Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, 46, has been on death row for almost 18 years after being found guilty of kidnapping and beheading the Wall Street Journal reporter in 2002.

The picture was taken at a quarantine facility near Sukkur in virus-hit Sindh province. The employees -of the provincial land department - were visiting a local politician who was in quarantine.

Classrooms in 800 Pakistani schools, paid for with British aid, have closed as they are not fit for use. An estimated 115,000 children are left taking classes outside or in overcrowded rooms.

A number of English players, including Alex Hales, Tom Banton and James Vince, would have been involved in the semi-finals but they had already left the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

EXCLUSIVE BY RICHARD GIBSON: Currently Pakistan are due to contest three Tests in August, plus three Twenty20 internationals, but are understood to be open to a longer stay.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Last week's tour of Pakistan has been widely acknowledged as a triumph for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It's the tour where they came of age.

A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday afternoon, the US Geological Survey said, forcing residents into the streets in Kabul and Islamabad.

It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's Ian Ladyman reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week. Virat Kohli showed a real act of sportsmanship.

Pakistan has appeared to set-up more than 350 such dugouts with Chinese help. Officials also pointed a significant rise in the number of Chinese soldiers close to the Indian border with Pakistan.

The abject capitulation of the Pakistani state in the face of street pressure mounted by the mullah clerics is certainly stupefying, writes Sushant Sareen.

Law enforcement agencies tightened security outside the Diplomatic Enclave, which is home to the US embassy and other foreign missions in Pakistan. This followed a protest against Trump's announcement.

The gunmen, aged between 16 and 20, infiltrated Bethel Memorial Church in Quetta, West Pakistan during a Sunday midday service. Nine were killed and more than 50 injured in the violence.

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Regularising such base visits, would add concrete proof to the position that Pakistan has no legitimate security threat from India

What was Modi government doing giving the Pakistan JIT a grand tour of Pathankot airbase?

Change in Taliban leadership may not alter its philosophy as it is decided by a 'Shura' rather than the leader alone

People in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are facing discrimination at the time of COVID-19 outbreak as they are being denied benefits under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme launched by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.Pakistan government launched the Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme under which Rs. 12,000 grant is to be provided to around 12 million families across the country including those from PoK.But like all other schemes announced by Pakistan in the past, this too has excluded an already discriminated and deprived PoK populace of the benefits, as the residents have received nothing but despair after standing in long queues for hours outside the designated banks.A local woman said, "Our house caught fire and everything got burnt. Even our daughter faced severe injuries. Today we have nothing with us, not even food and we are getting no help. Our daughter got treated in Rawalpindi but now we don't have money to continue with her treatment. We came to know that we will be ...

At least six security personnel, including an Army major, were killed on Friday when a roadside bomb struck a patrol vehicle in a remote area in southwestern Pakistan, close to the border with Iran. The Army said in a statement that a vehicle of paramilitary Frontier Corps was targeted through a remote-controlled improvised explosive device (IED) in Kech district's Buleda area, about 14 km from the Iran border. A major and five soldier embraced shahadat while one soldier was injured, according to army. No one took responsibility but Baloch militants often target the security forces in the province. It is the first major attack on the forces in Balochistan since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Pakistan on Saturday began easing the month-long lockdown despite a steady rise in the number of the coronavirus cases which rose to 27,474 after health authorities reported a big jump of 1,637 infections and 24 deaths in a single day. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that Pakistan would begin easing its nationwide lockdown in a phase-wise manner by allowing various businesses to open up from Saturday, citing the economic crisis due to the shutdown, which was enforced in the country in March end. The first phase of easing lockdown began as the government announced removing restrictions by allowing more business to open and operate from dawn to 5pm. The federal government was trying to provide maximum relief to the people but due to the current economic conditions of the country, the lockdown must be eased, the Express Tribune quoted Khan as saying. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Adviser to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Ajmal Wazir said the provincial government .

A church in Pakistan's Punjab province was allegedly vandalised by a group of armed men over a land dispute on Saturday, police said. The incident came at a time when the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its latest report has pointed out that religious minorities in Pakistan, including the Hindu and Christian communities, continued to suffer in 2019, facing forced conversions and persecution under blasphemy laws. The minorities remained unable to enjoy the freedom of religion or belief guaranteed to them under the country's Constitution, the HRCP had said in its annual report -- State of Human Rights 2019 -- released recently in Islamabad. Local Christian leader Aslam Parvez Sahotra told PTI that a group of armed men led by a person named Malik Aun Abbas demolished the gate and boundary wall of the church in Kalashah Kaku, some 40 km from Lahore, over a land dispute. Following the incident, community leaders lodged a police complaint. Ferozwala Station House Office (SHO) .

