SHARJAH: New Zealand will have to prepare for a “tricky wicket” in Sharjah in Friday’s Super 12 match against Namibia as the ‘Black Caps’ fight for a semi-final spot at the Twenty20 World Cup, spinner Mitchell Santner said. New Zealand lost to Pakistan in the opening match but bounced back with victories against India and Scotland, keeping themselves in the …

England’s Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) have been suspended from hosting international or major matches over their handling of allegations of racism by Pakistan-born former player Azeem Rafiq, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. “It is clear … that YCCC’s handling of the issues raised by Azeem Rafiq is wholly unacceptable and is causing serious damage …

KARACHI: Tayyab Aslam remains Pakistan’s last remaining hope at the CNS International Squash Championship, the country’s number one player overcoming Henry Leung to reach the last four after Asim Khan fell to top seed Todd Harrity on Thursday. Second seed Tayyab prevailed 11-2, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9 in a 45-minute contest against sixth-seeded Leung of Hong Kong and he will hope …

Windows 11 has promised new features and one of the features is native Android emulation that will enable the users to run apps without installing a third-party app. While this feature didn’t ship in the release build, it’s now in beta via the Windows Insider Program. The feature will use Amazon App Store for the Android apps, embedded inside the …

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Circle has busted a gang using maidservants for blackmailing the citizens through immoral videos. The FIA spokesperson said in a statement that the gang members comprising of maidservants were arrested who used to blackmail citizens after filming immoral videos. The female members used to film obscene videos with the house owners and …

A trial of Pfizer’s experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company said on Friday. The results appear to surpass those seen with Merck’s pill, molnupiravir, which was shown last month to halve the likelihood …

ABU DHABI: Charith Asalanka’s batting heroics were backed up by a fine bowling display as Sri Lanka ended defending champions West Indies’ slim hopes of advancing to the semi-finals with an emphatic 20-run victory in their last T20 World Cup game on Thursday. Young batters Asalanka (68) and Pathum Nissanka (51) toyed with the seven-man West Indies attack in raising …

ISLAMABAD: Making a new record, the government on Thursday night increased petroleum prices by up to Rs8.14 per litre with immediate effect to ensure revival of the IMF programme. The decision was announced after 1:30am [Friday] by the ministry of finance. The prime minister had early this week put on hold the increase in the wake of protest by the …

ISLAMABAD: As a probe committee found Engro Elengy at fault for contractual violations by allowing dry docking of its terminal in June, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on Thursday asked the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to come up with a proposed legal action and steps aimed at avoiding a recurrence in future. Presided over by Planning Minister …