Left-arm pacer Akif Javed has made a big impression already in a very short domestic career and is set to take part in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup that will be played in Bangladesh later this month, according to a press release issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The 19-year-old was a discovery of the NCA Remote Areas …

The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy has struggled to attract cricket fans this season despite getting a face-lift but Monday’s round seven fixture between Sindh and Northern managed to draw thousands of bodies to the National Stadium in Karachi. The unexpected visitors just weren’t cricket fans though. The match had to be interrupted briefly when a locust swarm showed up while the Northern …

Balochistan bowler Ali Shafiq has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for a level 1 offence relating to using language, action or gesture during his side’s three-day non first-class Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi. The incident happened on Sunday when Ali dismissed Mehran Ibrahim in the 21st over of Khyber …

ISLAMABAD: Special Assis­tant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broad­casting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday submitted another written unconditional apology to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for her allegedly contemptuous press conference. In response to a notice issued to her by the court for committing the contempt of court, Dr Awan has tendered the unconditional apology and left …

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Monday said that PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif’s name would be removed from the Exit Control List (ECL) today. “Everybody is worried about Mian Nawaz Sharif’s health but the issue should not be politicised,” the governor said  during a chat with media personnel at Alhamra Hall in Lahore. Sarwar said that the government had constituted …

LAHORE: The ministry of interior has sought details from the medical board regarding former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s treatment abroad, said Punjab’s Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid. Talking to reporters, Rashid explained that the 10-member medical board that was examining Sharif during his stay at Services Hospital, met last night and recommended that the former prime minister be allowed to …

Sindh government’s spokesperson Murtaza Wahab on Sunday dismissed the reports circulating that the provincial government was planning to ban the ride hailing apps Airlift and SWVL. Wahab tweeted saying, “The news of banning SWVL & Airlift is incorrect. To the contrary, Sindh Government is in the process of introducing a law regulating these private enterprises after consulting all stakeholders.” The …

KARACHI: Registration for Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme, a project of Pakistan government to provide 5 million houses to the homeless people of the country, is in full swing as the deadline is getting closer. The low-cost housing scheme was launched on July 15, 2019 and continued for three months till October 15. Seeing the interest of the people, NADRA extended …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the restrictions imposed by the Indian authorities on all the congregations in the Indian occupied Kashmir on Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH). According to the Foreign Office spokesman, all roads leading to the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, other holy shrines and mosques in the IoK were sealed by the Indian forces. The move was done to …

Indian media on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan and Indian Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh have had families ties   for years. Singh was a part of the Indian delegation that attended  Kartarpur Inauguration  in Pakistan on Saturday. According to NDTV, the two travelled in the same bus for five-minute to get to the venue of the inauguration and …