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Two-time champions Islamabad United have roped in former South African cricketer Johan Botha as head coach ahead of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2021, the franchise announced.

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Muhammad Amir retired from international cricket on 17 December 2020. He made his first-class debut in November 2008, and his first One-Day International and Test appearances in July 2009 in Sri Lanka at the age of 17.

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The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is set to raise $500 million international commercial loans through Eurobonds to meet foreign financing needs of Diamer-Bhasha and Mohamand dams.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that the fixed tax regime for the construction sector that was introduced earlier this year had been extended to Dec 31, 2021.

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Young Pakistani girl, Emma Alam, broke multiple world records as she won the 29th World Memory Championships global finals, beating over 300 competitors from all across the world.

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At least 11 coal miners were killed in the Mach area of Balochistan on 3rd January 2021 after armed militants kidnapped them and took them to a nearby area before opening fire at close range.

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Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government approved the release of Rs 2.35 crore to purchase the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood actors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor located in the heart of this city and declared as the national heritages.

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Pakistan has cancelled about 200,000 computerized national identity cards (CNICs) fraudulently held by Afghanistan refugees.

1.5 million Afghan refugees was with Pakistan and about 800,000 Afghan refugees were living in the country illegally.

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The appointment comes after former Australia batsman and the Kings' head coach Dean Jones had died of a cardiac arrest in September 2020.

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Omar Khalid  16-year-old became the youngest-ever winner of the National Amateur Golf Championship with one of the best scores in the tournament’s 60-year history.