Amir’s hat-trick against Lahore Qalandars

Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir took a hat-trick as Karachi Kings beat Lahore Qalandars by 7 wickets in Pakistan Super League on Friday. Watch the video.

PTI workers manhandle journalists

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers manhandle media representatives in Karachi as they were setting up a camp to welcome their party leader Imran Khan at Star Gate. Watch this video...

Samaa helps Rangers identify masked man in PIA protest

Rangers released a video of a masked man spotted in PIA workers protest in Karachi, Samaa once again took the lead, helping the paramilitary force identify the suspicious man.

Pakistan Army offers help to rescue Indian soldiers in Siachen

Pakistan Army offers help to rescue Indian soldiers in Siachen

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Thursday offered help for rescue of 10 Indian soldiers buried under an avalanche at Siachen Glacier in the remote Himalayas.

According to a brief statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Military Operations (DGMO) called his Indian counterpart to offer help to rescue soldiers who came under snow Avalanche in Northern Areas.

The soldiers were on duty at an army post on a glacier at an altitude of 5,900 metres (19,600 feet) when it was hit by a massive avalanche early Wednesday.

However, on Thursday, the Indian army said there was little chance of finding alive any of the 10 soldiers buried in an avalanche at Siachen Glacier in the remote Himalayas, as the rescue effort continued.

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First US Zika virus transmission reported.

AUSTIN, Texas: The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite, a day after the World Health Organization declared an international public health emergency.

The virus, linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO officials on Tuesday expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia as well. Zika had been thought to be spread by the bite of mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, so sexual contact as a mode of transmission would be a potentially alarming development.

HRCP voices concern over killing of PIA staffer

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced grave concern over the killing of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) staff member and injuries to four other persons.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commission said: “HRCP condemns the killing of a PIA worker and injuries to four others in a firing incident. Television footage from earlier in the day showed police and Rangers personnel using batons, water cannon and tear gas against protesters when they began to move towards the airport.