KARACHI: Displaying better craftsmanship, the Sri Lankan boys and girls captured as many as six gold medals while Pakistan’s hopes were dashed in the four-nation South Asian Cadet and Junior Table Tennis Championships at the multi-purpose gymnasium of Habib Public School on Saturday...
Hosts Pakistan, who had pinned hopes in prodigy Ummam Khowaja to make an impact in cadet boys team event, had to be content with three silver and as...
KARACHI: Army boxers justified their credentials when they won all-Pakistan Amir Khan boxing tournament which concluded at Ustad Abdullah Baloch Stadium, Peoples Sports Complex, on Monday...
Also present at the presentation ceremony were two-time former world champion boxer and special guest Amir Khan, director general Sindh Rangers Maj Gen Bilal Akbar, Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) president Doda Khan Bhutto, besides former greats...
Men and women players belonging to 12 affiliated units of the Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) are competing in the event which concludes on Tuesday...
National anthem of Pakistan and Republic of Korea were also played on the occasion...
OMAHA: Nathan Adrian, Cammile Adams and Josh Prenot all scored wins at the US Olympic swimming trials here on Thursday to book their tickets to the Rio Games but were pushed out of the spotlight by old foes Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte...
The evening got off to an electrifying start with Prenot chasing down Kevin Cordes to win the men’s 200 breaststroke in a sizzling time of two minutes, 7
KARACHI: Four local pugilists two each of Sindh Greens and Whites, three apiece of Rangers, Navy and Sindh Police hogged limelight by making their way into quarter-finals of the all-Pakistan Amir Khan boxing tournament at the Ustad Abdullah Baloch Stadium, Peoples Sports Complex, on Tuesday...
LAHORE: A hog deer gave birth to a fawn at the Lahore Zoo on Saturday...
After this addition, the number of hog deer at the zoo has risen to 18-- three females and 15 males...
With his Pakistan days now seemed behind him, Khurram Manzoor continues to make headlines with the bat...
LAST week, the State Bank of Pakistan conducted two open market operations and pumped a cumulative Rs90bn into the banking system...
According to the weekly Statement of Affairs of the State Bank of Pakistan for the week ended Jan 29, 2016, currency notes in circulation decreased to Rs3,093...
2 against the US dollar in the interbank market, dropped further on Friday, dealers said, selling at Rs149...
50 in the interbank market and Rs150 in the open market...
COTTON prices on the local market firmed in early September due to increased buying and a spike in US prices after two powerful hurricanes, Harvey and Irma...
But as US prices softened after fears for extensive damage in cotton-growing states subsided, a reflection of it was seen on the local market as well...
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has decided not to open the city’s sole Ramazan bazaar in Sector G-7 due to security reasons, but the decision has left consumers at the mercy of the open market, where prices of most commodities rose manifold over the past two days...
Taking advantage of the situation, profiteers have raised the prices of the most sought after dairy products, fruit and vegetables by Rs50...
KARACHI: Steady conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Friday where short buying from some needy spinners was evident...
Floor brokers said that the market lacked enthusiasm amid fear of short crop and poor quality of lint...
KARACHI: Steady conditions prevailed on the cotton market on Thursday as spinners and ginners adopted cautious approach after the release of phutti (seed cotton) arrival figures which showed a huge shortfall of around 2...
KARACHI: Attracted by falling cotton prices, spinners rushed back to the market on Thursday to replenish their inventories...
Cotton prices the world over are under immense pressure after China imposed 25 per cent duty on cotton imports from the United States...
Saudi Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh said on Friday the global market has the capacity to absorb higher oil prices after crude made a strong recovery...
“I have not seen any impact on demand with current prices...