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Saud Shakeel in a navy helmet and white cricket shirt stands on a green outfield, adjusting his white batting gloves, with a blurred boundary board behind him.Archival photograph · 4 May 2023 · Yorkshire
Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Pakistan and Sri Lanka draw the first Test in Rawalpindi after Shakeel's 97

The first Test in Rawalpindi ended in a draw on 13 November, with Saud Shakeel's 97 and Pakistan's 284 for 8 leaving Sri Lanka 285 runs short of a win.

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A market in Islamabad with vendors and shoppers under a steel-roofed shed and a white tarpaulin canopy, with crates of melons, gourds and apples stacked along the stalls.Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Islamabad to go cashless by 31 December, with cash barred at government offices after 30 November

The government has set 31 December as the deadline for making Islamabad Pakistan's first fully cashless city, with cash ending at ICT and CDA departments after 30 November.

Aerial view of the white domed Jinnah Convention Centre and its arcaded annexe in Islamabad, with lawns, tree-lined roads and the Margalla hills beyond.Pakistan / Business & Finance

PMIF26 closes with a pledge to process minerals in Pakistan instead of exporting them raw

Pakistan's minerals forum closed on 13 November with a pledge to stop exporting raw minerals, a security guarantee for mine sites and Barrick's interest in Karachi plants.

The header of a scanned court document reading 'FORM NO: HCJD/C', 'JUDGMENT SHEET' and 'IN THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, ISLAMABAD JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT'.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

IHC suspends Islamabad local government election schedule, seeks ECP reply by 26 November

The Islamabad High Court stayed the Election Commission's schedule for Islamabad local government elections on 13 November and asked the commission to answer by 26 November.

A farmer in an orange shawl crouching at the edge of a freshly ploughed field in Sindh, with acacia trees and a herd of goats on sand dunes behind her.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Mobilink Bank signs deal to buy 82.5% of Apna Microfinance Bank

Mobilink Bank has agreed to acquire 82.51% of Apna Microfinance Bank from United Insurance, pending State Bank and Competition Commission approval, with no price disclosed.

A wide green valley of grass and scattered trees below bare ridges, with rocky ground in the foreground and hazy mountains under a blue sky with white clouds.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Security forces say 74 militants killed in KP and Balochistan operations

Pakistan's military said on 13 November that troops killed 43 militants in Mir Ali and Orakzai and 31 in the Kurram area of Quetta district in two operations.

A grey naval supply ship steams towards the camera across a flat grey sea while a grey military helicopter hovers above it against a hazy sky, with a dark ship's deck along the bottom of the frame.International — Region / International — Region

Iran claims it destroyed a US radar site in Bahrain as Hormuz tanker attacks lift oil to $95.82

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on 13 November that it had destroyed a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, a day after four tankers were hit by explosions in the Strait of Hormuz.

A cloth shop in Khairpur, Sindh, with shelves of folded fabric stacked to the ceiling and the shopkeeper seated on the carpet beside the counter.Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Finance Division directs SBP to prepare Raast QR merchant discount rate scheme

The Finance Division has told the State Bank to prepare a working paper for a Raast QR merchant discount rate scheme, a decision taken at the Cashless Pakistan committee.

A wide braided riverbed of pale gravel and sand with a thin channel of water, green trees and poplars along the bank, cultivated fields and rocky brown mountains rising to a snow-capped peak under a blue sky.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Passenger van plunges into Yasin River in Ghizer, killing 11

Eleven people were killed and two injured when a passenger van plunged into the Yasin River in Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, on the evening of 12 November, police said.

A night aerial view of the host city, with lights spread across the hills, a lit highway interchange curving through the foreground and dark mountains behind.Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Pakistan reach the Under-19 Asia Cup final after a nine-wicket win over Bangladesh

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in the ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup semi-final in Oman on 12 November, with Rizwanullah taking five for 30.

A single-lane mountain highway curving between dark rocky ridges and dry scrub under a blue sky with scattered clouds.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Three militants killed after explosives-laden vehicle attack on Kandawa Post in Mastung

Security forces repelled an explosives-laden vehicle attack on the Kandawa Post on the N-25 highway in Mastung, killing three militants and two civilians.

Close-up profile of Jensen Huang, Nvidia's founder and chief executive, in a black zip jacket and thin metal-framed glasses, smiling and looking to one side.International — World / International — World

Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO, with CFO Colette Kress in interim charge

Nvidia's board said on 12 November that founder and CEO Jensen Huang had resigned, naming CFO Colette Kress interim chief executive.