NEW DELHI: India’s Parthiv Patel, who was the youngest Test wicket-keeper when he made his debut against England in 2002, on Wednesday retired from all cricket. Overshadowed for much of his career by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Patel, who was 17 years and 153 days on his international debut, played his 25th and last Test for India in 2018. “I announce …

KARACHI: Stocks bou­nced back on Wed­nesday as the KSE-100 index recorded gains of 102.2 points (0.24 per cent) and closed at 42,204.03. Investors took fresh positions in technology, cement, chemical and selected banking stocks while exploration & production sector also turned green in response to an uptick in the international crude prices. The market seemed to discount any major disruptions …

ISLAMABAD: After years of the government having projected automated tax refunds as success story, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday conceded that its signature Fully Automated Sales Tax e-Refund System (FASTER) was inherently problematic. The admission of fault has come about even though the exporters, particularly the textile exporters, had been agitating almost at every level of the …

ISLAMABAD: Negating the impression that the business community was perturbed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), chairman of the anti-graft watchdog Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal on Wednesday stressed that the bureau was trying its best to address the problems of the business community. Meeting a delegation of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) at the NAB headquarters, Justice Iqbal said, “It …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received four per cent more income tax returns from salaried, non-salaried individuals, the association of persons and companies for the tax year 2020 by Dec 8 deadline. The board received 1.8 million returns until the last date as compared to 1.73m returns filed in the corresponding period of tax year 2019. However, …

AARHUS (Denmark): A European group has uncovered an Indian disinformation network operating since 2005 to discredit nations in conflict with Delhi, particularly Pakistan. Last year, the Brussels-based EU DisinfoLab uncovered a vast network of 265 coordinated fake local media outlets in 65 countries serving Indian interests, as well as multiple dubious think tanks and NGOs. This network was active in …

AARHUS (Denmark): In a scathing letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, technology companies have sought his assistance to ensure that critical changes are made to the newly approved social media rules, which have made it “extremely difficult” for social media firms to continue their platforms and services in Pakistan. The rules titled, “Removal and Blocking of Unlawful Online Content (Procedure, Oversight …

Turkish actress  s Özge Törer plays the role of   Bala Hatun, the wife of Osman, in hit TV series “Kurulus: Osman”. “Kurulus: Osman” creator Mehmet Bozdaq on Tuesday teased fans about upcoming episode of the series which airs on Wednesday. Taking to Instagram, the director and producer shared the trailer for episode 37 which shows Bala Hatun engaged in a sword …

Gwyneth Paltrow came forth reflecting on the impact public scrutiny of her much-talked about Oscar win had over her. “I think that when you hit the bullseye, when you’re 26 years old and you’re a metrics driven person who, frankly, doesn’t love acting that much as it turns out,” the actress said during an interview with Bruce Bozzi on Quarantined with …

Johnny Depp lost his libel case to British tabloid The Sun over its wife-beatrer article after a judge ruled that the claims made in it were substantially true. Depp, who has had a rough marriage with her former wife Amber Heard, tried to have her removed from movie Aquaman 2, after they split. As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, Depp contacted his sister, producer Christi …