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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka “sold” the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country’s former sports minister said on Thursday, reviving one of cricket’s most explosive match-fixing controversies. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who was sports minister at the time, is the second senior figure to allege the...

Former West Indies skipper Darren Sammy has revealed he faced racism while playing for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Indian Premier League as he was called "kalu". The Peshawar Zalmi captain said that he did not know the meaning of the word back then and it was only recently he discovered...

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) team alongside a heavy contingent of police officers on Tuesday reached Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif's Model Town residence to arrest him. Several PML-N workers also reached the PML-N president's residence to...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan will address emergency meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) tomorrow via video link. According to details, PM Imran Khan will apprise the forum about steps taken by Pakistan to curb the spread of novel coronavirus. The meeting, which will be attended by...

ISLAMABAD – The federal government has decided to summon the longest National Assembly session in the country’s history from June 5 to August 13. A summary will be forwarded to President Dr. Arif Alvi today for the marathon NA session. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Dr...

ISLAMABAD: In a major development to cure coronavirus patients, a pharmaceutical company of the United States (US) has allowed Pakistan to manufacture anti-viral drug remdesivir. The announcement was made by Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Friday while addressing...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced to lift lockdown from May 9 in phases. While briefing over the situation of Coronavirus in the country, he said that it is very difficult for government to continue functioning during lockdown. “Coronavirus spreads faster than any other virus...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), is conducting clinical trials of four drugs to treat COVID-19 patients. According to the details, clinical trials are being conducted at seven different hospitals in the Kingdom to combat the...

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sought more time to submit a detailed forensic report on the sugar and wheat scandal. Sources privy to the development relayed FIA director general Wajid Zia sought two weeks’ time from the federal government for submission of the report...

Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar on Friday said that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ganeral Qamar Javed Bajwa has directed to implement steps taken to contain coronavirus with the help of civil institutions. Addressing a press conference, the...

KARACHI: Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) medical experts have claimed on Monday that they have created a drug to treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease. As per details, medical experts from the DUHS claimed that Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) can cure the COVID-19...