Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has rued the fact that Pakistan and India are no longer able to play cricket they once used to but is hopeful of the two teams being able to rekindle their rivalry on the field soon. The mother of all cricketing battles – India and Pakistan […]
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Pakistan’s Covid-19 tally could reach 12 lakh by July end, says minister
A minister in Pakistan has said that the number of coroanvirus disease cases in the country could reach up to 12 lakh by the end of July. “We’re in mid-June and our cases have reached approximately 1,50,000. It saddens me to say that based on our current trajectory, experts have […]
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2 arrested in Rajasthan for sharing confidential details with Pakistan
The special branch of Rajasthan Police on Monday arrested two civil defence employees on espionage charges. Both the employees – Vikas Kumar (29) and Chimal Lal (22) – were passing information to the Pakistani intelligence agency, the police said. They work at an Army Ammunition Depot in Sri Ganganagar district. […]
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In rebuttal to Pak, India quotes Imran Khan’s ‘40,000 terrorists’ remark
A new UN report that refers to the presence of thousands of Pakistani terrorists in Afghanistan is a reiteration of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s acknowledgement last year that his country hosts up to 40,000 terrorists, people familiar with developments said on Friday. Reacting to the Pakistan Foreign Office’s contention that […]
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‘Just 2 ventilators, no medical aid’: Pakistan’s Covid-19 hotspot cries for help
In one of the badly-affected regions by Covid-19 in Pakistan, people are facing severe threats due to lack of medical facilities and food shortages. Gilgit-Baltistan, the region bordering China’s Xinjiang province, has already reported over 800 coronavirus cases but there is no medical infrastructure to deal with the crisis. Reports […]
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Mylan’s Pakistan partner to sell Covid-19 drug within 2 months
Pakistan’s AGP Ltd., a partner of Mylan NV, plans to sell the Covid-19 treatment remdesivir, which has been shown to improve recovery of coronavirus patients, within one to two months in the Asian nation. AGP plans to seek permission from the country’s drug authority to import the medicine, Chief Executive […]
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Pakistan records 2,636 Covid-19 cases, highest single-day fatalities; tally crosses 64,000-mark
Pakistan’s coronavirus cases on Friday reached 64,028 with 2,636 new patients in the last 24 hours (between Thursday and Friday), the country’s health ministry said. It also said that the death toll climbed to 1,317 after 57 people lost their lives in the last 24 hours, the country’s highest single-day […]
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Pakistan uses militant-tracking tech to hunt virus
Pakistan’s intelligence services are deploying secretive surveillance technology normally used to locate militants to instead track coronavirus patients and the people they come into contact with. In a programme publicly touted by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the government has turned to the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) for help in […]
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India’s Covid-19 package almost equal to Pakistan’s GDP
The economic package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation on Tuesday to help small businesses tide over the coronavirus crisis, is almost equal to Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP). The size of India’s financial package is US $266 billion, or 10 per cent of its gross […]
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Pakistan ahead of others, says Qureshi as Opposition attacks govt over Covid-19
As the number of coronavirus disease cases rise in Pakistan, Opposition parties slammed the Imran Khan government for mishandling the crisis. The Opposition questioned the government’s move to ease lockdown. The criticism was led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former defence minister Khawaja Asif in the National Assembly. […]
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Pakistani TikTok star ‘has videos of politicians’
Some leading Pakistani politicians may face embarrassment if local TikTok personality Hareem Shah acts out on her threat to leak compromising videos she claims she has taken with them. Shah has been under public scrutiny after her TikTok video, recorded in the Pakistan foreign office building, went viral on social […]
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After Afghanistan, Pakistan says it will not allow its soil to be used against anyone
Pakistan said on Sunday that it will not allow its soil to be used against anyone, amid raging tensions between Iran and the US after the killing of top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in an American drone strike in Iraq. “We will not allow our soil to be used […]
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Australia’s Nic Maddinson out of Pakistan clash over mental health issues
Nic Maddinson on Saturday pulled out of Australia A’s clash against Pakistan in Perth on mental health grounds, all-but ruling him out of contention for a berth in the Test squad. The middle-order batsman’s decision comes barely a week after Glenn Maxwell withdrew from Australia’s Twenty20 team to deal with […]
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Pakistani Rangers opens fire at forward posts along LoC in Poonch
Pakistani Rangers on Tuesday targeted forward posts along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir with small arms firing, a defence official said. The Indian Army effectively retaliated. “At about 0740 hours, the Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms along LoC in Kirni […]
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US: Pak failed to stop LeT, JeM funds, recruiting
US state department said on Friday Pakistan has “failed to significantly limit” Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad’s ability to raise money and recruit followers, and allowed candidates connected to their front organisations to contest elections. In its annual country report on terrorism for 2018, the department noted Pakistan’s efforts in relations to […]