KARACHI: Foreign currency dealers have asked for legal protection while meeting with the Finance Minister Asad Umar and Director General Federal Investigation Authority (FIA). Exchange companies complained that they were being harassed by the FIA officials ever since Pakistan was included in the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) greylist of countries with counter-terrorism financing and anti-money laundering deficiencies. Following the …

ISLAMABAD: A Senate Panel on Thursday demanded Rs9 billion collected for construction of multi-billion dollar Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams to be diverted for development of a series of small dams in Balochistan to support agriculture and livestock sectors and create job opportunities. A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms presided over by Senator Agha Shahzaib …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday invited Turkish businessmen and investors to invest in various fields and industries in Pakistan, including construction, tourism and exploration of natural resources. Addressing the Turkish business fraternity at the Türkiye Odalar ve Borsalar Birligi in Ankara, the prime minister said the Belt and Road Initiative of China would bridge communication gap between Pakistan …

South Africa’s four fast bowlers ripped through Pakistan to put the Proteas in control of the second Test on Thursday and in line for a seventh straight series win at home. Duanne Olivier led the all-pace attack with 4-48, to go with his 11 wickets in the first Test, as Pakistan was all out for 177, the third time in …

LAHORE: A 16-member Indian kabaddi squad arrived here on Thursday to take part in the three-nation Kabaddi Taakra being held in different cities of Punjab from Jan 8 to 13. The squad comprises 14 players and two officials. Baljit Singh is coach while Guldeep Singh is the second official as manager of the team. Partab Singh is leading the Indian …

DHAKA: Disgraced Australian cricketer David Warner said on Thursday that his one-year suspension for ball-tampering allowed him to ‘grow as a human being’ and spend more time with family. “Life has been good for me. I have been spending time with the family. I wouldn’t be able to do that if I wasn’t sitting in the sidelines,” Warner told reporters …

IT is not unusual for Pakistan batting in recent times to fall in disgrace against pace and bounce and it wasn’t any different here at Newlands for them to be bowled out once again without reaching a respectable score and make a case for their defense of the series. For our batsmen, whether they bat first or at the end, …

BERLIN: A German far-right group has launched a vigilante street patrol in a Bavarian town where four Afghan and Iranian asylum seekers allegedly attacked passers-by last weekend, local authorities said on Thursday. The mayor of Amberg, Michael Cerny, said he was “shocked” after the extremist NPD party posted photos online of four people wearing red protective vests to create “safe …

KABUL: A special tribunal in Afghanistan convicted three men involved in the murder of a BBC journalist shot dead in eastern province of Khost last year, officials said on Thursday. Ahmad Shah, who worked for the BBC’s Pashto language service as well as for Reuters, was killed by unidentified gunmen while he was on his way home last April. The …

Two days of violent protests in south India sparked by two women entering one of Hinduism’s holiest temples have seen more than 750 people arrested, police said, as they braced for more trouble on Friday. The Sabarimala temple in Kerala state has been at the centre of a prolonged showdown between Hindu devotees and women activists over access to the shrine. As …