PAKISTAN’S winless return after two mat­ches in their own tournament is an absolute humiliation for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). I say the PCB because it is they who have overseen the humbling decline of Pakistan’s white-ball cricket. The players don’t pick themselves or decide strategy alone; it is the PCB that selects the coaching staff and the players, and …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Baku on Sunday for a two-day official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yaqub Abdulla oglu Eyyubov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yalchin Rafiyev, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Khazar Farhadov, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Qasim Mohiuddin and other senior dignitaries warmly received PM Shehbaz upon his arrival at …

Pakistani institutions, such as ECP, have benefited from Washington’s support in the past Waiver granted for oversight of F-16 programme THE Trump administration has halted nearly all US government funding for programmes that promote democracy and human rights in many countries, a move that experts warn will have significant repercussions for Pakistan’s democratic institutions. Pakistan has been one of the …

Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was welcomed warmly with a guard of honour on Thursday morning upon his arrival at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad for talks with PM Shehbaz Sharif. The Turkish president arrived in Islamabad shortly after Thursday midnight and was received by the premier and President Asif Ali Zardari. Both leaders are set to hold meetings …

US president’s suggestion to Egypt, Jordan to take in more Gaza residents heightens fears among Palestinians of being forcibly displaced in yet another “Nakba”. What is behind the concerns? Palestinians have long been haunted by what they call the “Nakba”, or catastrophe, when 700,000 of them were dispossessed from their homes when Israel proclaimed its creation in 1948. Many were …