Web archive - March 14, 2021

Pakistan

Afghanistan: Are we in the endgame now?

A recently leaked letter has laid bare US frustrations with Kabul’s foot-dragging over the Afghan peace process

Pakistan

COAS attends DHA golf championship in Lahore

Gen Qamar appreciated performance of players and awarded prizes to winners, says ISPR

World

10-day sports festival kicks off in Gwadar

Games including cricket, football, volleyball and badminton will be held in the port city’s recently-build stadium

World

Houthi missile attack kills three children in Yemen's Taiz, residents say

Fighting has recently escalated between fighters loyal to internationally recognised government & the Houthi movement

Pakistan

Third Covid wave: Educational institutions to close again from today

Academic institutions in seven cities of Punjab, Peshawar and Islamabad to be shut for two weeks

World

Kosovo follows US, Guatemala in opening embassy in Jerusalem

Israel sees its new ties with Kosovo as part of its normalisation with Arab & Muslim countries

World

Bloom boom: Malaysians get passionate about pot plant

During the lockdown, people were at home thinking about how to beautify their homes, says a nursery owner

World

UK police under fire after crackdown on vigil for murdered woman

33-year-old Sarah Everard disappeared on March 3, after setting out to walk home from a friend's flat

Sports

Weaker sides continue to get hammered at National Women’s Football

Army trounce Young Rising Stars Layyah 15-0 in Group C; event witnesses 128 goals from top teams in four days

World

Five killed in Myanmar protests, civilian leader says people should defend themselves

More than 80 people had been killed and over 2,100 arrested in widespread protests against the military coup