Caretaker Minister for Health Services Dr Nadeem Jan said Sunday that the government is working on digitalisation program to bring about improvement in health sector as well as tangible results. Speaking at a seminar title Role of Digital Health System in Islamabad today, he said with the coordination of provinces, health related data is being integrated to formulate comprehensive reforms. …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan earned US $892.972 million by providing different Information Technology (IT) services to various countries during the first four months of the current fiscal year 2023-24. This shows a growth of 4.45 per cent as compared with the US $854.918 million earned through the provision of services during the corresponding months of the last fiscal year 2022-23, the Pakistan …

LONDON: Arsenal’s Premier League title challenge suffered another blow in a 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Sunday, as Tottenham Hotspur beat Bournemouth 3-1 to close in on their north London rivals. The Gunners’ high hopes of a first league title in 20 years have been rocked by two damaging defeats in four days. Mikel Arteta was looking for a response …

PERTH : Novak Djokovic closed out his spectacular 2023 on a winning note as the world number one eased past China’s Zhang Zhizhen 6-3, 6-2 on his United Cup debut on Sunday before doubling up to secure a 2-1 victory for Serbia in the mixed team tournament. The 36-year-old showed no signs of slowing down as he lifted the Australian, …

ZURICH: FIFA has temporarily suspended its new agent regulations (FFAR) worldwide until the European Court of Justice gives its decision following injunctions against implementing some of the new rules, world football’s governing body said on Saturday. Agents have been at loggerheads with FIFA after they lost an appeal in July to block new regulations that would cap their transfer commissions …

LAHORE: Former Pakistan pacer Junaid Khan has been appointed as the national U-19 side’s bowling coach, the country’s cricket board announced on Sunday. Junaid, brought in as the replacement of Rehan Riaz, will travel with the team to South Africa for the ICC U-19 World Cup, which starts January 19. Rehan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said had “opted out …

SYDNEY: David Warner has been given the hometown farewell from Test cricket he craved after the opening batsman was named in an unchanged Australia line-up for the third and final Test against Pakistan in Sydney next week. Warner said in June he wanted to call time on his 12-year Test career at the Sydney Cricket Ground and, with the Australians …

Dynamic Australian opener David Warner called time on Monday on one-day international cricket ahead of his farewell Test against Pakistan this week, but kept the door open to play the 2025 Champions Trophy if needed. The 37-year-old will pad up in his 112th and final Test in his home city Sydney on Wednesday, having plundered 8,695 runs at an average …

Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) began the new year in the green, posting the second-highest single-day gain in the history of the benchmark index on Monday. According to the PSX website, the KSE-100 index struck 63,935.56 points at 10am, up 1484.52 points or 2.38 per cent from the previous close of 62,451.04 points. The index finally closed at 64,661.78, …