The famous game Call of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War will reportedly require drastically less disk space as it was previously told. In a new blog post unfolding preload times and download sizes, Activision the gaming company to produce CoD, has sneaked in a big amendment to the space required on PC. It has dropped it about half the …

TOKYO: Japanese gymnastics star Kohei Uchimura, whose false positive test for coronavirus (Covid-19) last week briefly appeared to threaten a four-nation meet that is a key test for the 2020 Olympics, said on Saturday it was all good experience in preparing for the Games. The winner of three Olympic gold medals, Uchimura is among 30 gymnasts from Japan, the United …

LONDON: Manchester United eased the pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a 3-1 win at Everton in the Premier League on Saturday with Bruno Fernandes scoring twice and Edinson Cavani grabbing his first for the club. United have failed to win at home in the league this season and there were questions over Solskjaer’s future after the midweek defeat …

KARACHI: While Southern Punjab’s Hussain Talat and Mohammad Abbas shared the day’s honours, Northern skipper Nauman Ali put Sindh under pressure in their third-round Quaid-e-Azam Trophy fixture here on Saturday. Reigning champions Central Punjab’s bid to end their two-game losing streak was hanging in the balance when they lost ground against Balochistan at the National Stadium, while leaders Southern Punjab …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered former Test captain Younis Khan the chance to head its High Performance Centre in Karachi besides working as batting consultant with the national team. A reliable source in the Board said that Younis has been offered a full-time job as head of the HPC in Karachi at the National Stadium in addition …

RAWALPINDI: Captain Babar Azam hit a fluent half century and spurred Pakistan to a six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first Twenty20 international at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Babar proved yet again why he is one of the top batsmen in white-ball cricket as the right-hander made 82 off 55 balls, while reaching his 15th half century in …

KARACHI: SITE Association of Industry President Abdul Hadi has urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to enhance the load limit for small and medium enterprises to 140kW from 70kW so that the industries could avail the 50pc reduced tariff on excess electricity consumed. He said the procedure for approval of excess load from the K-Electric needs to be simplified. Increase in …

KARACHI: Delays in refund payments have been eliminated and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Board is focused on increasing tax collections and expanding the tax net, Chairman FBR Javed Ghani said in a meeting with a delegation of Pakistan Leather Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PLGMEA) led by its chairman Danish Khan. The FBR chief said timely payment of …

THE mathematics is fast changing. Not long ago, oil demand was expected to peak around 110 million barrels per day (bpd). In 2007, the Organisation of the Petroleum Countries (Opec) had forecasted the world demand to hit even higher — 118m bpd in 2030. That is no more the case now. Not only peak demand numbers are going down but …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has come up with an ambitious plan to increase country’s exports to as high as $37 billion in the next five years, Dawn has learned from knowledgeable sources. The draft on Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) 2020-25 was shared with Prime Minister Imran Khan to seek his feedback before presenting it in front of the federal cabinet …