MELBOURNE: Pakistan have been fined for a slow over-rate against Australia during the second Test in Melbourne, the ICC said on Friday. Match referee Ranjan Madugalle imposed the fine after Misbah-ul-Haq´s side was ruled to be two overs short of its target when time allowances were taken into cons...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has invited Iran to discuss a return of its nationals to next year´s hajj after Iranians were excluded from the pilgrimage following a major diplomatic row, reports said Friday. The Al-Hayat daily reported that Riyadh´s pilgrims minister Mohammed Bentin had opened discussions ...
MELBOURNE: Azhar Ali hit the highest score by a Pakistan batsman in Australia as the tourists pounded the home bowlers on the third day of the second Test in Melbourne on Wednesday. Azhar passed Majid Khan´s previous highest score of 158 posted in Melbourne 44 years ago with a four through the sli...
ISLAMABAD: Three years on, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), described by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a "game changer" for the entire region here, has entered into full implementation in 2016 and remarkable progresses have been achieved. This was stated in a recent analytic...
MELBOURNE: Azhar Ali led a stubborn Pakistan response with a century on the second day of the second Test against Australia as Pakistan finished on 310-6 at stumps on the second day at Melbourne. Azhar, playing in his 56th Test, raised his 12th Test century and third against Australia with two run...
SUKKUR: Senator and former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Sherry Rehman, was boarded to the wrong flight by the Pakistan International Airlines, on Tuesday. Sherry disclosed the news via a tweet on Tuesday that she had been boarded to the wrong ATR which was headed to Multan inste...
MOSCOW: Russian divers on Monday found the main body of the military plane that crashed in the Black Sea with 92 people onboard, an official told Russian news agencies. "Divers... have found the fuselage of the plane that crashed yesterday in the Black Sea," agencies quoted a member of t...
LISBON: World-renowned Portuguese footballer Christiano Ronaldo sent out a heartfelt message of hope for the war-torn children of Aleppo as well as donation. In what was an admirable initiative by the Save The World organisation, the immensely popular footballer recorded a short video c...
BANGKOK: At least 400 victims of Asia's 2004 tsunami that killed 226,000 people remain unidentified in Thailand 12 years on, police said on Monday. The 9.15 magnitude Dec. 26 earthquake triggered a tsunami across the Indian Ocean in one of the biggest natural disasters in history. Thailand, Indone...
KARACHI: Former president Asif Zardari on Sunday broke silence on raids on his freind Anwar Majeed's offices and home. After offering fateha at the Quaid's mausoleum on his birthday and laying floral wreath, ex-president vowed to make Pakistan as dreamt by the Father of the Nation. Replying to a ...
MOSCOW: A Russian military plane crashed on its way to Syria on Sunday, with no sign of survivors among the 92 onboard, who included dozens of Red Army Choir members heading to celebrate the New Year with troops. The Tu-154 plane went down in the Black Sea shortly after taking off from the souther...
BAGHDAD: Rights group Amnesty International called on Monday for the release of a Yazidi woman detained by Iraqi Kurdish authorities for nearly two years following her escape from Daesh enslavement. Bassema Darwish, a 34-year-old mother, has been held without trial since October 2014 on charges of...
ISTANBUL: An explosion rocked the eastern Turkish city of Van on Monday, leaving several people wounded, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. The blast took place in the heart of the bustling city centre, between the ruling AKP´s offices and those of the governor, Anadolu added, without giving ...
MAKKAH: The annual ceremony to change Ghilaf-e-Kaaba (Kiswa) was held today at the Grand Mosque where 1.5 million Muslims have gathered to perform Hajj. A Kiswa consumes about 700 kg of silk and 120 kg of golden and silver threads. It consists of 47 pieces of cloth, and each piece is 14 meters lo...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Sunday said that there was no space for extremism in the country envisioned by Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. “It is the firm resolve of the present democratic government that we would leave no stone unturned to make Pakistan the Quaid...
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to remain united in the face of terrorist attacks, in a barely-veiled jab at Republican White House nominee Donald Trump 15 years after 9/11. "In the face of terrorism, how we respond matters," Obama said in his weekly radio ...
MUMBAI: In the first ten minutes of Sohail Khan’s “Freaky Ali”, the protagonist plays in a colony cricket match and hits sixes at will. In the final moments of the film during a crucial match, he tells a friend, “chakka maarta hoon” (I’m going to hit a six). You’d be forgiven for thinking this was ...
MONTREAL: Global airport traffic grew at its fastest rate last year since 2010, rising 6.4 percent to 7.2 billion passengers, according to data published on Friday by an international trade association representing airports. But passenger growth this year could be tempered by the threat of militan...
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehrik-e-insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Friday expressed his resolve to lead a protest march into Raiwind, the home town of country’s ruling family, before Muharram. Addressing a press conference, Khan said though the tentative date for the protest march was September 24, the PTI ...
PESHAWAR: The police claimed to have foiled a terror bid and arrested a suspected person besides recovering a bomb from his possession in Peshawar. The police conducted snap checking of suspected person near Machni gate on Friday morning and recovered a homemade bomb from his bag while his accompl...
LONDON: A clash between supposedly the two most expensive lineups in history overseen by two of the most decorated coaches will end the phoney war and ignite the Premier League season for real when Manchester United host Manchester City on Saturday. Jose Mourinho's United and City, under the comma...
KABUL: An explosion went off in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday as crowds gathered to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the death of Ahmad Shah Masoud, a leader of the fight against Soviet forces in the 1980s and an enemy of the Taliban in the 1990s. The blast, which came at a time of hei...
