Friday, March 19th, 2021
Bangladesh eye ground-breaking New Zealand win after 2019 trauma
Wellington, March 19 : Bangladesh hope to secure their first-ever win on New Zealand soil against the injury-hit Black Caps after returning to the country for the first time since they narrowly avoided the 2019 Christchurch mosques massacre. The tourists will play a three-match one-day international series against New Zealand opening in Dunedin on Saturday after completing two weeks of Covid-19 quarantine after arriving. They have previously played 27 matches across all formats in New Zealand and lost them all, a record coach Russell Domingo said offered his side aRead More
Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar takes charge of PAF
ISLAMABAD: Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar on Friday assumed command as Chief of the Air Staff. Outgoing PAF chief Mujahid Anwar Khan pinned badges on the new air chief and formally handed over the command by presenting the traditional scroll to Zaheer Ahmed Babar at an elaborate ceremony held in Islamabad. A guard of honour was presented to the outgoing and incoming PAF chiefs at the ceremony. New Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar joined the air force back in 1986 as fighter pilot and has discharged his duties asRead More
3,449 coronavirus cases, 40 deaths reported in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus has claimed 40 more lives in Pakistan during the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 13,757. The latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) showed the COVID-19 has claimed 40 more lives and 3,449 fresh infections were reported during the period. The total count of active cases is 27,188. The positivity ratio was recorded at 8.04 per cent during the past one day. A total of 42,845 tests were conducted across the country during this period. 276 patients are put on ventilatorsRead More