Crediting the finance ministry’s reform efforts and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, the in-charge of South Asia affairs at the US State Department, Alice Wells, on Wednesday welcomed Moody’s revision in Pakistan’s credit outlook. In a tweet shared by the State Department, Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Wells added: “With bold economic reforms, Pakistan can boost growth, attract …

ISLAMABAD: Amid low compliance in filing of tax returns from industrial and commercial consumers, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided in principle to amend tax laws for disconnecting electricity and gas supplies to non-compliant clients from next month, a senior tax official told Dawn. The need for bringing change in the tax laws came in the wake of poor …

ADELAIDE: Australia heavily hinted on Tuesday they will field the same XI for their opening Test against New Zealand to the one that thrashed Pakistan, with selectors keen to build a core group of players. Tim Paine’s men have proven to far more consistent in recent months, having retained the Ashes in England before a 2-0 series sweep against Pakistan, …

ADELAIDE: Bringing two uncapped teenage pace bowlers to Australia, a nation unconquered by the greatest of Pakistan sides, was never going to end well for Azhar Ali’s team. For head coach-cum-chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq, the selections of 16-year-old Nasim Shah and 19-year-old Mohammad Musa Khan reflected a need for ‘boldness’ in a team that has fallen steadily down the world rankings …

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) belated decision to make additional two-month ex-gratia payment to its curators by Dec 19 in addition to the two-month contract which has already expired on Oct 19, is bound to create confusion as many curators have already left the job due to the uncertainty about their future after the Board, under its new constitution implemented …

ON all counts, the Pakistan cricket team’s tour of Australia was more of a case of professionals versus schoolboys. The visitors were comprehensively out-batted and overwhelmingly out-bowled by the hosts. Pakistan was trounced by a team that was operating on a different level altogether. Not only were the Australians at their zenith in terms of performance, they also executed their …

KATHMANDU: Pakistan have taken their gold medal tally to four at the ongoing South Asian Games in Nepal as the their karatekas continued to impress while the shooting team also bagged a gold medal in team rifle event.On the other hand, the men’s shooting team took first place in the men’s 3-position team rifle event. According to the latest results, …

NEW DELHI: Indian cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly believes pink-ball Tests are here to stay and wants the team under Virat Kohli to play at least one such match in every series. India became the last major cricket nation to embrace day-night Tests when they hosted neighbours Bangla­desh in front of a sellout crowd at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens last month. …

HAVING slumped to their lowest from the beginning of this year, Pakistan, as was expected, has lost yet another series to bow down in their ranking at the Test level. Even before they embarked on this their latest tour of Australia with a disjointed and unbalanced team we were well aware of the outcome and with it the humiliation that …

A policeman from India’s armed border force opened fire on his colleagues on Wednesday, killing five of them before turning the gun on himself, police said. Constable Musudul Rehman of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (IPBP) opened fire on his comrades in Chhattisgarh, a restive central state long wracked by a left-wing insurgency. “He later shot himself after shooting seven personnel,” …