Friday, December 11th, 2020
Team Green beats Team White in second practice match
Queenstown : Team Green has defeated Team White in the second scenario-based practice match. Team Green posted 150 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs after opting to bat first. Mohammad Hafeez and Babar Azam scored 48 and 40 runs respectively. Shaheen Shah Afridi took 6 wickets for Team White. Team White led by Shadab Khan was given a revised target of 175 runs in the allotted 20 overs. They managed to score only 160 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Zeeshan Malik scored 50Read More
Hafeez Shaikh sworn in as federal minister
ISLAMABAD : Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was sworn in as the federal minister on Friday. President Dr. Arif Alvi administered the oath to Hafeez Shaikh, who has been serving as the adviser to the prime minister on finance, at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad. He was sworn in as the federal minister in the wake of the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) December 7 ruling that held that unelected advisers and special assistants could not head government’s committees. The court had set aside a notification regarding the Cabinet Committee onRead More
First Virgin Atlantic flight lands at Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD : First flight of British airline, Virgin Atlantic has landed at the Islamabad International airport from Heathrow on Friday. British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner extended his felicitations over the landing of the inaugural flight of the Virgin Atlantic airline in Pakistan. Earlier, the official Twitter handle of the Virgin Atlantic airline said that they are thrilled for the maiden flight to Pakistan. Earlier, the airline was allowed to operate directs flights to Islamabad from Manchester after approval from Pakistan’s aviation division. The Virgin Atlantic would operate four Islamabad-boundRead More
COVID-19: Pakistan records 3,047 infections, 50 deaths in 24 hours
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has recorded 50 deaths and 3,047 new cases due to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 50 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 8,653. 4,791 patients have recovered from the virus during the last 24 hours and 2,538 patients are in critical condition, however, no patient has been declared critical today. The total count of active cases is 44,582 and the positivity rate was recorded up to 7.15 per cent. According to the National Command andRead More