Jenna Dewan is highly supportive of her ex-husband Channing Tatum’s budding romance with Zoë Kravitz. The rumoured couple has been spotted on multiple occasions getting cosy with each other. According to a source cited by E!News that “there’s more than a friendship going on with Channing and Zoë. They are spending a lot of time together and having fun. They are more …

Cricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja and Asad Ali Khan have been nominated as members of the Board of Governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination. The notification, issued on Friday, stated that Prime Minister Imran Khan, in the capacity of PCB patron-in-chief, had nominated Raja and Khan as members of the …

England captain Joe Root smashed his third hundred in three Tests, putting his team in pole position for a series-levelling victory in the third match against India on Thursday. Root’s majestic 121 headlined a strong top-order performance by the hosts, who had bundled out India for 78 to seize early control of the match at Headingley. England’s top four batsmen helped themselves …

NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic will launch his bid to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam at the US Open against a qualifier, but his path gets much tougher with potential clashes against Matteo Berrettini and Alexander Zverev. French Open runner-up and third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will take on former champion Andy Murray in the pick of the first round matches. Murray …

LONDON: Former Test captain Ted Dexter, one of England’s greatest players, has died aged 86 after a recent illness, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) said on Thursday. Dexter, nicknamed ‘Lord Ted’, was an aggressive batsman and part-time seam bowler who played 62 tests for England after making his debut in 1958 against New Zealand. He captained England and Sussex in …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports posted double-digit growth in the first month of this fiscal year increasing by 15.61 per cent to $1.471 billion compared to $1.272bn in July 2020, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. The easing of lockdown in North American and European countries — top markets for Pakistani textile goods — …

TOKYO: The youngest Paralympian in Tokyo took to the pool on Thursday looking to change attitudes to disability, as more world records were smashed on the second day of competition. In a reminder of the continuing risks posed by the pandemic, organisers said a Games participant had been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid, but insisted the event would remain …

KARACHI: Overseas investors repatriated profits of $159.2 million in the first month of 2021-22 (FY22), down 55 per cent from the corresponding month of the preceding fiscal year, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. The sharp drop in repatriation follows an annual increase of 20.5pc in the total outflow of profits in 2020-21 …

ISLAMABAD: Amid provincial concerns, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on Thursday approved the Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021-30 with the focus on pursuing renewable and nuclear energy projects. A meeting of the CCoC, presided over by Planning Minister Asad Umar prevailed over the agitating provincial representatives while approving the IGCEP for submission to the Council of Common …

ISLAMABAD: The country manufactured 12.27 million mobile phones compared to the imports of 8.29m sets during the first seven months of 2021, data released by the Pakistan Telecomm­unic­ation Authority (PTA) showed on Thursday. However, 2G compatible sets continue to dominate local manufacturing compared to smartphones production in the country. Out of the 12.27m mobile phones locally manufactured between January and …