At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when an Air India Express passenger plane overshot the runway and broke into two after landing in the southern city of Calicut in heavy rain on Friday, officials said. The Boeing-737 flight from Dubai was flying home Indians stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic. There […]
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As India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, crossing 2 million cases and more than 41,000 deaths, community health volunteers went on strike complaining they were ill-equipped to respond to the wave of infection in rural areas. Even as India has maintained comparatively low mortality rates, the disease trajectory varies widely […]
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board is all set to invite England men’s team to tour Pakistan later this year but if the England and Wales Cricket Board decline for possible reasons of coronavirus pandemic or time constraints, PCB’s Plan B is to offer the option to the ECB for an England T20 series in Pakistan […]
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PALERMO: Russian eighth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova was upset 7-5, 6-2 by Frenchwoman Fiona Ferro in the second round of the Palermo Ladies Open on Wednesday. Ferro’s win was only the second of her career against a player in the top 30 as she earned 12 break points in the contest and converted five to reach […]
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MANCHESTER: Yasir Shah took three wickets after lunch as Pakistan dismissed England for 219 to tighten their control of the first Test on the third day at Old Trafford on Friday. The leg-spinner ripped through England’s middle and lower order with a burst of three wickets for four runs in 27 balls on his way […]
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MANCHESTER: For Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq Shan Masood has “proved himself in England” after the opener’s superb knock put his team in a good position in the first Test at Old Trafford on Thursday. Masood’s Test-best 156 was the cornerstone of Pakistan’s first-innings 326 all out, with England slumping to 12-3 in reply. The hosts ended […]
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At least nine people died in separate incidents in Karachi on Friday as the fourth spell of monsoon rains continued to lash parts of Sindh for the second straight day. Seven of the deceased lost their lives due to electrocution, while two minor boys died from drowning while swimming in accumulated rainwater, according to officials […]
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A man was killed and another injured on Friday when police personnel opened fire at them on I.I. Chundrigar Road over a “misunderstanding”, assuming the men to be robbers. The incident prompted higher authorities to take notice and the three policemen involved in the incident were subsequently detained. According to Mithadar police, 48-year-old Muhammad Aslam […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) on Thursday made a number of important decisions, including resolution of 30-year-old controversies among the provinces over the 1991 Water Accord through consensual distribution of water resources in one month. The 42nd meeting of the CCI chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan referred the issue of appointment of […]
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Privatisation decided on Thursday to hold an in-camera session to discuss the leasing of the Roosevelt Hotel site. The Managing Director of PIA Investments Limited, Najeeb Samie, who attending the meeting, requested chairman of the standing committee to make the event in-camera. He added that a financial adviser […]
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