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COLOMBO: On the third day of Colombo test against Sri Lanka, Pakistan in their first innings were 563 for five at stumps today.  Pakistan is leading by 397 runs. Earlier, Sri-Lanka were all out for 166 runs in their first innings.…

AMSTERDAM: A fire blazed on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one member of the crew and injuring several others, the coastguard said. The fire began on Tuesday night on the 199-metre…

KARACHI: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif distributed Laptops and cheques under Prime Minister’s Youth Business Loans programme in Karachi today. He also distributed scholarship cheques among the talented youth of Sindh. He will…

KARACHI: Sindh MPA Muhammad Aslam Abro’s brother and nephew were shot dead on Wednesday after unidentified assailants opened fire on their vehicle in Phase 7 of Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA). South Senior Superintendent of…

ISLAMABAD: Director General Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Muhammad Tahir Hassan has said that Radio Pakistan is ready to join hands with "Cholistan Development Council, Bahawalpur" to highlight the ancient and historic culture of…

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved draft of the amendment bill of the Investment Board Ordinance 2001 for promotion of foreign investment in Pakistan. The decision to this effect was taken in the federal cabinet meeting held in…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces an alarming challenge in its fight against hunger, data from the 2022 Global Hunger Index (GHI) by Concern Worldwide in collaboration with Welthungerhilfe showed. The index emphasises the severity of hunger in the…

Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger in Germany in 1927, was a member of the Hitler Youth. When Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) turned 14 in 1941 in Germany, he was legally required to join the Hitler Youth. Hitler Youth was an…

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s plea seeking to stay a trial court’s proceedings in the Toshakhana case. On Oct 21 last year, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had disqualified…

WASHINGTON: The United States is “shocked and horrified” by the video of an outrageous attack on two women in the Indian state of Manipur, and called for a peaceful resolution of the violence there. “We were shocked and horrified by the…