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Sri Lanka beat WI by 164 runs in second Test

GALLE , DEC 03  : Spinners Lasith Embuldeniya and Ramesh Mendis took all 10 wickets as Sri Lanka demolished the West Indies to win the second Test in Galle on Friday with a session to spare. Chasing an improbable target of 297 to secure their maiden Test win on the island, the visitors lost only two wickets in the first session and looked determined to save the Test match. But in a sensational collapse, they lost eight wickets for 40 runs after lunch to leave them all out for 132Read More


Shaheen wishes to captain Qalandars in PSL 07

ISLAMABAD , DEC 03  : Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi said on Friday that he is looking forward to captaining Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) if given the opportunity. He lauded the management of Lahore Qalandars during a virtual press conference, hailing it as “exceptionally good.” “It’s thrilling to perform for the Lahore Qalandars, I’ve been playing with them for a number of years,” he said. Meanwhile, explaining the bowling challenges in Bangladesh he said that it is difficult to bowl on a slow pitch. TheRead More


‘Lot of concern’ over Russian military activity near Ukraine, top U.S. general says

The United States is tracking enough indicators and warnings surrounding Russian military activity near Ukraine to trigger “a lot of concern” and Russian rhetoric appears increasingly strident, the top U.S. military officer said late on Thursday. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declined to speculate about the kinds of options the United States might consider in the event of a Russian invasion. But Milley, in some of his most extensive remarks on the crisis, stressed the importance of Ukraine’s sovereignty to Washington and to the NATO alliance. “There’s significant national securityRead More


Pakistan desires to further strengthen trade ties with Saudi Arabia: FPCCI

Islamabad (DNA). Pakistan desire to further strengthen its trade ties with Saudi Arabia as both countries have great scope to promote trade in many areas. Pakistan has strong strategic, diplomatic and economic relations with Saudi Arabia and cannot forget the financial assistance of Saudi Arabia in the form of oil on credit, construction of educational institutions and on Kashmir cause; this was stated by Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) in a meeting with Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, Ambassador of Saudi ArabiaRead More


Pakistan values Belarus’s role in global, regional affairs: COAS

RAWALPINDI, DEC 3 /DNA/ – Andrei Metelitsa, Ambassador of Belarus called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ, today. During the meeting, matters of mutual interests, potential in defence cooperation, regional security, current situation in Afghanistan & collaboration / partnership in Humanitarian measures were discussed. COAS said that Pakistan values Belarus’s role in global and regional affairs and we look forward to enhance our bilateral relationship. COAS also emphasized on the urgency for swiftly devising an institutional mechanism for channeling humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan inRead More


Armenia should negotiate with Turkey, Azerbaijan without mediators: Armenian expert

“Armenia has lost the (Karabakh) war and is currently in a weak state. The government has to negotiate with Turkey and Azerbaijan, but this should happen without intermediaries like Russia,” Stepan Grigoryan, the head of the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation, a think tank in Armenia. Yerevan, DEC 3: For improvement in ties, Armenia has to negotiate with Turkey and Azerbaijan but without mediators such as Russia, an Armenian analyst has said. “Armenia has lost the (Karabakh) war and is currently in a weak state. The government has to negotiate with Turkey and Azerbaijan, but this should happenRead More