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Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) returned to trading in the green on Friday, gaining more than 600 points in early morning trade. According to the PSX website, the KSE-100 index struck 63,790.08 points at 10:42am, up 587.68 points or 0.93 per cent from the previous close of 63,202.40 points. A day earlier, border tensions with Iran had sustained …

MUSCAT: Pakistan are still alive and sticking. Their bid to reach this year’s Olympic Games in Paris continues. A 3-3 draw with Malaysia was achieved, thanks to Rana Waheed Ashraf’s late field goal at the Oman Hockey Stadium. The match saw Pakistan secure second spot in Pool ‘A’ of the FIH Olympic Qualifiers, setting up a semi-final against Pool ‘B’ …

MELBOURNE: Twice runner-up Daniil Medvedev battled back from the brink of defeat to make the Australian Open third round on a day of close shaves but fellow third seed Elena Rybakina’s title bid was cut short after a 42-point super tiebreak on Thursday. An out-of-sorts Medvedev dropped the first two sets of his clash with Emil Ruusuvuori and had treatment …

LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan has recovered from injury and has been declared fit by the country’s cricket board, it said on Thursday. The leg-spinner had copped an ankle injury while representing Rawalpindi during the National T20 Cup, which was held in November-December last year. The blow had ruled Shadab out of Pakistan’s on-going five-match Twenty20 International series against New …

LAHORE: Former Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur and his staff in head coach Grant Bradburn and batting coach Andrew Puttick, who assumed roles at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore following a portfolio change in November 2023, have cordially resigned from their positions in agreement with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), it said on Thursday. The portfolio change came …

Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips combined to steer New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the fourth Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Friday and place them on the verge of a series clean sweep. The Black Caps pair scored unbeaten half-centuries in a 139-run stand as the home side reached 159-3 in the 19th over in response to …

LAHORE: Pakistan has so far produced 8.2 million bales of cotton as both Punjab and Sindh provinces have had almost equal output during 2023-24. The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) on Thursday reported that the country produced 8.258m bales by Jan 15, which is 3.3m bales or 67 per cent more than the total yield of the previous crop year …