ISLAMABAD: Five more people died from the coronavirus in the country over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll from the disease to 6,659. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 440 fresh infections surfaced when 27,091 samples were tested during this period, lifting the national tally of cases to 323,452. Around 307,409 people have recovered from …

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Monday said that TikTok is being unlocked “after assurance from management that they will block all accounts repeatedly involved in spreading obscenity and immorality”. “TikTok will moderate the account in accordance with local laws,” tweeted the authority. The video-sharing app was blocked on October 9 for its “obscene and immoral” content. PTA at the …

MILAN: Zlatan Ibrahimovic made a winning return after being sidelined with the coronavirus as AC Milan beat Inter Milan 2-1 in an entertaining derby match on Saturday. Ibrahimovic only resumed training this week after recovering from the virus but the 39-year-old Swede scored twice early on. Romelu Lukaku netted for Inter in the 29th minute. “I’m very hungry because they …

LONDON: Bruno Fernandes atoned for a missed penalty as Manchester United blitzed Newcastle United 4-1 with late goals in the evening kick-off on Saturday while Raheem Sterling grabbed the winner as Manchester City beat Arsenal 1-0 in their Premier League clash. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United went into their match at St James’s Park desperate to restore pride after a 6-1 …

ALCANIZ (Spain): Suzuki’s Alex Rins held off a spirited challenge from Repsol Honda rookie Alex Marquez to claim his first victory of the season at the Aragon Grand Prix in Spain on Sunday. Rins’ team-mate Joan Mir finished third to take a six-point lead at the top of the championship ahead of Fabio Quartararo, who started at the top of …

BARCELONA: Barcelona and Real Madrid lost for the first time this season on Saturday against modest La Liga opposition, increasing the doubts over their stalled attacks ahead of Champions League openers and their own Clasico clash next weekend. Zinedine Zidane made four substitutions at half-time but could not spark a lethargic Real into life as his team fell 1-0 at …

Europe’s economy was just catching its breath from what had been the sharpest recession in modern history. A resurgence in coronavirus cases this month is a bitter blow that will likely turn what was meant to be a period of healing for the economy into a lean winter of job losses and bankruptcies. Bars, restaurants, airlines and myriad other businesses …

KARACHI: The RBG Warriors beat Logistics Lions by 21 runs in a thrilling final to win the NBP President’s T20 Inter-Group Cricket Tournament here at the NBP Sports Complex on Sunday. President NBP Arif Usmani was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed the prizes. He lauded the high standard of cricket played in the tournament and praised the …

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa put up an all-round performance to beat Southern Punjab by 10 runs in the final to clinch the National T20 Cup 2020 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Shoaib Malik’s cameo of 56 not-out off 22 balls propelled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to a daunting total of 206-4 while three wickets each from bowling duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi …

In the early hours of Oct 10, a statutory notification issued by the Ministry of Finance, titled Foreign Currency Account Rules 2020, started circulating on WhatsApp groups. Clause 4 of the Rules stipulated that “any foreign currency account shall not be credited with any foreign exchange purchased from an authorised dealer, exchange company, or money changer, except allowed by the …