ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced squads for the upcoming tour of South Africa, scheduled from December 10 to January 7. The tour will include three T20Is, three ODIs, and two Test matches, with a focus on building momentum ahead of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam is […]
LAHORE — The Pakistan men’s selection committee has announced the squads for the upcoming South Africa tour, scheduled from 10 December to 7 January. The tour comprises three T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests. Babar Azam has been named in all three squads along with Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha, while Naseem […]
ISLAMABAD — After the embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) faced an abrupt end to its “final call” protest in Islamabad, Aleema Khan, sister of incarcerated party founder Imran Khan, said on Tuesday that her brother “still holds trump card close to his chest”. “PTI founder told me that he would not reveal his trump card right […]
ISLAMABAD — The Indian cricket board is hesitant on accepting Pakistan’s proposal to hold all the International Cricket Council (ICC) matches between the arch-rivals at a neutral venue for a period of three years, claimed Indian Express on Tuesday. The development comes two days after the ICC started mulling over the “partnership formula” in a […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan has said that he will approach the UN and other international forums to raise the “Islamabad massacre” issue, prompting Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to say that his party will have to show dead bodies to prove its claim. Khan also likened the alleged firing by the […]
KURRAM — The death toll in District Kurram has reached 133 after two more people who got injured in the clashes earlier died on Tuesday, sources told Geo News. Whereas, the local administration of the restive district claimed that the law and order situation was gradually improving as the ceasefire entered its third day today. […]
ISLAMABAD — An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, and 93 other party leaders in connection with last week’s protests in the federal capital. The warrants were issued in response to allegations […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan endured another devastating month of anti-state violence in November 2024, with 245 fatalities and 257 injuries reported in different terror incidents, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) data showed. Citing the PICSS stats, The News reported that the said casualties included 127 militants, 68 security personnel, and 50 civilians. Among […]
PESHAWAR — At least three children, including two brothers, were killed on Monday when a toy bomb exploded in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The tragic incident happened in the Jani Khel area of Bannu’s Wazir subdivision. Local sources report that the children were on their way home from the madrassa when the mortar […]
ISLAMABAD — Pacer Haris Rauf bagged two wickets in the first PAK v ZIM T20I and surpassed spinner Shadab Khan to become Pakistan’s leading wicket-taking in the shorter format. The right-arm pacer reached the milestone when he dismissed Zimbabwe batter Ryan Burl and then castled Blessing Muzarabani to finish with 2-17 in the first PAK […]