NEW YORK: Canada won their first-ever Twenty20 World Cup match with a stunning 12-run victory against Ireland in a Group ‘A’ game in New York on Friday. Defending a target of just 138, the non-Test nation bowled and fielded expertly to hold Ireland to 125 for the loss of seven wickets from their full 20 overs. After a cautious start …

Afghanistan’s bowlers exploited a pitch assisting both pace and spin to the full at the Providence Stadium on Friday as they skittled New Zealand for just 75 from 15.2 overs and bowled their team to an 84-run run victory in the T20 World Cup. Afghanistan captain and spin bowler Rashid Khan took four for 17 in his team’s second decisive …

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), is on the rise for the second week in a row ahead of the upcoming federal budget, official data showed on Friday. The SPI-based inflation increased by 21.69 per cent year-on-year in the week ending June 6, mainly due to surging prices of vegetables and pulses. It witnessed a 0.45pc week-on-week increase. …

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday notified up to Rs3.23 per unit additional increase in electricity rates for consumers of K-Electric for four months — June to September — to clear a nine-month backlog of fuel cost adjustments (FCA). KE had sought about Rs18.6 per unit cumulative FCA for three quarters (July 2023 to March 2024) of the …

LONDON: The United Nations world food price index rose for a third consecutive month in May, as higher cereals and dairy product prices outweighed drops in prices for sugar and vegetable oils. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisa­tion’s price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 120.4 points in May, up 0.9pc from its revised April level, the FAO said …

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday ap­­proved the constitution of the 13-member National Eco­no­mic Council (NEC) — a constitutional body responsible for reviewing the country’s overall economic condition and formulating plans while ensuring balanced development and regional equity — under Article 156 of the Constitution. According to a notification from the Cabinet Division, the council includes Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, …

An Indian court on Friday granted bail to opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in the latest of several defamation cases brought against him for accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi or his party of corruption. Gandhi, 53, has faced numerous legal cases brought by members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was last year briefly disqualified from parliament after a criminal libel conviction. He is …

Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Ali Pervaiz Malik informed the National Assembly on Friday that flights of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to Europe were expected to be restored soon. Responding to a calling attention notice regarding the ban on PIA flights by the UK and the European Union, he said, “A detailed action plan from Pakistan has been …

DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have detained an unspecified number of aid workers, including United Nations staff, in an apparently coordinated sweep, a diplomatic source and a Yemeni NGO said on Friday. Eighteen aid workers were kidnapped in four Houthi-held parts of the country, the Yemeni Mayyun Organisation for Human Rights said, listing 10 workers from UN agencies. A diplomatic source …

LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a new setback to his election campaign, apologised on Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations early. He said he left early to give an interview in which he attacked the main opposition party. Sunak’s decision not to stay at the event in northern France alongside other world leaders was met with dismay in the Conservative Party. …