AHMEDABAD: Spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Washington Sundar set up India’s comfortable six-wicket victory over the West Indies for the hosts’ landmark 1,000th One-day International here at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. Rohit Sharma took to the field as India’s new full-time ODI captain and his decision to bowl was vindicated by the two spinners as the hosts bowled out the West Indies for 176 in Ahmedabad. The skipper’s top-scoring 60 then helped India romp home in just 28 overs on the day they became the first team to pass the 1,000 ODI milestone. They lead the three-match series 1-0.…
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KARACHI: It couldn’t have got gloomier than this for Karachi Kings. Two horrendous run-outs and the sight of Babar Azam’s uprooted off-stump was perfectly symbolised where they stood at the seventh edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League. Islamabad United, on the other hands, were led from the front by captain Shadab Khan as the all-rounder shone both with bat and ball in their 42-run win under lights here at the National Stadium on Sunday. Shadab finished with impressive stats of 4-15 after playing a crucial knock of 34 off 19 (four fours and a six) to help United post…
A full-fledged women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) could begin as early as next year, with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) saying it is working on delivering the tournament “soon”. A three-team Women’s T20 Challenge is staged alongside the men’s IPL, but many believe women deserve their own expanded tournament with more teams and players. The Women’s T20 Challenge will continue this year, but BCCI secretary Jay Shah said things would change soon. “I want to assure you that BCCI is not only sincere but is taking all necessary steps to start a full-fledged women’s league similar to the IPL soon,”…
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday decided to ease restrictions on the number of people allowed to attend matches during the upcoming Lahore leg of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022. In a statement, the NCOC said it has given the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) the go-ahead to allow spectators up to 50pc of the stadium’s capacity in matches till February 15 while 100pc crowd occupancy has been allowed from February 16 onwards. Previously, the NCOC had allowed up to 25pc occupancy during the Karachi leg of the tournament. The spectators must be fully vaccinated, the NCOC…
Technology had changed education even before Covid. In an age where one can easily look up anything on Google, no longer is rote learning considered acceptable education. Employers want employees to be digitally literate and be able to demonstrate critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication skills. These are also the skills required for successful entrepreneurship. Any education system that wants its future graduates to be globally competitive has had to adapt. Progressive school systems all over the world have used digital technology as the driver of this transformation in the classroom. Smart classes, multimedia-driven lesson plans and internet learning is…
The Islamic finance industry continued its impressive growth journey in Pakistan in 2021. Pakistan has been ranked 8th in the Global Islamic Economic Indicator list with the sustainable growth of Islamic institutions in the financial sector and economy. In 2021, the Islamic finance industry of Pakistan achieved high growth, effectuated significant developments, and received global recognition. Here summarised are some major developments during 2021. Global recognition The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has been voted as the best central bank in promoting Islamic finance for the fourth time by a poll conducted by Islamic Finance News, Redmoney Group Malaysia. In…
Early last week, finance minister Shaukat Tarin told Bloomberg that “he thought (that) this (IMF) programme should be enough”. His remarks came in the wake of the International Monetary Fund’s approval of Pakistan’s request for the resumption of the Fund’s funding programme, which had practically been suspended since spring 2020, initially owing to the Covid outbreak and later because of the Imran Khan government’s decision to ditch it to pursue growth to improve its chances of re-election in 2023. Mr Tarin looks to end Pakistan’s reliance on the multilateral lender by sustainably growing the economy at five to six per cent. “If we…
Despite the strong opposition against it, the PTI government eventually succeeded in getting the State Bank Amendment bill passed by the Senate by a razor-thin majority. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Act, however, fell short of what appeared to be the dominant view forged in the extensive and intensive debate on the bill within and outside the government and the parliament Finally, the informal view found expression in a note of dissent by the opposition in the Senate. It said the draft law was a ‘document of financial surrender.’ The case for institutional autonomy has particularly found support among economists who,…
ISLAMABAD: The upcoming federal budget would entail an increase in federal tax revenue by about Rs1.155 trillion, including Rs430 billion worth of additional tax measures, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On the other hand, the government would target a much lower recovery on account of petroleum levy than the budgeted Rs610bn for the current fiscal year (FY2021-22) because of significant slippages in government’s efforts to partially contain the rising prices of petroleum products. This is part of the IMF’s mandatory article-IV consultations along with sixth review of its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) under which Pakistan has missed or…
ADDIS ABABA: The African Union has condemned a recent “wave” of military coups that has seen an unprecedented number of member states suspended from the bloc, a senior official said on Sunday, the last day of its annual summit. The putsches were among the main issues expected to be discussed at the summit, along with the AU’s ties to Israel and its response to a grinding war in the north of host country Ethiopia. Less than two weeks before the summit began on Saturday, Burkina Faso became the fourth country to be suspended by the AU after disgruntled soldiers toppled…
