KABUL: Women activists in Kabul held up signs that read “why is the world watching us die in silence?” on Tuesday, protesting the international community’s inaction on the crisis in Afghanistan. Around a dozen women risked the wrath of the Taliban, who have banned demonstrations and shut them down using violence since taking power in August, holding banners affirming their …

TEHRAN: Foreign ministers of Pakistan and Iran on Tuesday called for an active response from the world to the situation in Afghanistan following the exit of foreign troops and urged the international community to avert the humanitarian crisis by providing immediate financial assistance to the war-torn country. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian expressed unanimity of views …

BERLIN: Germany’s newly elected parliament held its first meeting on Tuesday and elected a lawmaker from the center-left Social Democratic Party as speaker of the 736-member lower house, or Bundestag. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the session although she is no longer a lawmaker. She sat in the visitor stands of parliament. Merkel’s Union bloc finished behind the Social Democrats …

SHARJAH: New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup due to a calf muscle tear, the team said in a statement on Tuesday. New Zealand Cricket said the 30-year-old felt tightness in his right calf after a training session and an MRI scan ahead of their tournament opener against Pakistan on Tuesday …

DUBAI: South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said star team-mate Quinton de Kock’s refusal to take the knee came as a surprise on what turned out to be one of his ‘toughest days’ as skipper. De Kock pulled out of the match after Cricket South Africa ordered its players to lend support to the anti-racism movement in Dubai. But the former …

ABU DHABI: England cannot afford to make mistakes in their Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a potentially tricky clash against Bangladesh in Super 12 stage, wicket-keeper/batter Jos Buttler said on Tuesday ahead of the first T20 meeting between the two sides in Abu Dhabi. England, top of Group I, are looking to build on their victory over defending champions West …

WHEN Asif Ali, wobbling after a blow to the head, struck Trent Boult for six over midwicket to all but seal Pakistan’s win over New Zealand, it was a metaphor for how the recent blows to Pakistan cricket have left the team unbowed and defiant. Pakistan, traditional slow starters in world tournaments, have gone off like a rocket to place themselves …

Pakistan found a new hero in Asif Ali and rediscovered an old one in Shoaib Malik as the Green Shirts kept their unbeaten start to the T20 World Cup 2021 alive with a closely contested five-wicket win over New Zealand in Sharjah on Tuesday. Chasing 135, Pakistan were expected to cruise to the target, especially after their 10-wicket drubbing of …

KARACHI: The price of a tola of gold witnessed on Tuesday a further increase of over Rs4,200, pushing it to an all-time high rate of Rs132,000. Traders said gold was being traded at its highest prices in history after registering some decline in recent years. In August 2020, the price of the yellow metal had touched Rs132,000. However, since then, …

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday notified 69 paisa per unit additional charge to consumers of K-Electric on account of monthly fuel price adjustment (FCA) for electricity consumed in July. In a notification released on Tuesday, the regulator said about 69 paisa per unit additional FCA would be charged to consumers in the coming billing month …