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Spinner Noman Ali took four wickets to restrict South Africa to 216-6 at the end of play on the second day of the first Test in Lahore on Monday, despite fighting off a half-century from Tony de Zorzi. The spinners dominated on a revolving Gaddafi Stadium pitch as all 11 wickets of the day went…
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) plunged over 4,600 points on Monday due to continued political uncertainty, the weekend conflict with Afghanistan and the ongoing crackdown on Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan. The benchmark KSE-100 index opened at 163,098.19 points before falling 4,654.77 points, or 2.85 percent, to close at 158,443.42. The PSX had seen a sharp decline over…
Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protesters, who had camped in Muridke after authorities blocked their route to Islamabad by digging trenches, were dispersed on Monday after clashing with law enforcement personnel, according to police. Authorities decided to close roads and highways again in and around Lahore and Islamabad, which had begun reopening on Sunday, after panic spread…
China is concerned about recent border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan and has called on the two countries to protect their citizens and investments in the region, Beijing’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Intense border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan began on Saturday night and continued until Sunday morning. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said…
Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail on Monday wondered whether the judges comprising the Constitutional Bench (CB) of the Supreme Court (SC) who hear petitions against the 26th Amendment could do so if they were its “beneficiaries”. The amendment was passed by parliament during a night session in October last year, and the PTI claimed that seven…
Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protesters, who had camped in Muridke after authorities blocked their route to Islamabad by digging trenches, were dispersed on Monday after clashing with law enforcement personnel, according to police. Authorities decided to close roads and highways again in and around Lahore and Islamabad, which had begun reopening on Sunday, after panic spread…
PTI MP Sohail Afridi was on Monday elected the new chief executive of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during an assembly session marred by the opposition strike and despite uncertainty over the resignation of outgoing Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. KP Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, who went ahead with the elections despite the opposition strike, announced that…
Ruckus tarnished the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session on Monday after the opposition walked out ahead of the vote to select a new provincial chief executive, saying the procedure was “unconstitutional” when the resignation of outgoing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur had not been accepted. At the beginning of the session, Gandapur gave his…
The controversy surrounding the resignation of outgoing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has taken another turn after Governor Faisal Karim Kundi returned two separate letters submitted by the former for “disparate signatures” and summoned him on October 15 (Wednesday) to resolve the matter. The development comes as a session of the KP Assembly…
US President Donald Trump appeared eager Monday to ease tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan following border skirmishes between the two countries over the weekend, saying he was “good at making peace.” Intense border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan began on Saturday night and continued until Sunday morning. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said 23 soldiers…
