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Islamabad (correspondent): Afghan citizens have been protesting in Islamabad against the US government and its allies since the fall of Kabul. Advocate Pir Fida Hussain Hashmi filed a petition at Islamabad high court seeking clarification from the authorities (Ministry of Foreign Office and Interior) on the legal position & authenticity for protesting of the Afghan...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s leading athlete, Arshad Nadeem, set a new record in Commonwealth Games in the early hours of Monday and won a gold medal for his country in Men’s Javelin Final by throwing 90.18 meters in his fifth attempt. Nadeem’s exceptional performance brought Pakistan’s medals tally in the ongoing games to eight. Prior to that,...
BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Australian Kelsey-Lee Barber won Commonwealth Games javelin gold on Sunday, after defending her world title last month and then overcoming a bout of COVID-19. Barber, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in 2014 and silver in 2018, was nearly denied a ticket to Birmingham after testing positive for COVID while on...
ATHENS/LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain’s hottest day that the fight against climate change needed to be stepped up. Hundreds fled in central Italy as gas tanks exploded in a forest fire near the Tuscan...
Pakistan 218 (Babar 119, Jayasuriya 5-82) and 344 for 6 (Shafique 160*, Babar 55, Jayasuriya 4-135) beat Sri Lanka 222 (Chandimal 76, Shaheen 4-58) and 337 (Chandimal 94*, Kusal Mendis 76, Oshada 64, Nawaz 3-88) by four wickets A tense final morning, in which Pakistan had 120 to get with seven wickets in hand, began with the closest...
COLOMBO, July 16 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took “all possible steps” to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation. Rajapaksa’s resignation was accepted by parliament on Friday. He flew to the Maldives...
July 16 (Reuters) – England test captain Ben Stokes will miss the upcoming three-match Twenty20 international series against South Africa and the Hundred to manage his workload and fitness, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said. Stokes, now playing the one-day international series against India, will feature in the 50-over matches against South Africa from Tuesday...
COLOMBO, July 14 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s main city, Colombo, was calm on Thursday as people waited for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives to escape a popular uprising that erupted as the country struggled with an economic crisis. Rajapaksa was on his way to Singapore from the Maldives on...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese went to the polls Sunday in the shadow of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was gunned down while making a campaign speech. Abe’s governing party appeared to be cruising to a major victory. As people voted, police in western Japan sent the alleged assassin to a local prosecutors’...
Colombo, July 9. /TASS/. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe confirmed on Saturday that he would resign. “To ensure the continuation of the Government including the safety of all citizens, I accept the best recommendation of the Party Leaders today to make way for an All-Party Government,” he wrote on Twitter. “To facilitate this I...