completed in record time of 117 days and it is now ready to host international matches, including the ICC Champions Trophy. The PCB said in a statement said that the new-look stadium now […]
KARAK — In a brazen overnight assault, militants attacked a police checkpost in Karak district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the early hours of Thursday, killing at least three police personnel and injuring six others, authorities confirmed. The attackers, armed with heavy weapons, launched a barrage of gunfire at the checkpost in the Bahadurkhel area […]
NEW DELHI — Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) spokesperson Vinod Bansal on Thursday claimed that Pakistan will now take the help of Hamas for terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The VHP leader shared on social media platform ‘X’ that on Wednesday, Hamas commander Khaled al-Qaddoumi and other Pakistani terrorists were spotted during a rally […]
ISLAMABAD — As the PTI doubled down on purported ‘remedial measures’ proposed by party founder Imran Khan in a letter to the army chief, the security sources on Tuesday claimed that the chief of army staff had not received any sort of letter from the incarcerated former prime minister. As per the letter, which has […]
ISLAMABAD — Terming the February 8, 2024 general elections as “rigged”, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday reiterated his call for fresh elections in the country. The JUI-F chief made the remarks after attending a dinner hosted by PTI senior leader and former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser. Leaders from the opposition […]
DUBAI — Tickets for the highly-anticipated ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 match between arch-rivals Pakistan and India have been sold out in less than an hour after the tickets for the mega tournament went on sale. Cricket enthusiasts rushed to the tickets’ sales website with more than 140,000 fans queuing up online to get their […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has dismissed the possibility of pressure from the United States for the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, stating that the relationship between Pakistan and the US is broader than any individual, party, or incident. Speaking to a private news channel on Monday, Asif stressed that Pakistan-US […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan has written a letter to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir, ‘criticising the establishment’s policies’ and calling for a review of its approach towards national security and governance. The letter, sent from Adiala Jail, highlights Imran’s concerns over what he describes as a growing […]
LAHORE — Australian great Ricky Ponting has said that the Pakistan team is a strong contender to make it to the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Speaking to journalist Sanjana Ganesan alongside Ravi Shastri in a bumper episode of The ICC Review on Saturday, the two cricket greats predicted that India and Australia […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to abandon its plan to stage a protest in Lahore on February 8, warning that any public gathering would be dealt with in the same manner as on November 26. His remarks come as the opposition party launches a massive drive […]