The Karachi Kings reached their first final on Saturday after outlasting the Multan Sultans in a thrilling tie-breaker finish as the Pakistan Super League (PSL) resumed eight months after stopping due to the pandemic. The match at National Stadium Karachi went into a Super Over after 40 overs ended with both teams tied on 141 — thanks to Kings skipper …

LONDON: Former Yorkshire captain Azeem Rafiq went public on Friday with details of the racist abuse he said he suffered during his time at Headingley. Prior to making a verbal submission to an investigation into institutional racism at one of English cricket’s leading county clubs — an inquiry set up in response to his previous allegations — Rafiq issued a …

LAHORE: International Olympic Committee president H.E. Mr. Thomas Bach, in his message at the first Athletes Forum 2020 here on Saturday, said he is delighted at the organisation of athlete centric forum and congratulated National Olympic Com­mittee, Pakistan’s Athletes Commission for the historic gathering of athletes. “Athletes are not only at the heart, athletes are the heart of our Olympic …

ISTANBUL: Canadian Lance Stroll celebrated an astonishing first Formula One pole position for Racing Point in a crazy weather-hit Turkish Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. The 22-year-old Racing Point driver’s shock result on the slippery surface ended a run of 14 successive poles for dominant champions Mercedes dating back to last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mercedes never looked in …

bba LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain and legendary batsman Zaheer Abbas has warned the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that its decision of appointing Babar Azam as captain of the Test team along with the ODI and T20 formats may hit the prolific batsman’s own performance and it could subsequently damage the Pakistan team’s performance as well. “After a long time Pakistan …

KARACHI: Lahore Qalandars kept hopes of reaching their first final of the Pakistan Super League alive after Mohammad Hafeez guided them to a five-wicket victory in the Eliminator 1 clash at the National Stadium here on Saturday night. Lahore — who had never progressed beyond the preliminary stage in all four previous editions — will now take on Multan Sultans …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday resolved to bring down inflation further citing the constant decline of Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for two consecutive weeks. In a tweet, the prime minister said the situation in Pakistan was much better than other countries in the subcontinent. “Our Sensitive Price Index shows a decline for 2nd consecutive week, in contrast to …

oll KARACHI: The exchange rate further strengthened in the outgoing week as dollar kept falling against the local currency declining to eight-month low in the open market. The relentless declines of recent weeks has driven the rupee closer to the value it was at during the opening weeks of 2020. The dollar in the open market fell below Rs158 on …

KARACHI: The stock market remained highly volatile during the outgoing week as investors’ sentiments remained hostage to news flow over the global and local devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The heated political situation ahead of the elections in Gilgit-Baltistan on Nov 15 also kept investors on risk-off market mode. The KSE-100 index stepped down by 167 points (0.4 per …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to the region in the first quarter of current fiscal year declined 24.4 per cent from an year ago due to the impact of Covid-19. Exports to Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives fell to $719.198 million in 1QFY21, from $951.01m the previous year, according to the latest data compiled by …