MELBOURNE: Austra­lian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed the year’s first Grand Slam will go ahead from February 8 despite anger from players forced into hard quarantine in Melbourne due to positive Covid-19 cases on their charter planes. Seventy-two players and their entourages have to isolate for two weeks in their hotel rooms in Melbourne and are no longer …

India will need to score 328 runs for victory or bat all day for a draw after bowling Australia out for 294 midway through the final session on day four of the decisive fourth Test at the Gabba on Monday. Mohammad Siraj had Josh Hazlewood caught on the boundary to end the Australian innings as rain clouds formed over the …

Cricket analyst Prasanna Agoram, who hails from India, is not working with Cricket South Africa (CSA) anymore, Proteas’ media manager Sipokazi Sokanyile said in a statement on Monday. According to the statement, Agoram’s contract had not been renewed by South African cricket authorities, adding that he is “moving on to new projects”. The announcement was confirmed by Agoram, who said …

Pakistan’s electricity sector is in deep trouble. The recent nationwide blackout on the night of January 9 is just another reminder of the crisis facing the collapsing power sector. But for an average consumer, the most visible impact of this crisis has been their ever-increasing electricity bill. A report published last week suggested that the government had decided to raise …

History has bestowed Multan with many gifts: it is known as a city of saints, the town has been continuously inhabited for more than 2,000 years and located in an area dating back to the Harapan civilization — it has always been a part of world-acclaimed Indus Civilisation. Not only history, but its natural endowments have been unique as well. …

ISLAMABAD: As foreign traders of liquefied natural gas (LNG) default on supplies amid gas shortages, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) will meet here on Monday (today) to review the overall situation, including discontinuation of gas supplies to a large number of industries on a long-term basis. Following reports that two state-owned foreign suppliers had declined to supply their two …

Remittances remained above the $2 billion mark in December 2020 for the seventh month in a row. In the first half of 2020-21, inflows totalled $14.2bn. The amount was about 25 per cent higher than $11.37bn received in July-Dec 2019. The half-yearly inflows of remittances that surpassed merchandise exports of $12.1bn by a wide margin came as a pleasant surprise. …

ISLAMABAD: Amid rising prices during the ongoing sugarcane crushing season, the government has decided to immediately allow import of almost 850,000 tonnes of sugar without any taxes and duties to prevent price hike. This includes tax and duty free import of 500,000 tonnes of refined sugar through the public sector, besides an offer to the local sugar mills to import …

Producer of “Kurulus: Osman” on Saturday shared the trailer for the next episode of the historical Turkish series, leaving fans excited. According to Mehmet Bozdag, episode 15 of season 2 would be released on Wednesday. A Turkish TV channel broadcasts “Kurulus: Osman” every Wednesday in the local language. The historical TV series is then watched by millions of international fans …

Reality star Kim Kardashian,  who is reportedly facing a divorce from husband Kanye West, has achieved another milestone as she reached 200 million followers on Instagram. The ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ has hit 200 million mark on Instagram. The mother-of-four is now the second most popular member of her family on the app after younger sister Kylie Jenner, who …