LONDON: Son Heung-min proved there is life at Tottenham Hotspur without Harry Kane as his goal earned the north London club a surprise 1-0 win over champions Manchester City in an absorbing Premier League opener on Sunday. All the talk beforehand was whether Tottenham’s talisman Kane, strongly linked with a move to City, would be involved. The England skipper was …

Phoebe Dynevor and Pete Davidson have reportedly called it quits after six months of dating. The Bridgerton actress and Saturday Night Live comedian parted ways due to busy work schedules and distance, as reported by Metro. “Pete and Phoebe’s romance was a real whirlwind and from the start they were both totally committed,” an insider said. “But as time has passed, it’s become increasingly obvious …

THE government calling for the resignation of Pakistan’s Olympic chief retired Lt Gen Arif Hasan is a continuation of the blame-game that has ensued since the Tokyo Games began, an attempt to not be held responsible for another poor performance at the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza. The demand came after Prime Minister Imran Khan held a meeting to discuss the Olympics’ performance …

West Indies held their nerve as tailenders Kemar Roach and Jayden Seales guided them to a thrilling one-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Test in Jamaica on Sunday. Roach scored 30 and Seales two in an unbeaten 17-run partnership as the home side reached their target of 168 for the loss of nine wickets after the West Indies had …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday kept unchanged the prices of two major petroleum products — petrol and high speed diesel — and slightly increased those of kerosene and light diesel oil for the next 16 days i.e. till Aug 31. According to a notification issued by finance ministry, the ex-depot price of petrol was kept unchanged at Rs119.80 per litre …

Car and sport utility vehicle (SUV) assemblers are now in top gear mode. After witnessing a massive recovery of 61 per cent in production and 57pc in the sale of cars and 57pc to 227pc in jeeps and light commercial vehicles in 2020-21, they also kicked off their first month of the current fiscal year with 85pc and 104pc rise …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign excha­nge inflows from overseas Pakis­tanis through the expensive Ros­han Digital Account (RDA) cro­ss­ed the $2 billion mark in 11 months on Monday and will now require more than Rs13.1bn subsidy to maintain its growth. “Roshan Digital Account dep­o­sits cross $2billion in just 11 mon­ths,” the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said in a tweet. “As Pakistanis all over …

ISLAMABAD: As another major supply disruption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) looms large, the government is looking for legally safe and commercially viable alternatives to allow continuation of ‘larger replacement regasification terminal’ currently operating in Port Qasim as a fait accompli to avoid major power shortfalls and have greater gas availability during winters. Engro Elengy Terminal Limited (EETL) has told …

KARACHI: In compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recomm­endations, banks operating in Pakistan, public and private financial institutions, organisations dealing with monetary affairs and even realtors have started keeping an eye on their clientele with the help of a recently developed database that identified over 100,000 “pol­i­ti­cally exposed persons” (PEPs) in the country, officials and sources said. They said …

BEIRUT: A fuel tank blast in Lebanon early on Sunday killed 28 people and injured nearly 80, authorities and medics said, burning a crowd clamouring for petrol in the crisis-hit country. The tragedy in the remote north overwhelmed medical facilities and heaped new misery on a nation already beset by an economic crisis and severe fuel shortages that have crippled …