Karachi: West Indies’ men’s and women’s cricket team’s decision to tour England this year has rewarded Windies Cricket the Spirit of Cricket Award from the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Both teams toured England during unprecedented times of COVID-19. Jason Holder-led men’s side arrived in England in June for a three-test series played in a biosecure environment. It was the first time, …

Canberra: India defeated Australia by 11 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series courtesy of Ravindra Jadeja’s 44 runs from just 23 balls to help India set up a target of 162 at Manuka Oval. However, Jadeja didn’t come on the field after he was struck on the helmet by a Mitchell Starc delivery that ricocheted off the …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was told on Thursday that development work on the ambitious multi-billion-rupee Ravi Urban Development Project (RUDP) has started and would be completed in phases. Presiding over a meeting on the RUDP and the Karachi islands project, the prime minister was pleased to know that the Frontier Works Organisation and the National Logistics Cell had started …

LONDON: The Organisation of the Petroleum Ex­­porting Countries (Opec) and Russia on Thursday agreed to a modest oil output increase from January by 500,000 barrels per day but failed to find a compromise on a broader and longer term policy for the rest of next year, four Opec+ sources told Reuters. The increase means Opec and Russia, a group known as …

ISLAMABAD: A hurriedly-called meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Thursday decided to provide an unspecified amount of subsidy arising out of abolition of peak electricity rates for industrial consumers already approved by the federal cabinet and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra). The single point meeting called on the request of the Power Division surprised ECC members …

Turkish  actors who appeared in “Dirilis:Ertugrul” rose to international fame after the historical TV series became popular in Pakistan, India, US and several other countries. Ertugrul fans who saw most of the actors for the first time are still unaware of their real names and express their desire on social media to know more about them. One of them is …

Priyanka Chopra has officially kick-started her journey as the newly-appointed British Fashion Council’s (BFC) ‘Ambassador for Positive Change.’ On Thursday, the global icon took to Instagram to reveal how she is doing her best to showcase the talent of South Asian designers. In her picture Pee Cee can be seen dressed in a statement black and white ensemble. “One of …

Jennifer Lopez has been bestowed with the Billboard’s  ‘Women in Music Icon’ Award of 2020. Expressing her thoughts on the massive achievement, JLo took to Instagram to reveal she is beyond happy. “THANK YOU!!!! The @Billboard Women In Music ICON Award!! Wow!! I am truly grateful and deeply touched,” the Latino singer said via her post. “This honor is particularly special because …

US reality TV star Kim Kardashian put out an emotional plea for inmate Julius Jones, who is currently on death row, saying ‘Julius has been incarcerated for over 21 years for a crime he did not commit.’ Taking to Instagram, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star shared photos from her trip to Oklahoma where she met Julius Jones, who is on …

Justin Bieber has put his foot down with haters attempting to bash Hailey Baldwin. For the unversed, Bieber was forced to make a public statement regarding it all because of a video that caught his attention. This video contained hateful slurs and derogatory words directed towards Hailey, by one of Selena Gomez’s fans. The girl urged fans to start a …