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Almost All Of Pakistan Loses Power In Massive Blackout Amid Accusations Of ‘Electricity Theft’

Almost all of Pakistan, which has a population of over 200 million people, was plagued with power outages on early Sunday morning. It has been deemed one of the biggest blackouts to hit the Asian country — if not the world — in history. According to The Hindu, though reasons for the incident are still […]

By Anna Harnes | 2y ago

Pakistan Cricket Team To Arrive In England On Sunday To Prepare For Summer Tour, Will Isolate For 14 Days

The ECB announced on Friday that the Pakistan cricket team is set to arrive in England for their summer tour on Sunday, Sky Sports reported. The teams are set to play three Tests and three Twenty20s, with the competition starting in August. International competitions and major leagues have been shutting down because of the spread […]

By Nathan Francis | 3y ago

Passenger Airplane Crashes In Pakistan, Killing At Least 76 People

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft crashed in Karachi, Pakistan, only minutes before landing, killing at least 76 people on Friday, the BBC reported. PIA flight PK8303 was flying from Lahore to Karachi and had 99 passengers — along with eight members of the crew — on board, the report detailed. The airplane crashed in […]

By Sarah Batool Haider | 3y ago

Pakistan Sentences Pervez Musharraf To Death For Treason In Absentia

A Pakistani court has convicted former military dictator Pervez Musharraf of treason in absentia and has sentenced him to death, Reuters reports. The move is largely seen as having less to do with Musharraf himself — who is in exile in Dubai — and more to do with an internal power struggle currently occurring within […]

By Aaron Homer | 3y ago

Taliban Free American Kevin King, Australian Timothy Weeks As Part Of Prisoner Swap

Two American University professors have been freed from the Taliban after more than three years in captivity, reports NBC News. The two men, American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, were handed over in Zabul province, on the border of Afghanistan, in a prearranged prisoner swap. According to a Taliban leader who spoke on the […]

By Anna Harnes | 3y ago

Singer Carly Simon Says ‘Repulsive’ Donald Trump Was ‘All Over Me’ At Lunch, So She Rejected Mar-A-Lago Invite

Singer-songwriter Carly Simon, best known for the 1972 hit single “You’re So Vain,” has described an awkward encounter with Donald Trump, in a Thursday interview with The Guardian. In the interview, Simon describes how and why she once spurned an invitation from Trump to visit his Palm Beach, Florida, Mar-a-Lago resort. In addition to her […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 3y ago

Watch Pakistan Vs. Sri Lanka Cricket Live Stream: 2nd T20 Start Time, Preview, Sri Lanka Can Clinch Series

As the historic return of international cricket to Pakistan continues with the second T20 match on Monday, a young Sri Lanka side can spoil the happy occasion for their hosts. The Sri Lanka side cruised to an easy victory in the first T20 of the three-match series, according to CricBuzz — the island country’s first […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Bangladesh Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 2019 Cricket World Cup, Start Time, Preview, Watch Live

Bangladesh and Pakistan will both try to end what has been somewhat disappointing ICC Cricket World Cup with a victory, but only Pakistan still retains a hope — albeit distant — of qualifying for the semifinals of the 2019 tournament. The team’s captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, admits that his side will need “miracles” to earn a […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Prince William & Kate Middleton Travel To Pakistan In The Fall For The First Time

Kensington Palace has announced that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will travel to Pakistan in the fall at the request of the Commonwealth Office on an official visit. Town & Country says that this will be the first time since 2006 that British royals have set foot on Pakistani soil when Prince Charles visited […]

By Amy Feinstein | 4y ago

Watch Afghanistan Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 2019 Cricket World Cup, Start Time, Preview, Watch Live

Pakistan started their 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in a dispiriting fashion, to say the least, with a crushing seven-wicket loss to West Indies — with 218 balls to spare, as ESPN reported. But the Men in Green, winners of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, have recently turned their tournament around. After two consecutive victories […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch New Zealand Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 2019 Cricket World Cup, Start Time, Do-Or-Die For Pakistan

Pakistan has experienced an up-and-down 2019 Cricket World Cup, but as CricInfo noted, their tournament so far, through six scheduled matches, has exactly mirrored the country’s 1992 World Cup outing, which took place in Australia and New Zealand. The team started off with a loss to West Indies, just as they did 27 years ago. […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Pakistan Vs. South Africa Cricket Live Stream: 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, Start Time, Preview

Two teams who have struggled in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, with just one win each, find themselves playing for survival on Sunday. No matter who wins, Pakistan or South Africa, the climb into the top four and advancement to the semifinals will be difficult, to say the least. For Pakistan, being one of […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Pakistani Politician Accidentally Uses Cat Filter For Press Conference

