Franchises to be assessed on players’ pathway, infrastructure, grassroots work and welfare The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday launched a $200,000 award to recognize the franchise that makes the biggest contribution to cricket development, with teams to be assessed on players’ pathways, infrastructure, grassroots programmes and player welfare. “The PCB has today unveiled the…
Guterres warns of ‘serious risk of explosion’ as leaders also wrangle over organisation’s next chief UN flag fluttering in front of United Nations headquarters in New York. PHOTO: REUTERS As wars rage in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan, and fears mount over rapidly advancing AI, world leaders descend on the United Nations in New…
ISLAMABAD: A newborn girl who survived the fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), in which 14 other newborn babies were killed, has also died after 22 days of treatment, taking the death toll from the incident to 15, according to her death certificate and sources. The baby, who was rescued alive from…
Decisions were taken during a meeting held on strengthen the departmental capacity The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has accelerated the process of improving its revenue system through enhanced tax collection, administrative reforms and digital monitoring. A decision to expand the scope of PRA has also been taken, under which 250 enforcement and audit officers will…
Pakistan’s Abdul Rehman has won the men’s poligras magic skill award after hockey fans around the world voted his spectacular goal at the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup, their favourite skill moment of the tournament. Rehman produced a dazzling display of 3D skills against Wales, controlling the ball in the air before weaving past four…
Reserve could serve as collateral for govt borrowings, including for reconstruction following June earthquakes The Venezuelan government and the opposition are close to an agreement to transfer the central bank’s gold reserves, worth about $4 billion, to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from the Bank of England, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Reuters…
Former first lady asked the FCC to fix her appeal for hearing in the week commencing September 21 ISLAMABAD: Bushra Bibi, wife of incarcerated former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan, on Thursday approached the FCC for an urgent hearing of her appeal seeking suspension of her sentence in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) extended Thursday’s rebound on Friday morning, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index climbing 1,822.58 points, or 1.08 per cent, to 170,865.77 before trading was suspended for Friday prayers. The index touched an intraday high of 170,903.94 and a low of 169,399.98. Volume in KSE-100 stocks stood at 82.04 million shares,…
He says he prefers term positive patriotism because national pride could be misunderstood FRANKFURT: Jurgen Klopp said on Thursday that Germany’s football team can help ensure “national pride is not entrusted to the wrong people” after a recent far-right AfD election victory. In a Frankfurt press conference announcing his first squad as Germany manager, the…
K-P police chief says exchange of fire with armed attackers continuing; police secure and place the area on high alert An explosion occurs near the old Police Lines in Kohat on Friday. SCREENGRAB PESHAWAR: At least seven people were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion near the Old Police Lines in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s…