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Middle East

Oman launches Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Oman has so far recorded more than 128,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 1,495 deaths.

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 03:10am

South Asia

Next round of Afghan peace talks to take place in Doha: official

The insurgent group has a political office in Doha and its negotiating team resides there.

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 03:10am

Pakistan

Opposition is not serious to tender their resignations: Dar

He said PDM leaderships were using different jugglery tactics to get NRO National Reconciliation Ordinance from the government but they would never succeed in their objectives.

Updated 28 Dec, 2020 03:10am

Stocks

Major Gulf stocks mixed at start of last week of trade

On Sunday, the Saudi index opened up 0.2% with Samba Financial Group and NCB up 1.5% and 0.7%, respectively.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 06:57pm

Europe

Italy kicks off vaccinations against COVID-19 in Rome

Italy on Thursday became the eighth country in the world to exceed 2 million officially recorded cases.
It has reported 70,909 deaths, the highest toll in Europe and the fifth highest in the world.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 06:53pm

Europe

Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine

Putin said earlier that the Russian vaccine was effective and safe and he saw no reason not to be vaccinated.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 06:47pm

Business & Finance

BMW aims for 20pc of its vehicles to be electric by 2023

BMW wants roughly every fifth car it sells to be powered by an electric engine by 2023, Zipse said, compared to about 8% this year.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 06:43pm

Africa

Turkey says will retaliate against any attack by east Libya strongman

The two sides struck a ceasefire agreement in October, setting the stage for elections at the end of next year.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 06:11pm

Middle East

Israel enters third nationwide lockdown

There are a range of exceptions, including seeking medical care, attending legal proceedings or exercising.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 06:05pm

Middle East

Dubai cuts 2021 budget as pandemic impacts economy

The emirate, one of the seven that make up the United Arab Emirates, had posted a record $18.1 billion budget for 2020.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 05:48pm

Europe

Coronavirus toll at 1100 GMT Sunday

At least 80,264,840 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 50,548,400 are now considered recovered.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 05:47pm

Europe

EU begins vaccinations to end Covid 'nightmare'

China, Russia, Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Serbia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia have also begun their vaccination campaigns.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 05:36pm

Pakistan

Seven FC personnel martyred as terrorists attack post in Balochistan's Harnai area

ISPR states that weapons and arms and ammunition in huge quantity has been seized from the site
Area has been cordoned off and escape routes have been blocked to apprehend fleeing militants: ISPR

Published 27 Dec, 2020 05:05pm

Pakistan

Govt has 'very little' left to spend as half of its revenue collections being used for debt repayment: PM

Imran says he is aware of the needs of the people, but when the ‘corrupt’ rule the country, the entire system under which people’s needs should be serviced is destroyed
If we don’t punish such people, what kind of example are we setting for our children: PM

Published 27 Dec, 2020 04:35pm

Public blame game detrimental to Afghan peace process and for enhanced bilateral ties: FO

As Afghan peace process enters delicate stage, it is important for the negotiating parties to avoid accusations and to demonstrate wisdom: FO
Foreign Office states that Pakistan is concerned at the increasing level of violence in Afghanistan during the current year

Published 27 Dec, 2020 04:26pm

Pakistan

Expelled JUI-F leaders likely to announce new bloc against Fazl

Expelled leaders will meet in Islamabad on December 29 where they would announce future line of action
Maulana Shuja says that the expulsion of JUI-F leaders is illegal as the party did not adopted a proper process
JUI-F Nazaryati Naib Emir Maulana Abdul Qadir Luni says Fazlur Rehman is a “paid politician” who is striving to come into power to get a NRO for himself

Published 27 Dec, 2020 04:02pm

World

Dubai ruler approves $15.5 billion budget for 2021 as economic recovery seen

The statement did not give a comparison to actual spending in 2020, but the size of the 2021 budget is 14 percent below the 66.4 billion dirhams it had set for 2020
The budget takes into account the exceptional economic conditions of the fiscal year 2020 and the repercussions of the pandemic on the global economy