A Pakistani politician, Minister of Health and Information, Shoukat Yousufzai, participated in a livestreamed press conference on Facebook using the cat filter over his face for several minutes without noticing. BBC reports that Yousufzai had pink and black cat ears, a kitty nose, and whiskers over his face while he talked about matters of state. […]

By Amy Feinstein | 4y ago

Watch India Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: Greatest Rivalry In Sports Comes To 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup

The single most intense and passionate rivalry in sports is set to kick some life into what has so far been a sluggish 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, as the bordering — and frequently warring — countries of India and Pakistan once again settle their differences on a cricket ground. As Indian Express warns, with […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Australia Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 2019 Cricket World Cup, Start Time, Preview Of Match 17

After a record third washout at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, with rain wiping out Tuesday’s scheduled Bangladesh-Sri Lanka match, as CricInfo reported, the tournament will try to get back on track with one of the most high-powered matchups of the group stage, with defending — and five-time — World Cup champions Australia taking on […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Pakistan Vs. Sri Lanka Cricket Live Stream: 2019 Cricket World Cup Match 11, Start Time, Preview

After a dispiriting 12-game losing streak in 50-overs matches, Pakistan appeared to turn their momentum, and confidence, completely around on Tuesday when they hung on for a shocking, 14-run victory over 2019 Cricket World Cup favorites and hosts, England, as CricInfo recorded. Now, the Men in Green will try to build on that win by […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch England Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 2019 Cricket World Cup, Start Time, Preview Of 6th Cup Match

Just over two weeks after England and Pakistan played a one-day international match on the record-setting, run-rich pitch at Trent Bridge, the two teams return to the site of what was a surprisingly close contest won by England. The English side won by three wickets with just three balls remaining, per CricInfo. The rematch comes […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Pakistan Vs. West Indies Cricket Live Stream: 2019 Cricket World Cup Opener For Both Teams, Start Time

West Indies brings their big bats to the run-rich pitch at Trent Bridge in Nottingham when they open their long-shot bid for their third ICC Cricket World Cup trophy, their first since 1979. They are taking on the team that won the 2017 Champions Trophy, but has fallen on hard times since then, the Men […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Bangladesh Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: World Cup Official Warm-Up Match, Start Time, Preview

Coming off a morale-boosting victory in the championship final of an international series in Ireland against the host nation and West Indies, as CricBuzz reported, the Bangladesh Tigers begin their campaign to better their historic performance in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The Tigers face Pakistan, their arch-rivals — which they have defeated in four […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch England Vs. Pakistan Cricket 5th ODI Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, Pakistan Look To Avoid Whitewash

The Cricket World Cup opens in just 11 days, but England and Pakistan still have one last competitive match to play, and it will be one in which Pakistan will look for some kind of morale boost heading into the Cup competition after losing the first three one-day international matches in which there was a […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch England Vs. Pakistan Cricket 4th ODI Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, Hosts Look To Seal Series Victory

In what could easily become the most entertaining match of the England vs. Pakistan one-day international series in advance of the Cricket World Cup, the teams take to the pitch at Trent Bridge in Nottingham; a ground that has seen eight single-innings totals over 400 in just the past three years, per CricInfo. That includes […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch England Vs. Pakistan Cricket 3rd ODI Live Stream: Start Time, Preview As Teams Face World Cup Decisions

England’s upstart fast bowling sensation Jofra Archer was rested in the second ODI against Pakistan, and is now expected to be rested again in the third ODI, which, according to a CricBuzz report, is an all-but-certain sign that the 24-year-old is set to take a place on England’s Cricket World Cup squad. There are still […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch England Vs. Pakistan Cricket 2nd ODI Live Stream: Start Time, Preview As Teams Gear Up For World Cup

England and Pakistan are trying to fine-tune their teams for the Cricket World Cup, with opens in less than three weeks in London, but the weather had other ideas on Wednesday when the teams were able to get in only 19 overs of their first one-day international match. But even in that shortened contest — […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch England Vs. Pakistan Cricket 1st ODI Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, Crucial Pre-World Cup Series

With just three weeks to go before the 2019 Cricket World Cup opens in England, the host nation faces Pakistan in a five match, one-day international series that will allow both teams to put the finishing touches on their World Cup squads. But with the absence of a key player in Alex Hales, who has […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Pakistan Vs. Australia Cricket 5th ODI Live Stream: Start Time, Pakistan Looks To Avoid Whitewash

Even a rare pair of centuries could not rescue a Pakistan chase that fell apart in the final five overs in the fourth one-day international match against Australia on Friday, as ESPN reported. The loss left the hosts now facing the serious possibility of a whitewash before heading to England for one last five-match ODI […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Pakistan Vs. Australia Cricket 4th ODI Live Stream: Start Time, With Series Decided, Teams Look To Cup

