Around 70 people have been killed by heavy rains lashing Afghanistan over the past five days, the government’s disaster management department said on Wednesday. Neighbouring Pakistan has also been hammered by spring downpours, with 65 people killed in storm-related incidents as rain falls at nearly twice the historical average rate, officials told AFP. Dubai’s flagship Read More
Pakistan's reinstated captain Babar Azam has made it clear that there is no bad blood between him and Shaheen Shah Afridi after the latter was recently stripped of the T20I captaincy. Babar was Pakistan’s skipper across formats six months ago, but quit captaincy from all three formats post an unsuccessful 50-over World Cup campaign that saw the Men in Green fail to make it to the semi-finals. In the aftermath of Babar’s resignation, the PCB appointed Shaheen as the side’s T20I skipper. However,...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will make an official visit to Pakistan from Monday to Wednesday, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.During the visit, Raisi will meet the president and the prime minister of Pakistan, chairman of the Senate and speaker of the National Assembly, according to the statement.console.log("2390 BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){ console.log("2390 BODY. YES for anyclip script"); var script = document.createElement('script'); ...
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