SHARJAH: New Zealand defeated Namibia by 52 runs on Friday to move closer to the T20 World Cup semi-finals and leave title favourites India facing a desperate battle to survive. Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham plundered 67 runs off the last four overs as New Zealand made 163-4 after being put into bat. In reply, Namibia were well set at …

KL Rahul’s 50 off 19 balls helped India stay alive in the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket thrashing of Scotland inside seven overs on Friday. Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami took three wickets each to help bowl out Scotland for 85 in 17.4 overs after India put the opposition into bat in the Super 12 contest in Dubai. Rahul …

Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez says such is Pakistan’s form at the Twenty20 World Cup they are brimming with confidence and have no preferences as to who they play in the semi-finals. Pakistan have been unstoppable since their historic 10-wicket win over bitter rivals India at the beginning of the campaign. The 2009 champions have gone on to beat a strong New Zealand side, Afghanistan …

ISLAMABAD: The Nati­onal Electric Power Regu­latory Authority (Nepra) on Friday imposed a fine of Rs26 million on Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) on charges of negligence, resulting in fatal incidents during July 2019 to January 2021 period. In an announcement, the regulator said it had taken notice of reports of 17 deaths in different electrocution incidents during the said period. …

ISLAMABAD: Inflation measured through Sensitive Price Index (SPI) posted an increase of 0.67 per cent for the week ending on Nov 4, driven by a sharp rise in prices of essential food items, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Friday. This is the fifth consecutive week that has witnessed an increase. In October, the highest …

The Rawalpindi police registered a case and arrested two men for allegedly raping their 14-year-old niece, it emerged on Saturday. Rawal Division Superintendent of Police Ziauddin told Dawn.com that the case was registered on his instructions and a raid was conducted on the suspects’ house from where they were arrested. The case was registered at Ratta Amral police station on the complaint …

ATTOCK: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government is fully cognisant of the impact of inflation on the poor as prices of commodities are rising across the world due to the pandemic and taking steps such as the recently announced Rs120 billion package to provide some relief to the masses. While addressing a ceremony after performing the groundbreaking of …

Ninety-one people were killed in the capital of Sierra Leone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local authorities said. The government has not yet confirmed the death toll, but the manager of the central state morgue in Freetown said it had received 91 bodies following the explosion. Victims included people who had …

NEW YORK: Pfizer’s experimental antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 cut by 89 percent the chances of hospitalisation or death for adults at risk of severe disease, the company said on Friday, as its CEO vowed to make this promising new weapon in the fight against the pandemic available globally as quickly as possible. The trial’s results suggest that the oral …

ISLAMABAD: To meet another requirement of the IMF programme, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday allowed the federal government to notify Rs1.68 per unit increase in base power tariff for all residential consumers and Rs1.39 per unit for all other consumer categories with effect from November 1. The higher tariff would be applicable across the country for …