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Chairman PCB presents ICC Awards to Babar Azam

LAHORE: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee Najam Sethi yesterday presented the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer and Sir Garfield Sobers ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year awards to Babar Azam. Babar, who headlined t...

Pakistan squad reaches South Africa for Women’s T20 World Cup

JOHANNESBURG: National women’s cricket team on Wednesday, reached South Africa to compete in the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, scheduled to commence on February 10. Following a disappointing tour of Australia, the national wome...

Pakistan-born Aussie batter Usman’s India visa belatedly issued ahead of test tour

Melbourne: Pakistan-born Australian batter Usman Khawaja was on Wednesday belatedly issued his Indian visa and will join his teammates who are already departing for next week’s four-Test tour, an Indian diplomat said. Khawaja who moved to Austr...

Haroon Rashid talks about possible return of Amir, Malik

LAHORE: The recently appointed chief selector of Pakistan, Haroon Rashid, has kept the possibility open for the return of former cricketer Mohammad Amir and all-rounder Shoaib Malik. Rashid stated in a recent interview that they will consider the inc...

Canadian High Commissioner visits Winter Sports Festivals in Chitral, GB

Chitral: The Canadian High Commissioner in Pakistan Leslie Scanlon, along with ice-hockey enthusiasts, including her daughter, who is an ice-hockey coach, participated in five Winter Festivals organised in Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan in January 2023...

Shahid Afridi unsure if online coaching by Mickey Arthur will work

Islamabad: Pakistan Cricket Team’s former captain Shahid Afridi said it did not make any sense to him that Mickey Arthur should be hired as the online coach as it has never been done before. Shahid Afridi was talking to NCD as he said that Dire...

PHF imposes life ban on Olympian Junaid for ‘12 players blunder’

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Tuesday imposed a lifetime ban on former team manager and Olympian Khawaja Junaid. According to the PHF, the decision was made by the inquiry committee, founded to investigate the Pakistan team’s...

Kamran Akmal appointed head of selection committee for age-group trials

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board has named an eight-member selection committee, which will conduct U13, U16 and U19 trials for the selection of regional and district teams. Former Test wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has been appointed as the c...

Germany defeat Belgium to win Hockey World Cup

BHUBANESWAR: Germany came from 2-0 behind to overcome defending champions Belgium and win the hockey World Cup on Sunday in a dramatic see-saw final ending in a sudden death shootout. Belgium went ahead in the first quarter in Bhubaneswar, India with...

KPL management disappoints Kingdom Valley chairman over payment issue

IIOJK: legal notice to the sponsors “Kingdom Valley” on Monday for not paying the agreed amount for the second season. KPL management disclosed that Kingdom Valley was also the sponsor of Jammu Janbaz and they cleared the payments for the...

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CJP Afridi takes step ahead for jail reforms in KP

ISLAMABAD: In a landmark step toward judicial reform, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Yahya Afridi chaired a pivotal meeting at the Supreme Court’s Peshawar Branch Registry the other day The meeting resolved to form a sub-committee dedi...

PM Shehbaz directs Punjab, NA speakers to address PPP concerns

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has instructed the speakers of the national assembly and Punjab’s provincial assembly to take active steps to address concerns raised by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The directive came during...

PTI remains adamant, govt’s last-ditch effort gone in vain

INTERNET BLOCK, TRAINS AT HALT, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES CLOSED ISLAMABAD: A large convoys of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters, led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and opposition leader Omar Ayub, encountered intense tea...

‘Ziauddin University holds 1st International and 2nd National Pakistan Occupational Therapy Conference’

KARACHI: “There has been a remarkable 278% increase in occupational therapists in the Asia-Pacific region. However, these numbers remain disproportionately low when compared to the global population. We must take collective action to address th...
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