KARACHI: At least three more people died of coronavirus during the past 24 hours in sindh, bringing the province’s overall death toll from the virus to 5,410. In a daily statement on the coronavirus situation, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that 511 more cases of coronavirus have been reported during the same period in the province. The …

LONDON: Men’s defending Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will face British teenage wildcard Jack Draper in his opening match but Simona Halep, the women’s winner at the last championships in 2019, will not feature after withdrawing on Friday. World number one Djokovic is halfway to a calendar-year Grand Slam after winning the Australian and French Open titles, taking his overall tally …

KARACHI: Andy Flower is generally a phlegmatic character but even the former Zimbabwe cricket star couldn’t stop himself feeling over the moon after Multan Sultans clinched their maiden HBL Pakistan Super League title in Abu Dhabi late on Thursday night. Multan, who were the sixth and last franchise inducted to the PSL bandwagon in 2018, comprehensively outplayed Peshawar Zalmi by …

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has expressed his desire to play his “last season” of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) with the Quetta Gladiators. Talking exclusively in DawnNewsTV show ‘Live with Adil Shahzeb’, Afridi said even though he was currently associated with the Multan Sultans, “if the franchise releases me, I will prefer to represent the Quetta Gladiators in my last season.” …

LAHORE: Accepting a request from the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), the International Olympic Committee has confirmed that local weightlifter Talha Talib has been offered invitation place in -67kgs category for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. “The Olympic Games Tripartite Commission has finalised the Invitation Places in collaboration with International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and Talha Talib has succeeded in securing the Invitation …

LONDON: Italy’s unbeaten streak won’t last forever, and Austria coach Franco Foda is plotting to be the one to stop it. The Italians have become one of the favourites at the European Championship after winning all three of their games in the group stage, scoring seven goals and conceding none. Those three victories at Euro 2020 extended the team’s unbeaten …

KARACHI: The country witnessed the sixth consecutive current account deficit (CAD) of $632 million in May, leaving a meagre $153m surplus in the first 11 months of the outgoing fiscal year (11MFY21), the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) data showed on Friday. The continuous deficits — which began in December 2020 — consumed the benefit of surplus generated in the …

KARACHI: The country’s fertiliser sector relating to urea and DAP sales posted impressive growth in May, but urea inventory levels of these products remained in negative territory during January-May 2021. Urea offtake grew 109 per cent to 501,000 tonnes in May compared to 240,000 tonnes in May 2020. While month-on-month urea sales were 62 per cent higher than 309,900 tonnes …

KARACHI: The country’s exports are facing a daily loss of $44 million due to the suspension of gas supply to export-oriented units by the Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGCL) since June 11, the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) said on Friday. In a letter addressed to Federal Minister of Energy Hammad Azhar, FPCCI President Mian …