Aston Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans celebrates after scoring in the Europa League final. Photo: AFP LONDON: Aston Villa ended their 30-year trophy drought in style as spectacular goals from Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Buendia inspired a 3-0 win against Freiburg in the Europa League final on Wednesday. Unai Emery’s side took the lead late in…
RAWALPINDI: Following the privatisation and sale of government schools, Punjab has witnessed a record decline in the number of public educational institutions due to privatisation and public-private partnership policies, according to education sector representatives. Around three-and-a-half years ago, the province had 47,413 government primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools. The number has now dropped…
Morocco stunned Spain and Portugal en route to the FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finals Morocco striker Brahim Diaz (L) heads the ball past Senegal captain Sadio Mane during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat. Photo: AFP LONDON: Former Senegal star El Hadji Diouf shares the belief of CAF president Patrick Motsepe that…
The Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), one of two flight recorders from the Rio-Paris Air France flight which crashed in 2009, is carrying to be displayed for the media before a news conference at the BEA headquarters in Le Bourget, northern Paris, May 12, 2011. REUTERS Airbus and Air France were found guilty on Thursday of…
Prisoners describe internal culture, expensive facilities and harsh living conditions RAWALPINDI: Originally built in 1986 for 3,000 prisoners and later expanded to accommodate 4,000 inmates, Adiala Jail currently houses nearly 7,000 prisoners and undertrial inmates, making it one of the largest prisons in Asia. The prison includes local and foreign inmates from countries including the…
SEOUL: Suwon FC Women’s coach has said his team felt “hurt” by a lack of home support after losing to the first North Korean sports team to visit the South in eight years. South Korea’s Suwon went down 2-1 to North rivals Naegohyang Women’s FC in Wednesday’s Asian Women’s Champions League semi-final, which was played…
Luciano Spalletti was hired by Juventus in October to ensure Champions League qualification. Photo: AFP/File MILAN: Juventus’ season is at risk of turning into a disaster ahead of Sunday’s fraught Turin derby which could end with their absence from next season’s Champions League. In one of Europe’s most one-sided derbies Juve have not lost to…
Experts believe weak administration, political interference, and insufficient budgets are worsening the situation LAHORE: Despite Punjab being considered the educational hub of Pakistan, millions of children in the province are still out of school. Government and international reports show that poverty, inflation, shortage of teachers, lack of basic facilities, and financial difficulties faced by parents…
Premier highlights importance of bilateral cooperation with China in counter-terrorism, broader regional stability Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. SCREENGRAB Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the friendship between Pakistan and China was “time-tested and unbreakable” as the two nations marked the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Speaking at an event marking…
Indian envoy repeats allegations made by Afghan Taliban regarding an alleged strike on a hospital in Kabul Pakistan’s Counsellor Saima Saleem speaking at the UNSC. PHOTO: X Pakistan on Wednesday hit back at India’s allegations at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), with Pakistani diplomat Saima Saleem slamming New Delhi as being “a state that…