Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has announced that the government was allowing the imports of all items that have reached the ports by June 1 despite a ban on import of luxury items. Taking to his official Twitter handle, the finance minister said that even after the government banned certain luxury goods temporarily, many shipments of these items reached the ports. “To avoid losses to importers, the government is allowing the imports of all items that have reached our ports by June 1 with a small surcharge,” Miftah Ismail wrote. Moreover my colleague @faisalsubzwari the Maritime minister and I are trying that these importers have to pay little or preferably no demurrage or container detention charges. For this of course we need cooperation of container terminal operators and container owners.

ISLAMABAD – The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed an increase of Rs900 per tola and was sold at Rs146,300 on Saturday against its sale at Rs145,400, the previous day in the local market. The price of 10 gram 24 karat gold also increased by Rs772 and was sold at Rs125,429 against its sale at Rs124,657, whereas the prices of ten gram 22 karat gold also increased to Rs114,976 against its sale at Rs114,270, All Sindh Sarafa Jewellers Association reported. The price of per tola and ten gram silver remained stagnant at Rs1,580 and Rs1,354.60, respectively. The price of gold in international market increased by $4 and was sold at $1,728 against its sale at $1,724, the association reported.

Former England middle-order batter Jonathan Trott has been appointed as Afghanistan men’s team’s head coach. Trott will take over as Afghanistan’s head coach for the tour of Ireland in August. Trott, who played over 200 international matches for England, worked as a batting coach for the senior England men’s team on their tour of India in 2021. 🚨 NEWS 🚨 South African-born Former English middle-order batter @Trotty has been named the new head coach of our national men’s cricket team. He will step up into the role of head coach during Afghanistan’s tour to Ireland in August.

The report by a publication said that there are chances of a “grand dialogue” between the Opposition and the government with the intervention of the establishment. Not only this, but there has also been persistent political instability since Khan’s ouster from power as political parties keep approaching courts over political problems and the Punjab government has also remained a matter of contention — given that Hamza took oath twice as chief minister in nearly four months. Hamza Shahbaz took oath twice as chief minister in this period but with his appointment challenged time and again in the courts, the matter has now gone to him being appointed a trustee chief minister until Monday. “Everyone believes that the political parties should resolve their issues amicably,” the journalist said. Alvi urges state institutions, media to play role to bring people’s govt

Pakistan has reported 2 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,549,766. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,464 on Saturday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 693 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across the country in the past 24 hours. Pakistan has conducted 23,423 tests in the past 24 hours out of which 693 persons were tested positive for the disease. The COVID Positivity Ratio was recorded at 2.96 percent.

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal says the country is passing through a phase of economic restoration and there is a need for a charter of the economy. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, he said the government has to take tough decisions to put the country on the path of progress and development. Ahsan Iqbal said the PML-N government put the Punjab province on the track to sustainable progress and development. He said the international organizations have praised the governance of PML-N successive governments in the province.

Seeing the success of the T20I format, everyone understood that the world of cricket needs innovation to keep the fans engaged. Many have claimed that the ICC needs to do a better job in terms of taking care of players and Ravi Shastri is the latest to join the conversation. In an interview, Ravi Shastri proposed the idea of reducing the Test playing nations to increase the quality of the overall format. You have to cut down test playing nations to six because 12 test playing nations cannot produce quality test cricket," said former Indian Head Coach. T20 or Test cricket.

LAHORE, Jul 23 (DNA): Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday that a group under Imran Khan wanted to mislead the nation through its lies and baseless propaganda. He said that Niazi was untrustworthy person and he (Imran) was pursuing the agenda of dividing the nation and misleading youth, adding that the person (Niazi) could cause colossal loss to the nation. Citing the trespassing of Supreme Court Lahore Registry by PTI workers on Friday night, the Interior Minister said that Deputy Registrar should have informed the government about the situation. He also appealed to the Chief Justice of Supreme Court to constitute a full bench to hear the cases, in which, PML-N was party. “I have never observed any lawyer of citing the decision of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Shaheed case in any proceedings which means that neither bar accepts the verdict nor courts,” he added.

