LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed its condolence over the sad demise of former Test umpire Said Shah. Said umpired in one Test match in 1997 between Pakistan and West Indies in Peshawar. Said also supervised five One-day International from 1984 to 1997. At the domestic level he performed the job in 90 first-class matches. After the retirement …

KARACHI: The stock market maintained its upward journey in the outgoing shortened week as the KSE-100 index gained 520 points to close three-and-half years high at 46,906 points after hitting the 47,000 level. The market was driven by the positive events on the international and domestic front. During the week, the country witnessed declining cases of Covid-19 and the arrival …

LAHORE: The approval of the country’s first five-year Electric Vehicle (EV) policy for cars in December has led auto industry analysts and car enthusiasts to predict a rapid and early adoption of the technology by Pakistani customers. But the Chinese carmakers remain cautiously optimistic about the nation’s EV future, saying a lot hinges on if the country decides to leapfrog …

HYDERABAD: The Sindh food department is releasing 32,000 tonnes of ‘unfit-for-human-consumption’ wheat stocks from six years ago to flour mills for the month of February,  has learnt. The old wheat stocks — half of which will be provided to Karachi — are from the years 2012-2017. The wheat was found unfit for human consumption as per the food department’s Feb …

ISLAMABAD: The quantum of smuggled goods into the country decreased during the first seven months of 2020-21 from a year ago as data reported by the Pakistan Customs showed a higher collection of duties and taxes. Formal imports of six smugg­­ling-prone commodities — green tea, black tea, tyres, textile products, ­electronic goods and palm oil — increased by over 55.51 …

Renowned singer and songwriter Sia has finally come forward to address the growing backlash around Music. The backlash heightened after the film received two Golden Globe nominations despite containing a slew of controversial scenes, including physical restraint on Autistic people. To set the record straight however, Sia turned to Twitter and published four tweets. The first of which read, “I promise, …

Jennifer Aniston took to her Instagram to post a selfie with Selena Gomez to give another rare insight into their friendship. There are more similarities between the two stars than just a close, meaningful friendship. It so happens that they both share their manager, Aleen Keshishian, who is the top Hollywood talent manager. Aleen has many high-profile clients, but it …

ana Ariana Grande, Doja Cat, and Megan Thee Stallion have been posting hints on their social media for an upcoming music video for their recent remix version of 34 + 35. Ariana released her latest album— Positions, in October; but, it seemed like she wasn’t done releasing all of her music. In January 2021, Ariana collaborated with pop culture’s top …

Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun may have gone from collaborating on their new song to dating each other. Pop-rock icon— Avril and Rockstar— Mod Sun were spotted going for dinner at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood on Wednesday. There have been rumors about the burgeoning romance between the two. Avril has a long history of falling in love with people …

Mawra Hocane’s brilliant execution of her role as a Brahmin girl in the film “Sanam Teri Kasam” has had the filmmakers still marvel about it till today. “Sanam Teri Kasam” was released exactly five years ago, on February 5th. The cast included Taish’s star, HarshvardhanRane, and none other than Pakistan’s top-tier actress, Mawra Hocane. This appearance was Ahista Ahista’s actress’s …