Jennings to be Cook's latest opening partner for England MUMBAI: Keaton Jennings will make his England debut as captain Alastair Cook's latest opening partner in the fourth and penultimate test against India at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. Lefthander Jennings will replace teenager Haseeb Hameed, who... 07 Dec, 2016
Pakistan PM Sharif names General Bajwa as new army chief ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's prime minister on Saturday picked Lieutenant General Qamar Javed Bajwa to replace outgoing army chief Raheel Sharif, the popular military leader credited with improving security and driving back Islamist militant... Women 27 Nov, 2016
Pakistan says death toll from Indian shelling rises to 11 MUZAFFARABAD: Artillery fire and shelling from India targeted several villages and struck a passenger bus near the dividing line in the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing 11 civilians, the Pakistani military and officials... Women 23 Nov, 2016
Pakistan, India trade fire in Kashmir, killing 3� ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials on Saturday accused Indian troops of "unprovoked" cross-border firing in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, triggering an intense exchange of fire in which three civilians were killed and three others... Women 19 Nov, 2016
South Asian tensions seen dominating Indian BRICS summit NEW DELHI: India will take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against cross-border militancy to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS nations in the western state of Goa. For Prime... Women 14 Oct, 2016
Pakistan PM rushes to end energy shortages ahead of 2018 poll LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: In Abdul Aziz's print shop, the daily blackouts that plunge him into darkness and silence his rolling presses are costly and chip away at his faith in Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. For nearly a decade, power... Women 10 Oct, 2016
Pakistani rebel chief says would welcome help from arch-rival India In his first video interview in five years, Allah Nazar Baloch, head of the ethnic Baluch group Baluchistan Liberation Front (BLF), also vowed further attacks on a Chinese economic corridor, parts of which run through the resource-rich... Women 29 Sep, 2016
US-India-Nepal alliance: Countering China Nepal, surrounded by three nuclear powers of Asia- needs to adopt a careful policy as to whom to be aligned with. The policy of ‘non-alignment’ has no value now- so, where Nepal wants to incline for its betterment is a burning question. Indo-Nepal... 28 Sep, 2016
Russia and Pakistan to hold first joint military exercise Former Cold War-era rivals Pakistan and Russia are due to hold their first ever military exercise this month, Pakistan's military said on Friday, in another sign of shifting alliances in South Asia. During the Cold War, Pakistan spent a decade... Women 26 Sep, 2016
Attacks have killed 44 Pakistanis working on China corridor since 2014 KARACHI: Militants trying to disrupt construction of an "economic corridor" linking China with Pakistan's coast have killed 44 workers since 2014, an official said on Thursday, a rising toll likely to reinforce Chinese worry about the project's... Women 09 Sep, 2016
Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan hit by suspected suicide car bomb BISHKEK: A suspected suicide car bomber rammed the gates of the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on Tuesday, killing the attacker and wounding at least three other people, officials said. Officials from both countries described the... Women 30 Aug, 2016
India's Modi goaded Pakistan in deliberate yet risky move NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top aides to prepare last week's annual Independence Day address, some senior bureaucrats warned him against mentioning Baluchistan, arch-rival Pakistan's restive southwestern... Women 26 Aug, 2016