Published 27 Dec, 2020 02:44pm

World

Gulf Arab ministers to discuss steps to resolve diplomatic dispute

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic ties with Qatar in 2017, accusing it of backing “terrorist” groups
Riyadh has pushed for a resolution of the dispute as it seeks to soften criticism from U.S. President-elect Joe Biden

Published 27 Dec, 2020 02:39pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade with Africa reaches US $ 4.18 billion in 2019-20: Razak Dawood

Razak Dawood said a month ago in November, a four-member business delegation from Tanzania visited Pakistan after decades.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 02:02pm

World

Trump refuses to budge over aid bill, imperiling jobless benefits for millions

Trump says he wants to get people $2000, rather than the measly $600 that is now in the bill
Without Trump’s signature, about 14 million people could lose those extra benefits

Published 27 Dec, 2020 01:52pm

Business & Finance

Gold imports fall 44pc in 5 months

The exports during July-November (2020-21) were recorded at $9.747 billion against the exports of $9.536 billion in July-November (2019-20), showing growth of 2.21 percent according to PBS data.

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 01:56pm

Africa

Polls open in Central African Republic elections: AFP

There was a delay of around 50 minutes before polling stations in Bangui opened as voting materials had not been delivered on time.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:57pm

Sports

Jamieson strikes as Pakistan stumble in reply to New Zealand's 431

Abid Ali was not out 19 with nightwatchman Mohammad Abbas yet to score after Kyle Jamieson removed opener Shan Masood for 10.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:52pm

Sports

Gutsy Rahane century puts India in driving seat against Australia

It was a determined and crucial knock against a world-class attack by the mild-mannered 32-year-old, who assumed the captaincy from Virat Kohli after he returned home for the birth of his first child.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:45pm

Sports

Solskjaer says Fernandes will be allowed to take risks

"He creates chances, scores goals, takes risks - which any United player should be allowed to do and be brave enough to do," he told reporters.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:42pm

Companies

China's industrial profits grow robustly, 7th straight rise

Earnings at China's state-owned industrial firms were down 4.9% for January-November, narrowing from the 7.5% decline in the first 10 months.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:39pm

Pakistan

Opposition all set to hold power show at PPP-hosted public gathering in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz will address the rally while JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman will not attend the public gathering
Over 7,000 police personnel have been deployed, including women commandos and traffic police personnel

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:23pm

Sports

Warner no certainty to return for third test v India: Langer

Burns and Wade produced opening stands of 16 and 70 in Adelaide, and 10 in the first innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on day one of the second test on Saturday.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:35pm

Asia

Bangladesh set to move 2nd batch of Rohingya refugees to remote island

But refugees and humanitarian workers say some of the Rohingya have been coerced into going to the island, which emerged from the sea 20 years ago.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:31pm

World

US jobless benefit cut-off pushes millions to financial cliff-edge

Among those is artist Marji Rawson, 54, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who in a normal year would run a booth at art festivals across the country.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:27pm

World

Thailand confirms 121 new coronavirus infections

Some 36 local infections were in Rayong province linked to a gambling den, the spokesman said.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:23pm

Sports

Shaw's struggles due to backlift kink, says India great Tendulkar

"When you're batting well your timing is going to be right, but when you're not the straighter backlift helps."

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:11pm

Financial

China central bank urges Ant Group to set 'rectification' plan swiftly

The People's Bank of China also urged Ant to rectify illegal financial activities, including in its credit.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:10pm

World

Beijing tightens COVID-19 curbs as cases detected across capital

Beijing has asked its civil servants to stay in the city from Jan. 1 until the holiday and asked the public to avoid unnecessary travel during the period.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:05pm

Sports

Sri Lanka batsman De Silva to miss rest of South Africa series

The 29-year-old was injured while on 79 as he cruised through for a comfortable single, immediately falling to the ground after completing the run.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 12:03pm

World

Covid, pandemic and lockdown: how 2020 changed the world

"I think there are going to be some profound shifts in our society," warned Yale School of Public Health's Vermund.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 11:05am

