LAUSANNE: Jacques Rogge, who spent 12 years as president of the International Olympic Committee, has died at the age of 79, the organisation announced on Sunday without giving details. Rogge’s health had visibly declined when he attended Olympic events since his presidency ended in 2013. “It is with great sadness that the International Olympic Committee announces the passing of former …

TOKYO: Afghanistan’s athletes were in tears when they finally arrived at the Tokyo Paralympics, officials said, as Britain’s wheelchair rugby team won one of 63 golds up for grabs on Super Sunday. Afghanistan’s Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli were evacuated to France last weekend from the Taliban-controlled country in a “major global operation”, the International Paralympic Committee said. “The meeting …

SILVERSTONE: Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo stormed to victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday to claim his fifth win of the season and extend his lead at the top of the MotoGP world championship standings. The French rider, who started from third on the grid, took the lead on lap five and opened up a three-second gap on …

LONDON: Son Heung-min sent Tottenham Hotspur to the top of the Premier League as the South Korean’s free-kick clinched a 1-0 win against Watford, while Mason Greenwood’s late strike fired Manchester United to a record-breaking 1-0 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday. Nuno Espirito Santo’s Spurs have made a flawless start to the new domestic season and they sit two …

One of the five oldest districts established in Punjab in 1849, Jhang is spread across an area of 8,809 square kilometres. Historians say it had been populated around 2000 BC when it was known as Jhagi Sial. The district is known for the shrine of the noted saint and Sufi poet Hazrat Sultan Bahu, while it also figures in the …

Banks’ lending to small and medium enterprises constitute only 8.7 per cent of their total lending to private sector businesses, data till the end of June 2021 of the State Bank of Pakistan reveals. This betrays all the tall claims that successive governments and the central bank have been making for well over a decade about their ‘innovative efforts’ to …

In Balochistan, trade has dwindled to nothing following the closure of border points with Afghanistan, particularly in Chaman, where the Taliban have taken control of Spin Boldak, the neighbouring Afghan trading town point with Chaman. There was increasing uncertainty, and the traders faced losses as their trucks continued to pile up in Chaman and Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. …

ISLAMABAD: The oil companies have asked the government to address on an urgent basis logistic constraints resulting in underutilisation of infrastructure at the ports and causing long wait for ships and economic losses to the oil companies and the country. In separate letters to the ministers of petroleum, energy and maritime affairs, the Oil Marketing Association of Pakistan (OMAP) said …

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to allow redemption in cash of reward points earned by overseas Pakistanis for sending remittances back home through official channels under the National Remittance Loyalty Programme (NRLP) to be launched on Oct 1. The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the federal cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan. During a discussion …

DOVER BASE: US President Joe Biden shut his eyes and tilted his head back as the flag-draped cases carrying the remains of 11 American service members killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan emerged on Sunday from a military plane at a base in Delaware. Biden, his wife, Jill, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and senior military officials stood somberly …