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On March 20, the Pakistan Super League will move from the UAE to Lahore, which will host the two Eliminator matches, and then to Karachi for the final on March 25. This will be the highest-profile match in Pakistan’s most populous city in nearly a decade. Which overseas players, however, will make it to Pakistan for these marquee clashes? PSL playoff schedule Qualifier – Islamabad v Karachi, Dubai, March 18 Eliminator 1 – Peshawar v Quetta, Lahore, March 20 Eliminator 2 – Lahore, March 21 Final – Karachi, March 25…

KARACHI: While reviewing the overall arrangements of the Pakistan Super League final match scheduled for March 25 in Karachi, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah directed the administration to finalise all arrangements by March 22nd. The director general of Rangers and the IG police informed the chief minister that foolproof security arrangements had been finalised and rehearsals of their assignments had also been carried out. Presiding over a meeting on Friday at CM House, the chief minister directed the local government and administration to ensure setting up of food…

A special court hearing a high treason case against retired Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday ordered the interior ministry to take steps for the suspension of the former president’s identity card and passport, and also arrange for his arrest with the help of Interpol. The court tasked the federal government with seizing Musharraf’s assets and ordered it extradite him from United Arab Emirates (UAE). It also expressed disappointment over government’s inaction so far. While talking to DawnNewsTV, Dr Mohammad Amjad, the secretary general of All Pakistan Muslim League, said that Musharraf…

The Bahadurabad faction of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Thursday announced that it will support Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate for the position of the leader of opposition in the Senate. The announcement was made after a PTI delegation led by Imran Ismail visited MQM’s Bahadurabad office in Karachi. Addressing a press conference alongside MQM leader Faisal Subzwari, Ismail said the PTI will announce its candidate for the Senate opposition leader tomorrow. However, he said, his party desired that the MQM consents to support their candidate before they leave the Bahaduarabad…

A 22-year-old ‘captain’ of popular ride-hailing service Careem was found murdered in the Lakho area of Rawalpindi, local police said on Tuesday. According to Naseerabad Station House Officer (SHO) Chaudhry Akhtar, the victim, Sajawal Ameer, had picked up a ride from banquet hall Dewan-e-Khas in Rawalpindi late on Monday night. The passenger had told Ameer to take him to Lakho — a sparsely populated locality — where he was ambushed. When the captain resisted, the robbers shot him five times, injuring him fatally. They made away with the captain’s cash,…

ndependent Balochistan senator-elect Sadiq Sanjrani has emerged as a top contender for the post of Senate chairman, with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), PPP, MQM-P and Balochistan senators reportedly reaching consensus on his nomination for the March 12 election, DawnNewsTV reported. The PTI had earlier on Friday announced that it would vote for neither the PPP nor the PML-N’s nominees during the election for Senate chairman. A day later, however, the PTI announced that it would vote for the panel announced by Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo in connection with the election…

Anchorperson Dr Shahid Masood told the Supreme Court on Saturday that he does not wish to contest the findings of an inquiry committee which had termed his startling claims about the convicted rapist and murderer of six-year-old Zainab in Kasur to be false and baseless. In a written statement submitted to the court today by his counsel, the News One anchor stopped short of formally apologising for his allegations, but attempted to assure the apex court that he will observe “due diligence” in the future before making similar claims. “I further submit that whatever…