آئی سی سی ٹی 20 ورلڈ کپ کے پانچویں گروپ میچ میں انگلینڈ کی نیپال کیخلاف بیٹنگ جاری ہے۔ وانکھیڈے اسٹیڈیم میں کھیلے جارہے میچ میں انگلینڈ نے ٹاس جیت کر پہلے بیٹنگ کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔ فل سالٹ اور جوز بٹلر نے انگلینڈ کی اننگ کا آغاز کیا تاہم فل سالٹ صرف ایک رن […]
Bangladesh’s elections next week could reshape South Asia’s balance of power, as Beijing seeks to consolidate influence and ties with India falter, analysts say. The February 12 poll will be the nation’s first since a student-led uprising toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic regime in August 2024. India’s sheltering of Hasina — despite extradition […]
Lahore celebrates the third and final day of Basant on Sunday, with good winds expected for kite flying in the afternoon. Lahore remains on a public holiday as Basant enters its concluding hours. The festival, officially resumed after 25 years under government supervision, has already completed nearly 56 hours of the permitted 72-hour duration. Only […]
China condemned an attack on a Shia mosque in Islamabad, pledging support on Sunday for the Pakistan government’s efforts to “maintain national security and stability”. China is “deeply shocked” by Friday’s attack, the foreign ministry said in a statement. An attacker opened fire at the gates of the mosque before setting off a suicide bomb and […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday observed a province-wide wheel-jam and shutter-down strike across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, including the capital Peshawar, to protest alleged rigging in the February 8, 2024, general elections. The strike produced a mixture of large-scale mobilisation in some urban centres and limited disruption in others, with business activity continuing in many areas. In the […]
US and UK envoys in Pakistan joined Basant celebrations in Lahore with official delegations, as the traditional spring festival attracts local and international participants. After nearly two decades, Basant returned to Lahore this week, cautiously and conditionally. It is a good feeling to have a spring festival back, even in a limited form. Basant is tied to […]