Gilgit-Baltistan is going to become Pakistan’s fifth province, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Sunday. He was speaking at an independence day parade in Gilgit-Baltistan. November 1 also marks GB’s independence day and the day it ceded to Pakistan. He said the move was being taken in line with the United Nationals Security Council’s resolutions. […]

Two debutants for Pakistan as batsman Haider Ali and paceman Musa Khan get their caps. Update: Zimbabwe have won the toss and elected to field There is one change to the Pakistan squad as injured Haris Sohail has been replaced with young batsman Haider Ali Babar Azam’s side have a 1-0 lead in the three-match […]

A man shot his first wife dead in New Karachi’s Laasi Goth over property on Saturday night. The man, identified as Nasir, had remarried and wanted their house off his first wife Rukhsana’s name. They had been married for 10 years and had four children together. Thirty-year-old Rukhsana had also recently got Nasir released from […]

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman lamented on missing goal scoring opportunities after the side settled for a 1-1 away draw in La Liga against 10-men Alaves on Sunday. Luis Rioja put Alaves in front at Mendizorrotza after an error from Barca’s back-up goalkeeper Neto, with Antoine Griezmann equalising in the second half, a minute after Jota […]

A pesh imam was attacked on Karachi’s Jamshed Road on Saturday shortly after leading prayers. Assailants opened fire on a mosque’s pesh imam, identified as Mufti Abdullah, and injured him. Residents of the area caught one of the three assailants and beat him up before locking him in the basement of a nearby apartment building. […]

Federal Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Haider Zaidi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. He announced the news Saturday night via Twitter. He said he will be quarantining and isolating himself but said he “wasn’t out”. Zaidi said he will keep using social media and “expose those who have robbed this nation and continue to […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan believes leaders of the Muslim world must take the lead in breaking the cycle of hate and extremism against Muslims. He and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed rising Islamophobia during a telephone call on Saturday night. The premier said Muslim leaders should explain to their Western counterparts about the special […]