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  • Deepika expecting first child: Indian media reports

    Deepika expecting first child: Indian media reports

    Bollywood queen Deepika Padukone and husband Ranveer Singh are expecting their first child, The Week has reported.

    The actress is reportedly in her second trimester. Rumors about the actress being pregnant gained strength on February 19 when she appeared at the BAFTA awards in a dress that concealed her midriff.

    The actress, who married fellow A-lister Ranveer in 2018, has talked about becoming a mother in multiple interviews. In January this year, she was asked if she looked forward to becoming a mom, to which she replied, “Absolutely. Ranveer and I love children. We look forward to the day when we will start our own family.”

  • ‘Babar Azam firmly behind squad for T20 World Cup’: Wasim Khan

    ‘Babar Azam firmly behind squad for T20 World Cup’: Wasim Khan

    The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wasim Khan has brushed aside the notion that skipper Babar Azam is unhappy with the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

    In a statement issued by the PCB, Wasim said that Babar is fully behind the direction of Pakistan cricket.

    “It has come to our notice that factually incorrect reports are circulating about the Pakistan national squad environment. The squad for the upcoming international assignments has been announced and our captain Babar Azam is fully behind the direction that is being taken,” said Wasim.

    “It is important that collectively we get firmly behind the squad so that they have the stability, backing and focus they need prior to going into the ICC T20 World Cup next month,” he added.

    Since the announcement of squad, multiple local media reports had claimed that Babar was unhappy with the team selected for the mega event and had even called Ramiz Raja to express his grievances.

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    Wasim also opened up about the “healthy and positive meeting” between the Pakistan squad and Ramiz Raja, who is likely to be PCB’s next chairman.

    “On Tuesday afternoon, some of the players had a healthy and positive meeting with former Pakistan captain and member of the PCB Board of Governors, Ramiz Raja, in which there was a consensus on the brand of cricket that needs to be played in the upcoming series and beyond,” he concluded.

  • Foreign coach to reportedly replace Misbah after South Africa series

    Foreign coach to reportedly replace Misbah after South Africa series

    The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly decided to remove Misbah-ul-Haq and bring in a foreign coach after the home series against South Africa.

    According to reports, Gary Kirsten and Grant Flower are likely to replace Misbah.

    It must be noted here that Misbah had already been removed from chief selector and batting coach’s posts. The head coach received immense backlash after Pakistan badly lost two-matches Test series against New Zealand.

    Misbah took charge in 2019 and under his coaching, Pakistan has only won home Tests against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The green shirts lost the home T20I series against Sri Lanka immediately after he took charge.

    It is pertinent to mention that the former cricketer recently parted ways with Pakistan Super League (PSL’s) team Islamabad United.

    IU’s official Twitter account said that he wanted to focus on commitments with the National side.

  • 3,265 dead bodies brought to Karachi graveyards in seven weeks

    3,265 dead bodies brought to Karachi graveyards in seven weeks

    At least 3,265 dead bodies were brought to graveyards of Karachi within the past 49 days — between February 20 and April 9 –, reports quoted a top administrative official as saying.

    According to reports, the development comes after reports were published regarding spikes of deaths in Karachi’s different hospitals. However, there is no official confirmation from the authorities if the fatalities are connected to COVID-19.

    As per data obtained from government hospitals in Karachi, 10,791 patients were brought to emergencies during the first three months of 2020. Total 121 were dead when they arrived, which makes the fatality rate 1.12%.

    Within the past 15 days, 109 patients have been brought in dead and 90 others were brought in a very critical condition and died mysteriously in a very short time at JPMC.

    While private hospitals are reluctant to share any details in this regard, they have confirmed that the number of pneumonia-like symptoms in patients has been climbing. Indus Hospital sources also admitted that the number of patients in critical condition had soared sharply.

    However, published reports, statistics and tests conducted in hospitals does not authenticate that the deaths were linked to the novel virus.

  • New survey reveals Pakistani businesses positive about future

    New survey reveals Pakistani businesses positive about future

    A new report has revealed that international investors are looking towards Pakistan for business opportunities and queries regarding this have increased to a great extent.

    Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), which provides commercial data globally in the form of ‘Business Optimism Index’ (BOI), presented the report which stated that the business community in the country is optimistic about their position.

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    In an official statement, D&B said: “We used to collect data of Pakistani companies located in Dubai, We had data of around 100,000 Pakistani companies but looking at the rising demand we [D&B] decided to launch our office in Pakistan.”

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    As per the report, large companies are relatively more optimistic than small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Similarly, companies in the services sector are more hopeful as compared to the trading and manufacturing sectors.

    D&B, initiated in the early 1900s, will publish a report quarterly, in a bid to measure the progress of the business community and serve as a tool to assess the position of the businesses in Pakistan.

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    The response from the business community reflects respondents’ position regarding the current business situation, and forecast business situation. Based on the results, respondents are more optimistic regarding the forecast business situation in comparison to the current business situation.

    Around 66% of the respondents expect business situation to be good in the upcoming quarter compared to 42% of respondents in the current quarter. However, 9% of the respondents expect their business situation to be poor in the upcoming quarter, compared to 16% in the current quarter which is a positive indicator for businesses.