The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

On Jan. 17, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which already carried the death penalty for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Now anyone in Pakistan deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, can face life imprisonment.

Smriti Mandhana's finger injury has healed sufficiently to allow her to be part of India's playing eleven in the Women's T20 World Cup match against West Indies on Wednesday, said the Indian coaching staff ahead of the game. Mandhana had missed the team's win in its tournament opener against Pakistan.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Super Legue (PSL) witnesed another thrilling finish on Tuesday as Peshawar Zalmi edged out Karachi Kings in a last-over finish to win by two runs.

A federal judge in Virginia is expressing misgivings about prosecutors' plan to put five Virginia men on trial for an alleged terrorism conspiracy

Cash-strapped Pakistan sharply increased taxes on natural gas to comply with a long-stalled financial bailout, and both industrial and everyday consumers were expected to feel the pain

Left-hander Ben Duckett has rejected some franchise cricket to focus on England after six years in the Test wilderness came to an end as Brendon McCullum's side beat Pakistan in December

NEW DELHI: Batters Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh, the duo who shone with the bat in India's seven-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign opener, made upward movements in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings released on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana missed the tie against Pakistan owing to a finger injury but the star opener is likely to be back in the team against the West Indies in their second Women's T20 World Cup match in Cape Town on Wednesday.

Jemimah says hard work, support system helped her out of uncertain phase

U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet will lead a delegation to Pakistan this week as Washington and Islamabad seek to repair ties strained under former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

The US Army launched military exercises with the Kenya armed forces on Monday. American troops will also take part in wargames with Pakistan and separate drills with Japan. This flurry of activity precedes joint South Africa/Russia/China military manoeuvres coinciding with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.