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Lisbon: Portugal had to settle for a 0-0 draw at home to Spain in a heavyweight friendly on Wednesday after hammering the crossbar twice and missing a last-gasp open goal. Cristiano Ronaldo, who hit a hat-trick when the two sides…

Multan: The 30-year-old batsman Iftikhar Ahmed who also bowls off-spin, became pacer for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the ongoing National T20 Cup. Iftikhar delivered a yorker delivery that clean bowled Central Punjab’s stand-in captain Saad…

RIYADH: At least 24,000 pilgrims have performed Umrah since the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia partially resumed the pilgrimage with extensive health precautions after a seven-month coronavirus hiatus. No coronavirus case has thus far been…

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Thursday notified an increase of Rs0.83 per unit in power tariff on account of variations in fuel charges for the month of July 2020. The increase of Rs0.83 per…

LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will chair a consultative meeting of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday (today). Sharif will chair the party session in Model Town, Lahore via video link and brief the PML-N…

NEW YORK: Pakistan has said that India is using terrorism as an instrument of its coercive policies in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). This was stated by Pakistani diplomat Zulfiqar Cheena in the UN session…

PESHAWAR: A team of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Thursday visited Peshawar airport to review the implementation of the health-related guidelines designed to control coronavirus spread. The team visited various lounges…

LAHORE: Punjab on Thursday reported 124 new cases of COVID-19 with two deaths by the disease in last 24 hours. Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in a statement today said that the province have 1521 active cases of coronavirus. He said…

CHARSADDA: The father of the victimised minor girl has demanded the authorities for the immediate arrest of the culprits in Charsadda rape and murder case besides raising demand for publically hanging them. The father of 2.5-year-old…

KARACHI: In pursuance of the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) order, the Karachi Zoo administration has installed an air-cooler inside the enclosure of a sole bear, named Rano, at the port city’s zoological garden. According to officials, the…