New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Pakistan Super League (PSL) will begin as scheduled on March 26, but only at two venues, with no spectators, to conserve resources such as petrol amid the Gulf war, Pakistan cricket chief Mohsin Naqvi announced on Sunday.The decision followed an extensive meeting with the eight franchises and a consultation with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.“Pakistan Super League will start as per schedule on March 26 as we have to safeguard its credibility and there was no wind…
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Kabul, March 13 (IANS) As Pakistan’s ongoing conflict with Afghanistan escalates, several critics have termed it as a deliberate ploy adopted by the country’s failed military to create instability in the region in order to divert attention of people from the fundamental failures of government, a report has stated. Domestic opposition to Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir is growing and increasingly visible. After the killing of civilians by security forces during local protests in Pakistan-occupie…
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has condemned sentencing of 47 party leaders and supporters to 10-year imprisonment on terrorism charges in absentia, terming the prosecution as part of “political vendetta,” a report has detailed. PTI’s statement came after Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the Anti-Terrorism Court-1 in Rawalpindi sentenced 47 PTI leaders and supporters on charges under 21-L of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997. Section 21-L of the ATA, 1997 bars an individua…
London, March 8 (IANS) Child abuse in Pakistan remains pervasive, with cases being reported of physical, sexual, and emotional violence and widespread exploitation through child labour and trafficking, but despite several legislative measures like the Zainab Alert and Recovery and Response Act of 2020, the country continues to have low conviction rates in child abuse cases, as per a report. “On February 2, 2026, in what appears to be one of Pakistan’s most alarming and far‑reaching child‑e…
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment behaves not simply as a “State sponsor of proxies”, but as a proxy force backed by its own state apparatus — using civilian governments as diplomatic packaging while the army maintains strategic control. When granted international validation, the military regime translates that legitimacy into operational freedom — intensifying coercion against Afghanistan, violating its sovereignty, and causing recurring civilian casualties d…
Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) A growing number of people are being accused of blasphemy for digital crimes in Pakistan, with human rights group terming it as “blasphemy business” in which fabricated evidence, digitally doctored screenshots or false witness statements are used for filing police complaints. A recent report has highlighted that, In December 2025, the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench acquitted six people who had been sentenced to either life imprisonment or death in a digital blasphe…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Islamabad’s airstrikes inside Afghanistan followed less than four days after media reports widely quoted Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stating in an interview that his country would not hesitate to carry out air operations inside the neighbouring country. The development goes beyond mere coincidence, with the statement coming from none other than a Defence Minister. However, it needs to be mentioned that in such matters — and more — it is the military headqu…
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s position “was at risk”, describing his recently announced ‘Release Imran Khan Force’ as “unconstitutional and illegal”, local media reported.”The KP chief minister announced the release force to save his job. Except for the federal government, no one has the right to create any force,” leading Pakistani media outlet Geo News quoted Asif as saying.The Defence Mi…
Islamabad, Feb 17 (IANS) Police in Pakistan arrested 35 Afghan migrants during inspection raids carried out in Peshawar over the past week, local media reported on Tuesday. As per the details, police conducted 41 search and inspection operations in different parts of Peshawar during the past week. During the operations, 35 undocumented Afghan nationals in Pakistan were deported, Pakistan’s Samaa TV reported.Police also detained 233 suspected individuals and legal proceedings were initiated again…
Islamabad, Feb 14 (IANS) India must continue exposing Rawalpindi’s nexus with terrorist groups and its tendency to pursue proxy war against neighbouring countries as Pakistan has long evaded accountability due to global apathy. At the same time, India also needs to bolster its counter-terrorism apparatus to effectively confront the menace of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism single-handedly and, in addition to military retribution, adopt “non-kinetic measures that impose a prohibitive cost on Isl…