Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

DARK SECRETS: 13 | Vintage Vibes

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

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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…

France 24

Protests erupt in Pakistan cities after Imran Khan arrest

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

Al Jazeera

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 Guardian - UK

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.

The Times of India

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

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.

WEKU

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.

The Times of India

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

Daily Mirror

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.

The Times of India

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.

Reuters

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

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

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".

Reuters

Exclusive-Pakistan makes its first purchase of discounted Russian oil

Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted Russian crude oil under a deal struck between Islamabad and Moscow, the country's petroleum minister said, with one cargo to dock at the port of Karachi in May.

Reuters

Inflation crimps Eid festivities for Karachi orphans

Women pedal sewing machines, deftly lining up seams and pleats as they assemble brightly coloured dresses for young girls at an orphanage in Pakistan, in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, which ends the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

The Independent UK

4 firefighters die in garment factory blaze in Pakistan

Officials say four firefighters have died and nearly a dozen others were injured after a massive fire broke out in a garment factory in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Deadly chaos as Pakistanis scramble for scarce donations

Seven-year-old Saad Umer joined a crowd in a poor neighbourhood in the Pakistani city of Karachi rushing to get a handout of flour and a little cash from a charity trying to help the most vulnerable cope with runaway prices.

The Times of India

Babar Azam returns to lead Pakistan in home series against New Zealand

KARACHI: Babar Azam on Tuesday returned to the Pakistan team as captain of the ODI and T20 squads for the home series against New Zealand beginning April 14.

The Independent UK

Pakistani police arrest 8 after deadly Ramadan food stampede

Pakistani police say they have arrested eight people following a deadly Ramadan stampede in the southern city of Karachi

The Independent UK

Stampede at food distribution center kills 11 in Pakistan

Pakistani police say 11 women and children have been killed in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food distribution center in the southern port city of Karachi

Al Jazeera

Stampede at Ramadan food distribution centre kills 11 in Pakistan

Women and children die when people panic and push each other to collect food in Karachi, officials say.

Reuters

At least two killed in stampede for food aid in southern Pakistan

At least two people were killed in a stampede at a distribution site for food aid in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, a health official said, one of several such incidents in recent weeks as the country's economic crisis bites.

The Guardian - UK

‘We’d have died of hunger’: the charity kitchens feeding millions in Pakistan

Lost jobs and soaring prices have pushed 5m Pakistanis to the edge. As demand soars at Ramadan, charities cannot cope

1 … 12 13 14 15

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

Pakistan Cricket Board

the Asian Cricket Council

23 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.