Category: 1. Pakistan

Pakistan defeated South Africa by 36 runs in the third and final one-day international (ODI) at Wanderers Stadium, Sandton on Sunday to complete a historic ODI whitewash against the Proteas on their home turf. Chasing a target of 309 runs in 47 overs the South African team succumbed at 271 runs. Despite Heinrich Klaasen’s valiant…

WEST PALM BEACH: President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage and drawing a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino. Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Arizona, Trump also said he would not let…

• Punjab sees gulf of over half million between valid ballots cast in national and provincial assembly constituencies• Report notes ‘invalid votes’ in provincial polls outnumbered those for NA contests; three big parties gained more seats than their share of votes ISLAMABAD: The number of votes polled in the 2024 general elections for National Assembly…

KARACHI: A constitutional bench of the Sindh High Court has observed that primarily the police are a disciplined force, but their image has been tarnished because of instances of police personnel behaving in a ‘wayward manner’ by misusing their power. It also noted that on numerous occasions, judges came across police personnel involved in heinous…

SINGAPORE: The dollar was steady on Monday after U.S. inflation data showed only a modest rise last month, easing some concerns about the pace of U.S. rate cuts next year, while the yen loitered near 156 per dollar, raising the possibility of intervention. Investor sentiment was also lifted when a U.S. government shutdown was averted…

KARACHI: The Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) with the help of Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) busted a network of water thieves in a grand operation carried out in Rehri Goth of Landhi, it emerged on Sunday. According to officials, with the help of heavy machinery, the paramilitary force dismantled an illegal water hydrant which was…

ISLAMABAD: The PTI has agreed to meet with the committee formed by the government for talks but said the call for civil obedience will not be revoked as a prelude to negotiations. The civil disobedience was called for by the jailed PTI founder, Imran Khan, and only he can withdraw it, the party’s information secretary,…

PESHAWAR: The Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi notified the names of the members of political and technical committees constituted in light of the KP Governor’s All Parties Conference here on Sunday. The 11-member political committee is aimed at the promotion of political harmony among the political parties and prosperity of the province. The committee…

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• Faisal Edhi claims 50 deaths in Parachinar due to lack of medical facilities• KP launches helicopter service to shift trapped people• Punjab govt sends another consignment of essential items KURRAM: Protests over the prolonged closure of transportation routes continued on Sunday in Kurram, with residents braving freezing temperatures in a sit-in outside the Parachinar…