The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday cut its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to eight per cent, the fourth time it has cut rates since the coronavirus pandemic hit two months ago. “Easier monetary policy … can provide liquidity support to households and businesses to help them through the ensuing temporary […]
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket Ireland announced on Thursday that the two T20 internationals scheduled to take place in Dublin in July have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a press release issued by the PCB, the decision has been taken after the Irish government announced that matches can take […]
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DHAKA: Former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis said quarantining players for two weeks before and after the ICC Twenty20 World Cup could allow it to take place in Australia this year despite the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament is due to be played in October-November but there is uncertainty after the cancellation of other major […]
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KARACHI: Generally every new appointment at the top raises hopes of betterment on all fronts. In his maiden interaction with the media a day after being named as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s Director High Performance, Nadeem Khan outlined a series of plans to improve the overall structure of the sport, including the mental growth of […]
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BERLIN: With players’ voices bouncing off the empty stands and the leathery thud of the ball audible across the pitch, Germany’s Bundesliga will have a very different feel when it resumes on Saturday. Having been starved of action for two months due to the Covid-19 shutdown, German football fans must grudgingly and quickly adapt to […]
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has once again made a contact with former Pakistan captain Salim Malik, sending a questionnaire relating to a pending inquiry against him, since 2011. Sources told Dawn on Thursday that until and unless Malik replies to the pending inquiry, he will not be cleared to join any cricket body affiliated with […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday expressed concern over new Israeli unity government’s plan to annex parts of occupied West Bank and underscored similarities between Palestine and Kashmir conflicts. “We have seen reports about the framework agreement by Israel’s coalition government proposing annexation of the West Bank with grave concern,” FO spokesperson Aisha Farooqi said […]
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WUHAN: Nervous residents of China’s pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queued up across the city to be tested for the coronavirus on Thursday after a new cluster of cases sparked a mass screening campaign. Lines of socially distanced people formed at makeshift testing sites set up under tents in parking lots, parks and residential communities as […]
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US health authorities issued an alert Thursday over a rare but sometimes deadly autoimmune condition among children that is believed to be linked to Covid-19. The illness, which the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (Mis-C), was first reported in Britain in late April. “Healthcare providers who have […]
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of the coronavirus in its population because of poor Chinese testing kits, a member of a national task force said, complicating a decision on opening up from a lockdown. The kits were for antibodies to the virus, meaning authorities could determine who had been exposed to it as part of a broad survey to assess […]
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