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Aid workers warn a lack of clean drinking is causing an increase in diseases in Pakistan, as the death toll from devastating floods crosses 1,200.

Hardik Pandya's all-round brilliance powered India to a thrilling five-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in an Asia Cup game on Sunday.

Historically in T20Is, India has an overall edge over Pakistan. Ever since their first T20I meeting at ICC T20 World Cup 2007, both sides have clashed nine times in the shortest format of the game.

Dubai: India cricketer Virat Kohli has written a heartfelt message on social media, paying tribute to Mahendra Singh Dhoni and reminiscing the days when he was deputy to the legendary skipper. Kohli, who is returning to the side for the Asia Cup here after taking a month-long break, tweeted that being MSD’s deputy was the “most […]

Hyderabad: Pakistani police rangers rescued Ashok Kumar, a Hindu sanitary worker in Pakistan after he was allegedly attacked by a crowd over false allegations of blasphemy. In a video that surfaced online, the police force was seen protecting the Hindu man from an angry mob baying for his blood. The police resorted to lathi-charge to […]

Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday blamed the “drama” over the appointment of the next Army chief for the country’s current situation and said that the successor to Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa should be appointed on the basis of merit. Appointed in 2016, the current Chief of Army Staff Gen Bajwa, 61, […]

Islamabad: At least 13 people were killed and five others injured after a truck fell over a passenger bus in Rahim Yar Khan city of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local media reported. A passenger bus fell into a sinkhole at Feroza Central road and got stuck into it. The accident took place when a truck […]

Hyderabad: Love knows no borders, but this Indo-Pak love story is now stuck on the Indo-Nepal border. It all started on social media, where Ahmed, a man hailing from Kishanbagh here in Hyderabad but working in a hotel in Saudi Arabia, met Kalija Noor of Faisalabad in Pakistan. They fell in love and decided to […]

Karachi: Pakistan, which has topped all charts when it comes to the ill-treatment of women, is now catching eyeballs for a shameful act where a security guard kicked a pregnant woman outside an apartment building, media reports said. The gruesome act was captured in Closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage. The police arrested the security guard […]

Islamabad: Backchannel talks between Pakistan and India have met a dead end as both sides have struggled to agree on the moves that may pave the way for slow but gradual improvement in the relationship, a media report said citing an informed source. “Talks have been going on but have reached a point where things […]

New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has cracked down on a cyber espionage operation linked to state-sponsored bad actors in Pakistan that targeted people in India, including military personnel and government officials, with various methods like honey trapping and infiltrating their devices with malware. Apart from India, the group of hackers in Pakistan — known in […]

New Delhi: The schedule of the 2022 Asia Cup has been announced with Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan in the tournament opener on August 27 in Dubai, which will be followed by the high-profile clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on the next day. The schedule for the 15th edition of the Asian tournament was […]

Birmingham: India brought their desired ”killing attitude” to the fore under pressure as they put up a ruthless performance to beat arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets and boost their chances of a semifinal berth at the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday. Pakistan’s decision to bat first backfired as Indian bowlers put the choke on the […]

It is like rubbing salt into the wounds. The decision of China and Pakistan to invite third parties to participate in the controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that runs through Pakistan-occupied territories is illegal and unacceptable. India has been consistently opposing the $60-billion CPEC on the grounds that the project is being built on territory […]

By Dhananjay Tripathi The last couple of years has not been good for South Asia, which, in all respects, stands divided. Politically and economically, South Asia is regarded as one of the world’s least integrated regions. This post-colonial, post-partition region has failed to stand united despite establishing the South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC) […]

Jaipur: A Pakistani national, who was apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) from the Hindumal border in Rajasthan’s Srigangagar district, has confessed that he crossed the International Border aiming to kill Nupur Sharma for her remarks against Prophet Mohammad, confirmed police on Wednesday morning. The Pakistan national, identified as Rizwan Ashraf, crossed the border […]

New Delhi: A Dubai-bound SpiceJet aircraft from Delhi was diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi due to technical malfunctioning, a senior airline official told IANS. In the last two weeks, two SpiceJet flights faced different technical problems. Further details are awaited.

Islamabad: A prominent human rights organization in Pakistan has condemned the assault on senior journalist and former parliamentarian Ayaz Amir by unidentified people that led to outrage in the country. Amir, 73, was reportedly attacked a day after he called Pakistan’s Army generals “property dealers”. “HRCP condemns the assault on senior journalist and former parliamentarian […]

Jaipur: Rajasthan Police on Wednesday said that the main accused involved in the killing of the tailor in Udaipur were in touch with Pakistan-based organisation Dawat-e-Islami and one of them also went to Karachi in Pakistan in 2014 to meet the organisation. Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP) ML Lather said that besides the main […]

Islamabad: Korean investors have filed a claim with the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) against the government of Pakistan, seeking $94 million in compensation. The investors claimed that the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) failed to evacuate electricity from the 147-megawatt Patrind Hydropower project for at least six months after the project’s COD, […]