Islamabad United Lewis Gregory, in red, shakes hand with Multan Sultans players at the end of Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match between Multan Sultans and Islamabad United at the National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistani players and officials pose for a photograph with the winning trophy of the Twenty20 series against South Africa at the end of of the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan, center, raise bat to celebrate his fifty during the 2nd Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan.
South Africa's Pite van Biljon, right, celebrates with teammate Reeza Hendricks after hitting a boundary during the 2nd Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Pakistan Twenty20 team's skipper Babar Azam attends a practice session for upcoming Twenty20 match against South Africa, at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan and South Africa will play three Twenty20 match series.
Pakistan's Abid Ali is bowled by South Africa's Anrich Nortje during the fourth day of the first cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan.
South Africa Twenty20 team's skipper Heinrich Klaasen, second right, with teammates warm up during a practice session for upcoming Twenty20 match against Pakistan, at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan. South Africa will play three Twenty20 matches against Pakistan, starting from Feb. 11.
South Africa's George Linde, right, is bowled by Pakistan's Hasan Ali while teammate Yasir Shah watches during the third day of the second cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Hasan Ali, second left, and teammates react after third umpire given LBW out to South Africa's Faf du Plessis during the fifth day of the second cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Hasan Ali, right, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of South Africa's Rassie van der Dussen during the fifth day of the second cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
South Africa's Aiden Markram plays a shot during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan raises bat and helmet to celebrate after completing his century during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan prays after completing his century during the fourth day of the second cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan bats during the third day of the second cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
A health worker administers the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to his colleague while Prime Minister's advisor on health issues Faisal Sultan, second right, and other officials watches during a ceremony to start the vaccination campaign in Islamabad, Pakistan.
South Africa's spinner Keshav Maharaj, center without cap, celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of Pakistan's Babar Azam during the first day of the first cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Babar Azam bats during the fourth day of the first cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistani Azhar Ali, center left, and Fawad Alam, center right, leave the field with South Africa's players on end of the first cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan.
South Africa's skipper Quinton de Kock, third from left, with teammates leaves the field on end of the first cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Fawad Alam, right, and Azhar Ali congratulate each other after scoring winning run on end of the first cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's Fawad Alam, right, celebrates after scoring century while his teammate Faheem Ashraf watches during the second day of the first cricket test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, center, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, second left, leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of opposition parties, wave to their supporters during a rally outside the head office of the Election Commission of Pakistan, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
People are silhouetted on vehicles headlights on a dark street during widespread power outages in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Pakistan's national power grid experienced a major breakdown late night on Saturday, leaving millions of people in darkness, local media reported.
In this photo provided by Press Information Department, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, and other officials listen to families of the Shiite Hazara community's coal mine workers, who were killed by gunmen near the Machh coal field, at a meeting, in Quetta, Pakistan. Hundreds of Pakistani Shiites gathered to bury 11 coal miners from the minority Hazara community who were killed by the Islamic State group, ending over a week of protests that sought to highlight the minority community's plight.
Christian women wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus attend a prayer service for the victims of the COVID-19 and upcoming Christmas cerebrations at St. Joseph Catholic Cathedral, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, center, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, right, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, left, leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of opposition parties, attend an anti-government rally in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani opposition supporters rallied in the eastern city of Lahore, calling on Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign over alleged bad governance and incompetence.
Asifa Bhutto Zardari, left, a leader of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of opposition parties, attends an anti-government rally, in Multan, Pakistan. Despite a government ban and arrests of hundreds of activists, Pakistani opposition supporters rallied in a central city, calling on Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign over alleged bad governance and incompetence.
Sikh boys in traditional dress attend a religious festival to celebrate the birth anniversary of their spiritual leader Baba Guru Nanak Dev, at Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan. Thousands of pilgrims from various countries arrived in Pakistan to participate in three-day festival to celebrate the 551st birth anniversary of the founder of the Sikh religion.
