Pakistan

News Hour: More than 70 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a crowded Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, a police official said. Senior police officer Shabbir Sethar told Reuters from...

News Hour: Former test opener Nasir Jamshed has become the third player to be suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as part of its ongoing investigation into corruption. Jamshed joins batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Khalid...

News Hour: The Government of Pakistan today kicked-off a 2-year project to formulate the National Transport Policy. The comprehensive national transport policy and master plan will help cut travel time and boost the country’s economic outlook,...

News Hour: The Government of Pakistan remains the largest host government donor for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) worldwide with its recent contributions of wheat totaling 50,000 metric tons, valued at approximately USD 19.9...

News Hour: Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend. In eastern Afghanistan, at least 50 people died and dozens more were missing on Sunday after...

News Hour: At least 14 people were killed when an avalanche hit Pakistan’s northwest Chitral district on Sunday morning, officials said. Chitral Scouts Commandant Colnol Nizamuddin Shah, the chief of the team taking part in the...

News Hour: Nutrition programmes throughout Pakistan as well as relief and livelihood activities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), have received a welcome boost from USAID’s...

News Hour: An explosion in a busy vegetable market killed at least 21 people on Saturday in Pakistan’s remote northwestern tribal region, an official said, in an attack jointly claimed by the Pakistani Taliban and a...

News Hour: Australia paceman Josh Hazlewood will be rested for Friday’s one-day international series opener against Pakistan at Brisbane to manage the fast bowler’s workload, coach Darren Lehmann said on Sunday. The 26-year-old Hazlewood and pace...

News Hour: Pakistan was fighting to stave off a defeat to Australia on the final day of the third Test in Sydney with five wickets down on Saturday. The tourists, facing their 12th straight Test defeat...