India captain Virat Kohli lashed out on Saturday at the “spineless people” who abused bowler Mohammed Shami online after his side’s defeat in their Twenty20 World Cup opener against Pakistan last weekend. “There’s a good reason why we are playing on the field and not some bunch of spineless people on social media that have no courage to actually speak to any …

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir said on Friday the central bank is determined to “take any and all measures” to ensure that economic growth remains sustainable. Addressing the Pakistan Banking Awards (PBA) 2021 ceremony, Dr Baqir said the country will announce the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “very soon” for the next review. …

KHARTOUM: Furious Sudanese anti-coup protesters vowed to press ahead on Friday with a campaign of civil disobedience, following deadly clashes with security forces during demonstrations against a widely condemned military takeover. At least eight people have been killed and 170 wounded in protests since the army’s power grab earlier this week, including one demonstrator who died in violence overnight Thursday …

LONDON: A British Pakistani man who was charged earlier this year with the conspiracy to murder exiled Pakistani blogger Ahmad Waqas Goraya entered a not guilty plea at the Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court on Friday. The trial date for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) versus Muhammad Gohir Khan has been set for Jan 11, 2022 with the trial expected to last …

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah has directed all the deputy commissioners and district health officers (DHOs) to launch a two-week Covid-19 vaccination outreach drive in their respective districts ‘on a pattern similar to the polio campaign’. In this respect, the officials have been told that they can engage the workforce of other programmes and departments if required. …

LAHORE/GUJRAT: A recent high-level security meeting discussed with great concern a report that the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan men had used sub-machine guns (SMGs) targeting policemen during Kamoke violence. A senior police officer told Dawn a mobile phone footage which recorded the disturbing scene was also presented in the meeting, showing five TLP armed men using as many SMGs and firing straight at …

ROME: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday challenged the G-20 leaders to overcome dangerous levels of mistrust among themselves and between developed and developing nations to try to avoid climate catastrophe as well as narrow an immoral gap on global vaccine distribution and pandemic recovery aid. Guterres spoke to reporters in Rome on the eve of the Group of 20 …

RAWALPINDI: Captain Fazle Ghani, the lead founder pilot of Emirates who was delegated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to set it up, passed away after protracted illness. PIA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arshad Malik announced in a tweet: “Pride of Pakistan Aviation Captain Fazle Ghani passed away after prolonged illness.” Mr Arshad further stated that Captain Ghani had turned down …

ISLAMABAD: PPP activists in Islamabad and Rawalpindi staged protests on Friday against price hike, increase in poverty and unemployment. The party organised the protests after Friday prayers on the call of PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. In Islamabad, the demonstration was held in E-11 where workers and activists carried party flags, and chanted slogans against the government and in favour of …

Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) chief organiser Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali was elected unopposed as the Balochistan Assembly speaker on Saturday as no nomination papers were filed for any other candidate, the provincial assembly’s secretary said. The post had fallen vacant earlier this week after the previous speaker Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo stepped down as he was being considered for the …