Dr. Amir Khalil, a veterinarian from the international animal welfare organization Four Paws, feeds an elephant named Kaavan who is loaded in a crate for transporting him to a sanctuary in Cambodia, at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Dr. Amir Khalil, a veterinarian from the international animal welfare organization Four Paws, asks members of the media to stay away from a crate carrying an elephant named Kaavan before transporting him to a sanctuary in Cambodia, at the Marghazar Zoo in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kavaan, the world's loneliest elephant, who became a cause celebre in part because America's iconic singer and actress Cher joined the battle to save him from his desperate conditions at the zoo.
Mourners gather for the funeral prayer of Khadim Hussein Rizvi, an Islamist scholar and leader of Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan, in Lahore, Pakistan. Tens of thousands of mourners on Saturday thronged the funeral of the radical cleric whose Islamist party has defended Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law that calls for the death penalty for insulting Islam.
Karachi Kings pacer Umaid Asif, left, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Qalandars batsman Tamim Iqbal during the final of Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match at National Stadium in Karachi.
Qalandars batsman Ben Dunk, left, plays a shot while Karachi Kings wicketkeeper Chadwick Walton watches during the final of Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match at National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.
Karachi Kings Babar Azam plays a shot against Lahore Qalandars during the final of their Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match at National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.
Karachi Kings Babar Azam, left, celebrates with his teammate Chadwick Walton after hitting a boundary against Lahore Qalandars during the final of their Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match at National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.
Karachi Kings Babar Azam, right, and Chadwick Walton run between the wickets during the final of their Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match against Lahore Qalandars at National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.
Karachi Kings Babar Azam, left, raises his bat to celebrate his fifty against Lahore Qalandars during the final of their Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match at National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.
Karachi Kings officials and players pose with the winning trophy after the final of the Pakistan Super League T20 cricket match against Lahore Qalandars at National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.
Supporters of 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, a religious political party, block a main road during an anti-France rally in Islamabad, Pakistan. The supporters are protesting the French President Emmanuel Macron over his recent statements and the republishing in France of caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi briefs to media during a joint press conference with military spokesman regarding on going tension between Pakistan and India, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistani and Indian troops clashed in disputed Kashmir, causing casualties and wounding more than 30 others on both sides, officials said. The fighting came amid increasing tension between the South Asian neighbors.
The Pakistani cricket team poses with the winners trophy of the Twenty20 series at a ceremony after the 3rd Twenty20 cricket match against Zimbabwe at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Pakistan won the series 3-0.
Zimbabwe's batsman Wessley Madhevere plays a shot during the 1st Twenty20 cricket match against Pakistan at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Pakistani pacer Mohammad Hasnain, front second left, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Zimbabwe's batsman Chamu Chibhabha, left back in red, during their 1st Twenty20 cricket match at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami, a religious political party, hold a rally against the French President Emmanuel Macron and the republishing in France of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Pakistan's cricket team pose for photograph with winner's trophy at the end of 3rd one-day international cricket match against Zimbabwe at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Pakistan won the ODI series by 2-1.
Supporters of the Muslims Students Organization burn a representation of a French national flag and defaced images of French President Emmanuel Macron during a protest against the president and against the publishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous in Karachi, Pakistan. Muslims have been calling for both protests and a boycott of French goods in response to France's stance on caricatures of Islam's most revered prophet.
Pakistani police officers stand guard while supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami, a religious political party, hold a protest against French President Emmanuel Macron and the republishing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad they deem blasphemous, close to French consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. Muslims have been calling for both protests and a boycott of French goods in response to France's stance on caricatures of Islam's most revered prophet.
Rescue workers and police officers examine the site of bomb explosion in an Islamic seminary in Peshawar, Pakistan. A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing some students and wounding dozens others, police and a hospital spokesman said.
Pakistan's troops and rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a damaged building following the explosion, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Pakistan's troops stand guard while rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a damaged building following the explosion, in Karachi, Pakistan. Police and rescuers say a powerful blast has ripped through a multistory building in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi.
Pakistan's troops and rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble following the explosion, in Karachi, Pakistan. Police and rescuers say a powerful blast has ripped through a multistory building in Pakistan‚ southern port city of Karachi.
