Tue, 21-Oct-2025

PM Imran Khan to watch first Test between Pakistan and Australia

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The historic tour of Australia to Pakistan started with its first Test match at the Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi. Aussies are touring the country after 24 years where they will play three Tests, three ODIs and the only T20I. Some of the government officials including the Federal Minister for Information Technology and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary also … Read more

President Arif Alvi warm welcomes Uzbek President at Aiwan-e-Sadr

ISLAMABAD: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived at Aiwan-e-Sadr for a meeting with President Arif Alvi in Islamabad during his two-day state visit to Pakistan. President Alvi warmly received the visiting dignitary and held a meeting to discuss matters of common interest. President Alvi also hosted a luncheon in honour of President Mirziyoyev and his delegation. … Read more

WATCH: I am Nyle Syed Babar Azam, a boy inspird by Babar Azam

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Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam is now an inspiration for many fans across the country and especially children who look up to him. Babar is currently the world’s number one batsman in T20I and onde day internationals. However, he is at number nine in Test cricket. A video of a three-year-old refusing to take his … Read more

‘Good luck to both teams’: PM Imran welcomes Australian cricket team to Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed the Australian cricket team to Pakistan, visiting the country after 24 years, saying he “looked forward to a highly competitive and interesting series.” “I welcome the Australian cricket team to Pakistan after an absence of 24 yrs,” said the premier on Twitter. I welcome the Australian cricket team to Pakistan … Read more

Fawad Chaudhry invites Indian cricket team to play in Pakistan

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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has invited the Indian cricket team to play Pakistan. He was speaking to the media along with Governor Sindh Imran Ismail at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday, as the Pakistani team faces the Australian cricket team. He expressed his interest in seeing the Indian cricket team playing thrilling … Read more

Cooking oil, ghee prices jacked up by Rs20-25: Fareed Qureshi

KARACHI: Karachi Retailers Grocers Group Chairman Fareed Qureshi on Friday said the prices of edible oil and ghee had been increased by Rs20 to 25. Fareed Qureshi said even after Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement to slash prices of petroleum products, the cooking oil and ghee companies did not budge and instead of reducing the … Read more

Pakistan Army-Saudi Land Forces joint exercise concludes in Nowshera

RAWALPINDI: The media wing of military forces, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), on Friday said the joint exercise Al Samsaam-8 of Pakistan Army and Royal Saudi Land Forces concluded at the National Counter Terrorism Center, Pabbi, in Nowshera. Lieutenant General Shaheen Mazher Mahmood, Commander Mangla Corps and Major General Abdullah Eid Al Otaibi of Royal … Read more

Sri Lanka hikes rates as economy risks collapse

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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s central bank hiked interest rates by one percentage point on Friday and urged the government to increase taxes as the country skirts economic collapse. The troubled South Asian island nation is in the grip of a severe foreign exchange crisis that has led to acute shortages of food, fuel, medicines and … Read more

G77 advocates COVID-19 vaccines to be global public good: Munir Akram

UNITED NATIONS: The Group of 77 stands for vaccines to be treated as a global public good to ensure they are made equitably available in all countries, Pakistan Ambassador to United Nations Munir Akram, who is the chairman of the coalition of 134 developing countries designed to promote its members’ collective economic interests, has said. … Read more

Pakistan registers 953 new Covid-19 cases, 11 more deaths

COVID-19 cases continue to drop in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday registered 953 new Covid-19 cases and 11 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Friday. The NCOC, the country’s department leading the campaign against the pandemic, said that the overall tally rose to 1,512,707 cases, including 1,451,665 recoveries. The number of active cases dropped to 30,794 in … Read more

Australian tour, historic day for Pakistan cricket: PCB

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Faisal Hasnain on Friday termed the Australian team touring Pakistan after a gap of 24 years and playing the first Test at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi, as a historic day for Pakistan cricket, saying the cricket fans have waited for two decades to see the Kangaroos and … Read more

Nasum, Liton help Bangladesh end T20 losing streak

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Bangladesh left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed and batsman Liton Das helped the team halt an eight-match losing streak in Twenty20 internationals with a resounding 61-run win over Afghanistan in Dhaka on Thursday. Nasum returned with career-best figures of 4 for 10 as Bangladesh bowled out Afghanistan for 94 runs in 17.4 overs after Liton’s 60 off … Read more

Australian wicketkeeper-batter Rod Marsh dies at 74

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Australian cricket great Rod Marsh was remembered as “a colossal figure” in Australian cricket who passed away due to a heart attack at a charity event on Friday after dedicating 50 years of his life to sports. The 74-year-old had been in an induced coma and died away quietly in an Adelaide hospital on Friday … Read more

Pakistan-Uzbekistan Transit Trade Agreement operationalised

The transit Trade Agreement between Pakistan-Uzbekistan (AUPTT) has been operationalised on Thursday, March 3, 2022. The history was marked by the clearance of the first-ever transit trade consignment to Uzbekistan. Notably, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is on a two-day state visit to Pakistan at the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Pakistan-Uzbekistan … Read more

People of Sindh aware of PPP’s reality, says Qureshi

BADIN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday that the people of Badin now know the reality of the Pakistan Peoples Party and have given an indication of change. Speaking at a press brief during an interval at the party’s Huqooq-e-Sindh March, the foreign minister and former PPP stalwart alleged that Bilawal … Read more

FM Qureshi threatens rally in Sindh will not stop till end of ‘Zardari mafia’

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Foreign Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who is also leading the Sindh Huqooq (Rights) March against the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) said on Friday that the rally in Sindh would not stop till the end of ‘Zardari mafia’ from the province. Taking to Twitter, FM also thanked the people of Umerkot … Read more

‘Star number one’ Kohli raises fan fever in 100th Test

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On Friday, adoring fans wearing Virat Kohli shirts and face paint rushed for a spot inside India’s Mohali Stadium for the superstar cricketer’s 100th Test match. Kohli is one of the best batsmen in the modern game, and he was India’s most successful Test captain until stepping down as skipper in January but remained a … Read more

Cop allegedly pushes man off building to death in Karachi

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KARACHI: A policeman has allegedly pushed a man off a five-storey building to his death in Liaquatabad, C-1 area, of Karachi, Bol news reported on Friday. Police claimed that an investigation team of Sharifabad police station had gone to take statement of Nabeel’s father at his home, on Nabeel’s free-will marriage. The young victim was … Read more