NEW DELHI: Pace bowling legend Waqar Younis believes Babar Azam-led Pakistan can beat arch-rivals India in their opening encounter of the Twenty20 World Cup if they play to their potential. The much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash takes place on Oct 24 in Dubai. Both India and Pakistan have been drawn in Group 2 of the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage which …

KARACHI: The benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended the week at 44,872 points, shedding 202 points, or 0.4 per cent, from a week ago. Trading began this week on a negative note as high global commodity prices dampened the mood of investors. Coal prices reached an all-time high of $200.50 per tonne as the Arab Light Price …

KARACHI: While assuring the business community of no direct action from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has promised he will review the tax law amendment and re-examine the terms non-filer and under-filer in consultation with the stakeholders. In a meeting with a delegation of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Saturday, Mr …

ISLAMABAD: The flow of Afghan transit trade and Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan saw a deeper drop since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August. The flow of cargo fell by 16 per cent in August 2021 and a further decline of 73pc in September from last year, which many experts attributed to the uncertainty in the wake of the …

BERLIN: A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system’s innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025. The BepiColombo mission made the first of six flybys of Mercury at 11:34pm on Friday, using the planet’s gravity to slow the spacecraft down. After swooping past Mercury …

North Korea said on Sunday the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) applied double standards over military activities among UN member states, state media KCNA said, amid international criticism over its recent missile tests. The UNSC met behind closed doors on Friday upon requests from the United States and other countries over the North’s missile launches. The meeting came a day after Pyongyang fired …

India’s army chief has said China is sending troops to their disputed border in “considerable numbers”, prompting a matching deployment by New Delhi in a development he called a “concern”. Tensions have been high between the nuclear-armed neighbours following a deadly border battle in June last year in the strategically important Galwan river valley in India’s Ladakh region, near Tibet. The world’s …

Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP days ahead of the release of its report. The commission’s research uncovered between 2,900 and 3,200 paedophile priests or other members of the church, said Jean-Marc Sauve, adding that it was “a minimum estimate”. The commission’s report is due …

As the weeks pass in Afghanistan, the new Taliban administration has yet to announce when it will re-open secondary schools for girls, leaving them stuck at home while their brothers return to class. Two weeks since boys in classes above the sixth grade were told to go back to school, the government says it is working on making it possible for …

ISLAMABAD: With the legal deadline for taking oath to retain his seat in the upper house of parliament set to ex­p­ire in less than two weeks, former finance minister Ishaq Dar has written a letter to the Election Commission of Pa­k­­istan, pleading that the rule of taking oath within 40 days does not apply to him. According to sources, he …