Mohammad Safdar, center, son-in-law of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leaves after a court granted him bail, in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistani police briefly detained Safdar on Monday, accusing him of leading a crowd in a chant against the military at the tomb of the country's founder.
Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and leader of an opposition party, addresses supporters while leaving her home to attend a rally in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani opposition parties are staging a rally in the eastern city of Gujranwala to kick off their campaign against Prime Minister Imran Khan to force him step down over what they say is his failure in handling the nation's ailing economy.
Pakistani women peel prawns at fisheries in Karachi, Pakistan. Women earn some 250 Pakistani rupees ($1.50) a day to feed their families.
Students wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus arrive at a primary school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistani students head back to primary schools following their reopening, amid a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and infections.
Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, gives a press conference regarding the arrest of her party leader Shahbaz Sharif, in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan's anti-graft body arrested Shahbaz Sharif Monday over his alleged involvement in a money laundering case after a court rejected bail for him.
A worker checks body temperature of students upon her arrival at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistani officials welcomed millions of students back to middle schools following educational institutions reopened in the country amid a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and infections.
Members of the Sikh community during the concluding of a three-day religious event to mark the ‘Jyoti Jyot’ (death anniversary) of first Sikh master Guru Nanak Dev at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, in Kartarpur, Narowal district of Pakistan.A large number of Sikhs from Punjab, KPK and Sindh participated in the function.
Women wing of Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi along with several people from the Sikh community stage a candle light protest against the abduction of a 17-year-old Sikh girl in Pakistan's Punjab province, at Teen Murti in New Delhi. The minor girl is reported to be the daughter of head granthi of historic Panja Sahib Gurdwara in Hassan Abdal city.
Pakistani news channels telecast live of Pakistan's ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressing to an opposition parties meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan. Sharif broke a yearlong silence from exile in London to vow to oust Imran Khan from office, accusing him of only reaching power through a vote rigged by the country's powerful military.
Pakistani opposition parties leaders Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, front right, reads out a statement while Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, front left, looks on at a press briefing following their All Parties Conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistani opposition parties demanded immediate resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan and they launched an alliance to hold a countrywide protest movement against the government.
A worker disinfects shoes of a student upon her arrival at a school, in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistani officials welcomed millions of children back to school following educational institutions reopened on Tuesday in the country amid a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and infections.
Shiite Muslims participate in a Muharram procession in Karachi, Pakistan. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century.
Shiite Muslims participate in a Muharram procession in Karachi, Pakistan. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century.
Local residents wade through flooded area caused by heavy monsoon rains, in Karachi, Pakistan. Heavy rains hit Pakistan's financial capital Karachi for a fifth straight night, bringing more flooding and killing some more people, officials said, as rescuers evacuated people from flooded neighborhoods.
A boy uses half of a fiber tank to navigate a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains, in Karachi, Pakistan. Heavy monsoon rains have lashed many parts of Pakistan as well the southern port city of Karachi, leaving flooding streets, damaging homes and displacing scores of people.
Residents gather beside their damaged houses caused by heavy monsoon rains, in Yar Mohammad village near Karachi, Pakistan.
Residents carry salvaged belongings as they wade through a flooded area during a heavy monsoon rain in Yar Mohammad village near Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan's military said it will deploy rescue helicopters to Karachi to transport some 200 families to safety after canal waters flooded the city amid monsoon rains.
People offer funeral prayer of the victims of boat capsized incident, in Karachi, Pakistan. A small boat carrying members from a Pakistani family capsized in Keenjhar Lake in southern Sindh province, leaving some people dead and few missing, police said.
A vendor fees goats loaded on a truck as they arrive at a market set up for the upcoming festival of Eid al-Adha in Lahore, Pakistan. Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, is most important Islamic holiday marks the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham to Christians and Jews) to sacrifice his son.
