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By LAWRENCE BOOTH FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 22:00 GMT, 14 November 2023 | UPDATED: 22:58 GMT, 14 November 2023 The Cricket World Cup has been plunged into an astonishing row amid claims the Indian board have switched the pitch for their team's semi-final on Wednesday against New Zealand in...

By Jonathan Beale, defence correspondent, and James Gregory BBC News The US says it will allow its Western allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including American-made F-16s, in a major boost for Kyiv. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said President Joe Biden "informed...

COPENHAGEN, March 24 (Reuters) - Air force commanders from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark said on Friday they have signed a letter of intent to create a unified Nordic air defence aimed at countering the rising threat from Russia. The intention is to be able to operate jointly based on...

LONDON: Private channel New Vision TV, the broadcaster of ARY UK, has issued an apology to former finance minister Ishaq Dar and said its allegations of corruption and misuse of authority against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader were fabricated. The defamatory remarks were made...

ISLAMABAD: Hezb-e-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has urged India to refrain from interfering in the internal matters of Afghanistan and appreciated the efforts of Pakistan for conflict resolution in the war-torn country. “India should focus on its internal issues instead of issuing statements...

LAHORE: Former Test cricketer Abdul Qadir passed away on Friday after he suffered a heart attack in Lahore, said sources close to the family. The 67-year-old was born in Lahore in 1955. He was one of the best leg-spinners of his time, taking 236 wickets in 67 Test matches and 132 wickets in...

Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas said no amount of force as part of the avowedly ‘muscular’ Kashmir policy can quell the anger that Kashmiri youth are experiencing. Former Navy Chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas has written to President Ram Nath Kovind in the aftermath of the suicide attack in Jammu...

By KR Web Desk Srinagar: Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Friday called his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu to thank him for Turkey’s steadfast support to Pakistan on a range of issues. This support reflected the commitment of Pakistan and Turkey to stand by each...

International Criminal Court judges consider Afghanistan war crimes inquiry By Secunder KermaniBBC News, Kabul Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are deciding whether to authorise an official war crimes inquiry into events in Afghanistan. They are due to begin examining written...

TAXILA (Staff Report) – An Afghan National Army officer has been held on suspicion of spying inside Pakistan, officials said on Friday. Media reports suggested that ANA officer Noor Agha had been disguising himself as a vegetable seller when he was arrested by the security agencies. The...

Had he been on a beneficial extension or counting his days to retirement, I wouldn’t have expected him to speak out. But he is a man on a mission. Thus far, no military commander has so bluntly and so directly accused the Indian intelligence agency, RAW (it’s usually a veiled reference to...

ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday morning, Express News reported. Regional issues were discussed during the 10-minute-long conversation. The phone call from the Indian premier came after a telephonic conversation between US President...

Military spokesperson Major General Asim Bajwa shot back at a question on whether the Pakistan Army was capable of going after every last terrorist indiscriminately, terming it an insult to the people of Pakistan and the armed forces. “I would say this is an insult to the Pakistani people and...

South Africa 439 for 2 (Amla 153*, de Villiers 149, Rossouw 128) beat West Indies 291 for 7 (Smith 64, Ramdin 57) by 148 runs AB de Villiers ripped up the record books with the fastest century in ODIs, off just 31 balls to beat the previous quickest set by Corey Anderson off 36 balls little...

An internal Pentagon audit revealed that the US army in Afghanistan has failed to account for a vast amount of military equipment, including vehicles, advanced weapons systems and even encryption technology. The investigation discovered that last year 156,000 pieces of military equipment worth...

WASHINGTON: The Pakistani army's operation in North Waziristan this year has disrupted the Haqqani network but the terrorist group continues to effect Afghanistan, a top American commander has said. "They are fractured. They are fractured like the Taliban is. That's based pretty much on the...

New Delhi: Veteran batsman Younis Khan on Saturday scored a record 26th Test ton for Pakistan. He achieved this feat in the ongoing first Test match against Australia on the fourth day in Dubai. The star player notched up a brilliant 103 not out off just 147 deliveries in the second innings, as...

GILGIT: Six mountaineers from Gilgit-Baltistan were among over a dozen mountaineers who reached K-2′s summit (8,611m) on Saturday afternoon, to mark 60 years since K-2, the second tallest mountain in the world, was first scaled. The six Pakistanis including Hassan Jan, Ali Durani, Rahmat Ullah...

SLAMABAD: A dismal response in this week's auction for next-generation cellphone spectrum licences means cash-strapped Pakistan will struggle to fund its budget this year, finance and IT ministry officials and telecom industry executives told Reuters. Pakistan is set to hold long-awaited...

Dr. Nizamuddin Ahmed The only explanation, if any, after Bangladesh's Tuesday night 'heartbreak' defeat to Pakistan (and never forget Afghanistan) is to take the matter spiritually. Or else how could Pakistan, faced with their highest run-chase in ODI history, and all but assumed beaten by a...