IT may sound outrageous and somewhat out of place, but Pakistan’s first defeat in a Twenty20 International against Zimbabwe couldn’t have come at a better time after the African country had previously lost all 15 fixtures against them! The tag of unpredictability associated with Pakistan cricket yet again reared its ‘ugly’ head on Friday in Harare on Friday. Notwithstanding the …

MONTREAL: Hayley Wickenheiser, a Canadian member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes Commission, says medical experts should decide whether or not to stage the Tokyo Olympics, not athletes or the IOC. Wickenheiser, a six-time Olympian who won four ice hockey gold medals and also played softball at the 2000 Summer Games, told CBC Sports that safety and public health need to …

LONDON: Liverpool suffered another setback in a tumultuous week as Joe Willock’s 94th minute equaliser earned Newcastle United a 1-1 draw at Anfield that prevented Jurgen Klopp’s men from moving into the Premier League top four. Mohamed Salah had opened the scoring after just three minutes, but Liverpool wasted a host of chances to extend their lead and paid in …

HARARE: Pakistan suddenly find themselves in a spot of bother as they face a weak-looking yet spirited Zimbabwe in the series-deciding third and final Twenty20 International here at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday. Fresh from their ODI and Twenty20 series triumph in South Africa where they toured prior to coming to Zimbabwe, Babar Azam and company received a big …

KARACHI: Amid political tensions and surging third wave of Covid-19, the stock market remained under heavy selling pressure as the benchmark KSE-100 index lost 599 points, or 1.32 per cent, closing the jittery week at 44,706.76 points. From the onset of the trading week investors behaved cautiously in the wake of ongoing protests and sit-ins by the TLP and a …

THE initial years of the erstwhile Karachi Electric Supply Corpor­ation’s (KESC) privatisation did not go well for the foreign group that had bought controlling stakes in the power utility in the first of its kind transaction in the country’s power sector in 2005. The owners, Aljomaih Group of Saudi Arabia, appointed a German chief executive officer, Frank Scherschmidt, and then …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Maritime Affairs has asked the government not to allocate the additional capacity available at the LNG terminals at Port Qasim to the private sector. The call, which may be seen by many as having been made by the maritime ministry while overstepping its jurisdiction, has invited the ire of the petroleum sector. In a letter to …

ISLAMABAD: The country’s fiscal deficit fell to 2.9 per cent of GDP in the first seven months of FY21 compared to 3.2pc in the corresponding period last year mainly due to substantial increase in net federal revenue receipts and effective management of expenditures. The Ministry of Finance in its monthly economic update and outlook, released on Saturday, observed that the …

• PM praises overseas Pakistanis, SBP for achieving the milestone • SBP may launch two more schemes by end of month KARACHI: Inflows of foreign exchange through the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) crossed the $1 billion mark creating space for the architects of the products to introduce more such attractions for the overseas Pakistanis during this month. “The fund inflows …

One of the richest people in the world, Elon Musk, is all set to make his debut as a host of the upcoming Saturday Night Live on May 8.  The multi-billionaire  will interview pop singer Miley Cyrus in the historic show. It is the sixth appearance of Miley Cyrus on the NBC series as the musical guest. The Saturday Night …