Defending Cricket World Cup champions Australia are roaring toward the 2019 World Cup, winning their sixth consecutive one day international match on Wednesday, as ESPN reported. The win also gave them their second straight series win — this one over Pakistan after defeating India on India’s own home turf. But Pakistan appear to be staggering […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Pakistan Vs. Australia Cricket 3rd ODI Live Stream: Start Time, Australia Goes For Series-Clinching Win

With the 2019 Cricket World Cup just two months away, Pakistan are looking for a reversal of form, as well as of fortune, as they head into the third one day international against the reigning World Cup champions Australia — a side that seems to be hitting their stride at exactly the right time, riding […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch Pakistan Vs. Australia Cricket 2nd ODI Live Stream: Start Time, Preview As Teams Prepare For World Cup

With barely over two months to go before the opening of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, the defending world champions, Australia, appear to be hitting their stride. They cruised to an easy, eight-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first one day international match of their five-match series, per CricBuzz, just nine days after polishing off […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince MBS Visits Pakistan Amid Deepening Tensions With Neighbor India

Amid ties worsening between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has decided not to call off his visit to Pakistan. Earlier this week, India’s security forces in Kashmir, a region claimed both by India and Pakistan, were the target of a massive attack which led to the death of […]

By Mohit Priyadarshi | 4y ago

Watch South Africa Vs Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 3rd T20 Start Time, Preview, Watch Final Match Live Online

South Africa have already clinched all three series trophies available on the current tour by visiting Pakistan, as CricInfo reported, but the Proteas can earn perhaps the most satisfying win of the three if they can complete a whitewash of the Men On Green — the world’s top-ranked T20 side — when they meet in […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch South Africa Vs Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 2nd T20 Start Time, Preview, Watch Pivotal Match Online

The world’s top-ranked T20 cricket team, per the ICC, Pakistan, suffered just their third loss in their last 20 matches in the opener of their tour-concluding three-match T20 series in South Africa. But the hosts plan to rest their captain, Fas du Plessis, for the second match, giving the Men in Green an even better […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch South Africa Vs Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 1st T20 Start Time, Preview, Watch Series Opener Online

After suffering a three-Test match whitewash to open their tour of South Africa, followed by a disappointing 3-2 defeat in the subsequent one day international series, Pakistan wipes the slate clean as it fields the ICC world’s top-ranked cricket team in the T20 short format of the game. The two countries open a three-game T20 […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch South Africa Vs Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 5th ODI Start Time, Preview, Watch Series Decider Online

The 2019 Cricket World Cup opens in exactly five months to the day, but two of the teams who will compete to unseat reigning world champions Australia — South Africa and Pakistan — will get final test of their mettle in a high-pressure game, as CricBuzz reports, as the two nations square off in the […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch South Africa Vs Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: ‘Pink ODI’ Start Time, Preview, Watch 4th ODI Match Online

After winning a rain-shortened third one-day international match to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series against visiting Pakistan, South Africa will once again don their pink cricket kits for their annual breast cancer research fundraising match, known as the “Pink ODI,” per CricBuzz, as they look to seal the series. And if history […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch South Africa Vs Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 3rd ODI Start Time, Preview, How To Watch Live Online

The series-leveling victory by South Africa in the second one-day intentional cricket match was overshadowed by controversy surrounding what appeared two be a racist remark made on the pitch by Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed, as CricBuzz reported. Now, the two sides hope to resume what is shaping up to be a tight and […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Watch South Africa Vs Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 2nd ODI Start Time, Preview, How To Watch Live Online

After dropping five of their last six one day international cricket matches against Pakistan, as ESPN reported, the South Africa Proteas will hope that the springier pitch in Durban will help their bowlers stifle the Pakistan batting attack. The Men in Green hope to chase down the highest total they have ever faced in South […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

GOP Senator Lindsey Graham Wants Donald Trump To Meet Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has urged Donald Trump to meet his Pakistani counterpart, PM Imran Khan, as soon as possible in an effort to bring peace to Afghanistan, according to Reuters. Pakistan’s relationship with Washington has been fraught with suspicion lately, but Graham, who is visiting Pakistan, told reporters that he believes progress can be […]

By Mohit Priyadarshi | 4y ago

AB de Villiers Will Play Cricket In Pakistan, Star Hopes To Help Revive Sport There After 2009 Terror Attack

AB de Villiers — the 34-year-old South African cricket star who was perhaps the most dominant batsman of his era — retired from international cricket in May of last year, as Cricket.com reported. But it appears that de Villiers is not finished making an impact on the sport. On Monday, he announced that he will […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Pakistan Airline Warns Staff: Lose Weight Or Lose Your Jobs

