Indian actor Ranveer Singh is  enjoying  games with The Big Picture crew ahead of the first episode of his much-awaited game show. In a recent video posted by Colors TV, the actor was spotted answering questions related to his Instagram uploads. In one such question, Ranveer was shown a photo of himself with wife Deepika posing outside a temple. The …

LONDON: England are ‘desperate’ to go to Australia for their five-Test Ashes series later this year, all-rounder Chris Woakes said, despite some players having expressed concerns about Covid-19 protocols for the tour. Woakes was named in England’s 17-member squad for the series that begins in Brisbane on Dec 8 after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the tour …

LAHORE: Top seed Aqeel Khan won his second consecutive match on the second day of the Sapphire Open National Tennis Championships at the Punjab Lawn Tennis Association here on Tuesday. Aqeel was on song as he gave no room to his opponent little-known Usman Rafiq in a 6-1, 6-1 win. The struggling Usman could only hold his serve in the …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Tuesday announced 26 probables to attend a national training camp for the Asian Champions Trophy being held in Dhaka from Dec 14 to 22. The event will feature teams from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Japan, Malaysia and South Korea. The camp commences here at the National Hockey Stadium from Oct 21. Former Olympian Khawaja …

LAHORE: The knockout round is a test of nerves and on Tuesday, Iftikhar Ahmed provided ample glimpses that he can, indeed, deliver under extreme pressure. With the National T20 Cup final spot at stake, the first of the semi-finals at the Gaddafi Stadium here saw Khyber Pakhtunkhwa eventually get over the line against Northern by five wickets and as many …

ISLAMABAD: With liquefied natural gas (LNG) based circular debt reaching Rs200 billion and global prices touching new peaks, a parliamentary panel on Tuesday asked the government to avoid selling expensive imported gas to residential consumers when they do not have the capacity to pay and instead dedicate imports to productive sectors. The advice from the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a bloodbath on Tuesday in the first half, but eventually the benchmark KSE 100 index managed to close in green with a gain of 53.73 points or 0.12 per cent at 43,883.08 points. The benchmark index largely recovered its losses by the end of the day mainly because of broad-based value-buying. Investors scooped …

LAHORE: In a bid to check the rising value of US dollar, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to investigate about 100 individuals for allegedly buying over $63 million from different exchange companies in Lahore that are believed to have been either smuggled to Afghanistan or hoarded during the last 45 days. “The FIA Lahore on Tuesday served notices …

KARACHI: The US dollar kept going high against the rupee hitting a fresh peak despite a number of measures taken by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to cool down the demand for the greenback. Currency dealers in the interbank market said the dollar was traded as high as Rs171.13 during the session on Tuesday. However, it closed at Rs171.04, …

WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday that the European explorers who first landed on US shores had “ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations, perpetrating violence, stealing land and spreading disease”. “We must not shy away from this shameful past, and we must shed light on it and do everything we can to address the impact …