In this edition we look at a powerful documentary on the Muzaffarnagar communal riots that shook the nation in September 2013, the plight of Pakistani Hindus refugees in Delhi, the intent behind settling the forest rights claims of tribals, the crime, atrocities and discrimination against Dalits which is on  rise, the sad state of our nation's health care system, the message of Pope Francis’s latest Encyclical, and much more.

In this edition we look at the implications of the recent amendent to the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), the performance of the present government which completed one year in the office, the poor menstrual hygiene effecting our older school-going girls, the sad state of sanitary conditions in the slums of Assam, how Muslim women are stepping out to set up businesses in Kashmir while in Uttar Pradesh they suffer as their husbands are being branded a terrorist, the review of Harsh Mander's latest book, and much more.

New developments in India's nuclear posture vis-a-vis China inevitably impact the Pakistani nuclear program as well. We must recognise this implicit risk in our attempts at military parity with China, writes Firdaus Ahmed.

India would do well to consider its options in light of its national interests. Loose nukes are certainly a concern, but talk of taking them out is cavalier, and we must put the brakes on that, writes Firdaus Ahmed.

Our government and the National Security Adviser are promoting 'defensive offence' as India's Pakistan strategy. Firdaus Ahmed explains why that's not the case and that our strategy is more 'offensive-compellence' than 'defensive offence'.

Commanding general of Western Command, KJ Singh recently described Pakistan’s repeated military posturing in the broad framework of history as “the hallmark of being idiotic”. But can India really afford to say that? Firdaus Ahmed presents an incisive inward-looking analysis.

Hundreds of Pakistani Hindus have taken refuge in India, seeking a better life, especially after the present ruling party had promised in its election manifesto to make India the ‘natural home’ for  all persecuted Hindus. But has India kept its word? Devanik Saha meets the refugees to seek an answer.

Azaan, the muslim call for prayers, is given from the mosques five times a day by a muezzin who is conventionally a man.

In an interview on social networking app Helo, Akhtar said that he has never stepped back from sharing his knowledge and he would be more than happy to do the same with Indian bowlers.

Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral drug that may be found effective against the virus that causes Covid-19

An old picture of Tamannaah Bhatia with former Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq has resurfaced on social media.

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday announced following advice from the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB), it has indefinitely postponed its July tour to the Netherlands after the Dutch government banned all events (sports and cultural) until September 1 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Saqlain was expected to play a lot more than the 49 Tests and 169 ODIs he eventually did.

Sana Mir on Saturday called it a day, bringing to an end a glittering 15-year cricketing career during which she played 226 internationals, including 137 as captain from 2009 to 2017.

The world has come to a standstill with no immediate signs of resumption of sport of any kind. But sport can wait, feels the 61-year-old former India captain.

Azhar Attari, a prominent first-class player, confirmed on phone that they were still in Colombo waiting to fly home.

Umar, who turns 30 next month, pleaded guilty to not reporting the fixing offers which led to his provisional suspension on February 20 this year.

Batting great Sangakkara, who was part of that team, returned to Pakistan with an MCC team in February this year but top teams have stayed away with security apprehensions.

Ahmed also feels the likes of Chahal and Kuldeep have benefitted immensely from former captain MS Dhoni’s advice from behind the stumps.

A number of senior players "deliberately under-performed" during Pakistan's 2009 ODI series against New Zealand in the UAE because they were unhappy with Younis Khan's captaincy, former pacer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has alleged.

Asif Bajwa, who was appointed the Pakistan Hockey Federation's Secretary-General, said that reviving bilateral engagements with India will be on top of his to-do list.

International Hockey Federation said that India and Pakistan will play each other in Europe if they come face-to-face in the Olympic qualifying tournament.

State-owned broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio from Friday began broadcasting weather reports on Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit in PoK in their prime-time news bulletins.

A 29-year-old man with the help of a Pakistani friend blackmailed his ex-girlfriend and demanded Rs 1 lakh in exchange of their intimate photos and videos, the accused was arrested by the Thane anti extortion cell.

Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan, will meet Indian officials to discuss the country's role in sustainable peace in Afghanistan and the region.

India has objected to the CPEC — a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China's Xinjiang province with Pakistan's Gwadar Port — as it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The decision is being taken because the country's large number of poor people and labourers cannot not afford to live under lockdown any more.

The deceased's family protested against NADRA and the government, saying elderly people should be given an area to sit with shade when aid is being distributed.

The father of the deceased filed a complaint with the police alleging that his 19-year-old daughter was killed by her husband for failing to serve him a hot meal for Sehri in the ongoing month of Ramzan.

The annual meeting between Indus Commissioners was postponed after New Delhi proposed deferment of consultations due to the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.