New Delhi |Β Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has recently faced a severe blow after New Zealand and England cancelled their respective tours. The Kiwis cited security as a reason whereas England stated the ‘mental and physical well-being’ of the players was an issue. The cancellation of the tours has affected Pakistan financially and ‘morally’ as well. […]
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Hundreds throw woman in the air in Pak, tear clothes
Lahore |Β Lahore police on Tuesday registered a case against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from a female TikToker and her companions at the city’s Greater Iqbal Park on Pakistan’s Independence Day on August 14. As per the FIR reported by Dawn, the complainant stated that she, along with her six companions, were […]
Hindu temple in Pakistan vandalised after minor gets bail
New Delhi/Islamabad |Β A Hindu temple in Pakistan’s Punjab province was reportedly vandalised by hundreds of people after a nine-year-old Hindu boy, who allegedly urinated at a local seminary, received bail, a media report said on Thursday. According to the Dawn news report, the incident took place on Wednesday in Bhong town, about 60 km from […]
China, US, refuse to accept mangoes sent by Pakistan as part of ‘mango diplomacy’: Report
New Delhi | Pakistan’s all weather friend China has refused to accept sweet and juicy mangoes sent by the Pakistani president Arif Alvi to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The stated reason is quarantine regulations prevent the gift from reaching the Chinese President. The same fate befell the prized Chaunsa mangoes in the US, Canada, […]
Drone movement from Pak spiked amid farmer protests: Punjab CM
Chandigarh |Β Taking serious note of the perceptible increase in drone movement from across the international border since the farmers’ protests started gathering heat in October 2020, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday declared that “as long as I am here, no Khalistani or Pakistani or any other terrorist activity will be allowed to disturb […]
Power distribution system breakdown plunges entire Pakistan into darkness
Islamabad:Β Hundreds of millions of Pakistanis were left without power due to a technical fault in the country’s power distribution system, government officials said on Sunday. The blackout began at about 11.50 p.m. on Saturday when power failures were reported in all major cities, including Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and Rawalpindi, reports Xinhua news agency. According […]
Angry mob vandalizes Hindu saint’s shrine in Pakistan
Islamabad:Β The shrine of a Hindu saint has been vandalized by an aggressive mob in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The incident took place in Teri area of Karak district. “More than a thousand people led by some local elders of a religious party held a protest and demanded the removal of the Hindu place of worship,” […]
Indo-Pak aggressive joint parade halted after decades
Islamabad:Β Tense relations and the never-ending rivalry between Pakistan and India has reflected in a daily joint parade at the border openings for decades, where both sides showcase aggressive gestures and emotions filled parade with massive crowds chanting slogans on both sides everyday. However, with the ongoing spread of the coronavirus pandemic, this spectacle has come […]
China asks Pak for additional guarantees in return for $6B loan
Islamabad:Β Pakistan’s friendly neighbour China, which has time and again bailed it out of its financial crisis, has in a queer turn of events now demanded guarantees before sanctioning fresh $6 billion in loan to Islamabad. Pakistan has sought the $6 billion loan help from China for Main Line (ML-1) project against which, Beijing has sought […]
2 minor girls who crossed LoC repatriated to Pak
Jammu:Β Two minor girls, who had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC), were repatriated to Pakistan on Monday through the crossing point in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Defence sources said the two minor girls, Laiba Zabair, 17 and Sana Zabair, 13, were handed over to the authorities from Pakistan at the Chakan Da Bagh […]