Steve Smith´s ban on leading Australia ends in March but the star batsman may not want the Test captaincy back, coach Justin Langer says. Smith skippered the team until he was suspended for 12 months over a brazen attempt to alter the ball with sandpaper under his watch in Cape Town last year. Part of his punishment included a further …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz  held a crucial meeting on Friday to review the situation that has emerged after Mian Nawaz Shairf’s appearance before the court on Friday. The PML-N supremo openly voiced support for the Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March saying he has written instructions for his party in a letter to his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif. Speaking to …

LAHORE: Punjab University Examinations Department on Saturday issued the schedule for the submission of admission forms for Associate Degree Science/Arts Part-I and Part-II annual examination 2020. According to the schedule, last date for submission of admission forms for regular candidates of Associate Degree in Science/Arts Part-I annual examination 2020 with single fee is 26-12-19 (by post) and 31-12-19 (by hand) …

LAHORE:  The schedule for trains in winter season has been revised by the Pakistan Railways. The new timetable would be applicable from October 15.  According to a notification issued on Saturday, new stoppage have been given to 12 trains in the revised schedule. The stoppage of four passenger trains at Kotlakhpat and Piplan railway stations have been regularised. Under the …

LARKANA: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said on Saturday that the party will hold a rally in Karachi on October 18,a dding that the ‘selected government’ drowned people in a tsunami of inflation. Bilawal Bhutto made the statements during the rally held in Larkana today, where the PPP chairman criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led government. Bilawal said that the …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan would visit Iran on Sunday as part of his initiative to promote peace and security in the region. During the visit, the prime minister would meet with the Iranian leadership, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei and President Dr.Hassan Rouhani, a PM Office statement said. Besides the issues relating to peace and security in …

KARACHI: The Meteorological department on Saturday forecast mostly sunny weather for the metropolis during the next 24 hours. The maximum temperature in the city is expected to remain in the range of 35 to 37 degrees centigrade with 35 to 45 per cent humidity. Hot and dry weather is likely to prevail over the Sindh province during the next 24 …

LAYYAH: Pakistan Baitul Maal Managing Director Aon Abbas Buppi inaugurated Daarul Ehsas in Layyah on Saturday. As many as 100 orphan children would live in the centre where all facilities would be provided, the DM said. Addressing the ceremony, he said that the Pakistan Baitul Maal was looking after 12 Daarul Ehsas centres across the country besides two centres for …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways is operating a special train from Nankana Sahib railway station to Karachi on Sunday to facilitate Sikh community on the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh founder Baba Ji Guru Nanak Sahib. The train will leave Nankana Sahib at 10:00 am for Karachi via Shorkot Cantt, Khanewal, Rohri, Nawab Shah, Shehdadpur, Hyderabad and Karachi Cantt and reach …

LAHORE: The Naseerabad police on Saturday registered a case against an unidentified man on the charges of raping a six-year-old girl. The victim’s father, Atif Hussain of Gulberg III, a rickshaw driver by profession, told police that his daughter had gone out of her house to play in the street and on return said she was suffering from severe pain. …