Hobart International Challenge: Greenshirts lose 5-0 to Australia
KARACHI: Pakistan men’s hockey team lost their last match of the Four-Nation Hobart International Challenge against Australia 5-0 at the Tasmanian Hockey Centre in Hobart, Australia on Sunday. The...
View ArticleKvitova cruises to Madrid Open title
MADRID: Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova romped to the Madrid Open title on Saturday with a crushing 6-1, 6-2 victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova. The Czech ended Serena Williams’s 27-match winning streak...
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Almost there: Barcelona one win away from La Liga title
MADRID: Barcelona are just one win away from a 23rd La Liga title after Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in Real Madrid’s 2-2 draw at home to Valencia on Saturday. The league leaders are now four...
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‘Coaching needs to improve in clubs’
KARACHI: Pakistan national team striker Saadullah, who returned from a month-and-a-half stint at BG Sports FC in Maldives to prepare for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Championship,...
View ArticleYounus up to seventh in Test rankings
KARACHI: Younus Khan has risen to the seventh spot in the ICC’s Test rankings for batsmen following his 148-run knock in the first innings of the Mirpur Test against Bangladesh. Younus, who has now...
View ArticleDe Villiers’ 133 gives RCB comfortable win
Man of the match AB de Villiers’ incredible 133 of 59 balls helped Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 39-run win over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, in their Indian Premier League match....
View ArticleEnglish Premier League: QPR, Burnley bite the dust as United close in on fourth
LONDON: Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as Manchester City sealed Queens Park Rangers’ relegation from the Premier League with a 6-0 victory at Eastlands on Sunday. The thrashing left QPR bottom of...
View ArticleMercedes one-two: Hamilton’s Titanic hits Rosberg in Spanish GP
BARCELONA: Nico Rosberg held off Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, driving to a near-flawless victory in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, to cut the gap at the top of the points table to 20. The...
View ArticleAtletico confirm third as Sevilla held at Celta
MADRID: Atletico Madrid secured their place in the Champions League for next season despite only managing a 2-2 draw at Levante on Sunday as Sevilla were held 1-1 at Celta Vigo. A point for both sides...
View ArticleStill missing: 20 days on, Ghotki police fail to recover kidnapped journalist
SUKKUR: Ghotki Police have failed to recover the Mirpur Mathelo- based reporter, Hakim Abro, who was kidnapped from the limits of Sarhad police station on April 22. The Ghotki SSP had promised the...
View ArticleInfrastructure investment: Govt to launch $1.27bn Karachi Light Rail project
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to launch a $1.27 billion Karachi Light Rail Brown Line project and expect it to be completed by the beginning of 2018. A committee has also been constituted...
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My land or yours? Korangi residents demand release of arrested men
KARACHI: The women and children of Korangi protested outside Karachi Press Club on Monday to demand the release of their men from police custody. Six residents of Mehran Town have apparently been...
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In fond memory: Abdul Wahid Arisar remembered at book launch
HYDERABAD: Literary scholars and politicians paid tribute to the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz leader, Abdul Wahid Arisar, who died on May 3, at the launching ceremony of his last book ‘Thar Jo Manhoon‘ [Man...
View Article‘Ex-ministers not entitled to official security: legal AIG report
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) was informed on Monday that there is no legal standing for the provision of official security protocol to former ministers, but some of them belonging to the...
View ArticleDay of protest: Religious council protests Pervaiz Rashid’s statement
KARACHI: The Milli Yakjehti Council, a coalition of religious parties and groups, will observe a ‘countrywide day of protest’ on Friday against federal information minister Pervaiz Rashid’s remarks in...
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Ready for polls: PML-N to contest local govt elections in Sindh
KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N] will participate in the upcoming local government elections in Sindh, announced the party’s senior vice-president for Sindh chapter, Syed Shah Mohammad...
View ArticleDelayed investigations: Police chief fails to submit report on DSP’s murder
KARACHI: The Sindh police chief has failed to submit a report to the Sindh High Court (SHC) regarding the murder of the high court security adviser, DSP Zulfiqar Zaidi, who was shot dead along with...
View ArticleGoogle map prank prompts tech giant to suspend public edits
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Monday said it is sidelining its crowd-sourced map making tool to implement a way to prevent bogus edits, some of which have proven embarrassing. The Map Maker service will be...
View ArticleSustainable growth: Punjab govt urged to implement zero hunger policy
ISLAMABAD: In an open letter to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) has recommended several improvements in the draft ‘Punjab Growth Strategy’....
View ArticleF1 drivers to launch fan initiative in Monaco
LONDON: Formula One drivers are hoping to give more back to their fans, at a time when unfavourable comparisons are being made with other series, with a new initiative to be presented in Monaco next...
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