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BUENOS AIRES: Fans of the Argentine team that claimed football’s ultimate prize in Qatar this month are lining up in Buenos Aires for tattoos of victorious captain Lionel Messi and the World Cup trophy. “For the next two weeks, I have (appointments) exclusively related to the World Cup,” tattoo artist Esteban Vucinovich …

Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) interim chief selector Shahid Afridi Monday praised Sarfaraz Ahmed for his performance against New Zealand in Green Shirts’ first game in the two-match Test series taking place in Karachi’s National Stadium. “Sarfaraz proved his selection right, excellent performance for him under pressure,” the former Pakistan skipper …

ISLAMABAD: Ulster University in Ireland has decided to introduce an award named after senior journalist Arshad Sharif, who was assassinated in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on October 23, According to details, Ulster University in Ireland has penned down a letter to Sharif’s wife – Somiya Arshad – seeking permission to introduce …

KARACHI: The traders of Landa Bazar have threatened to shut down their shops against the increase in taxes imposed on imported goods, Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Muhammad Usman – Secretary General of Pakistan Second Hand Clothing Merchant Association – has demanded with the government to withdraw the new …

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Mask-wearing Beijing and Shanghai commuters crowded subway trains on Monday, with China’s two biggest cities moving closer to living with COVID-19, as millions have been infected with the virus across the country. After years of ruthless anti-coronavirus curbs, President Xi Jinping scrapped the country’s zero-COVID policy in the face …

LAHORE: Lahore experiences poor visibility in the morning owing to foggy conditions. The city ranked fifth among top ten most polluted cities of the world on the Air Quality Index (AQI), An average air quality reading of Punjab’s capital city recorded 181. Air quality wise Karachi ranked third today among …

KARACHI: Unknown armed men ‘targeted’ and shot dead a man in Karachi’s Baldia Town, quoting police. As per details, a man identified as Rafiullah, 37, was chased by unknown gunmen and was shot dead near Eidgah Morr in Baldia’s Ittehad Town. Eyewitnesses told police that the deceased was holding a …

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has decided to bat first in the opening Test against New Zealand at Karachi Bank Cricket Area after winning the toss.  Pakistan has made three changes in the playing eleven. Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq and Mir Hamza have made comeback to the team. Sarfaraz …

 The celebrations for Christmas, a major festival of Christians, have begun here with fanfare and festivity. The first major event of the Christmas was organised by the Archdiocese of Karachi here late Thursday night on the green belt near Christian Cemetery- publicly known as Gora Qabristan, at Shara-e-Faisal, where the …

 Desertification and drought have recently emerged as one of the major environmental and agricultural development problems across the globe where around two billion people live on dry lands and their biological productivity was under threat due to aggressive degradation of natural resources, especially consumable water in the wake of climate …