By: Zeenat Amanat What all is involved in a taxi drivers life; physical labour and not much exercise for the grey matter. One such driver was Anwar. He got his driving license from the back door. He did not learn how to drive a car, neither was he aware of the traffic rules and regulations. He was however, a man …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported eight more coronavirus-related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll from the disease to 6,474. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 32,665 samples were tested for the infection during this period, out of which 672 turned out to be positive. The number of Covid-19 cases across the country has reached 311,516 …

dne LAHORE: The number of confirmed dengue fever cases in Punjab has jumped to 62, this year so far, after two new cases reported on Tuesday.  According to the spokesperson of the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab, the fresh cases were reported in Rawalpindi and Faisalabad. Patients are under treatment. He further added that out of 62 total patients, …

Microsoft said late Monday a recent change it introduced likely caused a major outage, affecting users’ access to multiple Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook.com and Microsoft Teams. The developer of Windows and Office software said it did not “observe an increase in successful connections” even after it rolled back the change to mitigate the impact. “A moment ago nothing was …

PARIS: Serena Williams made a slow but successful start on Monday to her latest pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title at Roland Garros while US Open winner Dominic Thiem navigated a testing first-round tie against former major champion Marin Cilic. The American star is chasing an elusive 24th Grand Slam title to match Margaret Court’s all-time mark, but …

Dubai’s Al-Nasr football club has signed midfielder Dia Saba from Chinese Super League club Guangzhou R&F on a two-year deal, becoming the first Arab club to sign a player from Israel. The move comes less than two weeks after the United Arab Emirates normalised relations with Israel. “Al-Nasr has completed the procedures with Dia Saba […] in a contract that extends for …

b KARACHI: Nadeem Khan, the PCB’s High Performance Director, declared on Monday that the contracts awarded to 192 players in different categories for the forthcoming domestic season will go a long way in eliminating injustice. Addressing a hurriedly-called media conference at the National Stadium, Nadeem — flanked by general manager domestic cricket, Junaid Zia — observed the main focus this …

MADRID: Lionel Messi scored in his first game since trying to leave Barcelona as Ronald Koeman began his tenure as coach by overseeing a 4-0 La Liga demolition of Villarreal on Sunday. Messi converted from the spot 10 minutes before half-time and then the Argentine’s cross forced Pau Torres into an own-goal, after an early double from the 17-year-old Ansu …

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Monday called off the forthcoming Test series in Sri Lanka because of coronavirus restrictions imposed by the hosts they say make preparing impossible. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) took the decision after Sri Lanka refused to ease stringent quarantine measures — which included players being confined to their rooms for 14 days, with no training allowed, after …

ISLAMABAD: Delays in wheat imports at the official level could lead to a major wheat crisis in the country by the end of December, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce said on Monday while expressing concerns on the looming scenario. The standing committee, led by its chairman MNA Naveed Qamar, directed the Ministry of National Food Security and Research …