England’s tour to Pakistan will be huge achievement, says Moeen

ISLAMABAD: England all-rounder Moeen Ali believes the English team’s proposed tour to Pakistan early next year would be a massive achievement and a huge step towards the revival of international cricket in the country. According to recent media reports, talks between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are […]

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Players may withdraw from tours due to bubble burnout: Morgan

LONDON: England’s players can withdraw from tours if they feel playing in bio-secure bubbles during the Covid-19 pandemic will take a toll on their mental health, limited overs captain Eoin Morgan has said. England hosted West Indies, Pakistan and Austr­alia after cricket’s restart in July, with the teams restri­cted to playing in Manchester and Southampton […]

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Circular debt jumps 30pc to Rs2.15tr in FY20

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday acknowledged that the circular debt has crossed Rs2 trillion mark with an increase of more than 30 per cent in the last fiscal year. In its ‘State of the Industry Report 2020’, the power regulator said that the circular debt has reached Rs2.15tr by June […]

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Imran angry over delay in wheat import

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday reprimanded the relevant authorities for delaying the import of wheat which led to flour shortage in the country. Presiding over a meeting of the federal cabinet, Prime Minister Khan said the situation could have been averted if at least 1.5 million tonnes of wheat had been imported in […]

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Country to face serious gas shortage in winter, NA told

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum Division Omar Ayub Khan has acknowledged that the country is going to face a serious natural gas shortage in upcoming winter months due to a gap between the demand and supply of gas. He highlighted that during winter months, gas consumption by the domestic sector increased manifold on account of use […]

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‘Heading in the right direction’: Pakistan sees record 1Q current account surplus

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said Pakistan was “headed in the right direction finally” as the country’s current account witnessed a record surplus of $792 million in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed. The surplus came on the back of an upward […]

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National Assembly echoes with opposition whistles

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday echoed with whistles for nearly two hours as the opposition staged an unprecedented noisy protest following refusal of Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri to allow them to speak on the current political situation in the country. The opposition members kept on hurling papers, sometimes in the form of paper airplanes, […]

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Army chief appreciates troops’ operational preparedness during visit to LoC

Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday visited the forward areas at Chamb sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where he praised the operational preparedness of troops. During the visit, the chief of army staff was briefed on the latest operational situation including Indian ceasefire violations “deliberately targeting […]

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Karachi incident reflective of opposition’s attempt to ‘create conflict among institutions’: Shibli

Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Wednesday lambasted the opposition for “shifting the war against their corruption towards the institutions”, saying that the nation would hold the alliance accountable for their stance. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, the federal minister said that the narrative adopted by the opposition “pleases our enemies”. Speaking about the opposition’s […]

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2.2m Facebook and Instagram ads rejected ahead of US vote

A total of 120,000 posts on Facebook and Instagram have been withdrawn for attempting to “obstruct voting” in the United States presidential election and 2.2 million ads have been rejected, Facebook’s vice president Nick Clegg said in an interview published on Sunday. In addition, warnings were posted on 150 million examples of false information posted online, […]

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