ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Saturday commended Khyber Teaching Hospital revamp by sharing some pictures of the hospital in a post on Twitter. “Khyber Teaching Hospital has been totally revamped and modernised after a lot of effort. It is easy to build a new state-of-the-art hospital; but very difficult to fix our existing government hospitals.” PM Khan wrote …

ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus has claimed 100 more lives in Pakistan during the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 15,329. The latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed the COVID-19 has claimed 100 more lives and 5,139 fresh infections were reported during the period. During the period of a day, the total count of active …

Surgeons worldwide have been performing lung transplants in COVID-19 survivors with irreversible lung damage, and an international group of transplant experts has proposed guidelines for selection of eligible patients. To possibly qualify for a transplant, COVID-19 survivors with complete lung failure should be younger than 65, nonsmokers, and have no pre-existing medical conditions, or only manageable ones, they advise. They said …

TOKYO: A 2020 Olympics diving qualifier and test event will go ahead in Tokyo in May but a marathon swimming qualifier scheduled for Fukuoka has been moved to Portugal, world body FINA said on Friday. A decision was yet to be taken on artistic swimming qualifiers also scheduled for Japan. FINA had said last week it was reviewing the status …

JOHANNESBURG: An already depleted South Africa squad has been dealt a further blow after newly-appointed captain Temba Bavuma was ruled out of their four-match home Twenty20 International series against the buoyant Pakistan side with a hamstring strain. Bavuma was injured while batting in the One-day International series decider that was won by the tourists in Centurion on Wednesday The opening …

LAHORE: Former Test pacer Sarfraz Nawaz on Friday expressed his disappointment over South Africa Cricket (CSA) move of allowing its players to leave their ongoing bilateral home series with Pakistan midway and join the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL). Talking to Dawn, Sarfraz advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to raise this matter with the Inter­national Cricket Council (ICC) and urged …

Hundreds of Pakistani Hazara women are learning how to deliver side kicks and elbow blows as martial arts booms within the marginalised community. Hazaras, who are mainly Shia Muslims, have faced decades of sectarian violence in the southwestern city of Quetta, living in two separate enclaves cordoned off by checkpoints and armed guards to protect them. Women must also contend …

LAHORE: In a bid to take Pakistan Railways (PR) out of the ongoing financial crisis and make the organisation a sustainable state-owned entity, the Ministry of Railways has introduced four business models under which engagement of the private sector would be a priority in resolving crucial issues. Under Business Model-1, PR will outsource most of its passenger trains — particularly …

LONDON: The mayor of London wants to bring Indian Premier League cricket matches to the British capital. Mayor Sadiq Khan said he is working with London-based cricket team Surrey about the feasibility of getting IPL franchises to play in London, saying the city has benefitted from having NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball teams come across the Atlantic for …