Through the Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions Ordinance 2022, the Centre has also empowered itself to issue binding instructions to the provincial governments for land acquisition, according to a copy of the ordinance. The federal cabinet had approved the ordinance on Thursday to sell stakes of oil and gas companies and government-owned power plants to the UAE to raise $2 billion to $2.5 billion to avoid the looming default. The Cabinet Committee on the Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions will be formed that will have sweeping powers, including those overriding six Acts of parliament. The Cabinet Committee on the Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions will authorise negotiations for a G2G agreement between the federal government and government of a foreign state. The government has also set aside six laws for undertaking these commercial transactions to sell stakes to foreign powers.

GSTAAD – Dominic Thiem on Friday reached his first ATP Tour semi-final since May 2021 with a straight-sets victory over Peru’s Juan Pablo Varillas in Gstaad. Thiem missed the second half of last year due to a wrist injury and lost his first six Tour matches this season. “When I travelled to Bastad last week I didn’t expect to reach the quarter-finals there and then the semi-finals here. Then I played two good points and it was 3/5 and I thought ‘Let’s try’,” he said. French Open losing finalist Casper Ruud plays Jaume Munar and Albert Ramos-Vinolas takes on Chile’s Nicolas Jarry in Friday’s other quarter-finals.

KARACHI – A large number of activists of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) continue to sit outside the office of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Karachi on Friday to register their protest against one of the commission’s decisions. TLP Ameer Hafiz Saad Rizvi will lead Friday prayers at the site of the sit-in. Later, he will also address the participants. TLP, a religious party, is protesting against the ECP’s decision in which the latter had said that the results of the by-election in NA-240, Karachi were valid.

Rejecting the objections of the PTI leader, the deputy speaker said he was performing his duties as per the orders of the Supreme Court. Mazari stressed that the law was “clear” and stated that the directives must be issued by the party leader. PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi later told the media that party president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has refused to back the PTI candidate — his cousin Pervez Elahi — for the slot of Punjab chief minister. PML-Q leader Chaudhry Hussain Elahi said in a tweet that all ten provincial assembly lawmakers decided in the parliamentary meeting that Pervez Elahi will be the party’s candidate for Punjab chief minister. “So it is PML-Q parliamentary party in Punjab Assembly which directs its members & not Ch Shujaat,” he wrote on his official Twitter handle.

250 which is making the life of the Pakistani public harder. The state of the public is prejudiced and people, in our country, are going through the harshest circumstances of their lives. Yes, it is rightly said that sometimes, it is better to wait and hope for the best and that is what the public of Pakistan is doing. It is high time now the political party that is in power should think not to discomfort the public but try to solve crises within them. No one should be allowed to betray the public.

Photo: fileBusinessmen have demanded that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declare an economic emergency in the country and take urgent steps to avoid a Sri Lanka-like situation. Meeting participants sought workable solutions to improve the deteriorating economy and later held a press conference, where they pressed the government to declare economic emergency. Pakistan Businesses Forum (PBF) Senior Vice President Muhammad Riaz Khattak said the government should announce economic emergency as the country was facing severe economic challenges with unprecedented depreciation of the rupee against the dollar. Rasheed said due to high dollar rate, the imports have also become costlier, making it difficult to run industries. Motiwala maintained that the economic situation of the country is deteriorating and industrialists are pondering over closing productions.

Tight end Brock Bowers, offensive tackle Warren McClendon, defensive tackle Jalen Carter, outside linebacker Nolan Smith and cornerback Kelee Ringo were First Team Preseason All-SEC selections for the Bulldogs. The votes have been counted and the result are in for the 2022 Preseason All-SEC teams. And the Georgia Bulldogs are once again well-represented on both the first and second teams. Bowers set school records for Georgia last season, emerging as perhaps the best tight end in the country. Carter might be the best defensive lineman in the country, while Ringo is poised for an even bigger season following his game-sealing Pick-6 against Alabama to end the 2022 season.