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Delay is in stark contrast to the 2019 event when dates and venues for the tournament in England and Wales were announced more than a year out in keeping with usual practice for major sporting events
1971 India-Pak war hero Bhairon Singh Rathore passed away at the age of 81 in AIIMS-Jodhpur
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said he wanted to improve strained relations with India during his tenure but the revocation of Kashmir's special status became a "hurdle." Khan, the 70-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician, also said that then Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was even more inclined to have better ties with India.
Pakistan's newly-appointed Army chief General Asim Munir on Saturday said that if his country is attacked, the Pakistani armed forces will "not only defend every inch of our motherland, but to take the fight back to the enemy." Munir made the remarks during his first-ever visit to troops in the frontline areas in Rakhchikri Sector of the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday. We have noticed highly irresponsible statements from Indian leadership on Gilgit Baltistan and Jammu and Kashmir recently. Let me make it categorically clear, Pakistan's armed forces are ever ready, not only to defend every inch of our motherland, but to take the fight back to the enemy, if ever, war is imposed on us, he said. General Munir on November 24 replaced General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who retired after serving two consecutive three-year terms as the Army chief in the coup-prone country, where the military wields considerable power in matters of security and foreign policy. During his visit to the frontline .
It looks to import vegetables and other essential food items amid devastating floods
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again praised Indias foreign policy, which he said works for the people of the country
Pakistan ramped up its imports from India despite Islamabad's ban on trade with its eastern neighbour in the April-May period. Read more on this in our top headlines
India underscored that its projects are fully compliant with the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty and it is committed to bilateral resolution of issues, sources said
Former NDTV journalist Nidhi Razdan said that she had been a victim of a 'very serious phishing attack'. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news
Worsening political relations seem to have little impact on bilateral trade relations
Re-engagement with Islamabad before the end of the year cannot be ruled out
VK Singh said that mechanisms have been put in place to ensure release of fishermen caught by either side