COVID-19 and food supply chain disruptions on May 19, 2020Sitting on your couch with a plate full of fruits while watching your favorite Netflix show/film? Possibilities are they came from a local farm or large farm hundreds of miles away from your home, outskirts of Hyderabad, harvested and loaded by hands by workers, offloaded at your local mandi by laborer migrated from Northwest of […]
Salim Malik wants to ‘serve again’ but PCB is not interested on April 26, 2020LAHORE: A movement appears to have begun urging the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to reintegrate Salim Malik, the former batsman and captain who was banned for life in 2000 after being found guilty of attempting to fix a Test in Justice Qayyum’s Report. It has gained prominence with support from Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saqlain Mushtaq and […]
Babar Azam says the break might makes him rusty, but he can’t forget the basics on April 21, 2020LAHORE: Babar Azam has slowly but steadily become one of the best batsmen in the world, an automatic pick in all three formats for Pakistan, and says that his improvement has been down to working on his mindset, not being complacent, and having a clear idea about his game. His maiden Test century came only […]
Pakistan women target growth and maybe an upset at World T20 in Australia on February 19, 2020Over the years Pakistan have not quite managed to reach a level that would see them rank among the favourites. However, several individual players have forged their reputations, and each World Cup, Pakistan have gone in aiming to be a better side than they were last time. It hasn’t always worked out that way, and […]
Pakistan cricketers will be allowed to take part in more T20 leagues after policy change on February 8, 2020LAHORE: In a major change to the existing policy governing participation in Twenty20 and other leagues across the world, Pakistan’s cricketers will now be allowed to play four leagues, including the Pakistan Super League (PSL), in a year. Permission to play in other leagues is contingent on a number of factors, including taking part in […]
Poor form or… why was Sana Mir given the axe? on January 22, 2020You’d expect Sana Mir to be an automatic choice in most Pakistan women’s squads. But when the 15-member squad for the women’s T20 World Cup was announced on Monday, there was no place in it for the former captain, and chief selector Urooj Mumtaz justified the decision by pointing to the 34-year-old’s loss of form. […]
Protesters booked in Islamabad for raising ‘anti-state slogans’ on June 5, 2018ISLAMABAD: The police on Tuesday booked around 30 persons here for holding a demonstration and sloganeering against state institutions, sources said. According to the available police report, a group of people belonging to different political parties including Awami Workers Party (AWP) and Pashtoon Tahafuz Movement (PTM) gathered outside press club to stage thier protest and […]