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Pakistan to introduce separate red-ball and white-ball contracts, to pay extra for denying offers from foreign leagues

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday introduced separate red-ball and white-ball central contracts for its players with increased retainers but would discourage its elite players from competing in foreign leagues, for which it is ready to pay them compensatory money.

The Times of India

Old killer could be latest medical risk to UK as typhoid strains build up resistance to antibiotics

Experts say the developments mean that measures to prevent the spread of the disease are urgently needed

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Plea in Delhi High Court to change call sign VT on Indian aircraft

While countries such as China, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka changed their call signs after Independence, the prefix VT (‘Victorian Territory’ or ‘Viceroy Territory’) has remained on Indian aircraft even after 93 years, the petitioner said.

The Hindu

Pakistan’s economic muddling and the IMF challenge

The falling rupee, depleting foreign exchange reserves, energy shortage, increasing fuel prices and a complicated external support highlight the contemporary economic crisis Pakistan is in. Will Islamabad find a way out?

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Taliban's isolation makes Afghan earthquake response harder

A devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed at least 1,000 people and flattened homes in remote villages close to the Pakistani border, poses the biggest challenge yet for the Taliban since they seized power nearly a year ago.

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Polio: Where have there been outbreaks recently?

Virus carries ‘continuous risk of international spread,’ WHO says

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What do we know about the Afghanistan earthquake and why is the region so vulnerable?

More than 1,000 people have been killed after a powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Here's what we know about the disaster, the region's vulnerability and the Taliban's response.

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Here's How Alibaba Is Reaping Benefits Of Overseas Infra Investments As Domestic Crackdowns Continue To Pinch

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA), through its Pakistan e-commerce subsidiary Daraz, expanded its reach across Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Myanmar, becoming South Asia's largest e-commerce company outside India,

Benzinga

Pakistan city endures 7 weeks of 'inhuman' heat as mercury tips 50C amid water shortages

Jacobabad in Pakistan's Sindh Province is one of the hottest places on Earth, with temperatures hitting over 50C amid an unprecedented heatwave which started in the spring

Daily Mirror

Give Shehbaz Sharif some time to carry out economic and electoral reforms: Bilawal Bhutto

KARACHI: Blaming former Prime Minister Imran Khan for Pakistan's current economic travails, foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has urged the people to give the current Shehbaz Sharif dispensation some time to carry out the economic and electoral reforms.

The Times of India

PCB chairman Ramiz Raja to seek approval for Pakistan Junior League

KARACHI: PCB chairman Ramiz Raja will seek approval for his ambitious Pakistan Junior League (PJL) T20 tournament during the 69th meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) to be held in Lahore on Thursday.

The Times of India

Timeline: Deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan

The country has a long history of powerful tremors that have caused fatalities.

Al Jazeera

280 dead in Afghanistan earthquake and many more wounded

The magnitude 6.1 quake struck around 27 miles of land near the Pakistani border at a depth of 51km

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Eastern Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 255 people

Afghanistan’s state-run news agency says at least 255 people have killed in an earthquake that struck the country’s eastern Paktika province

France 24

More than 1,000 people killed as earthquake strikes eastern Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early on Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more, according to a state-run news agency. Officials warned that the already grim toll would likely rise as rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings.

Daily Mirror

Afghanistan earthquake: 1,000 people killed and scores wounded in horror shake

According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck around 44 km (27 miles) from the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border, at a depth of 51 km

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Afghanistan rocked by magnitude-6.1 earthquake, leaving 1,000 dead, according to Taliban officials

A deadly earthquake has struck the east of Afghanistan and has also been felt in neighbouring Pakistan.

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Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000 people, officials say

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Al Jazeera

At least 1,000 killed after strong earthquake jolts Afghanistan

At least 1,000 killed after magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocked remote parts of Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan.

Reuters

Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000, toll expected to rise

The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages.

The Times of India

If I don’t experiment with my roles, I get bored and I have avoided doing saas bahu TV shows: Vishal Aditya Singh

Vishal Aditya Singh, who is currently playing the lead role in the recently launched show Parshuram, was in Vadodara recently for a quick trip. The actor, known for his strong performances in shows like Begusarai, Chandrakanta and Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala, shares, “We needed to shoot a couple of sequences for…

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Pakistan, IMF say bailout talks make progress

Key progress has been made in talks on the revival of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund bailout programme, both sides said on Wednesday, with Islamabad expecting the lender to increase the size and duration of the 39-month, $6 billion facility.

The Times of India

Pakistan mulling visa on arrival for pilgrims?

AMRITSAR: Is Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif government planning to give visas on arrival to Sikhs willing to pay obeisance at the birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev? According to highly placed sources, deliberations are being held about allowing Indian followers of Baba Nanak to visit Nankana Sahib in Pakistan in exchange for…

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Kolkata: Mango gifts part of SAARC diplomacy

KOLKATA: Mango diplomacy has been a part of SAARC diplomacy for a long time. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru used to give mangoes to foreign delegates. In 1981, former president Zia Ul Haq sent a box of Anwar Rataul mangoes to former PM Indira Gandhi. Pakistan’s former PM, Nawaz Sharif, had also…

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