LAHORE: The Ministry for Inter-Provincial Coord­ination (IPC) and the Pak­istan Olympic Association (POA) seem to be at odds over the venues for next year’s South Asian Games. The Games have been allocated to Pakistan but while the POA initially marked venues in three cities of Punjab, the IPC ministry has approved funds in millions for the renovations of Pakistan Sports …

CAPE TOWN: The entire board of Cricket South Africa (CSA) has resigned ahead of a government-imposed deadline for it to co-operate in an investigation of misconduct within the sport’s national governing body. The acting president and a group of board members resigned at a meeting Sunday and the remainder stepped down on Monday, Cricket South Africa said. Three board members will stay …

BERLIN: A much-anticipated Champions League meeting between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will not take place this week but Juventus v Barcelona is still a highlight of the group stage. Serial Serie A champions Juventus have made a stuttering start under new coach Andrea Pirlo while new Barca boss Ronald Koeman is looking to bounce back from weekend defeat in …

KARACHI: While Hussain Talat struck goldmine with a career-best effort on Monday as Southern Punjab tightened their grip against Northern, the big Quaid-e-Azam Trophy clash between Central Punjab and Sindh at the National Stadium was intriguingly poised with Fawad Alam firmly holding the fort. In the other fixture, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were at the receiving end when Balochistan obtained a substantial …

LAHORE: Former Test captain Salim Malik received no considerable relief here on Monday in a video transcript case, allegedly involving him in fixing conversation, as former Lahore High Court Judge Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, as the independent adjudicator of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), announced his decision of the case. Salim, 57, was banned for life in 2000 by the Justice Malik …

Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Tuesday it will send a security assessment delegation to Pakistan this weekend with a view to playing in the country in early 2021. If the tour goes ahead it will be South Africa’s first visit to Pakistan since 2007/08. Two subsequent “away” tours were staged in the United Arab Emirates because of security concerns …

KARACHI: Meeting the current year’s tax revenue target is going to be challenging task for the government since it has committed to increasing the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collections by almost Rs1 trillion at a time the economy remains mired in low growth and high inflation, while the effects of Covid-19 still linger. “Look at the condition of the …

ISLAMABAD: With the Interna­tional Monetary Fund (IMF) programme in limbo, a whopping Rs400 billion energy support package for small and medium industries involving cheaper tariffs over a period of three years could not get through the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday. The ECC cleared Rs1,600 per 40 kg minimum support price (MSP) for coming wheat crop. …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a long pending set of petitions filed by almost all the industries challenging the establishment of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the competence of parliament to enact a law on the subject of competition. Initially, the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) Association of Pakistan had filed a petition before the high …

ISLAMABAD: The ministry of science and technology has decided to outsource inspection of the mandatory food and non-food items. The ministry floated the information on its website, but officials and the experts in various departments of the ministry expressed concern over the plan. Currently, quality and standard of over 160 items are mandated for inspection to the Pakistan Standards and …