Pakistan today hosted Test cricket for the first time in a decade against a backdrop of soldiers brandishing machine guns, low-flying army helicopters and armed police escorts.

Zookeeper Kannu Piraditta was attacked by a lion through the bars of its enclosure during feeding time at a zoo in Pakistan as onlookers screamed in horror on Monday.

Joining Iceland at the top is the rest of Scandinavia, Norway takes second, followed by Finland and Sweden, in the World Economic Forum's annual Global Gender Gap Index.

Hareem Shah, from Islamabad, Pakistan, is shown trapped next to an escalator while fans swamp her. She had attended the opening of a Brands4u shop in Oasis Mall, Dubai.

PAUL NEWMAN IN CENTURION: England look set to throw an off-spinning all-rounder who was only called up here as emergency cover just before Christmas into the pivotal second Test.

The Al-Ramzan Tower in Karachi, Pakistan, was evacuated on Monday 30 December after reports of cracks in the walls. Footage shows the block crumble to the ground in seconds.

The death sentence of former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been annulled today after a Lahore court ruled that the special court which had found him guilty of treason was unconstitutional.

Paul Beshenivsky has welcomed the arrest of Piran Ditta Khan, 71, who is suspected of being the mastermind behind the 2005 robbery in Bradford that led to PC Sharon Beshenivsky's death.

The pair were involved a 'heated argument and brawl' on the Pakistan International Airlines flight from Lahore to London Heathrow.

'Pakistan has already lost three wars. Our armed forces will not take more than 7-10 days to make Pakistan bite the dust,' Narendra Modi said in a speech in New Delhi on Tuesday.

A woman cut off a man's penis as he allegedly tried to rape her in Punjab, Pakistan. The woman told police she was alone in her house in the central province of Punjab when the man entered.

Child killers and rapists 'should not only be given the death penalty by hanging, but they should be hanged publicly,' said Ali Muhammad Khan, Pakistan's parliamentary affairs minister today.

Moeen Ali has been told to take his time over his Test comeback, with England expected to name uncapped Matt Parkinson as their third spinner for next month's tour of Sri Lanka.

Iraq, Pakistan, Armenia, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Armenia and Kuwait have imposed bans against people travelling from Iran amid coronavirus fears.

KISHAN VAGHELA: James Anderson has admitted it was 'very frustrating' to be left out of England's tour to Sri Lanka but maintained he was looking forward to a full Lancashire pre-season.

Heather Knight continued her love affair with the Manuka Oval on Friday and Anya Shrubsole made history as England beat Pakistan to stand on the brink of the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals.

Nadir Ali, 32 of Balsall Heath, Birmingham plunged a blade into the body of 37-year-old Hashim Khan in a frenzied attack before being recorded confessing to cops: 'I did it'.

EXCLUSIVE: English cricketers operating as overseas players at the Pakistan Super League were last night preparing to make hasty exits from the Twenty20 tournament.

England's cricket Tests against the West Indies this summer could be switched to the Caribbean if rescheduling in this country proves impossible due to the coronavirus crisis.

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, 46, has been on death row for almost 18 years after being found guilty of kidnapping and beheading the Wall Street Journal reporter in 2002.

The picture was taken at a quarantine facility near Sukkur in virus-hit Sindh province. The employees -of the provincial land department - were visiting a local politician who was in quarantine.

Declassified documents seized from Bin Laden's Pakistan compound as he was killed in May 2011 reveal his plans to throw the U.S. 'into a crisis' by killing Obama and leaving Joe Biden in charge.

Boris Johnson has bounced onto our television screens looking uncustomarily grave, and brandishing a 'battle plan' which is full of draconian-sounding measures that may have to be taken.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Famous Polish film director Roman Polanski is a very wicked man. Or, to be more precise, 43 years ago he did a very wicked thing.

STEPHEN GLOVER: It concerns the kidnapping of a young woman on a British street, and the subsequent connivance of the Labour government in this unlawful act...

STEPHEN GLOVER: Rishi Sunak's first Budget confirmed what we had suspected. Boris Johnson's Tories are not the party of Margaret Thatcher, or even David Cameron.

STEPHEN GLOVER: The outgoing director general of the BBC, Tony Hall, wrote a piece in this newspaper last week in which he claimed the Corporation was eager to have a public debate.

STEPHEN GLOVER: I have been struggling over recent days to make up my mind as to whether the greedy hoarders or the burgeoning volunteers more truly represent modern Britain.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Boris Johnson's sombre television address last night marked a moment in this nation's life which all who watched it are likely to remember for as long as they live.

Boris Johnson's sombre television address last night marked a moment in this nation's life which all who watched it are likely to remember for as long as they live. 

STEPHEN GLOVER: The lives of young people, pictured, are likely to be blighted for years to come following the Covid-19 outbreak and subsequent budget adjustments.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Boris Johnson (pictured) has urged the people of this country to accept the arduous terms of a lockdown, and by and large, the people of this country have acquiesced.

STEPHEN GLOVER - Let us be honest. The fact that Boris Johnson has been taken into intensive care suggests that he is gravely ill. We must pray for him. I certainly am.

The Daily Mail's Stephen Glover gives his honest appraisal of the job that lies ahead for Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, chosen by Boris Johnson to lead the country while he is in intensive care.

STEPHEN GLOVER - It is now six weeks since Boris Johnson delivered his first pandemic warning. The question all front line staff must be asking is why have provisions not been made for vital equipment?

STEPHEN GLOVER: Were U.S. President Donald Trump a thatch-haired schoolboy, rather than the most powerful man on Earth, I've no doubt he would be the bane of his teachers' lives.

STEPHEN GLOVER: When humans are worrying about the future of the world, Harry and Meghan climb into their habitual pulpit to reiterate their hatred for newspapers.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Which of us would like to be in Matt Hancock's (pictured) shoes? The beleaguered Health Secretary faces formidable problems.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Many people will have been uplifted by Boris Johnson's (pictured) stirring speech yesterday outside No 10.

On Tuesday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock (pictured) was offered two opportunities to express his regret and accept some responsibility. He flunked them both, writes STEPHEN GLOVER.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Day by day, the Government is coming under attack. There are really two sorts of criticism during this dreadful Covid-19 pandemic.

STEPHEN GLOVER: The other day I learnt that an old friend had died. But although I can accept this as a matter of fact, I can't really take it in because there has been no shared recognition among those who knew her.

The TV personality, 49, paid tribute to the National Health Service once again as she left the Heart Radio studios in central London on Friday morning under a large rainbow umbrella.

Father-of-four Scott Howell, 48, was the first coronavirus intensive care patient at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, South Wales - where he was in a deep coma due to Covid-19.

The actress described how she almost died while giving birth to daughter Hollie in 2012 and praised the National Health Service for 'getting her through' stillbirth of son Theo in 2011

The former Coronation Street star, 29, took to Instagram to post the picture as she captioned it with: 'My sunshine,' followed by a flower, yellow heart and star emoji.

Amanda Holden has released a cover of Somewhere Over The Rainbow to help raise money for the NHS, during the current COVID-19 crisis.

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, which runs three hospitals, sent bank staff a text telling them their services would no longer be required. This comes as Nightingales struggle for staff.

The Duchess of York's assistant Antonia Marshall shared an image of the elaborate cake to Instagram, while Fergie posed up in a woodland-themed headband at her Windsor home.

The protesters held a demonstration in a park in Basingstoke and vowed to meet every week to take a stand against the lockdown, claiming coronavirus deaths have been exaggerated.