In a cricket-obsessed country, a 19-year-old is building his path in competitive golf Golf star Saad Habib Malik. Photo: Express In Pakistan, sport begins with cricket. It fills neighbourhood streets, school grounds, television screens and dinner table conversations. For most children, the path feels almost predetermined. A bat, a taped tennis ball, a makeshift wicket. … Read more

Human Rights Foundation urges UN to declare Kashmiri journalist’s detention since 2023 unlawful An international intervention has pulled Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj’s long, uncertain wait for justice into the global spotlight, with a New York-based advocacy group warning that his continued detention is not an aberration but part of a pattern — one in which … Read more

MUMBAI: Tom Banton, who carried England to victory in the T20 World Cup against Scotland on Saturday in Kolkata, finally came of age as an international batsman after a stop-start career. His place had been under threat from Ben Duckett after he scored only two against both Nepal and the West Indies in his first … Read more

ISLAMABAD: Hamza Roman and Abubakar Talha won the doubles title at the ITF J60 Nairobi on Saturday, overcoming top-seeded Gyeom Do and Zayyan Virani in a dramatic three-set final, 4-6, 6-3, 11-9. The victory concluded a successful three-week ITF tour in Nairobi for the Pakistani contingent, which also included teammates Ahtesham Humayun and Zohaib Afzal … Read more

Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr celebrates after scoring the fourth goal during the match against Real Sociedad. Photo: AFP MADRID: Vinicius Junior won and converted two penalties as Real Madrid thumped Real Sociedad 4-1 on Saturday to move provisionally top of La Liga. An impressive performance from Trent Alexander-Arnold on his first start in two-and-a-half months … Read more

State-of-the-art navigation system demonstrates ‘high positioning accuracy, integrated route determination’ Suparco. PHOTO: PTV Pakistan successfully launched a new navigation device, ‘Pak-SBAS’, during the Cholistan Rally 2026, based on an advanced navigation device based on the Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS), marking what it described as a milestone in navigation technology, according to a press release issued … Read more

Israel terms strikes ‘precise’ response to Hamas crossing demarcation line, both sides accuse other of violating truce A Palestinian man carries the body of his 5-month-old brother, Ahmed Al-Nader, who was reportedly killed the previous day along with other family members in an Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, … Read more

On-duty doctors conduct medical examinations and record vital signs three times daily Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Authorities at Adiala Jail have forwarded the prison medical record of the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, to the Punjab Home Department. The documentation includes a complete chart of the inmate’s vital signs, … Read more

Punjab chief minister demands respectful treatment of citizens, public accountability Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Sunday ordered comprehensive police reforms, demanding an end to corruption, high-handed behaviour, and the disrespectful treatment of citizens, while directing the Inspector General of Punjab Police, Rao Abdul Kareem, to prepare short, medium, and long-term reform plans with clear … Read more

Trip marks 70 years of ties, first by a Pakistani premier to Vienna in over three decades Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to undertake an official visit to Vienna, Austria, on February 15-16 at the invitation of Austrian Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker, the Foreign Office said in a … Read more