Category: English

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dedicated the Pakistan-England ODI on October 25 to breast cancer awareness, highlighting the importance of early detection, screening and treatment during the ongoing tri-nation series. The fourth ODI of the tri-nation tournament, to be played at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, will feature several activities under the Pink Ribbon campaign. Pakistan players will wear specially designed pink kits, while England’s players, match officials and commentators have been invited to wear pink ribbons. Special pink stumps will also be used for the match. Awareness messages will be…

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The federal cabinet has approved the establishment of regional representative and development councils in 12 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The approval was granted through circulation of a summary submitted by the Cabinet Division, which subsequently conveyed the cabinet’s decision to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary. The federal government has also formally notified the newly appointed council members. The final list of 48 representatives for the councils across the 12 districts has been announced. Their selection was carried out through mutual consultation among local jirgas, which were held in all 12…

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Two officers were killed when a Saudi National Guard reconnaissance helicopter crashed in the southwestern Najran region due to a technical malfunction, the Saudi-led coalition said on Sunday. Coalition spokesman Maj-Gen. Turki Al Maliki said the AH-6i helicopter crashed inside Saudi territory near the border with Yemen. In a statement posted on X, Al-Maliki confirmed the deaths of the helicopter’s two-officer crew and offered condolences to their families, praying for God’s mercy upon the victims. The incident comes as Saudi Arabia remains on heightened alert amid renewed attacks by Yemen’s…

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The tri-nation ODI series involving Pakistan, England and Sri Lanka is set to begin today (Sunday), with hosts Pakistan taking on Sri Lanka in the opening match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The toss for each match will take place at 12.30pm while all matches will start at 1pm. England will play their first match against the hosts on October 20 before facing Sri Lanka two days later. The remaining matches, including the final on October 31 between the top two teams, will be played in Lahore. Pakistan is led by…

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Eight Yemeni soldiers were killed on the Al Maqatirah front in the southern province of Lahj, the army said late Saturday, amid continued fighting with the Houthi group. The army-affiliated Tur Al Bahah Military Axis said in a statement that the soldiers were killed on the front line but provided no further details. The Houthis did not immediately comment on the incident. Earlier on Saturday, Houthi shelling killed three civilians, including two women, and wounded five others in separate attacks in neighbouring Taiz province, according to a government office. The…

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Yemen’s Houthi group claimed that it had shot down a Saudi Apache military helicopter near the Najran region in southern Saudi Arabia while it was conducting operations against Houthi positions. The group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, made the claim in a statement carried by the Houthi-run version of Yemen’s Saba news agency on Saturday, saying Houthi forces had targeted the helicopter as it carried out what he described as “hostile operations” along the Saudi-Yemeni border. Saudi officials had not immediately commented on the claim, and the reported downing of the…

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A truck drove into a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, leaving a ​six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man dead, and 10 others ‌hospitalised with traumatic injuries, police said on Saturday. The injuries ranged from minor to severe, but none appear to be life-threatening, Wichita police Captain Aaron Moses ​said at a news conference. The two people killed were ​pronounced dead at the scene, he said. Moses said a 34-year-old ⁠woman was driving the truck, which ended up in a field ​at the west end of the Stryker Sports Complex.…

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Saudi Arabia’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles and several drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia, authorities said on Sunday, as emergency alerts warned residents in Riyadh and the southern city of Khamis Mushayt of potential aerial threats. The Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said two ballistic missiles fired toward Khamis Mushayt were intercepted and destroyed early Sunday. Coalition spokesman Maj-Gen. Turki Al Maliki later confirmed that a drone had also been intercepted over the Riyadh region, Arab News said in a report. The announcements…

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Pakistan on Saturday extended its ban on the use of its airspace by Indian aircraft until November 24, 2026, at 4:59am, according to an official notice. The restriction covers Indian-registered aircraft as well as aircraft owned, operated or leased by Indian airlines or operators. The ban also prohibits Indian aircraft from using Pakistani airspace for military flights. Earlier, Pakistan had extended the airspace restriction on Indian-registered aircraft until October 24, 2026. Pakistan imposed the airspace restriction amid heightened tensions with India, following the Pahalgam attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu…

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Shah Abdul Latif University in Khairpur has cancelled 1,184 LLB degrees from its three-year and five-year law programmes after finding the relevant documents unacceptable during a review of academic records. According to a university notification, the cancelled degrees include 658 from the three-year LLB programme and 526 from the five-year programme. The degrees revoked from the three-year programme belong to the 2016, 2017 and 2018 batches, while those cancelled from the five-year programme are from the 2017 batch. The university administration said an inquiry was conducted into the records, but…

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