LAHORE: Quetta Gladiators’ opener Jason Roy has been fined five per cent of his match fee for breaching the code of conduct after being given out during the Pakistan Super League match against Lahore Qalandars here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday. Roy misjudged a fast uppish delivery from Lahore captain Shaheen Shah Afridi as the ball had kissed his bat before being caught by wicket-keeper Phil Salt. But a frustrated Roy protested by gesturing with his hand implying that it was an illegal delivery. Match referee Roshan Mahanama announced the penalty after hearing Roy’s remark right after his dismissal.…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
BEIJING: Teen sensation Kamila Valieva has been cleared for takeoff in women’s figure skating in a ruling in a Russian doping case that has caused havoc with one of the marquee events of the Beijing Olympics. Valieva will have a chance for a second gold medal at this year’s Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Monday she can compete this week despite failing a previous drug test. The 15-year-old Valieva already set Beijing abuzz when she landed the first quadruple jumps by a woman at the Olympics during her thrilling performance that helped the Russians win the…
LAHORE: The training programme of Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan’s top javelin thrower, and his junior compatriot Mohammad Yasir in South Africa is yet to start as the athletes are still waiting for the issuance of the visa to travel to the country. The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) had made all the payments for Arshad and Yasir’s training to Northwest University Potchefstroom under coach Terseus Liebenberg, keeping in view four major international events lined up during 2022 in which the 25-year-old Arshad has to represent the country. Having applied for the visa around one month ago, he is still waiting to…
LAHORE: Islamabad United needed a hero. Up stepped Waqas Maqsood. In an enthralling finish at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday night, the 34-year-old picked two wickets and ran out Chris Jordan on the final delivery to seal a one-run victory for his side and put winless Karachi Kings out of the playoffs race. Stunning half-centuries by Imad Wasim (55) and Qasim Akram (51 not out) had brought back Kings from the dead and they needed eight runs to win in the final over of their HBL Pakistan Super League clash. Imad pulled Waqas away through fine leg on the second…
World number one Novak Djokovic has claimed he is not anti-vaccination but would rather skip Grand Slams than be forced to get a Covid jab. The Serbian was deported in extraordinary circumstances on the eve of last month’s Australian Open where Rafael Nadal won a record 21st Grand Slam trophy to move ahead of Djokovic and Roger Federer on the all-time men’s list. Djokovic was asked in an interview with the BBC, published on Tuesday, if he would sacrifice taking part in events such as Wimbledon and the French Open over his stance on the vaccine. “Yes, that is the price that I’m willing to pay,” Djokovic…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ranked fourth in the world vis-à-vis the number of videos taken down by TikTok — over six million — during the July-September quarter of last year for violating its guidelines. According to the “Community guidelines enforcement report”, released by the video-sharing platform on Monday, it removed 73.9 per cent of content against which there were complaints that they encouraged harassment and bullying, while 72.4 per cent of videos found to be inciting hate were removed before anyone reported them. “In order to protect the safety of the community and to preserve integrity of the platform, 91.44m videos were removed across…
KARACHI: Cryptocurrency has more risks than benefits, but the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has been working to develop an understanding of the possible future currencies, according to SBP Governor Reza Baqir. The central bank on Monday issued the detailed speech of the governor that he recently delivered at the Annual Investment Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The governor said he believed that these technologies have the potential to democratise finance and give more power and control to the people on their finances. “In general, that is a good goal,” he said, adding that this was also the intent and…
ISLAMABAD: Prices of all key petroleum products are estimated to go up by Rs6-12 on Tuesday (today) for the next 14 days, mainly because of higher international oil prices and application of additional petroleum levy. The benchmark crude price has increased from $92 per barrel to $95 over the past fortnight while the exchange rate has slightly improved. Informed sources said that based on the existing tax rates, import parity price and exchange rate, the prices of petrol (motor gasoline) and high speed diesel (HSD) had been worked out to go up by about Rs8.35 and Rs6 per litre, respectively.…
ISLAMABAD: Power companies’ policy of disconnecting supply to entire localities in high-loss areas is in violation of the basic human rights since regular bill-paying consumers cannot be treated on the same grounds as non-payers and thieves, the Ministry of Law and Justice told a Senate panel on Monday. This was a key takeaway at the Senate Standing Committee on Power meeting, presided over by Senator Saifullah Abro, wherein the panel strongly condemned the penalisation of paying consumers by power companies. The committee discussed the Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power (Amendment) Bill, 2021 and the increase in…
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance on Monday did not approve four key government bills, including those on fiscal responsibility and debt limitation and management of state-owned enterprises, required under the ongoing programme of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The committee meeting, presided over by PTI MNA Faiz Ullah, discussed the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Governance and Operations Bill, 2021 but decided to defer it after the members opposed allowing hundreds of entities to have their own procurement rules. The members agreed that uniform procurement rules as were applicable at present under the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) had…
