Up to Rs1.2m price hike shocks Toyota buyers
KARACHI: Indus Motor Company (IMC) on Tuesday gave a massive price shock of up to Rs1...
The highest increase has been witnessed in Toyota Fortuner Legender whose prices soared to Rs12...
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ArchiveAfter Pakistan defeat, New Zealand look to take on defending champ Australia
Immediately after their unbeaten run at the Cricket World Cup was ended by Pakistan, New Zealand's players were joking and laughing in their changing room...
It wasn't that they took Pakistan lightly or failed to give their best effort...
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ArchiveToyota Boshoku to invest more in Pakistan
KARACHI: Toyota Boshoku Corporation (TBC) is willing to increase its investment in Pakistan for the manufacturing of interior components, its chairman Dr Shuhei Toyoda said on Friday...
He was visiting a plant of Thal Boshoku Pakistan (TBP) — a joint venture between Thal Limited, Pakistan and Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corporation and TBC...
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BusinessToyota Yaris shines in Pakistan after failing to gain traction in India
KARACHI: While Toyota India has recently announced the move to discontinue Toyota Yaris, the same car in Pakistan has been shining since its launch in May 2020...
In Pakistan, the launch of Toyota Yaris initially hit the sales of in-house product Toyota Corolla which was later revived from the start of 2021-22 as changes in design lured buyers back...
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ArchiveOlympic champ James breaks Drake record in 400m
DES MOINES: Kirani James let the rest of the world know that he’s still the man to beat in the 400 metres...
The defending Olympic champion broke the Drake Relays record with a world-leading time of 44 -
WorldNASA's space champ logs 665 days aloft, returns to Earth
Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth late Saturday, wrapping up a record-breaking flight that catapulted her to first place for US space endurance...
Whitson's 665 days off the planet 288 days on this mission alone exceeds that of any other American and any other woman worldwide -
ArchiveNadal, Djokovic cruise as Muguruza downs ex-champ
PARIS: Rafael Nadal launched his pursuit of a record 10th French Open title in convincing fashion, while defending champion Novak Djokovic eased to victory under the gaze of new coach Andre Agassi...
Reigning women’s champion Garbine Muguruza began her Roland Garros defence with a straight-sets triumph over 2010 winner Francesca Schiavone -
WorldBoxing champ Tyson in Trump's corner for 2016 race
WASHINGTON: Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has stepped into the political ring, firmly backing Donald Trump in the billionaire tycoon's bid for the White House in 2016...
Tyson issued his endorsement late Monday on HuffPost Live, saying he would like to see a business-minded commander in chief after eight years of United States (US) President Barack Obama -
SportPutin grants Russian citizenship to US boxing champ
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Saturday granted citizenship to US boxer Roy Jones Jr after the American asked for a passport over tea in Moscow-annexed Crimea...
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SportDefending champ Djokovic into US Open quarter-finals
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic steamed into the quarter-finals of the US Open with a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory against 84th-ranked Briton Kyle Edmund...
Edmund, playing in a Grand Slam fourth round for the first time, barely got a look-in during the first two sets against the world number one and defending champion, who booked a last-eight meeting with ninth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-2 winner over American Jack... -
WorldAli remembered in Muslim world as champ, voice of change
”Pakistan's cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan, writing a series of tweets mourning Ali's death, described the boxer as the “greatest sportsman of all time” and a man of strong convictions...
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ArchiveWorld champ Marin loses in Dubai
DUBAI: Carolina Marin, the world champion, the BWF player of the year, and the favourite to win the Super Series finals for the first time, was pushed to the edge of the exit on Friday after a second surprising defeat in two days...
The Spaniard’s 21-9, 21-15 loss to the half-overlooked but highly mobile Japanese player Nozomi Okuhara left Marin’s survival depending on Taiwan’s Tai Tzu Ying achieving an improbable first win of the week... -
ArchiveEx-boxing champ says no to pros at Olympics
LONDON: Former World and Olympic champion Lennox Lewis has slammed a proposal to allow professional boxers to compete at the Olympics, saying that it could be dangerous for young amateur boxers...
Lewis won super-heavyweight gold for Canada at the 1988 games in Seoul before turning professional and switching to represent Britain as unified heavyweight world champion -
ArchiveDefending champ Kittel wins Tour of Dubai
DUBAI: Defending champion Marcel Kittel won the Tour of Dubai on Saturday after clinching the final stage by emerging triumphant from a bunch sprint at the foot of the world’s tallest building...
The German Quick Step rider outpaced Italian duo Elia Viviani and Riccardo Minali for his third stage win from four on the Tour after a 124km run through Dubai finishing at the foot of the 828m-tall Burj Khalifa -
SportBoxing champ Waseem disappointed by lack of govt support
World Boxing Council's (WBC) Silver Flyweight Champion Muhammad Waseem on Monday expressed disappointment that the government of Pakistan had not offered him any support despite his achievements...
Speaking to DawnNews from Seoul, Waseem said that when he won his first WBC title for Pakistan in July, the federal government and the Balochistan Government had "promised to help him and commit to other financial help...
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