Tue, 21-Oct-2025

IIHF excuses Russia and Belarus requests against boycott

IIHF

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) disciplinary board. It has excused requests held up by the Russian and Belarusian relationship. The administering body’s choice to restrict them from contest. IIHF suspended all Russian and Belarusian public groups and clubs from cooperation in each age class. It later moved the 2023 big showdowns. Read More: Poston Goes … Read more

Care home fire kills four in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Fire at a retirement home in eastern Bulgaria killed four residents, making it the country’s latest care facility disaster Police confirmed on Sunday. According to regional police spokeswoman Petya Kupova, an 88-year-old woman and three males aged 73-78 died in the nighttime blaze in the city of Varna. An 83-year-old woman was clinging on to … Read more

EU allows British medicines to go to N.Ireland

British medicines

The EU on Tuesday accepted rules allowing medicines made in Britain to go to Northern Ireland, making  an exception to a post-Brexit treaty that requires goods sent to the UK province to be EU-compliant. The move is an effort to dampen Brussels-London tensions over Northern Ireland, which will  under the EU customs system under the … Read more

Unisame stresses the need for self-sufficiency

Unisame

KARACHI: The government should aim to create self-sufficiency in food and chemicals to reduce dependency on drastically increasing imports, an official said on Monday. Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) president Zulfikar Thaver said, “Self-sufficiency is the best answer in the present situation for a burdened and indebted economy. The heavy imports are consuming … Read more

SBP wins IFN global award for promoting Islamic finance

sbp

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has won the Best Central Bank of 2021 award for promoting Islamic finance, a statement said. The Islamic Finance News (IFN), an arm of RED money Group, Malaysia, announced the SBP as the best central bank of 2021 across the world in promoting Islamic finance. The results of … Read more

Shaheen Shah’s opening spell against India named “Play of the Tournament” by ICC

Shaheen

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi’s opening spell against their opening match against arch-rivals India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup as the “Play of the Tournament.” ICC shared the glimpse of the 21-year-old’s bowling during the first over in the epic clash and wrote: “The winner of … Read more

Dr Mahathir to step down after APEC Summit

Dr Mahathir Mohamad

Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reiterated his commitment to step down after Malaysia hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Summit. According to the sources of Asia one, The Prime Minister said this three days ahead of the Pakatan Harapan presidential council meeting, which is expected to discuss the issue of power transition. However, Dr Mahathir does … Read more