The Latest Breaking News from Pakistan

Pakistan was recently hit by the worst floods in its history. Hundreds of thousands of people are now living in dire conditions in the flooded areas, with little to no access to clean drinking water or sanitary facilities. This includes many pregnant women. While experts fear a health crisis is…

A gunman posing as a dental patient kills a Chinese-Pakistani dual citizen and injures two others in Karachi.

MUMBAI: Sri Lanka’s triumph in the recently-held Asia Cup, where they lost the Afghanistan in the opener before stunning India and Pakistan to go on and win the tournament for the fifth time, wasn’t expected by many experts, but it didn’t surprise the cricket-mad country’s opening great Sanath Jayasuriya.

KARACHI: Pakistan's Naseem Shah will miss the fifth T20I against England in Lahore on Wednesday after the pacer was rushed to the hospital on the eve of the game with a severe viral infection.

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Pakistan has appointed a new finance minister as the country struggles with an economic crisis

Dar, a chartered accountant by profession, was given the position after resignation of his predecessor Miftah Ismail.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan appointed Ishaq Dar as finance minister to pull the country out of an economic crisis worsened by a fast falling currency and high inflation.

Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's new finance minister, has strongly favoured intervention in currency markets in three previous stints in the job, but faces a nation in economic crisis this time and the conditions of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.