The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

The main crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border is shut for the third straight day after Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers earlier this week closed the route and exchanged fire with Pakistani border guards

A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed for a third day, with thousands of goods vehicles stuck and businesses facing losses as officials from both sides try to broker a solution.

In India, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar, has a huge fan base. Akhtar, who was named "Rawalpindi Express" after his hometown of Rawalpindi in Pakistan's Punjab region, was born there and has achieved much in cricket. Read further on Dynamite News:

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted protective bail by a court in the eastern city of Lahore on Monday, providing him respite from arrest for two weeks in a case that involves charges under the country's anti-terrorism laws.

In 1947, Lord Mountbatten was sent to India to oversee a change that would lead to a chaotic migration of millions of Indians within a matter of months.

Students were said to be in an uproar when they were asked to write an essay about what they thought about incest. The university, based in Pakistan, sacked the lecturer after the question was deemed against curriculum laws

The bus was reportedly carrying wedding guests from Islamabad to Lahore and the motorway police evacuated the people trapped, but fear the death toll could rise with more stuck inside the bus

Comments come at the back of a 10-day visit by an IMF delegation, as Pakistan hopes to unlock $1.1bn of crucial funds.

Indian social media was in uproar over the weekend. The latest enemy was not a Bollywood movie that offended prudish sensibilities, nor that trusted staple for outrage, Pakistan. Instead, right-wing supporters of the Modi government went after George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist and pro-democracy activist.

The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan was closed on Monday, officials from the two sides said, and residents in the area reported the sound of gunfire near the normally bustling border transit point.

The Windies defeated Pakistan by three runs in Paarl