World no.1 Test team New Zealand trounce Pakistan by an innings and 176 runs
New Zealand made mincemeat of Pakistan by bowling them out for 186 runs in the second Test match at Christchurch on Wednesday, trouncing the tourists by an innings and 176 runs. The 2.3-meter Kyle Jamieson took three of the four wickets to drop after lunch as Pakistan went to tea...
Christchurch Shooting: Accused gunman to face 50 murder charges
According to the New Zealand police, the man accused of carrying out the Christchurch mosque attacks last month will face 50 murder charges and 39 attempted murder charges, when he appears in court this week. “Other charges are still under consideration,” police said in a statement on Thursday. Fifty people...
Pakistani Christchurch victim Syed Areeb’s body to arrive in Pakistan today
KARACHI: The body of Syed Areeb, one of the nine Pakistanis killed in the Christchurch attack, will reach Karachi today. An Emirate Airlines flight (EK-600) carrying the body is scheduled to touch down at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi at around 10:30 today. The airport’s manager said all arrangements have been...
Identities of Christchurch terror victims’ revealed
New Zealand police on Thursday said that all 50 victims of last week´s terror attack in Christchurch had now been identified, allowing burials to take place. “I can say that as of a few minutes ago the identification process and to all 50 victims has been completed and all of...
National flag flies at half-mast in solidarity with Christchurch shootout victims
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s flag will fly at half-staff today in solidarity with the victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. The government took this decision to express solidarity with the bereaved families that lost their loved ones in the gruesome terror incident in Christchurch, according to a...
Christchurch terrorism: PM Imran Khan announces national award for Pakistani hero
ISLAMABAD: Lauding heroics of a Pakistani man, who embraced martyrdom after trying to stop the Christchurch shooter, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday his courage would be recognized with a national award. “Pakistan is proud of Mian Naeem Rashid who was martyred trying to tackle the White Supremacist terrorist...
Christchurch: shootings toll rises to 50, bereaved families wait to bury the dead
CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON: The death toll in the New Zealand mosque shootings rose to 50 on Sunday when police found another body at one of the mosques, as families waited for authorities to formally identify victims and release their bodies for burial. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged...