Tyson Fury retained his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title on Saturday when he sent Deontay Wilder to the canvas for a third time with a vicious right hand to the head in the 11th round at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, US. The enthralling slugfest was more competitive than many expected but still ended as most predicted, with …

LAHORE: It was an abject surrender as Southern Punjab’s wretched National T20 Cup campaign came to a shuddering halt in Lahore. Friday’s night fixture at the Gaddafi Stadium saw last season’s runners-up suffered their seventh defeat in nine matches of this edition, while Sindh temporarily surged to the top of the table on the back of Sharjeel Khan’s swashbuckling century …

KARACHI: The contentious proposal to adopt a ‘weighted average cost of gas’ (WACOG) to reduce the rapid build-up of the circular debt in the gas sector is going to receive a “serious push” soon. “It’s a political hot potato… I’m told that within a few months there’s going to be a serious push on the political side to get (WACOG) …

LAHORE: Textile exports grew 26 per cent to $1.503 billion in September, according to the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association. The textile exports earlier registered year-on-year growth of 29pc in the first two months (July and August) of 2021-22 as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year. In August, exports jumped by 45pc to $1.5bn against $1bn in …

ROME: Italian police said on Sunday they had arrested 12 people, including top officials of the extreme right-wing party Forza Nuova, following clashes in Rome against a government drive to make the COVID-19 “Green Pass” mandatory for all workers. Thousands of people took to the streets of the Italian capital on Saturday, with many chanting “freedom, freedom” as some attempted …

VIENNA: Austria’s Sebastian Kurz on Saturday announced he was stepping down as chancellor following pressure on him to resign after he was implicated in a corruption scandal. In a televised media statement, Kurz said he wanted to “make space to prevent chaos”. “We need stability,” the 35-year-old conservative said, adding it would be “irresponsible” to allow Austria to “slide into …

ISLAMABAD: With the arrival of 98 new dengue cases in the hospitals of the twin cities, the patients’ tally in Islamabad alone crossed the 1,000 mark on Saturday. District Health Officer (DHO) Islamabad Dr Zaeem Zia said out of the 98 cases 73 were reported from the rural areas and 25 from the urban localities. He said 21 patients were …

DOHA: The Taliban warned the United States not to “destabilise” the regime during their first face-to-face talks since the US withdrawal, its Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Saturday. “We clearly told them that trying to destabilise the government in Afghanistan is good for no one,” Muttaqi told the Afghan state news agency Bakhtar after talks in the Qatari capital. “Good …

RAWALPINDI: Despite the claim of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) that it is not carrying out loadshedding, the residents of the garrison city are continuously suffering from frequent power outages. Iesco chief Dr Amjad Khan told Dawn that the company had suspended power supply in some areas due to repair and maintenance work. “Other than that no loadshedding was taking place in …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi and Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Saturday reiterated the resolve to solidify the multifaceted bilateral relationship. During a meeting at the Leaders Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, the two leaders reaffirmed the resolve to strengthen the existing close fraternal relations between Pakistan …