ISLAMABAD — The International Cricket Council (ICC) has expressed satisfaction over the detailed briefing of arrangements presented by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials for the Champions Trophy 2025, sources told Geo News Monday The preparations were laid out in an ICC meeting in which PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi was also present. PCB officials assured […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan’s cricket selectors, Aaqib Javed, Aleem Dar, Asad Shafiq and Azhar Ali, are camping here to oversee the preparation of a pitch that offers ample turn in the decisive third and final Test against England starting on Thursday. “The ground staff has been instructed to prepare a pitch that offers plenty of assistance […]
NEW DELHI — Former England captain Nasser Hussain has urged Pakistan to reconsider their approach on pitch preparation following their second-Test victory over England on a reused surface in Multan. Pakistan’s 152-run win came on a turning track that favoured spin, allowing Noman Ali and Sajid Khan to claim all 20 English wickets and level […]
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reached out to the BCCI and proposed an arrangement allowing India to return to either New Delhi or Chandigarh in between matches during the Champions Trophy next year if the team is not willing to stay in Pakistan due to security reasons. The PCB has “verbally” suggested […]
MULTAN – Spinner Noman Ali took eight wickets as Pakistan crushed England by 152 runs in the second Test to level the series on Friday in Multan. Noman grabbed 8-46 and Sajid Khan took 2-93 as the pair wrapped up England’s second innings for 144 after the visitors were set a daunting target of 297. […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday asserted that Kashmir will always be a part of India and the stand will never change regardless of any statement issued by anyone. This came in response to the joint statement issued by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, […]
LONDON — The Oxford University has announced that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is not included in the list of candidates to run for the position of the varsity’s chancellor, Geo News reported. “More than 40 people applied and only 38 were approved. The candidates were only excluded according to the exclusion criteria of […]
ISLAMABAD — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Pakistan to invest one per cent of its GDP annually — equivalent to over Rs 1.24 trillion based on current estimates — in climate resilience and adaptation reforms to prepare for recurring extreme weather events, particularly floods, a media report said on Thursday. In a special […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday by calling on the international community to focus urgently on the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. Interestingly, as he handed over the chairmanship to Russia at the Jinnah Convention Centre, Sharif refrained from […]
ISLAMABAD — External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday landed in Islamabad to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in the first visit to Pakistan by a high-ranking Indian minister in nearly a decade that came amid frosty ties between the two neighbours. Jaishankar’s aircraft landed at the Nur Khan airbase on […]