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The highly anticipated Champions Trophy encounter between Australia and South Africa was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to persistent rain at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The match was scheduled to begin at 2:00 pm, with the toss set for 1:30 pm, but continuous rainfall prevented any play from taking place. Match officials waited for the weather to improve, but with no respite in sight, the game was eventually called off. With the washout, both teams received one point each. South Africa and Australia now sit at the top of Group B with three points apiece. The…

ISLAMABAD :Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja has said Imran Khan has been deprived of rights in jail. Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, the PTI secretary general stated that former prime minister Imran Khan was not being given his due rights in prison. “I met Imran Khan in jail. He is in good health,” said Raja, adding that he was also allowed a phone call with his children few days ago. Raja expressed concern that Imran Khan had not been permitted to meet his wife and revealed that Khan asked him to…

More than 100 personnel of Lahore police have been dismissed from service for refusing to perform security duties during the movement of foreign teams for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. According to police sources, the dismissed officials, primarily from the Anti-Riot Force (ARF), were removed from their positions following directives from the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Operations. The personnel were reportedly assigned to provide security for teams traveling between Qaddafi Stadium and designated hotels but either remained absent or outright refused to take up their responsibilities. A formal report on their dismissal was registered under the directives of…

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has released a new song titled “Dushman Sun” (Listen Enemy) to commemorate the sixth anniversary of Operation Swift Retort, the military operation conducted by the Pakistan Air Force on February 27, 2019. The song expresses the commitment and resolve of Pakistan’s armed forces to defend the nation’s sovereignty against external threats. According to ISPR’s announcement, the lyrics were penned by Ahmad Azeem while Kamran Allah Khan composed and performed the musical tribute. February 27, 2019, marks a significant date in Pakistan’s military history when the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) responded to a border violation by…

Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has successfully increased its daily oil production by 10,000 barrels after implementing advanced technology across multiple wells, company officials announced. The state-owned company deployed Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) technology at 12 oil wells, effectively halting an annual decline of 5,000 barrels while simultaneously boosting production from aging wells by an additional 5,000 barrels daily. “Daily domestic oil production has increased from 26,000 barrels to 36,000 barrels through this technological intervention,” an OGDCL representative stated. The significant production boost comes as part of the company’s broader strategy to enhance domestic energy resources. According to…

More than 1,000 musicians including Kate Bush and Cat Stevens on Tuesday released a silent album to protest proposed changes to Britain’s copyright laws which could allow tech firms to train artificial intelligence models using their work. Creative industries globally are grappling with the legal and ethical implications of AI models that can produce their own output after being trained on popular works without necessarily paying the creators of the original content. Britain, which Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to become an AI superpower, has proposed relaxing laws that currently give creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the right to control…

Burberry’s winter 2025 collection, presented on Monday at London’s Tate Britain museum, drew on country estates and featured leather trench coats, velvet brocade suits and equestrian styles like jodhpur trousers and high leather boots. A star-studded cast including Naomi Campbell, actors Lesley Manville, Richard E Grant and Elizabeth McGovern, and Lila Moss, daughter of supermodel Kate Moss modelled creative director Daniel Lee’s fifth collection for the British brand. It is the second show since CEO Joshua Schulman took the reins at Burberry and began implementing a new strategy focused on outerwear, scarves, and marketing the brand’s British heritage in a…

The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed power distribution companies (DISCOs) across Pakistan to impose an 18 percent sales tax on electricity supplied to consumers utilising solar net metering. In an order issued on Monday, the FTO instructed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and DISCOs to ensure the tax is levied on the gross value of electricity supplied, rejecting the previous practice of net metering deductions. The directive clarified that under the Sales Tax Act 1990, net metering adjustments are not recognized, and taxes must be charged on the total electricity provided by distribution companies, regardless of any surplus power fed…

Australian skipper Pat Cummins has raised concerns over India enjoying a significant advantage in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 – as all of their matches are being played in Dubai – while other teams are traveling across multiple venues in Pakistan. Cummins, who opted out of the tournament to recover from an ankle injury and be with his family for the birth of his second child, pointed out the disparity, saying that playing at the same venue gives India an edge over other competing nations. “I think it’s good that the tournament can go on, but obviously it does…

KARACHI :The Sindh High Court has ordered withdrawal of administrative authority from the anti-terrorism court judge, who had refused to grant physical remand of the accused in Mustafa Amir murder case. A two-member bench, headed by Justice Zafar Rajpoot, issued the detailed verdict of the case on Tuesday. Acting prosecutor general claimed that the SHC had withdrawn powers from the judge on the allegation of tampering with record. PHYSICAL RAMAND OF ACCUSED Earlier, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Karachi granted four-day physical remand of prime accused Armaghan and his friend Shiraz in the gruesome murder case of young Mustafa Amir.…