Emergency field hospitals were readied in New York’s Central Park and at the home of the US Open tennis tournament as the number of American deaths from the coronavirus pandemic surged past 4,000 — higher than the toll in China. The pandemic has killed more than 1,700 New Yorkers and President Donald Trump, a native […]
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Lockdown and social distancing measures introduced by the British government to slow the spread of Covid-19 may already be working, according to preliminary research findings, and could soon see Britain’s epidemic of infections declining. Scientists used an online survey to ask 1,300 people in Britain to list their contacts for the previous day – and […]
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to unveil the formation of its provincial and city cricket association, which are due under the new constitution of the board promulgated on Aug 19. The PCB has to announce the office-bearers of the six provincial and 90 city cricket associations to put the domestic system back […]
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TOKYO: A businessman who received millions of dollars for his work on Tokyo’s successful campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, which was postponed last week due to the coronavirus, said he played a key role in securing the support of a former Olympics powerbroker suspected by French prosecutors of taking bribes to help Japan’s bid. […]
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KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board chief executive Wasim Khan on Tuesday met senior all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez to discuss the latter’s recent statements against the return of tainted players. In a recent interview on social media, the 39-year-old Hafeez had raised his concerns on the return of tainted players to Pakistan’s national team. “The PCB was not […]
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MANCHESTER: FIFA are working on the details of a “Football Marshall plan” to deal with the financial fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic, which will almost certainly result in them dipping into their $2.7 billion reserves. World football’s governing body have set up a working group to look into the myriad of issues thrown up by […]
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KARACHI: With the entire world is battling the coronavirus pandemic, Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq emphasised the need to keep the country’s cricketers motivated and focussed by urging them to focus clear while being confined indoors because of the lockdown. In a marathon teleconference on Tuesday, former national side skipper Misbah — who is also the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Demand in the country for electricity, natural gas and petroleum products has dropped dramatically as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, creating serious operational and financial challenges in the supply chain. Senior government officials told Dawn that electricity consumption had plummeted by almost 30 per cent and authorities had been compelled to provide uninterrupted […]
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ISLAMABAD: Approving a coronavirus relief package of Rs1,200 billion, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday took serious notice of suspension of goods transport in the country despite his earlier order for its restoration and tasked Rangers in Sindh with ensuring its implementation by taking appropriate measures for movement of trucks and opening of industries amid […]
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KARACHI: Stocks staged a massive rally on Tuesday with the KSE-100 index recovering 1,208.24 points (4.31 per cent) from the heavy losses suffered earlier in March. The index closed at 29,231.63, after hitting intraday by 1,311 points. Recovery was underpinned by attractive stock valuations; higher investor participation; recent announcements of tax relief by the government […]
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