New domestic system, deal with PTV to be game changers: Wasim Khan

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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Suarez language exam for Italian citizenship rigged, say prosecutors

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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‘Covid to cause $12tr global income loss’

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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ECC to take up removal of duties on textile items

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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Exporters forced to cut production amid gas shortages

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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Police arrest journalist outside IHC

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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Islamabad accountability court rejects Zardari’s pleas for dismissal of 3 corruption references

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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DG ISPR says PML-N’s Zubair met COAS twice to discuss Maryam, Nawaz

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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