ISLAMABAD: Terming the forthcoming home series against Zimbabwe as another positive step towards the revival of international cricket in the country, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ehsan Mani on Thursday said next year will be remarkable for local fans when several top-tier teams would slated to tour Pakistan. Speaking to a select group of media persons […]
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LAHORE: Citing former Australian captain and batting maestro Ricky Ponting as his inspiration, young Pakistan cricketer Abdullah Shafiq says he will try his best to produce fine performance whenever he gets the chance to represent the national team. “Ricky Ponting’s batting impresses me, I want to play like him and from Pakistan I rate my […]
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Israel and Sudan agreed on Friday to normalise relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States, making Sudan the third Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past two months. US President Donald Trump, seeking re-election on Nov 3, sealed the agreement in a phone call on Friday […]
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New Delhi was blanketed in noxious haze on Friday as air pollution levels in parts of the city soared to “severe” levels, hours after US President Donald Trump described the air in the vast nation as “filthy”. Smoke from agricultural burning, vehicle fumes and industrial emissions — combined with cooler temperatures and slow moving winds […]
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US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at Thursday’s final presidential debate, seeking to persuade the few remaining undecided voters 12 days before the November 3 election. Trump, a Republican, adopted a more restrained tone than he did during the chaotic first presidential debate […]
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An agreement between Israel and Sudan on steps toward normalisation of relations is expected to be announced later on Friday, a senior US official said. President Donald Trump’s decision to remove Sudan from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism helped pave the way for Khartoum to become the latest Arab state to reach a deal […]
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has found that Pakistan has successfully complied with 21 out of 27 points of action and decided to keep the country on its ‘grey list’ until February 2021, the watchdog’s president said on Friday. FATF President Marcus Pleyer announced the decision at a virtual press conference held after the […]
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KARACHI: Millers on Thursday reduced prices of various varieties of flour by Rs7 per kg prior to release of Sindh government’s wheat to millers followed by drop in price of imported and locally-produced wheat. Pakistan Flour Mills Association Sindh Zone Chairman Chaudhry Mohammad Yousuf said the price of flour no. 2.5 has been slashed to […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has finalised its inquiry report on the sugar sector and noted that the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has maintained cartels among its members not only to protect inefficient mills but also keep the commodity’s prices high. The CCP report highlighted that the PSMA was maintaining an illegal […]
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided in principle the outsourcing of responsibilities of billing and recovery of loss-making grids of distribution companies starting with Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) and introduction of smart meters in at least three companies. A cabinet member told Dawn that a plan on outsourcing mechanism would be presented to the federal cabinet […]
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