PCB threatens Asia Cup pullout over referee handshake row

DUBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has written to the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), demanding the removal of match referee Andy Pycroft from the ongoing Asia Cup. The board warned it would reconsider continuing in the tournament if he is not replaced. According to sources, the PCB in its letter … Read more

Turkey’s political crisis deepens with possible court ouster of opposition leader

Turkey's main opposition party, already battered by an unprecedented legal crackdown, could see its leader ousted by a court on Monday in what some see as a test of the country's shaky balance between democracy and autocracy. An Ankara court is set to decide whether to annul the party's 2023 congress over alleged procedural irregularities … Read more

31 terrorists killed in Lakki Marwat and Bannu IBOs: ISPR

Thirty-one terrorists linked to the Indian-sponsored Fitna al Khwarij network were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations conducted by Pakistan’s security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on September 13 and 14, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Monday. Read: Security forces kill four terrorists in Mastung IBO: ISPR According to the military’s media wing, the first … Read more