GILGIT: Prince Rahim Agha Khan inaugurated the new Software Technology Park in Nasirabad, Hunza, on Saturday. The new facility, a collaborative effort between the Special Communications Organisation (SCO) and Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan (AKF-P), aims to bolster the sustainable development of Gilgit-Baltistan. The park aims to provide an uninterrupted power supply, high-speed internet, and a co-working space designed for startups, freelancers and local businesses. It will serve as a central hub in a network linking other IT facilities across the region. It will enhance access to distance learning, entrepreneurship, career counselling and digital skills development, stimulating freelance business opportunities. The ceremony saw…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
A MATCH that was expected to be politically loaded fun on Long Island, is now a do-or-die encounter. Pakistan face early elimination from the 2024 T20 World Cup if they lose to arch-rivals India today (Sunday). The odds are stacked heavily against Babar Azam’s team who make their first appearance in New York following a terrible run of form and a humiliating defeat to co-hosts USA. But, as the Frank Sinatra song about New York goes, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. That is a hope that Pakistan must cling to, and while the task…
Bruised. Hurt. Embarrassed. It has been a woeful start to Pakistan’s T20 World Cup ambitions. They have shocked the world with miserable shows against low-ranked sides in the past. Yet, despite all their idiosyncrasies, not many would have expected them to falter against the USA. USA’s players celebrate after winning the game in a super over as Shadab Khan (L) walks off during the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2024 group A cricket match between the USA and Pakistan at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, on June 6. — AFP But, it happened. Pakistan crumbled…
Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein’s career-best figures of five for 11 decimated an inept Ugandan batting line-up as the West Indies romped to a 134-run victory in a Group C match of the T20 World Cup at the Guyana National Stadium on Saturday. Set a daunting target after the tournament co-hosts posted 173 for five batting first, the World Cup debutants looked completely out of their depth in being routed for 39 off 12 overs. The score equalled the record of the Netherlands against Sri Lanka in the 2014 tournament for the lowest innings total in the T20 World Cup. …
NEW YORK: South Africa survived an early scare before David Miller guided them to a nervy four-wicket victory over the Netherlands in the Twenty20 World Cup in Long Island, New York on Saturday. Miller hit an unbeaten 59 off 51 balls as South Africa scored 106 for six in 18.5 overs in reply to the Dutch total of 103 for nine. It was second successive win for South Africa in Group ‘D’ and a first defeat for the Dutch after they beat Nepal in Dallas. The Dutch, put into bat, were immediate pressure from tall opener Marco Jansen and had…
GEORGETOWN (Guyana): Rampant Afghanistan mauled a lethargic New Zealand by 84 runs to grab top spot in Group ‘C’ at the T20 World Cup with an upset win at the Providence Stadium on Friday. Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (80) and Ibrahim Zadrau (44) combined for 103 runs to power Afghanistan to a total of 159-6, before their bowlers exploited to the full a pitch assisting both pace and spin — left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi and captain Rashid Khan taking four wickets apiece — as New Zealand were skittled out for just 75. Farooqi followed his five-wicket opening match demolition of Uganda…
NEW YORK: Brace yourself. The greatest rivalry in world cricket is all set to resume on Sunday, this time on an unfamiliar territory for the first time — the United States. When Rohit Sharma-led India face Babar Azam and his men in their Group A match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, tens of millions of fans in South Asia will be glued to TV sets while the luckiest ones will be occupying each and every seat at the 34,000-capacity venue which was built earlier this year. No surprises the tickets for the high-profile encounter were…
Pakistan will be seeking redemption as the Green Shirts face India later today during the ongoing T20 World Cup. Although both countries are cricket powerhouses, head-to-head matches are rare between the nations. The two sides do not meet outside of official competitions of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the last Test match between them was in 2007. The Rohit Sharma-led India will face Babar Azam and his men in their Group A match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York — the 34,000-capacity venue built earlier this year. The match will kick off at 7:30pm.…
SWABI: Tobacco growers are worried about the financial impact as both federal and provincial governments prepare to extract more taxes from the “lucrative crop”. For the first time ever, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has imposed a Provincial Excise Duty (PED) on tobacco crops through a newly passed law. Unmanufactured tobacco will be levied Rs50 per kg under the Provincial Excise Duty (Unmanufactured Tobacco) Act 2024. Tobacco growers have said the new tax will have a far-reaching impact on their businesses, as cigarette companies always transfer the impact of added taxation to them. Farmers anticipate hike in FED collected by centre…
KARACHI: Exchange companies sold a record $450 million to the banks in May, helping the country build the reserves required to meet the twin deficits. With the highest-ever remittances of $3.24 billion in May, inflows via exchange companies were also the highest in the current fiscal year. Some exchange companies estimate that around $4bn would be sold to banks during FY24, which could be another record. “So far, in May, we have sold about $450m to the banks, which I believe is the highest amount in a single month in FY24,” said Zafar Paracha, General Secretary of the Exchange Companies…
