The Saarland club have stunned Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Moenchengladbach to sit unbeaten after two games Elversberg forward David Mokwa celebrates scoring his side’s third in Saturday’s 3-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen. Photo: AFP BERLIN: Four years after plying their trade in the semi-professional fourth division of German football, newly promoted SV Elversberg welcome defending…
ISLAMABAD: Income tax collection from the real estate sector dipped 29% to Rs28 billion in the first two months of this fiscal year, compared to Rs91 billion paid by Pakistan’s marginalised salaried class, which is also hit by continued hikes in petrol prices. Glaring and widening gaps in income tax payments by these two segments…
Pakistan batting coach Michael Smith has backed the team’s struggling batters to bounce back. Photo: Screengrab Pakistan batting coach Michael Smith has backed the team’s struggling batters to bounce back, saying the side’s young players are learning difficult lessons on their first tour of England. Pakistan have failed to pass 200 in their first six…
India’s Deepti Sharma celebrates the fall of a Bangladesh wicket in the Asia Cup semifinal. Photo: ACC India overcame a difficult batting surface and Bangladesh’s disciplined bowling to seal a 40-run victory and book their place in the Women’s Asia Cup final. India were put into bat after Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty won the…
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. SCREENGRAB LAHORE: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi will visit Punjab in the coming days as part of a mobilisation campaign for the September 27 march on Islamabad. The announcement was made at a meeting in Islamabad chaired by the K-P chief minister with party office-bearers and parliamentarians from Punjab, where…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was trading lower at the Friday noon break as the benchmark KSE-100 index slipped 668.83 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 168,196.21, after an early slide that took the market as low as 166,141. Trading was suspended under the exchange’s regular Friday schedule, which splits the session around Jummah…
North Korean athletes were welcomed in Japan by supporters who sang songs and waved the country’s flag. Photo: AFP TOKYO: North Korean athletes wearing white blazers and pink ties received a warm welcome as they began arriving on Friday in Japan for the Asian Games, where they will be cheered on by pro-Pyongyang supporters. More…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s hopes of winning a first major trophy since arriving in Saudi Arabia in 2022. Photo: AFP RIYADH: Cristiano Ronaldo will have a last crack at winning the Asian Champions League when the continent’s top club competition begins on Monday, with big-spending Saudi teams set to dominate. The 41-year-old former Manchester United, Real Madrid…
ISLAMABAD: Cyber fraudsters have deprived more than 227,000 Pakistanis of Rs8.32 billion over the past three years, with senators, MNAs and MPAs also among the victims. The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has received a large number of complaints as cyber fraud continues to target citizens across the country. According to the documents seen…
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Establishment Division Senator Ahad Cheema ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Establishment Division Senator Ahad Cheema on Thursday directed authorities to develop a structured investment mechanism to enable Overseas Pakistanis to invest in viable national infrastructure projects. He issued the directions while chairing a high-level meeting to review…