COLOMBO: The draft for Sri Lanka’s upcoming Premier League tournament has been postponed, the cricket board said on Thursday, as the island nation battles to contain its biggest-ever coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. Leading internationals including Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy, Darren Bravo, Shahid Afridi and Shakib Al Hasan had been up for grabs at a Friday ceremony […]
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The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict. The Rome-based organisation says it helps some 97 million people in about 88 countries each year, and that one in nine people […]
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A former commander of the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay has been sentenced to two years in prison for making false statements and obstructing justice in connection with the investigation into the death of a civilian at the facility in Cuba. Retired navy captain John Nettleton, 53, was convicted in January of this year […]
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The United Nations rights chief voiced alarm Friday at civilian suffering in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after nearly two weeks of clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, calling for an “urgent ceasefire”. In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said it was “deeply worrying that in recent days we have seen populated […]
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United States President Donald Trump on Friday prepared to return to the campaign trail with a pair of weekend rallies after his Covid-19 diagnosis sidelined him for a week in the race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the White House. The Republican president, who announced he had been infected with the novel coronavirus on October 2 […]
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PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lambasted the PTI government on Friday for its “undemocratic attitude” and for “using [state] institutions as political props”. In a press conference in Karachi, a visibly charged Bilawal criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan for reiterating that all state institutions, including the army, stand by him. “I believe that Imran Khan should […]
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The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday directed authorities to give the custody of 10 Afghan children, who were smuggled into Pakistan, to the Afghan consulate and ensure they are reunited with their parents. The bench also told authorities to gather information about the children and submit it in the court. The case, which was […]
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ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court on Thursday observed that neither the Constitution nor any law entitled judges or senior members of the armed forces to receive plots or pieces of land. “It is trite, but needs restating that judges are not empowered to make law; they simply interpret it and if […]
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the opposition parties’ real issue with the military was that unlike other institutions, they were unable to “control” the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) after the agency “found out” about their alleged corruption. Addressing a ceremony organised by the Insaf Lawyers Forum (ILF) in Islamabad, he said PML-N supremo and […]
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LAHORE: Chief selector-cum-head coach Misbah-ul-Haq is planning to name a pool of 22 players during the second phase of the ongoing National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi for the One-day International and Twenty20 International series against Zimbabwe in Oct-Nov this year. In a video message released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Misbah said though he […]
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