LONDON: Scoring freely for club and country, Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku could hardly have started the season any better. For England defender Harry Maguire, things are going from bad to worse. On a night Lukaku scored twice for Belgium in a win at Iceland to move to 55 international goals at the age of just 27, Maguire was sent off …

VISOKO: World number one Novak Djokovic said on Thursday he planned to play two more tournaments until the end of the season — in Vienna and London — and keep his top ATP ranking. “I’m going to play the Vienna tournament that wasn’t originally on my schedule,” Djokovic said. He was speaking on the sidelines of a visit to a …

LAHORE: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed the schedule of its security delegation’s visit to Pakistan to inspect three cricket centres from Nov 1 to 8 for South African team’s planned tour to the country scheduled for January 2021. The series will comprise two Tests and three T20 Internationals. CSA confirmed the schedule of its inspection team at a time …

KARACHI: England cricket team is likely to tour Pakistan after 15 long years in January 2021 as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) formally invited it on Thursday to play a Twenty20 series here. Dawn News learnt through reliable sources that England could tour Pakistan between Jan 13 and 20 next year to play a three-match T20 series. “PCB CEO Wasim Khan has …

KARACHI: With three National T20 Cup berths already decided, race for the remaining spot still remains wide open in Rawalpindi after likely contenders Balochistan suffered an inexplicable debacle against reigning champions Northern on Thursday. Balochistan just required a victory in their penultimate fixture at the Pindi Cricket Stadium to qualify — regardless of results in the remaining three preliminary-round mat­ches …

ISLAMABAD: A hurriedly called meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Thursday approved the lowest bid for import of 340,000 tonnes of wheat at the rate of $284 per tonne. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh presided over the one-point agenda meeting through video link from Lahore. The ECC took up …

• PM sees people’s socioeconomic uplift through such aid • 112 firms, individuals ready to work in construction sector ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said Pakistan valued its partnership with the World Bank and the government would continue it aimed at the socioeconomic uplift of people. The prime minister stated this while witnessing the signing of two financing …

ISLAMABAD: Local auto manufacturers have asked the government to cut down taxes to reduce prices of cars and off-road vehicles in the country. The concerns were shared in a meeting organised by the government with local manufacturers seeking proposals to help reduce the prices of locally-manufactured vehicles. With the demand and supply balance tilting again in favor of the former, …

k THE stage is steadily being set for increased internet surveillance in the country. The government has a clear target for which it is silently laying the groundwork, but the preparations are all taking place without the input of key stakeholders from the tech industry. A report published in this paper yesterday revealed that this lack of transparency has set …

ISLAMABAD: The government is planning to announce a major restructuring package for the power sector envisaging a freeze on average consumer tariff coupled with incentive-based lower rates for industry and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), transfer of distribution companies (Discos) to the provinces and transfer of K-Electric’s majority shares to Shanghai Electric under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The recently …