Under-pressure Shan Masood to lead as squad announced for 1st England Test – Sport
Shan Masood will continue to lead Pakistan in the upcoming series against England, despite losing his first five Tests as captain. Masood, a 34-year-old top-order batsman, was named captain in the 15-man squad announced on Tuesday for next month’s first Test in Multan. There had been media reports Masood faced an axe after Pakistan’s shocking […]
Under-pressure Shan Masood to lead Pakistan in England Tests – Sport
Shan Masood will continue to lead Pakistan in the upcoming series against England, despite losing his first five Tests as captain. Masood, a 34-year-old top-order batsman, was named captain in the 15-man squad announced on Tuesday for next month’s first Test in Multan. There had been media reports Masood faced an axe after Pakistan’s shocking […]
Sri Lanka President Dissanayake picks Amarasuriya as PM, takes finance job – World
Sri Lanka’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, named college professor and first-time lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya as the new prime minister of the Indian Ocean island nation on Tuesday, making her the third woman to be appointed to the post. Dissanayake, 55, has taken the key finance portfolio himself as Sri Lanka looks to emerge from […]
Dawn among recipients of AKU health journalism awards
Dawn.com, along with other news outlets, received top honours in the ‘Excellence in Health Reporting Awards’ presented by the Aga Khan University’s Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, a press release issued on Saturday said. According to the press release, the first prize for digital was a tie, shared between Areesha Rehan for her Dawn.com […]
Federal constitutional court a ‘necessity’ to end provincial disparity: Bilawal – Pakistan
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said that a federal constitutional court was “a necessity to end provincial disparities”, among other things. The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) was part of a broader set of legislation, which the government wanted to introduce under the controversial ‘Constitutional Package’. A draft of the proposed amendments circulating in the […]
Islamabad police prohibits officers, staff from social media activity sans permission – Pakistan
Islamabad police personnel on Tuesday were barred from expressing any opinions or sharing content on social media platforms without prior permission, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. Officers were restrained from speaking at public forums in their official capacity, publishing articles in print media, or giving opinions or official statements across all social media […]
Global reaction to potential Israel-Hezbollah ‘spiral of violence’ – World
US urges against any Israeli ground invasion targeting Hezbollah; Iran president says Hezbollah “cannot stand alone” against Israel. World leaders on Tuesday sounded the alarm over fears of a wider conflict after Lebanon suffered its deadliest day in two decades in Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds. After nearly a year of cross-border fire since […]
Finance Minister Aurangzeb hopeful of IMF review tomorrow – Business
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday said that the government remained “very hopeful” regarding the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s review of the 37-month $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) taking place tomorrow. The IMF said that the Fund’s board will meet on September 25 to discuss the EFF for Pakistan. The decision came following speculation […]
Probe into EY India’s office after worker’s death finds it lacked labour welfare permit – World
An Ernst & Young (EY) office in western India, which employed a 26-year-old who allegedly died after facing a high workload, has operated since 2007 without a state permit which regulates work hours, a senior government official told Reuters. EY faces scrutiny in India over the death of audit executive Anna Sebastian Perayil, which her […]
New Israeli strikes on Lebanon as death toll from Monday attacks surges to 558 – World
Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on what it said were Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on Tuesday, a day after 558 people, including 50 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. Israel’s overnight strikes on southern Lebanon came after it said it had killed a “large number” of […]