One thing Pakistan has an unlimited supply of is cricket analysts. The nation obsessed with the bat-and-ball sport boasts millions who think they are the biggest fans and know everything there is to know about it. Ahead of the Pakistan-India blockbuster, Dawn.com decided to test the knowledge of such diehards as talk is cheap. So if you think you have a comprehensive …

ISLAMABAD: Fearing disruptions in export proceeds, the government has decided in principle to look into various options including allowing exports of additional items in local currency to Afghanistan on land routes owing to non-availability of tradable currency through banking channels. As part of the facilitation, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has extended the facility of cash convertible currencies as …

France has successfully launched a state-of-the-art satellite into orbit, designed to allow all of France’s armed forces across the globe to communicate swiftly and securely. Paris created a space force command in July 2019, amongst concerns that rival countries were heavily investing in space technology, seen as a new military frontier. The satellite “is designed to resist military aggression from …

LAHORE: The private sector is likely to be allowed to import Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from next month, the All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) said on Saturday. “During a recent meeting, Energy Minister Hammad Azhar was persuaded to allow the private parties including the CNG sector to import LNG on their own in a bid to meet the demand and …

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries including Germany and the United States who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader. The envoys issued a highly unusual joint statement on Monday saying the continued detention of Parisian-born philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala “cast a shadow” …

Ouagadougou: Somali film-maker Khadar Ahmed won the top prize at the Fespaco film festival in Burkina Faso Saturday for “The Gravedigger´s Wife”, which he wrote and directed. The 40-year-old was not at the ceremony to receive the Golden Stallion award, but his work beat 16 other African films to the top prize. The films in competition were made by directors …

Fans of India and Pakistan called for “peace” and more cricket between the two Asian giants ahead of the blockbuster clash at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday. The arch-rivals will lock horns in Dubai in one of the biggest games of the tournament with an expected television audience of up to one billion people. But matches between the two …

ABU DHABI: Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade combined in a crucial 40-run stand to help Australia beat South Africa by five wickets in a low-scoring thriller in their opening Super 12 clash in the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. Stoinis and Wade held their nerve superbly during an unbroken sixth-wicket stand to take Australia past their 119-run target with the …

SHARJAH: Sri Lanka have already made their mark in the Twenty20 World Cup with commanding wins in the preliminary round and will go into their Super 12 contest against Bangladesh on Sunday with a slight edge, the team’s captain Dasun Shanaka has said. The island nation, who won the 2014 edition of the tournament, stamped their authority over the game’s …