Australia collapse as Shamar Joseph inspires Windies to historic win in Brisbane – Sport
West Indies speedster Shamar Joseph bowled through pain to rip through a shellshocked Australia on Sunday and help deliver an extraordinary eight-run upset for his inexperienced side on day four of the second test in Brisbane. Forced to retire hurt from a toe-crushing Mitchell Starc yorker the previous evening, Joseph bounced back to claim six […]
Sinner puts up epic fightback to win Australian Open title
MELBOURNE: Jannik Sinner stormed back from two sets down on Sunday to beat Daniil Medvedev in a gruelling five-set Australian Open final and win his first Grand Slam title. The Italian fourth seed had no answer to the Russian’s aggression in the first two sets but dug deep to win 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 […]
North Korea fires cruise missiles off east coast – World
North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its east coast on Sunday, its second such launch in less than a week, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The missiles were launched at around 2300 GMT on Saturday and were being analysed by South Korean and US intelligence authorities, the JCS said, without specifying […]
PTI’s Hammad Azhar says father arrested in Lahore ahead of election rally – Pakistan
PTI leader and former federal minister Hammad Azhar on Sunday said that his octogenarian father, Mian Azhar, was arrested by the Punjab police ahead of an election rally in Lahore. The arrest comes as the PTI is set to hold its first major countrywide power show after the May 9 protests. In a post on […]
Rival candidates try to seek Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi’s support in Bahawalpur – Pakistan
BAHAWALPUR: Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi, the last ceremonial Bahawalpur Nawab of former Bahawalpur State, is still undecided to extend support to any of the candidates for NA-165. Main contestants for the seat want the support of Nawab Abbasi to win the seat. Potential winners are Chaudhury Tariq Bashir Cheema of the PML-Q and Saood Majid Chaudhry, […]
Nawaz says ready to face same hardships as nation
SIALKOT: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PLM-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that he is ready to face the same hardships that the nation endured but can not tolerate cruelty towards the people. Addressing a public gathering in Sialkot, a three-time former premier criticized the PTI government by highlighting the massive hike in petrol prices and the […]
People of the Indus: Portraits from a changing river – Pakistan
On a journey from mountain to sea, The Third Pole meets people whose lives are intertwined with the nourishing, destructive and evolving Indus. On its 3,100-kilometre course from the mountains of Tibet to the Arabian Sea, the mighty Indus River flows through foothills and plains, national parks, lands that have been denuded of their forests, […]
CJP Isa takes notice of journalists’ harassment by FIA – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Saturday took suo motu notice of the alleged harassment of journalists by the Federal Investigation Agency against the backdrop of an alleged malicious campaign targeted towards superior judiciary. The CJP also constituted a three-judge SC bench that will take up the matter on Monday. The […]
Maryam promises to ‘develop KP like Punjab’ – Pakistan
ABBOTTABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief organiser Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said if the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa voted her party to power, it would change the nation’s destiny. “It is up to you to change the destiny of your province by vote. If you elect us, we will develop it like Punjab,” the PML-N leader […]
Major parties fighting it out for three Swabi PA seats – Pakistan
SWABI: The candidates of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have locked horns in PK-49, PK-50 and PK-51 constituencies for the Feb 8 elections. In PK-49, the total registered voters are 206,874, including 95,824 women. Fourteen candidates are in the contest. In 2013 elections, Mohammed Shiraz of PML-N had won […]