Pakistan

Pakistan cricket team arrives

Pakistan cricket team arrives in Dhaka to play a series consisting of six matches – three one-day internationals (ODIs), two Tests and a T20.
13 April 2015

Kamaruzzaman opted not to seek mercy

Death row war criminal Kamaruzzaman opted not to seek presidential clemency when jail officials inquired him of his decision yesterday, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan says.
11 April 2015

Gunmen kill 20 labourers in Pakistan's Baluchistan

Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank range.
11 April 2015

India protest at Mumbai attack 'mastermind' bail move

India formally protests to Pakistan over its decision to release on bail the suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
11 April 2015

Mumbai attack suspect Lakhvi released on bail in Pakistan

The suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, has been released on bail from a Pakistani jail, officials say
10 April 2015

Kamaruzzaman execution likely tomorrow: Minister

After a series of preparatory activities at Dhaka jail that sent signals of move to execute war criminal Kamaruzzaman tonight, State Minister Asaduzzaman Khan hints that the Jamaat leader’s execution might take place tomorrow. His family may get chance to meet him in jail for the last time tomorrow.
10 April 2015

Kamaruzzaman meets family, yet to seek mercy

Death row convict for war crimes in 1971 and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman has met his family at Dhaka Central Jail.
6 April 2015

SC upholds Kamaruzzaman’s death penalty

Supreme Court upholds its verdict on Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman rejecting his plea for reviewing death penalty for 1971 war crimes.
6 April 2015

Bangladesh ahead of India in nutrition monitoring

Bangladesh performed better in conducting regular surveys on the nutritional status of respective population compared to India, reports the Times of India.
5 April 2015

Pakistan militants deny killing in Khyber

The news that Pakistan security forces killed 30 militants in gun battles in the mountainous northwestern Khyber region on Saturday, is being denied by a spokesman for the militants.
28 March 2015

Pakistan, Bangladesh fans call BCCI, sing 'mauka mauka'

The calm at the BCCI office was shattered by the constant ringing of the landlines as fans from Pakistan and Bangladesh calls after team India lost in the quarterfinals against Australia, reports Indian Express.
28 March 2015

Air strikes kill 30 militants allied with Pakistani Taliban: sources

30 militants allied to the Pakistani Taliban have been killed by Pakistani jet fighters in a missile attack in the mountainous northwestern of Khyber.
25 March 2015

Five years, 17 verdicts

The trial of war criminals passes yet another year with two special war crimes courts having delivered eight verdicts so far
24 March 2015

9 Pakistani Taliban killed in US drone strike

A US drone strike kills at least nine Pakistani militants in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province
24 March 2015

Soldiers kill 80 militants in Pakistan

A Pakistani military official says soldiers have killed 80 militants and wounded about 100 in an operation near the Afghan border
22 March 2015

Pakistan govt clears tour to Bangladesh

Pakistan will tour Bangladesh in April for a full series involving all three formats with the Pakistan government giving the board the green signal
21 March 2015

Clarke hails whirlwind Wahab

Australia captain Michael Clarke lauded Pakistani fast bowler Wahab Riaz, saying his side was lucky to survive the left-armer's torrid
20 March 2015

Australia vs Pakistan

See the exciting highlights of the 3rd quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Adelaide Oval where Australia took on Pakistan
20 March 2015

Who will come out on top?

Who will come out on top when Australia face Pakistan in the 3rd quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the Adelaide Oval?
19 March 2015

Australia hope Adelaide grass greener

Australia are hopeful a well-grassed Adelaide Oval pitch will provide enough assistance for the hosts' fast bowlers to dismantle Pakistan
19 March 2015