Pakistan

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Pakistan today signed loan agreements for $250 million to boost cross-border trade activity with neighboring countries. The Regional Improving Border Services (RIBS) Project will improve border...

News Hour: An Afghan woman immortalized on a celebrated National Geographic magazine cover as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl was arrested on Wednesday for living in Pakistan on fraudulent identity papers. The haunting image of Sharbat Gula,...

News Hour: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah took six second-innings wickets in Pakistan’s crushing 133-run second Test win over West Indies in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday as they took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The...

News Hour: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao today met with Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to discuss the government’s development priorities and ADB’s partnership with Pakistan. Mr. Nakao conveyed his deepest condolences...

News Hour: At least 24 people have been killed and more than 70 injured after two passenger buses collided in central Pakistan, police say. The two buses, carrying around 100 passengers, collided on Monday in the town...

News Hour: Marlon Samuels hit an attractive half-century to lead the West Indies fight on the third day of the first day-night Test against Pakistan in Dubai on Saturday. Samuels was unbeaten on 50 while his...

News Hour: Pakistan declared their first innings at 579-3 after opener Azhar Ali knocked his maiden triple hundred on day two of the first day-night Test against West Indies in Dubai on Friday. Ali remained unbeaten...

News Hour: Indian politicians come forward every year on the Hindu festival of Dussehra to re-enact the slaying of a 10-headed demon, a climactic victory of good over evil depicted in a Hindu epic. The demons...

News Hour: Pakistan Saturday included in-form Babar Azam for the first Test against the West Indies, Asia’s first day-night match to be played with a pink ball. The 21-year-old batsman notched up 360 runs during the...

News Hour: India was evacuating thousands of people living near the border with Pakistan on Friday, a day after carrying out strikes along the de-facto frontier in disputed Kashmir, escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Authorities...