Caretaker Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi said on Tuesday that on Feb 8 more than 120 million Pakistanis would cast their votes to elect public representatives of their choice to run the affairs of the state as envisaged in the Constitution. Addressing a press conference along with Minister for Interior […]
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Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has said despite numerous challenges, the best possible arrangements have been made to ensure peaceful and seamless conduct of elections on polling day. He was talking to Commonwealth Observer Group led by its Chairman Goodluck Jonathan in Islamabad on Tuesday. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar welcomed the Commonwealth Observer Group in Pakistan. He […]
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it will increase investment, introduce a three-tiered competition and adopt a new ownership model as part of efforts to help women’s professional cricket reach its full potential. The plans will see the existing eight women’s regional teams become ‘Tier 1 clubs’, each being under the ownership, governance […]
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VISAKHAPATNAM – India will bank on a traditional approach to bounce back in their second home Test against England, the team’s batting coach Vikram Rathour said on Wednesday, despite the tourists finding success with their attacking “Bazball” strategy. England trumped the hosts to lead the five-match series 1-0, with the action shifting to Visakhapatnam starting […]
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VISAKHAPATNAM, India, Feb 3 (Reuters) – England were all out for 253 in their reply to India’s first innings total of 396 on day two of the second test in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. Zak Crawley (76) scored the only half-century in their innings, while skipper Ben Stokes made 47. Seamer Jasprit Bumrah (6-45) was pick […]
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SANTIAGO – Chile’s capital and other regions are facing a heat wave, as meteorologists warn that extremely hot weather will become increasingly frequent in the country’s austral summer. Over six million inhabitants of Chile’s capital Santiago have been enduring days of hot, dry temperatures made worse by the surrounding mountains blocking fresh hair to the […]
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MONTEVIDEO – Thousands of devotees of different African-based religions on Friday flocked to the waterfront of the Uruguayan capital, part of an annual Feb 2 offering to the Yoruba goddess of fertility and prosperity, Yemanjá. “Water represents a return to freedom, to native Africa,” said Mother Susana Andrade, known as “Mae Susana de Oxum”, the […]
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BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s lower chamber of deputies gave overall approval to libertarian President Javier Milei’s sweeping “omnibus” reform bill in a vote on Friday after days of debate, paving the way for a decisive vote in the Senate. The controversial reform package was approved on a vote of 144 votes in favor, and 109 […]
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Jakarta – Arriving on a rickety boat in western Indonesia from squalid Bangladesh camps after weeks at sea late last year, hundreds of Rohingya refugees came to shore only to be turned around and pushed back. The persecuted Myanmar minority were previously welcomed in the ultra-conservative Aceh province, with many locals sympathetic because of their […]
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SHANGHAI – China said on Saturday a small civilian vessel from the Philippines had “illegally placed itself on the beach” of an atoll in the South China Sea that both countries claim. The vessel, which landed on the Spratly Islands atoll on Friday, was there for supply purposes, the China Coast Guard posted on the […]
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