Sports

Cummins takes two as India close gap on Australia

But Cummins finally got the wicket he deserved when Gill got a nick with a loose shot and Paine took a simple catch.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 11:03am

World

Europe begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads fears

Switzerland's health minister Alain Berset noted Saturday his country had put the emphasis on personal responsibility.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:59am

Europe

France says third lockdown possible if Covid cases keep rising

France has been registering around 15,000 new infections per day, and on Friday confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:57am

Sports

Watling increases pressure as New Zealand reach 388-7

Nicholls departure was strange as he was given out caught off the gloves from the bowling of Naseem Shah.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:55am

Pakistan

COVID-19 outbreak: Pakistan records 58 deaths, 1,853 new infections in 24 hours

With more fatalities, the total death tally due to the deadly disease has reached 9,874
At least 422,132 people have recovered from the deadly disease while 6,557,112 samples have been tested thus far

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:54am

World

Investigators search home in Nashville bomb probe

Fifteen minutes later, they heard an audio countdown coming from the vehicle warning of a bomb -- interspersed with music -- and the need to evacuate.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:45am

Sports

New Zealand out for 431 against Pakistan

After resuming the day at 222 for three New Zealand lost their last seven wickets for the addition of 209 runs.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:43am

World

Trucker, fisherman, scientist... the voices of Brexit

"We had planned to spend longer periods in Greece," Williams says, but now they will only be able to spend a quarter of their time there.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:36am

Business & Finance

Australian lobster sector claws back trade after China ban

His grandfather began dropping craypots in Fremantle in 1912 having come from Italy four years earlier, and he hopes that tradition can continue.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:32am

World

Niger stages historic elections despite militant attacks

On Monday, seven troops and 11 suspected militant died in an ambush in the southwestern region of Tillaberi, the government said on Thursday.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:28am

Sports

Rahane half-century puts India in driving seat against Australia

But Cummins finally got the wicket he deserved when Gill, who added 17 to his overnight score after being preferred as opener to the axed Prithvi Shaw, got a nick and Paine took a simple catch.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:25am

World

Spain ruling coalition divided over four-day work week

The governor of the Bank of Spain, Pablo Hernandez de Cos, has warned the measures "need a very rigorous analysis".

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:22am

World

Three killed, three wounded in Illinois shooting

He said three other people had been wounded from the gunfire and were being treated at local hospitals.

Published 27 Dec, 2020 10:20am

Industry

Annual report for 2019-2020: handles 1,100 complaints through Pakistan Citizen's Portal

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) efficiently handled more than 1,100 complaints...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 10:09am

Pakistan

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Saturday (December 26, 2020) and the forecast for Sunday (December 27, 2020)....

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 10:01am

Pakistan

Mustafa Kamal holds MQM responsible for Karachi's problems

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday slammed MQM decision to ask for public support...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 10:01am

Pakistan

Four Pak Army officers, soldiers martyred in Gilgit Baltistan helicopter crash

The helicopter was evacuating the body of a martyred soldier Sepoy Abdul Qadeer to Combined Military Hospital Skardu
Major Ayaz was a resident of Malir area in Karachi while Major Muhammad Hussain was a resident of Skardu’s Khaplu area

Published 27 Dec, 2020 09:54am

Pakistan

NAB committed to making Pakistan corruption free: chairman

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) former Justice Javed Iqbal on Saturday said NAB was...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

Sindh lawyers go on strike against notices to prosecutors

KARACHI: Responding to the call given by Karachi Bar, lawyers in the port city observed a boycott of the courts'...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

Court allows NAB to probe ex-DG LDA in jail

LAHORE: An accountability court here on Saturday allowed National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to interrogate former...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Taxes

Number of people filing returns rises: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a press release, wherein, it has been stated that the...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

2,260 new coronavirus cases, 63 deaths reported in past 24 hours

ISLAMABAD: The national tally of total active COVID-19 cases in Pakistan on Saturday reached 39,177 with 2,260 more...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

