PTI leaders presented themselves for arrest on Wednesday as the party’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ (court arrest drive) commenced from Lahore, which according to ex-premier Imran Khan is aimed at countering the “attack” on the party’s fundamental rights and the economic “meltdown”. The PTI shared footage of party leaders, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar and Senator Azam Swati, sitting inside …

ISLAMABAD: The Minis­try for Inter-Provincial Coordi­nation has asked the Pakistan Football Federation Norma­lisation Committee to anno­unce a date for the elections of the country’s football governing body in a weeks’ time, otherwise the government will approach global football body FIFA over the matter. Federal Minister for IPC Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari held a meeting with PFF NC chairman Haroon Malik on Monday …

Various possibilities regarding how to bring the economy back on track are being discussed in financial, trade and industry circles, and it is becoming clearer that there may be no short-term remedy for our economic troubles. Instead, there appears to be a growing consensus that the suffering of the common people may continue for a historically much longer period even …

KARACHI: While continuously increasing the prices on the pretext of rupee devaluation and rising raw material prices, assemblers on Tuesday passed on the impact of one per cent hike in general sales tax to the consumers. Indus Motor Company (IMC) had already raised prices thrice in one month. In the fourth price jump, the company has announced new price of …

CAPE TOWN: England made a record total and crushed Pakistan by 114 runs to secure top place in their Women’s T20 World Cup group at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday. Danni Wyatt and Nat Sciver-Brunt hit half-centuries and Amy Jones made 47 as England powered their way to 213 for five. Katherine Sciver-Brunt then opened the bowling for England …

NEW DELHI: This year’s World Test Champion­ship (WTC) final will again be a party without hosts, leaving England fans wishing their team’s ‘Bazball’ revolution had been sparked a little earlier. Two years after losing to New Zealand in the inaugural WTC final in Southampton, India are on the verge of sealing a spot in June’s title decider at The Oval. …

MELBOURNE: Austra­lia opener David Warner has been ruled out of the rest of the India Test series after suffering a concussion and a fracture in his elbow in the second match in New Delhi, the team said on Tuesday. Warner is the latest of the Australian squad to head home from the subcontinent, with paceman Josh Hazlewood ruled out with …

BARCELONA: Former Barcelona and Brazil star Dani Alves will remain in custody pending his trial for allegedly raping a woman as he is considered a high flight risk, the Provincial Court of Barcelona decided on Tuesday. “There is an elevated risk of absconding, linked on the one hand to the high sentence that could be imposed because of the present …

KARACHI: Problems of Hascol Petroleum Ltd, which has been in trouble since 2018 partly for making inaccurate entries in its financial accounts, seem to be mounting as its CEO landed behind bars on Tuesday. A statement by company chairman Sir Alan Duncan said a trial judge refused the confirmation of bail applications from a number of individuals, including CEO Aqeel …

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous…” Voltaire’s words could not be more felicitous for the one telco that everyone is talking about. Telenor’s performance, low earnings, and the worrying effects of dollar-parity, all have, unfortunately, increased the burden on a brand name that once was highly efficacious. A reported impairment of $244 million in July …