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'This is as crazy as a clown in a village circus': Ramiz Raja after Mickey Arthur's appointment

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) former chairman Ramiz Raja has described the appointment of Mickey Arthur to the post of national team director as "a clown in a village circus".

The Times of India

Pakistan capable of becoming No.1 team across formats, win World Cups: Mickey Arthur

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's newly appointed team director Mickey Arthur feels that the country has the capability of becoming the number one team across formats and has players who can win them World Cups.

The Times of India

Eid al-Fitr 2023 moon sightings and confirmed dates for Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, India and UK

Countries across the world have declared dates for Eid but many of them fall on different days

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Pakistan’s Punjab elections to go ahead as court confirms ruling

Supreme court stands by decision to order elections next month in move that seemingly pits judiciary against government

The Guardian - UK

Daily Dose Ep 1332: Gandhi’s plea dismissed, Pak foreign minister to visit India

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from Gujarat, the Supreme Court, Pakistan and Yemen.

Newslaundry

Pakistan places first order for discounted Russian oil, joining major buyers India and China

Pakistan has become the latest Asian country to import Russia’s discounted crude oil, joining India and China which are importing heavily from Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Pakistan’s descent into crisis

Pakistan appears to be on the brink of a full-blown crisis with the country struggling to get on top of mounting security threats, political uncertainty and economic instability.

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Exclusive-Pakistan makes its first purchase of discounted Russian oil

Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted Russian crude oil under a deal struck between Islamabad and Moscow, the country's petroleum minister said, with one cargo to dock at the port of Karachi in May.

Reuters

Shadow minister 'mortified' after confusing SNP's Humza Yousaf with 'Mohammad Yousuf'

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Kyle has apologised after this morning calling the SNP leader Mohammad Yousuf, who is a Muslim batsman and former captain of Pakistan's cricket team

Daily Mirror

Chinese man accused of blasphemy in Pakistan taken into custody

The Chinese national working at a hydropower project denies the allegation levelled by his co-workers.

Al Jazeera

Another Pakistani film tackling patriarchy to premiere in France

Zarrar Kahn’s debut In Flames set to premiere next month at Directors’ Fortnight, an event that runs parallel to Cannes.

Al Jazeera

Inflation crimps Eid festivities for Karachi orphans

Women pedal sewing machines, deftly lining up seams and pleats as they assemble brightly coloured dresses for young girls at an orphanage in Pakistan, in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, which ends the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Reuters

Greater Manchester Police 'seeking to bring suspects in from Pakistan' over child sexual exploitation

The force's Chief Constable said historic crime doesn't 'stay in the past because it happened a long time ago'

Manchester Evening News

With suicide no longer a crime, the real work begins

In December 2022, Pakistan repealed the penal code criminalising attempted suicide. Now the focus can shift to better understanding the scope of the crisis.

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Chinese worker denies blasphemy in Pakistan but still remanded in custody

A Chinese national in Pakistan has denied an accusation of blasphemy levelled by workers on a hydropower project.

The Times of India

How Imran Khan’s poll demand sparked a new Pakistan crisis

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan premier Imran Khan’s bid for snap elections has evolved into a constitutional crisis, with the government pushing back against a Supreme Court order to carry out two provincial polls, raising concerns over the future of the democratic process.

The Independent UK

Pakistan court jails Chinese national charged with blasphemy

A Pakistani court has ruled that a Chinese national arrested on blasphemy charges be held in jail for two weeks, pending trial

The Conversation

Climate change: multi-country media analysis shows scepticism of the basic science is dying out

Any regular viewer of BBC’s Question Time could be forgiven for thinking that old-fashioned climate science denialism is alive and kicking. In a recent edition, panellist Julia Hartley-Brewer called the IPCC’s climate models “complete nonsense”, and dismissed the 2022 record UK heatwave and the floods in Pakistan by saying: “It’s…

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Chinese man denies blasphemy in Pakistan, sent to jail - police

A Chinese national in Pakistan has denied an accusation of blasphemy levelled by fellow workers on a hydropower project who said he had insulted the Prophet Mohammad, police said on Tuesday after a court remanded him in judicial custody.

Al Jazeera

Huge landslide in northwest Pakistan kills three, buries vehicles

At least three dead and several others wounded as landslide hits an area near Torkham border crossing.

The Independent UK

Massive landslide buries trucks in northwestern Pakistan

Officials say a massive landslide triggered by lightning amid rain has struck a key highway near the Torkham border town in northwestern Pakistan, burying several trucks and injuring some people

Reuters

Landslide in Pakistan's Khyber Pass buries trucks, kills at least two people

A landslide during a thunder and lightning storm on the main road through northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pass buried more than 20 trucks on Tuesday, killing at least two people, with dozens more feared trapped, officials said.

The Times of India

PAK vs NZ: New Zealand survive Iftikhar Ahmed onslaught to win third T20I against Pakistan

NEW DELHI: All-rounder James Neesham held his nerve in the final over and stopped the dangerous Iftikhar Ahmed to hand New Zealand a thrilling four-run win over Pakistan in the third T20 international in Lahore.

The Independent UK

Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is working on a new memoir, the latest book by the young activist from Pakistan known for her advocacy for education for girls and for surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban

Reuters

Chinese man charged with blasphemy in Pakistan after angry crowds gather - police

A Chinese worker was charged with blasphemy in northern Pakistan after angry workers surrounded his office accusing him of insulting the Prophet Mohammad, then stormed a police station to try to find him, officials said.

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