PESHAWAR: A medical student in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Tuesday lost her life due to coronavirus-related complications.  Dr Sana Riyaz, the student of the first year of Khyber Girls Medical College, contracted coronavirus, the Provincial Doctors Association(PDA) said. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 39 doctors and two medical students in the province so far. Earlier, a senior medic …

ISLAMABAD: The statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has shown that the coronavirus pandemic claims 82 more lives, whereas, 1,704 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 82 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 9,474. 1,852 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 …

KARACHI: The longest night of the year 2020 passed, having a duration of more than 13 and a half hours here, quoting the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). The night between December 21 and 22 was the longest night of the year as the sun rises this morning at 7:12 am, making it a night spanning over 13 hours and 37 …

KARACHI: Former Pakistan international Saad Nasim hammered a stroke-filled century before Quaid-e-Azam holders Central Punjab opted to declare their first innings against leaders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on day two of the ninth-round fixture at the National Stadium here on Monday. Currently languishing at fourth spot in the standings, Central Punjab are left with no choice to win at least one of …

MANCHESTER: Man­ch­es­ter United waited 16 years to play old rivals Leeds United in the English Premier League, and then made them look distinctly second-class. United charged to a 6-2 victory on Sunday, with two goals each for midfielders Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes, as they roared back into the title race in third on 26 points, above fourth-placed Everton on …

ADELAIDE: There are still many questions over Australia’s opening partnership for the second Test against India but one thing is all but certain — Joe Burns will face the new ball at the Melbourne Cricket Ground later this week. Burns came into the first Test on an extremely poor run of form — 62 first class runs in nine innings …

m LAHORE: The Pakistan cricket team, who were ranked as the world No.1 in the T20 rankings in 2018, will end the year 2020 at 4th position regardless of of the result of the last match T20 game against New Zealand to be held in Napier on Tuesday (today). Pakistan have already lost the ongoing three T20 matches series 0-2, …

NAPIER: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui starting Dec 26 due to a fractured thumb, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a media release on Monday. Babar, 26, sustained the injury during a practice session in Queenstown last week and was ruled out …

Mohammad Rizwan smashed a career-best 89 as Pakistan defeated New Zealand by four wickets on Tuesday to avoid a series sweep after the third Twenty20 international in Napier. Pakistan reached New Zealand’s target with two balls to spare, ending on 177 after Iftikhar Ahmed sealed the win with a six in the final over. But it was Rizwan’s 89 from …

KARACHI: Following a volatile trade on the first trading day of the week, the stock market witnessed massive selling pressure as profit taking in the last hour intensified so that the KSE-100 index eroded by 406.80 points (0.93 per cent) and closed at 43,333.76. Investors were cautious due to the ongoing roll-over week and the index having mounted to a …