KARACHI: The Sindh government on Tuesday announced a holiday across the province for Wednesday amid the punishing heatwave and power crisis that have so far claimed more than 780 lives as the chief minister and his cabinet announced a plan to hold a sit-in against K-Electric and the federal government, an official said...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi on Thursday, while thanking West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President Dave Cameron for visiting Pakistan amidst the ongoing Independence Cup, announced that the West Indies team will visit Pakistan for a three-match T20 series towards the end of November...
The sources further said that Cameron's tour would pave the way for a West Indies tour to Pakistan...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to launch its very own Pro Hockey League in November which will also involve foreign players, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Secretary Shahbaz Ahmed Senior revealed on Monday...
The former Olympian believed development and growth of young hockey players will rely on the success of the league which will help Pakistan regain its historic aura as a hockey-playing nation...
PESHAWAR: National senior team would visit Australia in November this year, secretary of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Shahbaz Ahmed Senior said on Saturday...
Commenting on the senior team’s proposed visit to Australia, the PHF official appreciated the support offered by Hockey Australia which has promised to provide free boarding and lodging facilities to the Pakistan squad on the tour Down Under...
India's Davis Cup tie against Pakistan at Islamabad next month has been postponed to November under “exceptional circumstances” after a security review, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Thursday...
“Following an in-depth security review of the current situation in Pakistan by independent expert security advisors, the Davis Cup Committee has taken the decision to postpone the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tie,” ITF...
ISLAMABAD: World Bank President David Malpass will visit Islamabad in the first week of November to finalise enhanced financial support for institutional reforms and growth agenda...
The Ministry of Finance on Thursday said World Bank’s country director in Pakistan Patchamuthu Illangovan and his team called on Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh to apprise him of the upcoming visit of Mr Malpass to...
BEIRUT: Pakistan will host the Pakistan Army’s G-1 Taekwondo Championship in November which would see the top players from across the globe taking part, South Asian Taekwondo Association president and Pakistan Taekwondo Federation vice-president Omar Saeed said after the World Taekwondo Asia general assembly here on Sunday...
Alongside Omar, PTF secretary general Murtaza Bangash represented Pakistan as the World Taekwondo Asia general...
The Pakistan men’s cricket team will travel to Bangladesh after a gap of five years to play three T20 Internationals and two ICC World Test Championship matches against the hosts in November, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Tuesday...
The T20I series will commence at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on November 19...
The 31st fixture of the T20 World Cup 2021 sees Pakistan take on Namibia at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi tonight...
6:07pm: Interesting fact:Pakistan have never played a Twenty20 International against Namibia while they won the only ODI between the two sides in the 2003 World Cup (50 overs) with a 171-run margin in South Africa...
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Taekwondo Federation (ATC) has allotted the fifth edition of the COMBAXX Asian Open Taekwondo Championship to Pakistan...
The championship will be held in Islamabad during the month of November this year...
The adoption of a resolution in the National Assembly proposing public holidays on Diwali, Easter, and Holi in Pakistan has been met with much enthusiasm among our progressive citizens...
One hopes not to dampen our spirits too much, but among a list of concerns about the well-being of minorities in Pakistan, how significant is the need for public holidays on Holi and Easter?2016 has been a good year for Pakistan:Sharmeen Obaid...
A Swiss tourist has been left with a fractured skull after he and his girlfriend were attacked near the Taj Mahal during a holiday in India, police and media reports said on Thursday...
0 earthquake struck the Italian holiday island of Ischia, causing destruction that left two people dead at peak tourist season, authorities said, as rescue workers struggled early on Tuesday to free two children from the rubble...
WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, joined several dozen volunteers to give the Vietnam Veterans Memorial a holiday cleaning...
Published in Dawn, November 11th, 2015...
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who loves to cultivate a virile man-of-action image, was showed by Russian TV on Saturday, spear-fishing in a camouflage wet suit, piloting a powerboat and catching some rays while on a Siberian holiday...