ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus claimed 46 more lives in the country during the past 24 hours, lifting the countrywide death toll from the disease to 10,644. According to the latest update shared by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), as many as 2,899 more people tested positive for the infection during this period, taking the total number of confirmed Covid-19 …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday the government is mulling over introducing “a strong data protection law to protect citizens’ privacy.” Reacting to the new WhatsApp Privacy Policy that allows data sharing of consumers, he tweeted that instead of adopting a unilateral approach, such policy changes should have been made after wider consultation. WhatsApp laid …

DHAKA: Depleted by stars refusing to tour during the coronavirus pandemic, West Indies players will face multiple Covid-19 tests in Bangladesh before they even get close to a five-day match against their hosts. The normally carefree Caribbean stars have been put on edge by a trip to South Asia and captain Jason Holder along with Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo …

LONDON: Non-league Chorley knocked coronavirus-ravaged Derby County out of the FA Cup with a surprise 2-0 win on Saturday, while Everton survived a scare against Rotherham as the spiking pandemic took its toll on the third round. Derby were forced to play with only Under-23 and Under-18 players after their first-team squad and interim manager Wayne Rooney were ruled out …

KARACHI: KBBC beat Arambagh Club 46-38 while Karsaz Mumbas edged out Usman Club 34-32 in the Commissioner Cup basketball tournament that started here at the Arambagh-Abdul Nasir court on Friday evening. Raj Lakhwani with 19 points was the star for KBBC. Hasan Ali scored 11 points for the losing side. Murtaza Wahab, Advisor to CM Sindh, inaugurated the tournament and …

KARACHI: The captain of Pakistan women’s cricket team Javeria Khan said the players are excited to be back on the field after almost 10 months. She was speaking online to the media here on Saturday ahead of the team’s departure to South Africa. Talking about the training camp and practice, she said: “We had our training camp here at the …

LAHORE: Defending champions Karachi Kings have retained Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Islamabad United have kept Pakistan’s white-ball vice-captain Shadab Khan as the two sides also completed a successful trade of Englishman Alex Hales and Colin Ingram of South Africa ahead of the HBL Pakistan Super League 2021 Player Draft, which will take place at the High Performance Centre on …

SAUDI ARABIA, the kingpin of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), has taken a complete “U-turn”. Until recently the kingdom was insisting that there was no possibility of any unilateral output cut by Riyadh until other major players including Russia in the extended Opec+ agree to a coordinated, combined move, with everyone contributing. For the last number of …

BEIJING: China on Saturday introduced new rules to counter “unjustified” laws and measures that other countries might apply to its companies and citizens, as tensions with the United States worsen. The rules aim at “protecting the legitimate rights and interests” of Chinese people and companies, and safeguarding the country’s interests, said the commerce ministry. China’s move comes as its firms …

KARACHI: Bullish fire continued to leap over the stock market in the outgoing week where the KSE-100 index gained 1,220 points. Together with the earlier week’s surge by 1,018 points, the benchmark index managed to show spectacular rise of 2,238 points or five per cent in first two weeks of 2021. The index crossed the 45,000 barrier and closed at …