LAHORE: Punjab on Sunday reported two new cases of dengue fever, taking the number of the total cases to 62 in the province, thus so far.  According to the spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab, the patients hailing from Rawalpindi and Toba Tek Singh are under treatment. He further added that out of 62 total patients, 56 …

PARIS: The delayed French Open starts on Sunday with an ever-shrinking number of spectators allowed at Roland Garros, the players facing tight restrictions and bad weather threatening to wreak havoc during the fortnight. Organisers were hoping to welcome up to 20,000 fans a day into the grounds but that number was reduced to 11,500, then 5,000 and eventually 1,000 as …

SOCHI: Runaway Formula One series leader Lewis Hamilton emerged from a ‘horrible’ red-flagged qualifying session at Sochi on Saturday with a stunning pole position for Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix. The Mercedes six-time champion clocked a best lap in one minute and 31.304 seconds to outpace Max Verstappen of Red Bull by half a second. His Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas was …

LAHORE: Former fast bowler Farooq Hamid, an unsung hero of Pakistan cricket history, on Saturday said he left cricket in 1969 at the age of 25 in utter disappointment due to dirty politics which continue to plague Pakistan cricket. Farooq, who could play just one Test match against Australia, and claimed the only wicket of Ian Chappell in 1964 in …

LONDON: Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 away in the Premier League on Saturday after an incredible finale in which Bruno Fernandes struck the winning goal from the penalty spot in the 100th minute of the game. Fernandes’s winner, which came after referee Chris Kavanagh had initially blown for fulltime, concluded an enthralling match which saw Brighton hit …

BRISBANE: Australia’s Megan Schutt took two vital wickets in the closing stages as the world champions beat New Zealand by 17 runs in Saturday’s opening Twenty20 International at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane. With the visitors closing in on Australia’s total of 138, Schutt claimed the vital wickets of Katey Martin and Suzie Bates in the 18th over to …

MUMBAI: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa sought an additional currency swap facility and deferment of debt payments from India during an online bilateral summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, Indian officials said. Sri Lanka owes about $960 million to India and earlier this year India agreed to a $400m currency swap facility for Sri Lanka until November …

KARACHI: Bears made their presence felt at the stock market as they knocked off 803 points (1.89 per cent) from the KSE-100 index in the outgoing week. Noise on the political front captured the investors’ attention throughout as the spotlight remained on fierce debate over the opposition’s All Parties Conference that had taken place at the close of the preceding …

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to introduce a string of reforms measures in Customs, beginning with the automation of procedures to facilitate traders and exporters. The reform measures are projected to be implemented within the specific deadlines. Official documents show that government will automate all approvals required from the Customs under export promotion schemes latest by Oct 31, 2020. The …

KARACHI: Inflows of foreign exchange through banking channels remained high in September which may increase the remittances up to $2 billion, said bankers and money changers. Currency experts said the inflows of banking channels was high due to at least four reasons that forced the overseas Pakistanis to send their money only through banks. “Closure of commercial flights compelled all …