Pakistan International Airlines, the national carrier for Pakistan, has issued a memo to all cabin crew warning them that if they are overweight, they will be grounded unless they start to shed the pounds. A memo has been sent out by managers at the airline to their 1,800-strong cabin crew team informing them that they […]

By David Spencer | 4y ago

This 22-Year-Old Model Was Allegedly Caught With A Suitcase Full Of Heroin

Tereza Hluskova, currently 22-years-old, is a popular model from the Czech Republic. Hluskova was caught and charged for allegedly trying to smuggle over $1 million worth of heroin onto her flight from Lahore, Pakistan to Dublin, Ireland in January 2018. She was said to be holding the drugs in her suitcase and she is currently […]

By Alisha McKinney | 4y ago

Pakistan Takes $6 Billion Loan From Saudi Arabia Despite Backlash Over Khashoggi Killing

Saudi Arabia is facing an enormous backlash after one of their own journalists, Jamal Khashoggi, was found to have been murdered inside their consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. But while most of the world is currently seriously considering cutting their ties with the Middle Eastern country and slapping sanctions on them, others don’t have the luxury […]

By Lea van der Merwe | 5y ago

CCTV Video Shows Pakistani Bureaucrat Stealing Kuwaiti Diplomat’s Wallet

A Pakistani bureaucrat was caught red-handed stealing the wallet of a member of a Kuwaiti delegation during the Pakistan-Kuwait Joint Ministerial Commission meeting. Pakistan Today said that the suspect was identified as Investment and Facilitation Joint Secretary Zarar Haider Khan. The BS-20 officer was caught on CCTV swiping the wallet of a Kuwaiti diplomat after […]

By Rhodilee Jean Dolor | 5y ago

Watch Bangladesh Vs. Pakistan Asia Cup Cricket Super Four Live Stream: Start Time, Preview of Knockout Match

With one half of the Asia Cup cricket championship final set, with defending champions India already qualified — and coming off a thrilling tie with Afghanistan, per CricInfo — arch-rivals Bangladesh and Pakistan will face off in what has now become a knockout match that will live stream from Abu Dhabi, with the winner gaining […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 5y ago

Watch India Vs. Pakistan Asia Cup Cricket Super Four Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, Winner Gets To Final

India and Pakistan, after going without facing each other on a cricket ground for more than a year, square off for the second time in five days as they play a crucial Asia Cup Super Four match with the winner taking a guaranteed spot in Friday’s championship final. India would appear to have the edge […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 5y ago

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Freed After Court Suspends Sentence

The former prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, has been freed on Wednesday alongside his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar after a Pakistani court suspended the trio’s sentences and granted bail pending an appeal hearing, according to reports from ABC News. The High Court in Islamabad reached their decision after the Sharif family […]

By Terrence Smith | 5y ago

Watch India Vs. Pakistan Asia Cup Cricket Live Stream: Start Time, Preview – Sport’s Fiercest Rivalry Renews

The greatest rivalry in cricket, and some would say in all of world sports, renews for the first time in 15 months on Wednesday when India faces Pakistan in 50-overs Group A match at the 2018/2019 Asia Cup. The Inquisitr covered the history of the momentous rivalry, which has its roots in the 1947 partition […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 5y ago

U.S. Cancels $300 Million In Aid To Pakistan Over Militant Groups

According to HuffPost, the Pentagon announced their final decision to cancel nearly $300 million in aid to Pakistan due to Islamabad’s failure to reign in Afghan militant groups in the nation’s capital. President Trump previously suspended the military aid funds earlier in the year after accusing Pakistan of responding to U.S. support with “nothing but […]

By Catherine Caruso | 5y ago

India Vs. Pakistan Cricket: World’s Greatest Sports Rivalry Resumes September 19, Here’s What You Need To Know

Baseball has the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, soccer has Barcelona vs. Real Madrid, boxing once had Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, but in all of global sports, it would be difficult to find a rivalry more intense over a longer period of time than the international rivalry between the neighboring countries of […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 5y ago

Watch Zimbabwe Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 5th ODI Start Time, Preview, How To Watch Online

The fourth ODI saw Pakistan make history while Zimbabawe continued a slide into futility, as CricBuzz reported. Now, the host nation risks suffering a whitewash on its own home ground as the fifth and final ODI of the series between the two nations will live stream from Bulawayo on Sunday. For Pakistan, the fourth match, […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 5y ago

Watch Zimbabwe Vs. Pakistan Cricket Live Stream: 4th ODI Start Time, Preview, How To Watch Online

The Zimbabwe national cricket team has two more chances to salvage some pride, if not an actual win, in the five-match one day international series against Pakistan in Bulawayo. They posted the lowest total ever against a Pakistan side in an ODI, as CricInfo reported, in the third ODI match. The fourth game of the […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 5y ago

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