KARACHI: Fashion designer Maria Butt, widely known as Maria B, has formally responded to a defamation complaint lodged in August by Saima Butt. The complaint centers on Maria B’s social media posts, which were viewed as casting aspersions on the transgender community. In her official reply submitted to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), … Read more

BELGRADE: Thomas Tuchel urged “amazing” England to use their 5-0 demolition of Serbia as the standard they must maintain on the road to the World Cup. Tuchel’s side finally delivered the first eye-catching performance of the German’s reign as Serbia were swatted aside in Belgrade. Goals from Harry Kane, Noni Madueke, Ezri Konsa, Marc Guehi … Read more

Armed soldiers guarded Nepal’s parliament on Wednesday, amid streets deserted after indefinite curfew was clamped on the capital, Kathmandu, following two days of deadly anti-graft protests that spurred Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign. The worst upheaval in decades in the poor Himalayan nation was unleashed by a social media ban announced last week … Read more

[ ISLAMABAD: Public debt has jumped to a new record of Rs80.5 trillion by the end of June – an addition of Rs25.4 billion per day, breaching an Act of Parliament and further weakening the government’s debt-bearing capacity, revealed official statistics. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has released the debt bulletin for fiscal year … Read more

WASHINGTON: Alex Zendejas and Folarin Balogun scored to give the United States a 2-0 victory over Japan while Mexico battled South Korea to a 2-2 draw in international football friendlies on Tuesday. Zendejas scored in the 30th minute and Monaco striker Balogun added an insurance goal in the 64th minute as the Americans improved to … Read more