Manchester United’s decision to sack Ruben Amorim as their manager could end up costing the Premier League giants almost £16 million ($22 million) according to financial figures released by the club. Amorim’s turbulent 14-month reign came to an end on January 5 following the Portuguese boss’s public attack on United’s hierarchy, with his five coaches […]
Pakistan forces have killed 274 Taliban and left more than 400 terrorists injured through effective airstrikes under ‘Operation Ghazab Lil Haq’after Afghan Taliban attacked in Pakistan, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in a press briefing on Friday. During the operation, 12 Pakistani soldiers were martyred, he added. The […]
Marco Bezzecchi set a new track record to finish fastest ahead of defending world champion Marc Marquez in practice for the season-opening Thailand MotoGP on Friday. Aprilia’s Bezzecchi roared round the Buriram course in 1 min 28.526 sec to top the timesheets, 0.421 sec in front of Ducati’s second-placed Marquez. Marquez is launching his bid […]
Real Madrid and Manchester City will face off in a Champions League knockout tie for the fifth season running after being drawn Friday to play each other in the last 16, while reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain will take on Chelsea. The Spanish giants, record 15-time European champions, will host City in the first leg at […]
Pakistan, as an elected member of the UN Security Council, has called for the immediate reversal of all Israeli measures aimed at the de facto annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories, including the West Bank. Addressing the extraordinary ministerial session of the OIC executive committee, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar reaffirmed […]
Pakistan’s banking sector has provided Rs882.4 billion in financing to 302,922 borrowers under the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) financing initiative. According to a press release, the development was discussed at the 15th National Coordination Committee meeting on SME development, held on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Haroon Akhtar Khan, Special Assistant to the […]
US President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran will soon have a missile capable of striking the United States is not supported by US intelligence reports and appears to be exaggerated, according to three sources familiar with the assessments. This casts doubt on part of his case for a possible attack on the Islamic Republic. In […]
British news channel Sky News has been flagged by social media users for misreporting Afghanistan’s retaliation to Pakistani airstrikes on Friday, as well as furthering propaganda against Pakistan and the armed forces. According to Radio Pakistan, the broadcaster had falsely claimed that Afghanistan’s Air Force had carried out strikes against Pakistan. Thousands of Pakistani users […]
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said there would be no compromise on the defence of the country and that every aggression would be met with a befitting response, according to state broadcaster Radio Pakistan. In separate statements, they said the State of Pakistan would not compromise on its peace, stability […]
The Supreme Court on Friday returned a petition seeking the transfer of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former premier Imran Khan to a hospital, after raising objections to it. Counsel for the PTI founder, Sardar Latif Khosa and Naeem Panjutha, appeared before the court of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi and requested that […]