Britney Spears’ fans believed she and Sam Asghari have gotten engaged after a cryptic post was uploaded on his Instagram. Asghari took down a snap from his account depicting rings, saying it was hacked. However, a number of fan accounts and outlets captured the initial image of the ring when it was posted. Deleting the picture, Asghari quickly clarified, “account …

KARACHI: The dollar kept appreciating against the weakening rupee and reached closed to the record high as it was traded at Rs168.02 on Friday. Currency dealers said the dollar was traded at 13-month high price after it gained 36 paisa. The highest price of dollar was Rs168.43 on Aug 26, 2020. The current wave of appreciation for the dollar began …

KARACHI: The country received $5.364 billion during the first two months of the fiscal year 2021-22 (2MFY22), showing growth of 10.4 per cent compared to the same period in FY21 when inflows were $4.859bn, data shared by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed on Friday. “In terms of growth, remittances increased by 26.8pc year-on-year in August which is a …

ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a major relief, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed those people to file their declarations who have paid their tax on whitening of assets under the 2019 tax amnesty scheme for the construction industry. The relief will benefit approximately 12,300 individuals who have already deposited Rs2.6 billion in taxes to the FBR …

LAHORE: The forthcoming white-ball cricket series between Pakistan and New Zealand could face a major problem if the PCB-appointed match referee Mohammad Javed falls ill in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. While announcing the roster of umpires for the three One-day International in Rawalpindi and the five-match Twenty20 series in Lahore, the Pakistan Cricket Board are handicapped on the refereeing …

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported 25 more deaths during the past 24 hours by the novel coronavirus, bringing the province’s overall death toll to 5,225, ARY News reported on Friday. According to the KP health department, 628 more people were diagnosed with the COVID-19 during the same period, raising the tally of such patients in the province to 167,782. 521 …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported as many as 3,480 new cases of the COVID-19, during the last 24 hours, pushing the overall number of infections to 1,201,367, said the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday. With 82 more deaths, during the said period, the death toll rose to 26,662. STATISTICS 11 SEP 21: TOTAL TESTS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 63,181 …

DHAKA: Skipper Tom Latham and Finn Allen hit attacking knocks to set up a 27-run consolation win for New Zealand in the fifth Twenty20 Inter­national against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday. Latham’s unbeaten 50 and a 24-ball 41 by Allen guided New Zealand to 161 for five after electing to bat first at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The New …

KARACHI: Three news releases in four days. The Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee appointed by the game’s global body FIFA is upping the ante with the end of its mandate looming at the end of this month. If it successfully regains control of the PFF headquarters by the end of September, the NC — appointed in September 2019 — stands …

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Selector Mohammad Wasim on Friday said changes could be made to the squad announced for next month’s T20 World Cup under “special circumstances and in exceptional cases”. Speaking in programme ‘Replay’, he said that he “would not rule out changes” to the national team, which was announced earlier this week, as International Cricket Council rules allowed changes to …