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Babar Azam finally ended his 807-day wait for a One-day International century, scoring an unbeaten 102 to lead Pakistan to an eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Friday, sealing the three-match series with a game to spare. The former Pakistan skipper, under intense scrutiny after 83 innings without a three-figure score, struck eight boundaries in a 119-ball innings that blended patience with poise. He reached his milestone in the 47th over, pulling pacer Pramod Madushan to midwicket for a single, before collapsing to his knees in prostration and embracing Mohammad Rizwan at the non-striker’s end. The Rawalpindi crowd erupted, having waited long for this moment. Reaching the milestone, Babar equalled former opener Saeed Anwar’s record for the most ODI hundreds for Pakistan — 20 centuries. Rizwan played the ideal supporting role, remaining unbeaten on 51 off 54 balls, hitting five fours and a six. The pair added an unbroken 112 for the third wicket, guidi...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Friday declared the Action in Aid of Civil Power Regulations, 2011, to be a law that violates basic human rights and approved a resolution passed by the KP Assembly to withdraw its appeal against the law from the apex court. In 2019, the then Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) provincial government extended the law to the entire province; however, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) nullified the move, terming the law a violation of basic human rights. The government, however, later obtained a stay order from the Supreme Court against the PHC verdict. On September 8, the KP Assembly passed a resolution recommending that the provincial government withdraw its appeal. “This House recommends that the provincial government declare the implementation of the law in KP and the merged districts to be against basic rights and withdraw its appeal against it from the Supreme Court,” the resolution read. On Friday, the chief minister’s aide on information and public relations, Shafiullah J...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif joined British High Commissioner Jane Marriott yesterday to celebrate the 77th birthday of King Charles III at a reception hosted by the British High Commission in Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD - Colonel General Sobirzoda Emomali Abdulrahim, Minister of Defence of Tajikistan, yesterday called on Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), HJ, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), at the General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday acquitted two brothers, Abdul Aziz Khan and Mangla Khan, who had been imprisoned for 20 years in connection with the deadly 2005 bombing outside the PIDC House in Karachi, ruling that the prosecution failed to present reliable evidence.

ISLAMABAD - Chief of General Staff of Pakistan Army Lieutenant General Syed Aamer Raza has called on Chief of General Staff, Royal Saudi Armed Forces, General Fayyadh Bin Hameed Al-Rowaily, in Riyadh on Friday.

ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Friday highlighted growing prevalence of diabetes in the country and its social and economic impact.

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Government has set up an independent commission for the protection of journalists and media workers under Section 12 of the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Act, 2021.

QUETTA - Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has reaffirmed the provincial assembly’s constitutional right to legislate, following the passage of a key bill in the Balochistan Assembly to prevent child marriage.

The latest batch from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s emails illustrates the extraordinary scope of his contacts with powerful people, ranging from a top Trump adviser to Britain’s ex-prince Andrew. The United States House of Representatives is expected to vote next week on trying to force the release of evidence gathered on Epstein by law enforcement over the years, including the identities of the men suspected of participating in his alleged sex trafficking ring. However, a slew of emails released this week has already opened new windows on the extent of Epstein’s network. These include multiple references to President Donald Trump, who is angrily calling the push for more transparency a “hoax”, while simultaneously demanding a probe of Epstein’s links to others, including former president Bill Clinton. Documents already released by Democrats in Congress include email exchanges running from 2009 to 2019, when Epstein died in detention while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was r...

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