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Top seed Rafa Nadal was handed an opening night fright by his good friend Feliciano Lopez at the Paris Masters on Wednesday, but rallied to beat his fellow Spaniard 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 and claim his 1,000th ATP Tour win. Nadal becomes just…

Karachi: The 5th National Cycling Road Race Championship organized by Pakistan Cycling Federation will be held in Karachi from November 12 to 15. According to PCF President Syed Azhar Ali Shah, preparations for the championship are in…

Former Pakistan captain and renowned commentator Wasim Akram has backed Babar Azam for the captaincy in Test cricket. While speaking to a YouTube channel ‘Cricket Baaz with Waheed Khan, the Swing of Sultan thinks he will be the best…

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to remove Azhar Ali as Test captain. According to sources, Babar Azam will replace Azhar as the skipper on the tour of New Zealand and the announcement by the PCB is expected on…

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee continued to strengthen against the United States (US) dollar on Friday as it appreciated by Rs0.37 in the inter-bank market. According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the dollar finished at Rs159.09…

LARKANA: Over 300 ghost employees in the education department were being paid salaries after creating fake identities (IDs) in Larkana, citing National Accountability Bureau sources. The NAB sources revealed that as many as 2012…

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen returned to Pakistan from the United Kingdom (UK) on Friday morning, after a seven-month long stay there. Taking to Twitter after arrival in Lahore, he said: “Let me…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has rejected reports that the government is going to privatise the state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV). The minister in a statement said PTV is being restructured as…

MINGORA, Swat: Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated Sehat Card Plus programme for the entire population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during his visit to Swat. PM Imran Khan, while addressing a public gathering at Grassy Ground,…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has distanced himself from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s narrative. In an interview to a foreign media, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said…