Tag Archives: Pakistan

KARACHI: The government has given go-ahead for Pakistan’s participation in the Junior Hockey World Cup in India in December. Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Shahbaz Ahmed told ‘The News’ that Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has informed him that the government had permitted participation in the Junior World Cup, scheduled to …

The Pakistan International Super Kabbadi League will be held in March next year, secretary general of the Pakistan Kabaddi Federation (PKF) Rana Mohammad Sarwar said. Sarwar, who is also the general secretary of the Asian Kabaddi Federation, said that the Pakistan Super Kabaddi League would be organised for the first …

Thursday, 14 September 2017 :  Al Qaeda militants have called for support for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, who are facing a security crackdown that has sent about 400,000 of them fleeing to Bangladesh, warning that Myanmar would face “punishment” for its “crimes”. The exodus of Muslim refugees from Buddhist-majority Myanmar was …

Friday, 18 August 2017 :  Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17, said on Thursday she was “excited” after winning a place to study at Oxford University. Yousafzai said she had been accepted at Oxford to study Politics, Philosophy, and …

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 KARACHI: 5 people died when an apartment building collapsed in southern Pakistan early Tuesday as most of its residents were sleeping, officials said. Rescuers struggled to pull survivors from the rubble of the 3-storey building in the southern city of Karachi. “5 bodies were recovered from …

Friday, 19 May 2017 AMSTERDAM: The World Court on Thursday ordered Pakistan not to execute Indian citizen Kulbhushan Sudir Jadhav, convicted of spying, until it has had time to hear an argument from India that Pakistan violated an international treaty guaranteeing diplomatic help to foreigners accused of capital crimes. The …

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 :  Former Pakistan one-day international captain Azhar Ali and wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal are back in the squad for June’s Champions Trophy in England, the country’s cricket board said on Tuesday. Azhar stepped down as captain in February and was eventually dropped from the squad after Pakistan’s …

Tuesday, 25 April 2017 :  Captain Misbah-ul-Haq became the first Pakistan batsman left stranded on an unbeaten 99 in a test on Monday but the visitors still seized control of the first match against West Indies in Jamaica. West Indies were reeling on 93 for four wickets in their second …

Saturday, 23 April 2017 :  Pakistan paceman Mohammad Abbas took a wicket with his second ball in test cricket as the tourists made headway early on the first day of the first test before West Indies recovered to close at 244-7 in Jamaica on Friday. West Indies were reeling at …

Saturday, 18 March 2017 :   Batsman Shahzaib Hasan has become the fifth player to be provisionally suspended as part of an anti-corruption inquiry into the Pakistan Super League. The Karachi Kings opener, 27, has been charged by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and has 14 days to respond. Shahzaib has …