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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s reported cancellation of a trip to Pakistan at India’s urging reflects Jakarta’s dilemma in balancing its growing ties with the two South Asian rivals, analysts say.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited Prabowo to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26 as the chief guest, ...

In a bustling market in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, a food vendor who locals say bears an uncanny resemblance to US president-elect Donald Trump gets more business – and attention – than others.“We feel as if Trump has come here to sell kheer,” said Mohammad Yaseen, a local resident ...

Pakistan will issue yuan-denominated “panda bonds” as early as June to further integrate its capital markets with China’s, a move that will help Beijing in its push to expand the use of the currency, the South Asian country’s finance minister said.In an exclusive interview with the Post on Sunday, ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to “legitimise” the Afghan Taliban government and to “show true leadership” by opposing their curbs on women and girls’ education.“Do not legitimise them,” she said at a summit on girls’ education in Muslim nations being held in ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was “overwhelmed” to be back in her native Pakistan on Saturday, as the prime minister launched a global summit on girls’ education in the Islamic world.The summit has brought together education leaders from Muslim-majority countries, but has been snubbed by Pakistan’s ...

Even as its massive export machine kept churning out goods in 2024, China slammed into a record number of trade barriers erected last year as more developing countries joined the chorus of naysayers voicing concerns over China’s overcapacity conundrum.Its trading partners announced a total of 160 trade investigations into ...

The PCB has relocated its ODI tri-series with New Zealand and South Africa to Lahore and Karachi, as it readies the two venues to host the Champions Trophy from February 19.The four-match tri-series, due to start on February 8, was originally scheduled to be played in Multan. But the ...

The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has called on Cricket South Africa to challenge the ban on women’s and girl’s cricket in Afghanistan before next month’s Champions Trophy.In a letter seen by the Guardian, Lord Hain urges the Cricket South Africa’s chief executive, Pholetsi Moseki, to take up the ...

After losing the two-match Test series 0-2 against South Africa, the Pakistan cricket team was penalised 25 per cent of their match fee owing to a slow-over rate in the last match of the series at the Newlands in Cape Town. Furthermore, five World Test Championships points have been ...

South Africa were the first team to qualify after defeating Pakistan by 10 wickets in the Boxing Day Test Published Date - 7 January 2025, 06:11 PM Kagiso Rabada. Photo: X Cape Town: Fiery South African pacer Kagiso Rabada, no stranger to beating Australia, believes ...