LONDON: Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is to return to English county Sussex for the 2023 season, the south coast club announced on Monday. The 34-year-old enjoyed a brilliant 2022 campaign with Sussex, scoring 1,094 County Championship runs at a huge average of 109.40 in just eight appearances His form helped Pujara, who also led Sussex in the One-Day Cup, regain …

KARACHI: Spinner Abrar Ahmed continued his blistering run of form to help Sindh record their second consecutive win in the ongoing Quaid-i-Azam Trophy while Central Punjab drew against Southern Punjab as the tournament’s fifth round ended on Monday. Abrar bagged three wickets on the final day to complete his fourth five-wicket haul in six innings to help Sindh beat Balochistan …

PERTH: Champions Australia will keep faith in the 11 players who were humbled in their T20 World Cup opener against New Zealand as the hosts prepare to face resurgent Sri Lanka, all-rou­nder Mitchell Marsh said on Monday. Australia were bowled out for 111 and lost by 89 runs in Sydney on Saturday, leaving their title defence on thin ice after …

Former Australia captain Tim Paine has accused South Africa of ball-tampering in the match that immediately followed the infamous 2018 Newlands Test which saw the Australian team engulfed in the ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal. Paine, who stepped down from the captaincy late last year and withdrew from cricket for nearly a year, made the comments in his autobiography, “The Price Paid,” which was released …

KARACHI: Kot Addu Power Company Ltd (Kapco) said on Monday it has submitted a tariff petition to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) for a reference generation tariff. The independent power producer (IPP) made the announcement as its original power purchase agreement (PPA) of 1996 completed its term on Oct 24. As a result, the operator of a multi-fuel–powered …

ISLAMABAD: The Nat­ional Electric Power Regu­latory Authority (Nepra) on Monday allowed Rs12.68 per unit increase in power rates for K-Electric under quarterly tariff adjustment (QTA) for the period — April to June FY2021-22, with a net additional revenue of about Rs56bn to the Karachi-based private utility. The decision is unlikely to affect consumers in Karachi because of uniform tariff policy …

ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday signed an agreement with Pakistan to provide a $1.5 billion loan for budgetary support and help flood-related rehabilitation and reconstruction activities. The loan agreement was signed by ADB’s Country Director Yong Ye and Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Kazim Niaz. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, EAD Minister Ayaz Sadiq …

ISLAMABAD: Though Pakistan will have to seek another loan from International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help recover from the recent catastrophic floods in the country, a report of Oxfam released on Monday recommends the country to avail the ‘Loss and Damage Finance Facility’ proposed by G77 plus China at the Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). If the Loss …

The Pakistani rupee (PKR) gained over Re1 against the US dollar during morning trade in the interbank market on Tuesday. According to rates issued by the Forex Association of Pakistan, the local currency was changing hands at Rs219.30 per dollar at 1pm, an appreciation of Rs1.11 or 0.5 per cent over yesterday’s close of Rs220.41. Analysts attributed this change to …

STOCKHOLM: Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister vessel of the iconic 17th-century warship “Vasa”, which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks said on Monday. Launched in 1629, “Applet” (The Apple) was built by the same shipbuilder as the famed 69-metre (225-foot) “Vasa”, which is now on display in Stockholm after being salvaged in the …