In the World Cup Qualifier Super 6 stage, Netherlands beat Oman by 74 runs under the Duckworth-Louis law. Batting first, the Netherlands scored 362 runs for 7 wickets in 48 overs in a rain-affected match in Harare. Opener Vikramajeet Singh played an innings of 110 runs. Wesley Bracey scored 97 runs. Bilal Khan took 3…
Basic amendments in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Ordinance have been drafted, the proposed amendments will be brought through the Presidential Ordinance tonight. Sources of the Ministry of Law and Justice say that under NAB rules, the arrested accused can be kept on physical remand for 30 days instead of 14. Chairman NAB will be…
Deputy Chairman Senate Mirza Afridi proposed to create 9 new provinces in the country. In an interview, Mirza Afridi said that three provinces should be created in Balochistan and Punjab. The Deputy Chairman Senate also said that Karachi, FATA and Hazara should also become separate provinces. Mirza Afridi said that problems will be solved if…
Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a river in Maysan province, Iraq. The news agency quoted Iraqi authorities as saying that a committee has been formed to find out the reason for the death of thousands of fish in the Amshan River. The Iraqi authorities further say that the ongoing drought…
Photo courtesy: Al Jazeera. Pope Francis II, the spiritual leader of Catholic Christians around the world, has strongly condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. While giving an interview to the Arab media, Pope Francis described the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden as an unacceptable act of blasphemy and said that…
Photo: File In connection with the preparation of the Test series in Sri Lanka, the training camp of the Pakistan senior and Shaheens teams for the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Emerging Asia Cup to be held in Sri Lanka is starting from tomorrow. The senior team will practice at the National Stadium in Karachi,…
Karachi: The government’s foreign exchange reserves increased by 53.3 million dollars during the last week. According to the State Bank of Pakistan, government reserves increased by $53.3 million during the past week. The increase was due to recovery of government commercial loans of $300 million. According to the Central Bank, on June 23, the total…
Image courtesy of RTE Ireland. Britain recorded its hottest June in 140 years this year. According to the British Meteorological Department from London, the month of June this year was the hottest month in 140 years. The British Meteorological Department added that the average temperature in June last month was 15.8 degrees. The average temperature…
Peshawar: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj-ul-Haq has said that 2023 is the year of general elections and if it is obstructed, it will be strongly resisted at all levels. Addressing the ceremony held at Thali Simia Makrazul Khidmat Hospital Peshawar, Sirajul Haq said that who gave the right to two families to sit in London, America and…
Karachi: On the direction of the Commissioner, the administration started a crackdown against the milk vendors who violated the official rate. After increasing the price arbitrarily by the milk sellers, on Monday the assistant commissioners of all the districts of Karachi sold milk to the consumers at the price of 180 rupees per liter under…
