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Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie audiobook review – women driven apart

The close friendship between two women from Karachi who are high flyers in London is put to the test when a figure from their past reappears

The Guardian - UK

Cyclone Biparjoy: more than 100,000 evacuated in India and Pakistan as storm nears

Cyclone Biparjoy, which means ‘disaster’ in Bengali, is expected to make landfall on Thursday evening

The Guardian - AU

Nabihah Iqbal: "I got a vintage harmonium in Karachi. It’s the most ‘analogue’ synth you can get"

The Ninja Tune artist on how a run of setbacks helped her shake up her workflow for the creation of excellent new album Dreamer

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‘Picked up by armed men’: Pakistani TV journalist returns home after 24 hours

About 24 hours after being “picked up at gunpoint”, Pakistani TV journalist Zubair Anjum returned home in Karachi in the wee hours of Wednesday, Dawn reported.

Newslaundry

Pakistan may pull out of Asia Cup after Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh reject 'Hybrid Model'

KARACHI: Left with no option after Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan backed out of their proposed 'Hybrid Model', hosts Pakistan may pull out of the Asia Cup in September.

The Times of India

Rally demands release of Pakistani human rights lawyer taken by armed men in Karachi

Dozens of protesters are holding a rally in Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi to demand the release of a top rights lawyer, after he was abducted by armed men the previous day

The Independent UK

Pakistani human rights activist abducted in Karachi

Prominent Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir was abducted late on Thursday night in the southern city of Karachi, his wife said, prompting widespread outcry in the country.

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Pakistani lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir abducted, wife says

Prominent lawyer and rights activist picked up by unidentified men amid ongoing crackdown on ex-PM Imran Khan’s party.

Al Jazeera

Pak says it is ready for talks ‘with open mind’

New Delhi, May 29: Pakistan, in its latest communication to India, is believed to have expressed its willingness to discuss “with an open mind” every proposal or alternative that may be put forward at the talks to resolve the deadlock, according to the Karachi newspaper “Dawn.” A special representative of…

The Hindu

Second Pakistani journalist missing, family alleges abduction

Both Sami Abraham’s family and Karachi-based independent BOL television, where he works, say he has been kidnapped.

Al Jazeera

Keralite dies in Karachi jail; family says it will receive body only if brought to Kerala

The family members of C.V. Sulfikar, 48, from Kapur near Thrithala, who died in Pakistan jail, have expressed their inability to receive his body at Chandigarh airport. However, the family said they would receive the body if it is brought to Kerala.

The Hindu

PCB threatens to move out of ACC if it is not allowed to host 4 first round games of Asia Cup

KARACHI: In a desperate bid to host some matches of the Asia Cup in Pakistan, the PCB is now trying to convince the Asian Cricket Council to allocate just four first round games in Pakistan or else they would have no option but to pull-out of continental body.

The Times of India

Why are people protesting in Pakistan? Former PM Imran Khan arrested by paramilitary forces

Thousands take to the streets across places such as the capital Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar

Evening Standard

Guantanamo Bay art: Pakistani artist depicts 20 years of detention

Ahmed Rabbani was held in the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay for nearly 20 years and was eventually released without charge in February. Ahmed says his paintings denounce the torture he suffered at the hands of his captors and is asking the US military to return the artwork he…

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Protests erupt in Pakistan cities after Imran Khan arrest

Thousands take to the streets in the capital Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and other cities.

The Guardian - UK

Calls grow for Pakistan’s zoos to close after death of 17-year-old elephant

Case of Noor Jehan in Karachi draws criticism of conditions and renewed accusations of neglect at country’s facilities

The Times of India

Pakistan will only come for World Cup if BCCI gives 'written guarantee' to PCB on 2025 Champions Trophy participation

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi will seek a "written guarantee" from BCCI supremo Jay Shah about Indian team's participation in 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan before committing on their national team playing its ODI World Cup games in India, later this year.

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The fate of a teenage zoo elephant in Pakistan was tragic — and a symbol of much more

As details of Noor Jehan's neglect came to light, the revelations sparked a national conversation about the neglect and abuse of animals in Pakistan — and of vulnerable humans as well.

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The Times of India

PAK vs NZ: Matt Henry hopes New Zealand can avoid whitewash vs World No. 1 Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Can New Zealand avoid a 5-0 whitewash against World No. 1 team Pakistan? NZ pacer Matt Henry is hopeful the Black Caps can avoid a cleansweep when the two sides face each other in the fifth and final one-day international in Karachi.

The Times of India

Babar Azam becomes fastest to 5,000 ODI runs

NEW DELHI: World no.1 ODI batter Babar Azam on Friday became the fastest to complete 5,000 runs in the format. The Pakistan skipper achieved the milestone in the fourth one-dayer against New Zealand in Karachi.

Daily Mirror

Brit who survived airline hijack confronts man who held him at gunpoint after 36 years

British national Mike Thexton, now 63, was just 27 when his flight returning from Karachi in Pakistan was boarded by a terror cell who wanted to strike Israeli military targets from the skies

The Times of India

Shoaib Malik denies divorce rumours with Sania Mirza

KARACHI: Rubbishing divorce rumours with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has blamed their "busy schedule" for the couple not to have been seen together in the recent past.

Reuters

Elephant in Pakistan zoo dies, reviving concern over animal treatment

Noor Jehan, an elephant in Pakistan's Karachi Zoo whose illness revived criticisms of the nation's zoos, died on Saturday despite frantic efforts to treat her, officials said.

Daily Mirror

Brit on 1986 Pan Am plane attack faces terrorist to find out why he spared his life

Mike Thexton was 27 when, after a summer hiking in the Himalayas, the plane he boarded from Karachi, Pakistan was hijacked by a Palestinian terror cell

The Times of India

'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".

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