Tom Suozzi, a Democratic Congressman from New York, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Pakistan Caucus in the US Congress, succeeding Sheila Jackson Lee, who recently passed away. Serving in Congress since 2017, Suozzi has pledged to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Pakistan and the United States. In a statement, he expressed his enthusiasm for his new role and his commitment to enhancing cooperation between the two nations. Following his appointment, Dr. Asif Riaz Qadeer, a Democratic leader, and community leader Tanveer Ahmed met with Suozzi and extended an invitation for him to visit Pakistan. Suozzi accepted…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), has called on the Pakistani parliament to initiate dialogue with the people of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to address escalating security issues in these regions. Fazl’s appeal comes in the wake of a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Balochistan on August 26 and growing discontent over enforced disappearances. The number of terrorist attacks nationwide surged to 59 in August, up from 38 in July, with Balochistan and KP being the hardest hit, according to the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). Speaking in the National Assembly, Fazl emphasized that…
MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay icon Luis Suarez announced his retirement from international football on Monday, confirming that he will hang up his boots following Friday’s 2026 World Cup qualifier against Paraguay in Montevideo to end a 17-year career with his national team as their top scorer with 69 goals. The 37-year-old, who has 142 caps for his country, made his international debut in 2007 and was key in the squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup and won the Copa America a year later. “Friday will be my last match for my country,” an emotional Suarez told a press…
NEW YORK: Top seeds Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek continued to blaze a trail through the US Open draws on Monday, easing into the quarter-finals of a tournament marked by almost daily upsets with a minimum of fuss. Sinner disappointed a partisan crowd with a 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 win over Tommy Paul in an entertaining fourth-round tie after Swiatek had beaten Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 6-1 in a more muted atmosphere on the main Arthur Ashe Stadium showcourt. Italian Sinner barely got a look at Paul’s serve until the third set but produced his best tennis when it mattered…
LONDON: England Test coach Brendon McCullum will take charge of the nation’s teams in all three formats in a bid to revitalise the fortunes of the struggling white-ball sides, cricket chiefs said on Tuesday. The New Zealander has reinvigorated England’s Test set-up alongside captain Ben Stokes since 2022 and will seek to bring his attacking “Bazball” approach to the limited-overs teams. The 42-year-old has extended his contract until the end of 2027, officially taking over the One-day international and Twenty20 sides in January to coincide with a tour of India and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. The England and Wales…
UNFAZED by a major political change back home, the Bangladesh cricketers were pretty well prepared for the challenge in Pakistan. The hosts were not. They never seemed to be. Before the just-ended series, Bangladesh had never won a Test against Pakistan. But Najmul Hossain Shanto and his well-oiled team had other ideas this time and completed the job fully and in style. For them, it’s a major feat that can boost them for future challenges. Standing up and winning after crumbling to 26-6 shows endurance as well as quality. In contrast, nothing worked for Pakistan in their very own conditions. Shan Masood…
AUgandan Olympian is in intensive care in a Kenyan hospital after being doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her partner, officials said on Tuesday, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country. Long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, was assaulted after her Kenyan partner Dickson Ndiema Marangach reportedly snuck into her home in Endebess in the western county of Trans-Nzoia at around 2pm on Sunday while she and her children were at church, police said. “Dickson, who had procured petrol, began pouring (it) on Rebecca before he set her ablaze,” a police report said…
Pakistan cricket was reeling on Wednesday after its first-ever Test defeats against Bangladesh, the latest in a string of poor performances which have seen the game hit rock bottom. The nation was left in despair after losing the second Test in Rawalpindi by six wickets on Tuesday as Bangladesh swept the series 2-0. It was the 10th winless home Test in a row for former powerhouses Pakistan and came hard on the heels of failing to get out of their groups at both the 50-over and T20 World Cups in the past year. “It’s a huge setback and our cricket is at…
KARACHI: A technical analysis conducted by a digital rights group has found that Pakistani users accessing the internet via virtual private networks (VPNs) last month got better download speeds and faced almost no disruptions. In a recent report, Bytes For All (B4A) said a network health scan conducted across various internet service providers (ISPs) in Pakistan revealed “significant” differences in performance between VPN and non-VPN connections. “This improvement is evident in higher download speeds and lower retransmission rates, indicating that VPNs may bypass ISP-imposed throttling or DPI measures,” the report said, while referring to Deep Packet Inspection, said to be one…
KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to convene an urgent hearing of all relevant stakeholders to address pending issues related to K-Electric that have been significantly impacting both industrial and domestic consumers in Karachi. In a letter to Nepra Chairman Waseem Mukhtar on Tuesday, KCCI President Iftikhar Ahmed Sheikh regretted that the imposition of Power Holding Limited (PHL) surcharge of Rs3.23 per unit has placed a significant financial burden on consumers in Karachi. This surcharge has been applied despite Karachi’s consumers not being participants in the circular debt,…
