New Zealand pole vault coach banned for 10 years for misconduct By: Agencies on July 5, 2023WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Olympic pole vault coach Jeremy McColl has been banned from athletics for 10 years after an investigation found he had committed serious misconduct, including harassment and inappropriate sexual remarks to athletes who were minors. McColl, who guided Eliza McCartney to a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was stood down by […]
IOC says is confident of Paris 2024 Games success despite riots By: Agencies on July 5, 2023BERLIN: International Olympic officials expressed regret on Tuesday at recent turmoil in France but said they were confident the country would hold a successful and welcoming Games next year. The fatal shooting by a police officer of Nahel, a 17-year-old with Algerian and Moroccan parents, a week ago triggered both peaceful protests and a wave […]
Saudi champions Al-Ittihad sign Jota from Celtic By: Agencies on July 5, 2023LONDON: Celtic winger Jota has joined Al-Ittihad on a three-year contract, the Saudi Pro League champions announced on Monday. Financial details were not disclosed but Scottish media reported the transfer fee was 25 million pounds ($31.73 million). Al-Ittihad announced the deal by publishing an animated video of coach Nuno Espirito Santo watching Jota’s goals. “We […]
Parallel Systems By: Daily Times on July 5, 2023“There can be no justification for the killing of innocent people regardless of the cause or pretext,” thundered Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in his virtual address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) summit. Rightly so, because there have only been a handful of countries that have suffered more at the hands of the hydra-headed monster […]
Good News, Finally By: Daily Times on July 5, 2023The surge in the Pakistan Stock Exchange, fueled by the country’s $3 billion deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a significant turning point for Pakistan’s economy. The benchmark KSE-100 index’s substantial gain of 2,446 points on the first working day after the agreement was reached indicates a renewed sense of optimism and investor […]
The Pak-IMF stand-by agreement By: Dr Qaisar Rashid on July 5, 2023Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have finally struck a staff-level agreement for the provision of $3 billion for nine months as a bailout package under a stand-by arrangement (SBA). The agreement replaced the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) which Pakistan entered in 2019 and which was to expire on June 30. The SBA is […]
PML-N Empowering Women with Digital Skills By: Hina Butt on July 5, 2023PML-N envisions a Digital Pakistan where technology empowers the underserved and unserved segments of society to earn a living as freelancers. It is because of this realisation that without embracing the realms of the digital age, Pakistan can neither prosper nor utilise its true potential that the party leadership is devoting utmost attention to the […]
GOVT ANNOUNCES COUNTRYWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST SWEDEN INCIDENT: Holy Quran Day on Friday By: APP on July 5, 2023The government would observe Yaum-e-Taqaddus-e-Quran on July 7 to hold countrywide protests demonstrations against the desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden and convene a joint parliamentary session a day earlier. The decision was made on in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here to discuss the issue of the desecration of Holy Quran […]
Pakistan seeks joint SCO action on economy, terrorism, climate By: APP on July 5, 2023Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday called for a joint action by the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to address the common challenges of economic recession, terrorism, and climate change. “The SCO represents a promising future only if we seize the opportunity to achieve the shared goals for the region’s peace and […]