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Indian opener Abhishek Sharma struck a characteristic quickfire half-century as India made a strong start after being asked to bat first by Pakistan in the Asian Games men’s cricket final on Saturday. India reached 81-2 in their six-over powerplay at the Korogi Sports Park, with Abhishek smashing si...
LAHORE: Pakistan’s wicket-keeper/batter Mohammad Rizwan appeared before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) here on Friday in a case concerning allegations of online betting, gambling and leaking of team information from the dressing room during the Test series in England earlier t...
A car crashed into a crowd of rugby league supporters in the eastern Australian city of Newcastle on Saturday, injuring ten people including three children, local officials said. The crowd had gathered to farewell local rugby league side the Newcastle Knights ahead of their grand final match against...
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Friday issued notices for Saturday (today) to members of Gul Plaza Management Committee and the investigating officer (IO) on a petition filed by five shop owners of the mall, seeking to record their statements before the court to include charges of murder and terro...
LAHORE: The police claim to have arrested a young man hours after he looted Rs700,000 by getting a “bank robbery task” from the PUBG game at Bhatta Chowk in Defence here on Friday. DIG Operations Faisal Kamran told mediapersons that the robbery took place at around 9:30am near Bhatta Chowk. He said ...
India won the toss and elected to bat first in the Asian Games men’s cricket final against Pakistan at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan on Saturday. India currently hold the Asian Games gold medal honours, after their title win in 2023 Hangzhou Games. Pakistan, meanwhile finished fourth in t...
IN January this year, the National Assembly passed a private member’s bill to amend Section 138 of the Elections Act, 2017, which may blunt, if not totally reverse, the legal requirement of making public the submitted annual statements of assets and liabilities by national and provincial legislators...
ON Sept 26, alleged drug dealer Anmol alias Pinky and her alleged accomplice Sameer were indicted in a narcotics case registered in 2021. This followed Pinky’s acquittal in three other narcotics cases over the summer. She remains in jail, facing several other cases. Ever since she was arrested in Ma...
YESTERDAY, the government and opposition finally sat across from each other and talked. A government-led coalition, including representatives of the PPP, and the PTI-led opposition, concluded a round of talks on Friday at the chambers of the National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in Islamabad. The mee...
BRUSSELS: European countries agreed to release diesel stocks on Friday after the White House pressured governments to do so, in a bid to cool surging fuel prices linked to the Iran war. “Europe has just agreed to release a massive amount of their heavily stocked diesel oil. The process will begin im...
KARACHI: Pakistan’s effort to keep supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan out of the capital has led to a pileup of shipping containers in the nation’s main port of Karachi, 1,400 kilometres away. Truckers are refusing to drive north, for fear their vehicles will be seized and the con...
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has said governments that perform well should be allowed to complete their five-year terms, arguing that the lack of policy continuity in Pakistan remains a major hurdle to development. She was addressing a delegation of the National Command Authority Senio...
