MUNICH: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have hardly had the start they had wanted in 2023 but are hoping Wednesday’s Champions League win over Paris St Germain proves a pivotal moment that gives them the boost they are looking for in the domestic league. The Bavarians, who beat star-studded PSG 2-0 for a 3-0 aggregate win over two legs and a …

LAHORE: All the players participating in the ongoing Pakistan Super League have received 70 per cent of their participating fees after a slight delay with the remaining dues to be paid within a month after the end of the season on March 19, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Thursday. A PCB spokesperson told Dawn that the delay in payment was …

AHMEDABAD: Usman Khawaja smashed the first century by an Australia batter in the current series against India to steer the tourists to 255-4 after the opening day of the fourth and final Test on Thursda The opener forged 50-plus partnerships with Travis Head, Steve Smith and Cameron Green in easily the best batting conditions so far to put Australia on …

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh’s Najmul Hossain Shanto scored a half-century before all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan got the hosts over the line for a six-wicket win against T20 world champions England in Chattogram on Thursday to kick off their three-match series. Put in to bat, England looked to be in control when openers Jos Buttler (67) and Phil Salt stitched together an 80-run …

RAWALPINDI: In a battle between the best in the HBL Pakistan Super League, Islamabad United were nowhere near their otherwise high standards. As a horrific show on the field and bad luck hurt the two-time champions, Lahore Qalandars displayed utter ruthlessness to take the contest by 119 runs here at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The protagonists of the …

QUETTA/KARACHI: Afghan businessmen are importing Pakistan-assembled motorcycles in large numbers daily through the Chaman border amid booming demand for the two-wheelers in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Honda CG-125 bikes are unavailable at showrooms in Karachi as the market is facing price his and a shortage of motorcycles across the country, including Quetta and other cities of Balochistan. “Customs department is allowing the …

ISLAMABAD: Comm­erce Minister Syed Naveed Qamar on Thursday stressed the need to exploit the potential for boosting trade volume between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a meeting with UAE Ambassador to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi, the commerce minister highlighted the huge potential for cooperation between the two countries in the field of renewable energy, agriculture, …

A Quetta judicial magistrate on Friday approved the bail plea of Balochistan Communications and Works Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran in the Barkhan killings case. The grisly murders and subsequent discovery of corpses from a well of three people — a woman and two young men — in a remote Balochistan district triggered protests and highlighted the inhumanity of illegal prisons. The …

RAWALPINDI: The military restored the properties of a retired major general confiscated by the government of former president Pervez Musharraf after a lawyer informed the Lahore High Court on Thursday that his client and the General Headquarters had “resolved the issue amicably”. Subsequently, the LHC’s Rawalpindi bench disposed of the petition of Ahsan Ahmed, who had served as Sindh’s health …

KARACHI: Foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) have increased to $4.3 billion after the inflows of $500 million from China, but the currency market reacted negatively as the dollar appreciated by more than Rs3 in the interbank on Thursday. The SBP reported that its reserves increased by $487m during the week ended on March 3 to …