ADELAIDE: Australia won the toss and chose to bat in the opening Test against India at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday, a game being played against the backdrop of the tragic death of Phillip Hughes. Michael Clarke was passed fit … read more
ISLAMABAD: A seven-member larger bench of the Supreme Court dismissed all the three petitions seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the basis of his statement in the Parliament regarding the role of army in talks with the protesting … read more
TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani warned Monday that corruption poses a threat to the Islamic republic, pinning the blame in a thinly-veiled attack on powerful monopolies that control the economy. “The people made the revolution in order to wipe out … read more
MARYLAND: An executive jet crashed into a neighborhood near a Maryland airport on Monday, killing at least three people aboard the aircraft and setting several houses on fire, a fire department spokesman said. The Embraer SA twin-engine Phenom 100 crashed … read more
DUBAI: Pakistan recorded a thrilling three-wicket win over New Zealand in the first One-day International here at the Dubai Cricket Stadium on Monday. The architects of the sensational victory were young Haris Sohail and veteran allrounder Shahid Afridi who made … read more