LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan dismissed reports that Pakistan had given up its hosting rights of the T20 Asia Cup to Bangladesh in exchange for the latter to send its team for a split-series that got underway on Friday. After the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) agreed to send its team to […]
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TOKYO: Fireworks lit up the night sky above Tokyo Bay on Friday and a giant monument of the Olympic rings was unveiled in the shadow of Rainbow Bridge as the Japanese capital marked six months until the start of the Games. After a decade of planning, Tokyo 2020 organisers have entered the final stretch ahead […]
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Pakistan clinched the second game of the three-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh on Saturday at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, winning the tournament 2-0. The hosts comfortably chased the 137-run target set by the visiting team, who had won the toss and elected to bat first. The only hiccup in the largely one-sided contest was opener Ahsan […]
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LAHORE: Any reduction in or removal of taxes imposed on locally assembled cars in the budget for the current fiscal year will not lift the gloom in the country’s automobile industry as the sales have slumped mainly on account of the ongoing drive to document the economy and not owing to the rising prices of […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans to enhance the exports of engineering sector over the next 10-years by encouraging the capacity of light engineering and consumer items already manufactured locally. Engineering Development Board CEO Raza Abbas acknowledged the demands for a level playing field and incentives by certain industries as justified, but said the business community too should […]
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ISLAMABAD: Undeterred by the recent failure of the much hyped Kekra project, the Petroleum Division has sought security clearance of a dozen offshore blocks before inviting international oil and gas exploration and production companies for bidding. A senior government official told Dawn that a list of 12 exploration blocks in the deep and ultra-deep sea […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation (DG I&I) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has unearthed several cases involving business concerns that park money in far-flung areas after making cash transactions in order to avoid taxes. Preliminary investigations have revealed tax evasion of billions in just three cases that fall under the […]
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Chief US diplomat for South Asian affairs, Alice Wells, appreciated the steps taken by Pakistan to advance the Afghan peace process. The US diplomat, in a media briefing after her visit to three South Asian nations — Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka — said, “Pakistan has important leverage to promote lasting security and stability in Afghanistan.” […]
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Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Islamabad High Court’s decision of declaring Akbar S. Babar a part of PTI and reverting the case regarding the party’s foreign funding back to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). A long-winding case — filed by Babar and others […]
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A pregnant woman was shot at and wounded on Saturday while waiting at the gate of a private school in Karachi’s Korangi neighbourhood, according to police and hospital officials. The 36-year-old woman, identified as Mrs Kiran, had gone to Karachi Public School near Korangi Crossing-2 with her husband, Amjad, for their son’s admission. She was […]
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