ISLAMABAD: The new domestic cricket model and Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) recent deal with PTV are game changers for country’s cricket and will help produce world’s best cricketers in the years to come. This was stated by Chief Executive PCB Wasim Khan. during his conversation with Dawn here in Islamabad. Wasim spoke about domestic and international cricket, particularly about expected tours […]
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ROME: Novak Djokovic picked up where he left off before his US Open default two weeks ago, winning a fifth Italian Open title on Monday, days before the start of Roland Garros. The world number one lifted a record 36th Masters crown, one more than great rival Rafael Nadal, after beating Diego Schwartzman 7-5, 6-3 […]
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ROME: Italian prosecutors said on Tuesday they had evidence that the language exam taken by Barcelona’s Uruguay striker Luis Suarez to obtain Italian citizenship ahead of a possible move to Juventus was rigged. Suarez, whose wife is of Italian descent, passed the exam last Thursday at the University for Foreigners in Perugia. It cleared the […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Trade and Development Report 2020 (TDR2020) on Tuesday warned that the Covid-19 recesion — measured in terms of world gross product — will likely amount to a $12 trillion loss in global income by end of 2021. Moreover, the growth recovery in 2021 will coincide with rising unemployment, which is likely to reach double digits […]
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ISLAMABAD: The government has called a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet to approve the removal of additional custom and regulatory duties on a number of textile items and consider waiving guarantee fee on about $5.7 billion Chinese loans for nuclear power plants. To be presided over by Finance Adviser Dr […]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday was informed that owing to the reduction in local production and difference of prices between local and imported gas, full cooperation of all the provinces was required to meet the demand of gas during the next few months. Chairing a meeting to review the current demand and supply […]
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KARACHI: As textile exporters continue to face gas shortages, Sindh Government Spokesperson and Adviser to Chief Minister Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Tuesday urged the federal government to immediately resolve gas shortage issues being faced by Karachi-based industrialists. Addressing Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (Kati) members on Tuesday, he said that Sindh has first right […]
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Islamabad police on Wednesday arrested a reporter who had arrived at the high court to cover a hearing of an appeal filed by Maryam Nawaz against her conviction in the Avenfield corruption reference. Ehtisham Kiyani, who works for Channel 24, was arrested by police officials deployed for security and was shifted to Ramna police station. He […]
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An accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday ruled that Asif Ali Zardari be indicted in three corruption references against him while dismissing the former president’s pleas against the cases. The court had reserved its decision on September 17. According to the verdict, announced by Judge Azam Khan, Zardari cannot be acquitted in references pertaining to fake bank […]
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The matter of the military leadership meeting politicians took another turn on Wednesday night after the head of the Pakistan Army’s media wing said senior PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair held two meetings with Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa in recent weeks about former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz. Inter-Services Intelligence […]
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