LAHORE:  India  authorities on Saturday barred  cricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu from entering Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah border, sources said, days after  giving go-ahead to  him. Sources said  despite having a five-day visa the Indian authorities at Attari stopped the cricketer from entering Pakistan. The sources said Sidhu will now enter Pakistan from Kartarpur. On Friday, the BJP-Government had …

LAHORE: The Punjab government is setting up farmer markets at the tehsil level and starting vegetable-fruit home delivery system in five big cities to ensure availability of kitchen items at fixed prices in the province. The step will basically bypass middlemen and hoarders whom the government considers the main cause of inflation in the province. “The new system will link …

PESHAWAR: An app is going to be launched on Nov 19 to help people, particularly tourists, find public toilets across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. This was announced by Imranullah Mohmand, assistant coordinator of water and sanitation services cell (W&SC) of local government department, while briefing Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Science and Technology, Kamran Bangash, here. Mr Mohmand said …

SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on Friday said that a test of hiding “likes” at the image and photo sharing social network will spread to the US. “Heads up! We’ve been testing making likes private on Instagram in a number of countries this year,” Mosseri said in a tweet. “We’re expanding those tests to include a small portion of …

BEIJING: The head of China’s top state-run semiconductor maker, Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, called on US companies to “do better” in efforts to overcome China-US tech tensions given they continue to profit from the Chinese market. Semiconductors have been a major flash point in the ongoing trade war between the two countries, with US officials criticizing what they say are state-subsidised …

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook apologised on Friday after black employees anonymously shared feelings of workplace bias in an online post. The post shared at Medium by a “FB Blind” profile laid out perceived slights by managers, white colleagues, and the human resources department. “No one at Facebook, or anywhere, should have to put up with this behavior,” corporate communications vice president …

The fans of the Pakistan cricket team have a newfound fear: their team regressing into its former self. In roughly two months, 2019 would become 2020, but for the Men in Green it may still be 2015 — the era when Misbah-ul-Haq was the captain, leader and laggard. If the team reverts into its 2015 version, watching cricket would once …

Former Portugal captain Luis Figo has suggested that Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) work on and invest in the grass root level to improve the standard of the sport in Pakistan. Figo is currently in Pakistan for World Soccer Stars’ exhibition tour along with Brazil’s Ricardo Kaka, Spain’s Carles Puyol and France’s Nicolas Anelka. In an exclusive chat with Geo News ahead of …

Brazil’s World Cup winning footballer Ricardo Kaka, who is currently in Pakistan for an exhibition tour, has admitted that one-off tours by global stars like himself would create a temporary buzz but won’t create a sustainable football culture where the Beautiful Game could grow. Kaka, who along with Luis Figo, Nicolas Anelka and Carles Puyol, landed in Karachi on Saturday, …

Former Australia cricketer Mike Hussey on Friday spoke fondly of the Pakistan cricket team and expressed his confidence over their revival after the  guests were floored for a 10-wicket loss in the final match of the T20I series against Australia. The commentator said that the loss would be a learning experience for the guests and would help them understand the …