27 deaths, 796 fresh cases reported: Positivity rate of corona cases remains 5.64pc in Punjab

LAHORE: The positivity rate of coronavirus cases remained 5.64% in Punjab, as out of 14,985 tests conducted during...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

PIA introduces 'special winter offer' on domestic flights

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Saturday introduced a winter special offer for passengers...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

MNA Irshad Sial sends resignation to Bilawal

MUZAFFARGARH: PPP MNA from Muzaffargarh Mahar Irshad Ahmad Khan Sial on Saturday sent his resignation to party...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

ANF seizes 6kg of ice from passenger at Islamabad airport

RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Saturday claimed to have seized 6kg of ice from a Bahrain-bound...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Commodities

Gold price up by Rs600/tola

KARACHI: Gold price on Saturday increased by Rs 600 per tola on the local market, traders said. This price increase...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

Armed Forces fully prepared to deal with any nefarious designs: Naval Chief

KARACHI: Naval Chief Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi has said that Pakistan's Armed Forces are well aware of all sorts of...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Grains

Sugar, flour, cooking oil prices increase further

ISLAMABAD: Wheat flour and sugar prices have witnessed further increase as sugar price in the wholesale market has...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

Winter vacations: SC bench to hear urgent cases at Lahore Registry

LAHORE: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court will sit at the Lahore Registry during the winter vacations from...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:32am

Pakistan

Capital City witnesses sharp rise in street crimes

ISLAMABAD: The federal capital has witnessed a sharp rise in street crimes as more than nine incidents of robbery or...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Pakistan

'No Covid-19 case detected on PIA's Islamabad-Xian flights'

BEIJING: All the passengers of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) arrived in Xian, China from Islamabad on...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Pakistan

Flood relief aid delivered to Niger

ISLAMABAD: The second consignment of relief assistance was delivered to Niger on the special instructions of the...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Pakistan

Pakistan Post ranked at 67th position from 94th with 27 places rise: UPU report

ISLAMABAD: Universal Postal Union, the global organization of postal services, released the 2020 ranking of 170...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Taxes

40 percent of registered taxpayers do not file forms: SAPM

LAHORE: Some 40 percent of the taxpayers registered with the sales tax directorate do not file their forms and...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Industry

Ravi project: Industrial units exempted from dislocation

LAHORE: On the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan, all the existing industrial units in the area notified for...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Pakistan

CM praises police, administration for maintaining law and order

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has lauded the efforts of Cabinet Committee on Law & Order,...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Pakistan

High pollution: Air quality index records rise up to 366

LAHORE: The air quality index recorded a rise up to 366 on Saturday, leading high pollution in and around the city....

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Cotton & Textile

Business remains steady on cotton market

KARACHI: The local cotton market remained stable on Saturday. Market sources told that trading activity was low....

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Cotton & Textile

Cotton Spot Rates

KARACHI: Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (December 26, 2020)....

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Grains

CBOT soyabean futures climb on weather risks

CHICAGO: Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures climbed on Thursday, bolstered by tightening global stocks as South...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Energy

US natural gas futures at two-week low

NEW YORK: US natural gas futures slipped more than 3% to a two-week low on Thursday, weighed down by forecasts for...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Grains

Euronext wheat extend gains

PARIS: Euronext wheat extended gains in a shortened pre-Christmas session on Thursday, touching a near four-week ...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Europe

Swiss admit blundering after Covid first wave

GENEVA: Switzerland's health minister admitted Saturday that the government blundered in easing Covid-19 ...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Opinion

Gearing up for 2021: Visa's top predictions for the future of payments

The year 2020 has seen many seismic shifts, which besides changing deeply ingrained consumer behavior are also...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:29am

Pakistan

Two killed, 7 injured in Panjgur blast

PANJGUR: At least two people were killed and seven others injured in blast near football club here on Saturday....

