Former Zimbabwe cricketer and renowned coach Andy Flower has declined the offer to coach the Pakistan team. As per sources, former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ehsan Mani was looking to replace current head coach Misbah-ul-Haq, with Flower. Flower is currently the head coach of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans, Caribbean Premier … Read more
Afghanistan U-19 cricket team is waiting for the visas from Pakistan as they will travel to Pakistan by road and then travel to Bangladesh by air. The current situation in Afghanistan has taken its toll on its cricket team as well. Recently, the ODI series which was supposed to be played between Afghanistan and Pakistan … Read more
JEDDAH: The Saudi National Event Center of the Saudi Tourism Authority and the General Entertainment Authority organised an excellent event on “Pakistan Night” in Jeddah. Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry in a video message mentioned the love and long-lasting strong ties between the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman … Read more
Pakistan reported over 3,909 new coronavirus cases on Saturday as the fourth wave of coronavirus picked up the pace, data issued from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed. The NCOC statistics showed that 62,918 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours out of which 3,909 were confirmed to be positive. The positivity … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Raja Basharat assured businessmen that he will take up their concern regarding the closure of businesses for two days in a meeting with Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Monday. “The issue of closing markets for two days a week will be taken up in a meeting with … Read more
LAHORE. PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif – who is on a three-day visit to Karachi – paid on Saturday condolence visits to the families of a number of deceased politicians including former president and PML-N stalwart Mamnoon Hussain and Sindh former governor Mumtaz Bhutto. Meeting Hussain’s sons at their residence, Shehbaz noted that the former president … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has declared that killing of Shahnaz Ansari, a PPP member provincial assembly (MPA) of Sindh from district Naushero Feroze was not an act of terrorism rather it was a murder due to a family feud. The MPA was was shot dead in the Darya Khan Marri area of Naushero Feroze … Read more
KARACHI. The Sindh High Court (SHC) has asked the Sindh advocate general, deputy attorney general and an amicus curiae to assist it in determining the liability of the state towards the dependents of missing persons when it fails in implementing the Constitutional guarantees to its citizens. Wife of a missing person, Mushtaq alias Adil, had … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that peace and stability in Afghanistan would benefit the entire region. In a press statement issued on Saturday, the foreign minister said that neighbouring countries of Afghanistan were well aware of the situation there. Referring to his recent visit to four different countries, Qureshi said that he met the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood and United States Commerce Secretary Gina M Raimondo held a telephonic conversation to discuss the issues for the promotion of trade and investment between the two countries. It was the second such engagement at the top level on trade and investment since … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said on Saturday that the provincial government has prepared a development package for every district of the province in consultation with the lawmakers. “A separate development package for every district has been prepared, elected representatives have been consulted in the preparation of the District Development Package,” said the CM … Read more
LAHORE: The trade with Afghanistan continued as usual even after the Taliban takeover, a senior government official said on Saturday. Talking to the newsmen after inaugurating Pakistan Footwear Design Hub, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Production, and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said: “We are closely monitoring the situation in Afghanistan. … Read more
KARACHI: The collection of motor vehicle tax has registered a 50 per cent increase in the fiscal year 2021, owing to substantial increase in sales of vehicles during the year under review. The tax collection under this head increased to Rs14.38 billion during the fiscal year 2020/21, compared with Rs9.86 billion in the preceding fiscal … Read more
LAHORE. PPP leader Senator Sherry Rehman has rejected the PTI led federal government’s claim that the economy has been put on the right track, stating that food prices in the country have increased by 14.8% during May 2020 to May 2021. “It is shocking that food inflation has doubled in the past 3 years. From … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan bourse tumbled around one per cent during the week ended August 27, 2021, and the market performance is likely to remain range-bound, amid the political turmoil in Afghanistan, and uncertainty surrounding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) review, likely to commence from September 21, 2021, analysts said on Saturday. “However, from the sector-wise … Read more
KARACHI: A new house financing scheme for overseas Pakistanis will encourage more external investment that will help the rupee make gains next week, analysts said on Saturday. A day ago, Prime Minister Imran Khan launched “Roshan Apna Ghar” scheme that will enable overseas Pakistanis to buy residential property for themselves and for their families in … Read more
LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Businessmen Panel has called for lessening the burden of heavy taxes on the power sector, as it has pushed the electricity tariff on the higher side for the already burdened trade and industry, a statement said on Saturday. Appreciating the continuation of electricity and … Read more
BEIJING: Pakistan is a country with a population of more than 200 million and has a huge consumer market. Population and resources are huge advantages for the development of service trade, and their labour force is very young, a Chinese expert said on Saturday. Zhang Wei, chief expert of China Association of Trade in Services, … Read more
