India-Pakistan conflict hits shared love of film, music
While conflict raged between the powerful militaries of India and Pakistan, a battle was also fought on the cultural front lines despite years of shared love for films and music.
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Pakistan name Azhar Mahmood as latest red-ball head coach
Pakistan on Monday named former all-rounder Azhar Mahmood interim head coach of the Test side, the fourth man to take the post in the last 18 months.
Textile waste can be exported to Pakistan: BGMEA
Pakistan can meet the growing demands of its recycling industry by importing garment industry waste (textile waste) from Bangladesh, said Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, president of the BGMEA on Sunday...
Flash floods, heavy rains kill 32 in Pakistan
Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 32 people including 16 children since the start of the monsoon season this week, disaster management officials said...
16 soldiers killed in suicide bomb attack in Pakistan
A suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed 16 soldiers and wounded more than two dozen people, including civilians, local government officials and police officers told AFP...
Foreign adviser dismisses formation of Dhaka-Beijing-Islamabad alliance
Bangladesh interim government foreign affairs adviser M Touhid Hossain on Thursday dismissed the notion of any emerging alliance among Bangladesh, China and Pakistan saying a recent meeting between the three countries was not of political nature rather an informal official level discussion.
Pakistan to play T20I series in Bangladesh next month
The Pakistan men's team will travel to Bangladesh next month to play three Twenty20 internationals as part of the build-up to next year's World Cup.
Tactical courtship or new strategic alliance?
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump on June 18 hosted Pakistan鈥檚 army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, at a high-profile lunch at the White House. The meeting marks a significant diplomatic anomaly. Never before has a sitting US president directly engaged with a Pakistani military leader who was not the country鈥檚 head of state. The timing and nature of this engagement...
India rules out restoring water treaty with Pakistan
New Delhi will 鈥榥ever鈥� reinstate a key water treaty it suspended with Pakistan over deadly violence in India-administered Kashmir, the interior minister said in an interview published Saturday.
Pakistan recommends Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
The Government of Pakistan has decided to formally recommend United States president Donald J Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of his 鈥榙ecisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis鈥�...
China hosts first trilateral meeting with Bangladesh, Pakistan
A China-Pakistan-Bangladesh trilateral foreign office meeting was held in Kunming in the Yunnan province of China on Thursday in a new initiative for regional cooperation for peace,聽 stability, development and prosperity.
Bangladesh pitted in Pool A against Pakistan
The Bangladesh men鈥檚 team was pitted against Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong in Pool A of the Men鈥檚 Under-18 Asia Cup 2025 to be held in Dazhou, China, from July 3 to 13...
Imran Haider named new Pak envoy to Bangladesh
Pakistan has named Imran Haider as its new high commissioner to Bangladesh, indicating that Syed Ahmed Maroof is not returning to Dhaka.
Kirsten breaks silence on Pak exit
Former South Africa opener and celebrated coach Gary Kirsten has offered a frank assessment of his ill-fated tenure as Pakistan鈥檚 white-ball head coach, revealing he felt sidelined from the outset and unable to effect meaningful change in a dysfunctional system.
Pakistan shuts border with Iran
Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials said on Monday, as Israel and Iran trade intense strikes and threaten further attacks.
Pakistan 鈥榮addened鈥� by plane crash in India: FM
Pakistani foreign minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday he was 鈥榮addened鈥� by a plane crash in neighbouring India, where all 242 people on board an Air India flight are believed killed.
Pakistan's Akram praises his statue amid social media flak
Legendary Pakistan cricketer Wasim Akram saluted on Thursday the 鈥榚ffort鈥� of the artist who created a statue of him that has spawned scorn on social media.
Modi opens strategic railway in Kashmir
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Kashmir on Friday since a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan, opening a strategic railway line to the contested region he called 鈥榯he crown聽jewel聽of聽India鈥�.
2,00,000 Afghans left Pakistan since deportations renewed
MORE than 2,00,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since the government renewed a deportation drive in April, with Iran also stepping up expulsions of Afghans...
200 inmates escape Pak jail in quake panic
More than 200 Pakistani inmates escaped from a jail in the mega coastal city of Karachi on Tuesday after several earthquake tremors, government officials said...
Pakistan teen influencer killed after 鈥榬ejecting鈥� man
Pakistani police on Tuesday said a 17-year-old TikTok star was shot dead by a man who had repeatedly contacted her online.
Simmons disappointed but not much
Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons expressed his disappointment at the team suffering a 3-0 clean sweep against Pakistan; however, he believed it was not overly concerning for a side currently undergoing a rebuilding process.
Bangladesh suffer T20 clean sweep against Pakistan
Mohammad Haris hit a swashbuckling maiden international century to guide Pakistan to a 3-0 clean sweep of Bangladesh with a seven-wicket win in the third and final Twenty20 international in Lahore on Sunday.
India arrests 81 for 鈥榮ympathising鈥� with Pakistan
Indian police have arrested scores of people for 鈥榮ympathising鈥� with Pakistan, a month after the worst conflict between the arch-rivals for decades, a top government official said on Sunday...
India confirms jet downed in Pakistan clash
India鈥檚 defence chief on Saturday appeared to confirm his country had lost at least one aircraft during the brief conflict with Pakistan earlier this month, he told Bloomberg in an interview.
Contexts of liberation war 鈥� I
THE instant response of most to the question in the title would be, 鈥榃e had no choice but to fight for our survival and liberate our country from the Pakistani military occupation.鈥� It鈥檚 correct but incomplete because people do not plunge into a war on a whim unless it was brewing over quite some time. By sheer determination we instinctively resisted the armed assault...
Afghanistan welcomes upgraded ties with Pakistan
Afghanistan has welcomed the decision to upgrade diplomatic relations with Pakistan, where the Taliban government鈥檚 foreign minister is due to travel in the coming days, his office said on Saturday...
Shoriful out of third T20I against Pakistan with injury
Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam will miss Sunday鈥檚 third and final T20I against Pakistan and will be out of action for at least two weeks due to a muscle injury, said Bangladesh Cricket Board in a press release on Saturday.
We aren't following basics at the moment: Liton
Bangladesh captain Liton Das expressed disappointment over the team's inability to adhere to fundamental principles after suffering a 57-run defeat in the second match of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Friday.
Rain, storms in Pakistan kill 32 in a week
At least 32 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in Pakistan in a week of storms that followed a heatwave, with officials reporting on Friday five more deaths.