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:28am

Pakistan

Historic berthing at SAPT in Karachi

KARACHI: A vessel, Madrid Express, having a capacity of 13,371 TEUs and LOA (Length Overall) 366.1m berthed at South...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:27am

Pakistan

Chinese consulate attack case: ATC declares 15 BLA members absconders

KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi declared 15 absconding members of the banned Balochistan ...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:27am

Pakistan

KP CM directs timely completion of mega uplift schemes

PESHAWAR: KP Chief Minister Khyber Mahmood Khan has directed all the provincial departments to ensure timely...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:27am

Industry

Construction industry: PM urged to extend time period of amnesty scheme

KARACHI: President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Mian Anjum Nisar has urged...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:27am

Pakistan

Federal govt wants to promote handicraft of Sindh: Ghazala

HYDERABAD: PTI's Parliamentary Secretary for media Ghazala Saifi said that federal government wanted to promote ...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:27am

Industry

Motiwala for including extension of Lyari Expressway, Northern Bypass in KTP

KARACHI: Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG)

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:27am

Business & Finance

Mian Zahid for keeping momentum in exports, remittances

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group and President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum Mian Zahid...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:27am

Editorials

Time to contain India

EDITORIAL: Pakistan can do no more than ensure that its defence capability is strong enough to deter any form of...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:26am

India detains 75 in IIOJK after local election

OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: India's government detained at least 75 Kashmiri political leaders and activists to forestall...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:26am

Four martyred in army aviation helicopter crash

Rawalpindi: A Pakistan Army Aviation helicopter crashed due to technical reasons during casualty evacuation in...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:26am

European businesses hopeful of China-EU investment deal

BEIJING: European businesses in China are hopeful of an EU-China investment deal by end of the year, the head of the...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:24am

World

Hamas says 'barbaric' Israeli strike damaged children's hospital

GAZA CITY: Hamas on Saturday denounced as "barbaric" overnight strikes it said damaged a Gaza children's hospital,...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:24am

Sports

Six-week rest advised: Shadab Khan to miss 2nd Test against Kiwis

LAHORE: Shadab Khan will miss the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch and the home series against South...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:17am

Industrial raw material: Import duty to be slashed by 6 percent: Dawood

LAHORE: Prime Minister's Advisor on Trade and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has said that the import duty on...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:16am

Phasing-out of subsidies: Hafeez directs ministries to submit plans

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has directed the concerned ministries to submit their subsidies...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:16am

ICCI seeks package similar to one given to construction sector

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to ...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:16am

Fazl described as '12th man'

CHAKWAL: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the opposition parties would soon be facing emergence of forward...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:16am

PM steps up criticism of opposition

CHAKWAL: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that giving an 'NRO' by any government would be the biggest...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:16am

Electricity: PM says nation to be taken into confidence

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday the government had decided to take the nation into confidence...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:16am

SECP appellate bench plans to fix appeals on fortnightly basis

ISLAMABAD: In order to dispose of pending appeals, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:14am

Editorials

Towards data-driven policy

EDITORIAL: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Dr Hafeez Sheikh hits the nail on the head every time he ...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:14am

Opinion

Pakistani rich should give more

Evidently, trickle-down economics has failed to do what it was supposed to; as income and wealth inequality across...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:14am

Opinion

Breakfast, freezers, Lego: on the vaccine trail in Germany

It was over breakfast on the wintry morning of January 24 that Ozlem Tureci and her husband Ugur Sahin decided, "we...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:14am

Opinion

Britain's farmers face double uncertainty with Brexit & subsidy overhaul

David Exwood's glossy, chestnut-brown Sussex cattle are brought in during the winter months and, apart from the...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:14am

Letters

'Making FBR do its job'

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial "Making FBR do its job" carried by the newspaper last week, the...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:14am

Two Afghan police killed as Kabul hit by bomb blasts

KABUL: Two Afghan policemen were killed as three separate "sticky bombs" exploded in Kabul on Saturday, the latest...

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:14am

Rates.Ports

World Shipping Schedule

KARACHI: Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning

Updated 27 Dec, 2020 03:08am

Williamson leads NZ fightback in first Pakistan Test

WELLINGTON: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was within sight of his 23rd test century after he rebuilt the home...