th The first Saturday of 2021 will kick off on a chilly note. The clouds will move out by lunchtime leaving a sunny afternoon. It’ll still be cool with highs in the lower 50s which is just a little below normal daytime highs for early January. Sunday will be sunny and milder with highs in the upper 50s. A gradual …

ISLAMABAD: The statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has shown that the coronavirus pandemic claims 82 more lives, whereas, 2,184 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 82 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 10,258. 1,745 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and …

After more than a decade of service, Adobe Flash Player, the browser plug-in that brought rich animations to the early web, has officially been discontinued on the last day of 2020. The end of Adobe Flash Player triggered memefest and Netizens, particularly gamers, with many getting emotional as they went down memory lane sharing all old experiences made possible because …

BEIJING: Tencent’s online game offerings have been removed from Huawei’s app store since the two companies failed to reach an agreement on revenue sharing, Tencent and a source said on Friday. “Due to the failure of Huawei’s mobile game platform to renew its contract with our Mobile Game Promotion Project Agreement as scheduled, relevant products of Tencent Games were suddenly …

KARACHI: The Omega Club edged past Askari Club 26-24 in a nerve-fraying final to win the Quaid-e-Azam SSB Cup 303 basketball tournament here at the Arambagh court on Thursday. Brilliant player Ali Chanzeb was named Man of the Final while Abbas Abid Qaimkhani was named Man of the Final. Saifullah Nosherwani and emerging player Kenneth Johnson were named best scorers …

SYDNEY: India named left-arm seamer T. Natarajan on Friday as the replacement for injured paceman Umesh Yadav ahead of the last two Tests against Australia. Yadav bowled only 3.3 overs in Australia’s second innings in the second Test before limping off as India went on to level the series 1-1 with an eight-wicket victory in Melbourne. The 33-year-old will miss …

LAHORE: Pakistan’s captain in all three formats, Babar Azam, was declared as Most Valuable Cricketer of the Year and also clinched the title of White-ball Cricketer of the Year as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced the awards for the year 2020 without including the categories of referees and scorers. “Pakistan captain Babar Azam was named as the …

CHRISTCHURCH: Can­ter­bury fast bowler Matt Henry was called up to the New Zealand squad for the second Test against Pakistan, starting on Sunday at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, to replace the injured Neil Wagner, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has said. Wagner is expected to be sidelined for around six weeks after sustaining fractures in the toes of his right …

KARACHI: Central Punjab staged a dramatic comeback after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were seemingly on course to dominate the opening day of their five-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final here at the National Stadium on Friday. Central Punjab needed inspiration of their young captain Hasan Ali to nullify the advantage Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had taken when the in-form Kamran Ghulam and Adil Amin were stitching …

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the second Test against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch starting Jan 3 due to slight pain in his thumb, the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a media release on Saturday. Babar, 26, had participated in a training session on Friday but the team’s management opted to not include …