Shafique, Haq give Pakistan solid start after England’s 657 in 1st test
Rawalpindi: Pakistan’s openers got among the runs on a placid pitch on Friday as they took the home team to 181 without loss in reply to England’s mammoth 657 in the first Test in Rawalpindi. At close on day two, Imamul Haq (90) and Abdul...
Taekwondo C’ship: Pakistan’s Zehra wins bronze medal
KARACHI: Pakistan's talented female athlete Fatimatuz Zehra won the bronze medal in International Taekwondo Russian Open Championship in Russia yesterday. In the semifinal of the -53kg category, she was defeated by Russia’s Sokolova Vladislava...
UK royals show ruthlessness in latest race row
LONDON: The timing could not have been worse for Britain s royal family, not long after one racial reckoning involving Prince Harry and ahead of a new publicity blitz from the maverick "spare heir". Harry s elder brother Prince William -- the heir to...
President Alvi attends historic Rawalpindi test to celebrate England return
RAWALPINDI: President Arif Alvi witnessed the opening day play of the historic Rawalpindi Test on yesterday as it marked England’s Test side’s return to Pakistan after a gap of 17 years. England, who last played a Test match on Paki...
England sets new precedent, put Pakistan to sword in first test
Rawalpindi: Four England batsmen scored hundreds on Thursday as the visitors piled up a record 506-4 on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. Openers Zak Crawley (122) and Ben Duckett (107) set the tone with quick-fire ton...
Qatar official says '400-500' died on World Cup projects
DOHA : Qatar s top World Cup official said Tuesday that more than 400 migrant workers died in labour accidents in the country in the years leading up to the tournament. Hassan Al-Thawadi, head of Qatar s delivery and legacy organising committee...
PM congratulates men’s volleyball team on winning Central Asian Championship
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday congratulated Pakistan’s men’s volleyball team for winning the Central Asian Volleyball Championship. The prime minister termed the victory as the outcome of the team’s hard wor...
US downs Iran in ‘gladiatorial’ contest
Doha: ALL roads led to Al Thumama Stadium on Tuesday night, the tension palpable in the air, the sense of occasion overwhelming. There has been so much before, there will be so much more after but this felt like the end of the world; last-16 heaven a...
First test could be delayed by 24 hours after illness sweeps through England squad
Rawalpindi: England and Pakistan officials are in discussions about a possible 24-hour delay to the first Test in Pakistan, after 13 to 14 members of the England squad - including half the 16-man playing pool - were struck down by illness on Wednesda...
Pakistani Boxer Shoaib beats Indonesian opponent to clinch ABF title
BANGKOK: Pakistan’s promising boxer Muhammad Shoaib Khan won the Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) Lightweight Championship after defeating Indonesia’s Hendrik Barongsay in a title fight, here yesterday. Shoaib outclassed his opponent a...
