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What is prize money for PSL 8 winners?

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the prize money for the much-anticipated Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8. Besides lifting the Supernova Trophy, the winning team will also receive a cheque of Rs120 million. Meanwhile, the p...

Parliamentary panel slams NC for delay in PFF elections

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Thursday showed grave displeasure over failure of the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee to begin the election process of the country’s football governing body. The issues pertaining to the...

Stringent security for PSL matches ordered

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Home Department has directed the police chiefs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Multan divisions to ensure tier-wise deployment of security personnel along with a bomb disposal squad with the motorcades of cricket teams and foreign of...

Mickey Arthur set to be appointed Pakistan team director

Islamabad:  Mickey Arthur and the PCB are close to agreeing a deal that will result in Arthur's return to the Pakistan men's side - but as team director and not, as previously, head coach. Talks between the two had ended three weeks ago when the...

Sethi vows not to ‘erode PCB’s integrity’ with any nepotism

LAHORE: Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Management Committee Najam Sethi reiterated his plea to his friends and high-ups not to demand any favours regarding the hiring and promotion of people within the board. Taking to Twitter, Sethi made it clea...

BPL bound players’ request to miss Quetta exhibition match turned down

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board has denied a request from the players participating in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to skip the exhibition match planned in Quetta ahead of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) commencement. According to media rep...

Najam Sethi to announce major developments on Asia Cup, Afghanistan series

Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Najam Sethi, is set to hold a media conference on Monday, to announce developments regarding various issues surrounding Pakistan Cricket. According to sources, Sethi will share the details about h...

Afridi criticizes appointment of Shan Masood as vice-captain of ODI squad

LAHORE: Former Interim Chief Selector Shahid Afridi has clearly stated that PCB was quite interested in extending his tenure as the head of the selection committee. In an exclusive interview with a local media news channel, Shahid Afridi said that he...

PCB slams Fox Cricket for covering unverified story about Babar

LAHORE:  There have been recent accusations against Pakistan cricket team’s skipper Babar Azam on social media. Several pictures, videos, and screenshots of alleged chats with a girl have surfaced on Twitter, claiming that Babar was involv...

Yousuf Pathan says world wants to see Indo-Pak clashes

ISLAMABAD:  Former Indian all rounder Yousuf Pathan said Wednesday the world wants to see cricket resuming between India and Pakistan, however, adding that approval from Indian government is must for any bilateral cricket to happen. Talking to C...

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Police registers case against TLP leadership, workers under terrorism charges

LAHORE: At least five people, including a police officer, three Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers, and a passerby, were killed as law enforcement agencies carried out a major pre-dawn operation in Muridke on Monday to disperse what officials d...

PM Shehbaz lauds Trump as 'man of peace'

EGYPT: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday described US President Donald Trump as a "genuine man of peace", who had worked relentlessly and untiringly to end global conflicts, including the war in Gaza. Standing with the US president and other gl...

SSP Central and Community Police meet to discuss new security measures

KARACHI: SSP District Central Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqui met with officials of Community Police Karachi (CPK) Nazimabad at his office yesterday. The meeting was attended by CPK Chief Aqeeq Iqbal, Deputy Chief Hammad, and other representatives. During th...

Pakistani youth to get training in IT skills

ISLAMABAD: If you’re an engineer completing your four-year bachelor's programme and enter the industry, companies are frustrated you have no experience. But now, Huawei and the Pakistan government are trying to fill this gap by training 300,000...
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