Sports

Namibia Captain Offers to Play PSL 2022 for Free After Kamran Akmal Pulls Out

Namibia’s captain, Gerhard Erasmus, and Netherlands opening batter, Max O’Dowd, have both offered to play in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) after Peshawar Zalmi’s Kamran Akmal pulled out of the tournament. Akmal decided against playing as he was picke…

Sports

Asad Umar Urges PCB to Allow Free Entry for Students During West Indies Series

Federal Planning Minister, Asad Umar, has requested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to allow free entry for students in National Stadium Karachi during the ongoing tour of the West Indies.The Minister’s remarks came after the first T20I match last nig…

Sports

Afghanistan to Host Pakistan for an ODI Series in 2023

Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced that it will host Pakistan for a three-match ODI series in 2023. ACB released its official fixture list for the next two years which includes home series against top Test-playing nations including Pakistan,…

Politics

Elections for local bodies in KP, Punjab indicate confidence of govt: Fawad

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said that elections for fully empowered local bodies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this month and in Punjab over the next few months indicate the confidence of the government.In a tweet on T…

Economy

Govt to Consider Extending Deadline for Old Banknotes

The federal cabinet will today decide whether to allow some citizens to exchange old notes until December 31, 2026.Although the old currency notes were declared void almost 5 years ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Ministry of Finance have …

Economy

Pakistan Received 47% More Loans This Year: Report

The government received $15.32 billion in fresh foreign loans from multilateral institutions and commercial banks during the previous fiscal year, up over 47 percent from $10.45 billion the year before.According to the ‘Annual Report on Foreign Economi…