Novak Djokovic escaped the heat and doused Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3 6-4 7-6(4) at the Australian Open on Saturday to reach the fourth round and add another line in the record book during his bid for a standalone 25th Grand Slam title. With his 102nd match victory at Melbourne, the evergreen Serb equalled […]
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday criticised what he described as the unfair treatment of Bangladesh in the ongoing dispute over the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, saying no country should be allowed to dictate terms to another in international cricket. Bangladesh have refused to play their scheduled T20 World Cup matches in India, […]
Europeans were among 150 senior Islamic State group detainees transferred this week by the US military from Kurdish custody in Syria to neighbouring Iraq, whose premier urged EU countries to repatriate their nationals. They were among an estimated 7,000 jihadists due to be moved to Iraq as the Kurdish-led force that has held them for […]
Iran will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us,” a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a US military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days. “This military buildup – we hope it is not intended for real confrontation – […]
A severe cold wave continued to grip Karachi and the rest of Sindh for a third consecutive day, with temperatures dropping further across the province, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said on Saturday. In Karachi, the temperature fell by another two degrees in the morning, with the mercury recorded at 8.5 degrees Celsius in some […]
The UN Human Rights Council decided Friday to deepen its scrutiny of Iran over its crackdown on protests that left thousands dead, including children, amid demands it end its “brutal repression”. The 47-member body voiced alarm about “the unprecedented scale of the violent crackdown on peaceful protests by security forces” in Iran. With 25 votes […]
Bangladesh’s fugitive former leader Sheikh Hasina alleged Friday that elections next month would not be free or fair, in her first public speech since being sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. The South Asian nation of 170 million people votes on February 12 to choose new leadership after prolonged political turmoil following […]
The government on Friday stood by its decision to join the US-led Board of Peace, selling Pakistan’s participation as a diplomatic opening on Gaza as the controversy around the move refused to die down and spilled onto the floor of parliament once again. The opposition parties called into question both the forum’s credibility and the […]
A powerful spell of snowfall has crippled daily life across large parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, cutting off road links, knocking out electricity and communication networks, and triggering a deadly avalanche in Lower Chitral that claimed nine lives, officials said on Friday. Meanwhile, authorities warned that another spell of rain and snow is expected early next […]
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva praised the government on Friday for “seriously” embracing reforms under its programme requirements, saying it was already yielding results. Speaking to ‘Pakistan TV Digital’ on the sidelines of the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Georgieva said: “Pakistani government has seriously embraced reforms […]