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The Green Caps’ run of humiliations abroad continued unabated as Pakistan suffered their ninth defeat in their last 10 matches overseas. The team surrendered by 194 runs on the fourth day of the second Test, while England secured their first Test series victory in two years. Saud Shakeel fought bravely and scored 97, but missed a golden opportunity to have his name written in the Lord’s Honours Board. Babar Azam once again failed with the bat, while Mohammad Rizwan continued his disappointing habit of throwing away his wicket irresponsibly. Injured Imam-ul-Haq once again did not come out to bat. Earlier, England were bowled out for 208 in their second innings, with Dan Lawrence scoring 54. Mohammad Abbas claimed five wickets, finishing with nine wickets in the match. Pakistan were set an extremely difficult target of 389 runs to win the second Test at Lord’s. Their chase got off to a disastrous start. Shan Masood and debutant Azan Awais could add only seven ru...

At least ​seven people died and 23 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized ‌off North Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its overturned hull. The privately owned ferry left the port of Kyrenia at 12:30pm (0930 GMT) and immediately started taking on water for an unknown reason, authorities said. It was heading for the Turkish port of Tasucu in Mersin province ​in the eastern Mediterranean. The disaster occurred just off the coast of Kyrenia, a popular holiday resort for both ​locals and tourists. The ferry involved, a catamaran, was one of several shuttle sea services that ⁠link North Cyprus with Turkey daily. Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said 237 people had been rescued alive, while seven people ​had died and 23 people were still being sought. “We have reached 237 people alive. However, we have also recovered seven ​people who lost their lives. We are deeply saddened by this,” Erhurman told CNN Turk in a...

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Saturday vowed to give exemplary punishment to those involved in the rape and murder of five-year-old Ayat Noor in Haripur and said the upcoming Child Protection Bill would be named after the victim, which would impose stricter punishments in such cases. According to the police, five-year-old Ayat Noor’s father reported her missing on August 10. A case was registered under Sections 361 (kidnapping from lawful guardianship) and 364-A (kidnapping or abducting a person under the age of fourteen) of the Pakistan Penal Code. The child’s body was recovered from an abandoned well, following the arrest of four suspects on August 25. “We will give the harshest punishment to the perpetrators, and I promise you we will name the Child Protection bill after Ayat Noor. It will impose even stricter punishments [related to child abuse],” the chief minister said during a press briefing alongside the family members of the s...

The federal government on Friday reduced the price of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by 58 paisas and 17 paisas per litre, respectively, for the next three days, effective from August 29. According to a notification issued by the Petroleum Division, the price of petrol was fixed at Rs342.02 per litre, while HSD would cost Rs371.44 per litre from August 29 till August 31. The latest revision comes a day after the government reduced the prices of petrol and HSD by 50 paisas and 19 paisas per litre, respectively, for August 28. Read: Govt decreases petrol price by 50 paisas, high-speed diesel by 19 paisas for August 28 Last month, the government announced a new pricing mechanism under which petroleum product prices would be reviewed and notified on a daily basis, replacing the weekly pricing mechanism, as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran continued to drive volatility in global oil markets and raise concerns over fuel supplies. According to the Pakistan Eco...

As many as 540 foreigners from 31 countries are among the 667 tourists missing in Nepal after a catastrophic flood devastated the Himalayan nation and China's Tibet, tourism officials said on Thursday. The tally of foreigners missing in Tibet's Gyirong county was 260 out of a total of 558, state broadcaster CCTV said, but nationality details were not immediately available. Here are nations whose tourists are missing in Nepal: India: Neighbouring India had the highest number of missing people after the flood, with at least 288 unaccounted for in Nepal and another 200 stranded in China, its foreign ministry said on Thursday. China: Nearly 100 Chinese nationals were missing in Nepal in the area affected by a massive mudslide and flooding, China's foreign ministry said. Read More: How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet disaster United States: At least 65 US citizens are missing, the Nepal tourism board said. Malaysia: At least 55 nationals reported to Ma...

Security forces killed 11 terrorists in separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Balochistan, targeting suspected members of Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan, security sources said on Thursday. According to the sources, the operations, which were carried out in South Waziristan and Bannu in K-P and Khuzdar district in Balochistan, also resulted in the recovery of weapons and ammunition and the destruction of a terrorists’ hideout. The federal government last year officially designated all terrorist groups operating in Balochistan as Fitna al-Hindustan, accusing India of sponsoring a proxy war through these outfits. Fitna al-Khawarij is the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. The high-tempo intelligence-driven operations were conducted as part of the ongoing Rad-ul-Fitna-3 campaign, which the military's media wing has described as a counterterrorism operation aimed at eliminating Indian proxies. ...