Police officers stand guard while a health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan resumed vaccinations against polio months after the drive against this crippling children's disease was halted because the novel coronavirus had overwhelmed the country's health system. The anti-polio campaign would last five days from Monday with the plan to have about 800,000 children vaccinated, the officials said.
A view of historic ancestral home of late Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor that has faced demolition threat as the current owner of the house is adamant on building a commercial complex on the site, in Peshawar. In 2018, the Pakistan government decided to convert the 'Kapoor Haveli' province into a museum, heeding to a request by Rishi Kapoor who died recently at a hospital in Mumbai.
People of Sikh community mourn around the caskets of their family members, who were killed in the Friday's train and bus accident, at a temple in Peshawar, Pakistan. A passenger train crashed into a bus carrying Sikh pilgrims at an unmanned railway crossing in eastern Pakistan on Friday, killing more than 20 people and injuring some others, officials said.
Security personnel surround the Stock Exchange Building after gunmen's attack in Karachi, Pakistan. Special police forces deployed to the scene of the attack and in a swift operation secured the building.
This image made from a video shows the exterior of stock exchange building in Karachi, Pakistan. Militants attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi, according to police.
In this image made from a video, police and investigators gather around a car used by attackers, in Karachi, Pakistan. Militants attacked the stock exchange in the Pakistani city of Karachi, according to police.
Locusts swarm a residential area of Quetta, Pakistan. Pakistani officials say an outbreak of desert locusts is spreading across the country posing a threat to food security.
Pakistani journalists rally to condemn the alleged arrests of their colleagues by authorities for reporting lack of facilities in quarantine center set up to contain the spread of coronavirus in border town of Chaman in Quetta, Pakistan. Placard at bottom right reads, "arrest responsible of torture on journalists'.
Unmasked daily wage workers wait to be hired by customers in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Pakistan ranks among countries hardest hit by the coronavirus with infections soaring beyond 18,000, while the government, which has opened up the country hoping to salvage a near collapsed economy, warns a stunning 1.2 million Pakistanis could be infected by the end of August.
People wearing masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus and maintaining social distancing attend a Yoga class at a park in Lahore, Pakistan.
Pakistan troops, rescue workers and volunteers look for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Karachi, Pakistan. The multi-story residential building collapsed in a congested area of Karachi, killing and injuring some people, local media reported.
A Muslim youth retrieves the objects thrown into the Arabian Sea by the Hindu worshippers and visitors to the 200-year-old temple Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir, located at the Native Jetty, bridge close to the Karachi Port in Pakistan.
Locusts swarm above a mango tree orchard in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan. Pakistani officials say an outbreak of desert locusts is spreading across the country posing a threat to food security.
Family members and relatives of Raja Fayyaz, who died in the crash of a state-run Pakistan International Airlines plane on Friday near the southern port city of Karachi, mourns during a funeral in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
A Pakistani sprays disinfectant among worshipers attending an Eid al-Fitr prayer at a ground in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Millions of Muslims across the world are marking a muted and gloomy holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan - a usually joyous three-day celebration that has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar.
Mohammad Zubair, a passenger who survived a plane crash, is visited by relatives at his home in Karachi, Pakistan. When the plane jolted violently, Zubair thought it was turbulence. Then the pilot came on the intercom to warn that the landing could be "troublesome." Moments later, the Pakistan International Airlines flight crashed into a crowded neighborhood near Karachi's international airport.
In this photo released by Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority, provincial governor Imran Ismail, center in blue coat, and Pakistan's aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar, center in black waistcoat, visit the site of Friday's plane crash, in Karachi, Pakistan. A passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines carrying passengers and crew crashed Friday near the southern port city of Karachi.
A woman mourns while talking on cell phone after she identified a body of her family member, who was killed in the Friday's plane crash, at a morgue in Karachi, Pakistan. An aviation official says a passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines carrying passengers and crew has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi.
Fire brigade staff try to put out fire caused by plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan. An aviation official says a passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines carrying more than 100 passengers and crew has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi.
Volunteers carry the dead body of a plane crash victim at the site of a crash in Karachi, Pakistan.
