The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

NEW DELHI: The Pakistan government is trying its best to secure a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the release of a critical bailout package, failing which it can slump into default.

NEW DELHI: India produced an all-round performance to register a comfortable six-wicket victory over West Indies in their Group 2 match on Wednesday in Cape Town, their second consecutive win at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in their campaign opener.

An angry mob stormed a police station in Punjab, Pakistan, murdering a man being held there on accusations of blasphemy on February 11, 2023. Several videos circulated online documenting this horrific murder. Unfortunately, this is not the first time something like this has happened, says our Observer, who has been…

On Jan. 17, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which already carried the death penalty for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Now anyone in Pakistan deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, can face life imprisonment.

Smriti Mandhana's finger injury has healed sufficiently to allow her to be part of India's playing eleven in the Women's T20 World Cup match against West Indies on Wednesday, said the Indian coaching staff ahead of the game. Mandhana had missed the team's win in its tournament opener against Pakistan.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Super Legue (PSL) witnesed another thrilling finish on Tuesday as Peshawar Zalmi edged out Karachi Kings in a last-over finish to win by two runs.

A federal judge in Virginia is expressing misgivings about prosecutors' plan to put five Virginia men on trial for an alleged terrorism conspiracy

Cash-strapped Pakistan sharply increased taxes on natural gas to comply with a long-stalled financial bailout, and both industrial and everyday consumers were expected to feel the pain

Left-hander Ben Duckett has rejected some franchise cricket to focus on England after six years in the Test wilderness came to an end as Brendon McCullum's side beat Pakistan in December

NEW DELHI: Batters Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh, the duo who shone with the bat in India's seven-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign opener, made upward movements in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings released on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana missed the tie against Pakistan owing to a finger injury but the star opener is likely to be back in the team against the West Indies in their second Women's T20 World Cup match in Cape Town on Wednesday.