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Premier League strikes record-breaking $8.45b TV deal

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The Premier League just locked in a massive TV deal worth a staggering $8.45 billion for their domestic rights. This deal, set to kick off from the 2025/26 season, marks a significant increase from the previous one. The Premier League revealed the historic television rights agreement totaling £6.7 billion for a four-year span, set to commence from the 2025/26 season. The deal marks a significant surge from the prior £5 billion, three-year agreement that encompassed 200 matches annually. Under this agreement, Sky Sports and TNT Sports retained their rights to…

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Three children among 7 injured in explosion near Peshawar school

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PESHAWAR: A roadside blast in Peshawar has injured seven people including three children near a school and a bank on Tuesday, Geo News reported. According to the police, the blast took place around 9:10am at the Warsak Road in Peshawar. The police said the blast took place due to an explosion of explosives. At least two children among the injured, shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital, are in critical condition, the hospital’s spokesperson told Geo News. The ages of the children, they added, are between 7 to 10 years. Speaking with Geo News, Superintendent…

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Good news! WhatsApp users will soon be able to share status updates on other platforms

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n a bid to streamline cross-platform content sharing, WhatsApp is currently developing a feature to allow its users to share their WhatsApp status updates on Instagram as well. The feature, once introduced, will not only save time but also improve reliability and consistency by streamlining content sharing across the two platforms. The development came into the limelight after being discovered by the WaBetaInfo in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.25.20 update available on the Google Play Store which provisions “optional sharing” of status updates on the other platform. As seen from…

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Afghan govt playing double game with Pakistan: Jan Achakzai

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QUETTA: Balochistan caretaker Minister for Information Jan Achakzai here on Saturday said that Balochistan would be cleaned of illegal immigrants, eliminate smuggling activities, Hawala Hundi business and become the second Singapore of the region for investment. During a press conference, the provincial minister said Pakistan has repeatedly demanded the Afghan government handover the terrorists involved in terrorism in the country as no state can allow terrorist attacks on its people. The Afghan government is still playing a double game on the matter with Pakistan, Jan Achakzai said and added that…

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PMLN starts interviewing candidates for party tickets

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LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) has started interviewing candidates to award party tickets for the upcoming general elections and an important meeting of the Parliamentary Board was held at the party’s central secretariat on Saturday. Party leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and PMLN President Shehbaz Sharif presided over the meeting while Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Head of Election Cell Senator Ishaq Dar, party’s Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal and central and provincial officials participated in the meeting including coordinators of the respective divisions. The meeting considered…

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David Beckham’s wife Victoria is the richest football WAG

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Recent research shows that the richest football WAG-list includes the partners of various world-famous footballers, including Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo’s better half Georgina Rodriguez, Mid-Day reported Despite being one of the most known WAGs, Georgina isn’t the one who has the top spot in the 10 ultimate footballers WAG-rich list. It may not be surprising to know that it is the football icon, David Beckham’s wife Victoria Beckham is the richest football WAG. The 49-year-old singer and TV personality with a personal fortune of £55 million is the numero uno on this…

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Tsunami alert in Japan after 7.3 magnitude earthquake jolts Philippines

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An earthquake of at least magnitude 7.3 rocked Mindanao in the southern Philippines late Saturday, prompting evacuation and setting off warnings of tsunami for Japan. According to the Philippine Seismology Agency Phivolcs, the waves might impact the Philippines by midnight (1600 GMT) and last for many hours. According to the US Tsunami Warning System, there might be waves up to 3 metres above tide level along several Philippine shores. “Boats already at sea during this period should stay offshore in deep waters until further advised,” Phivolcs said, asking people living…

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PML-N’s Abbasi says not contesting general elections

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Expressing his displeasure over the policies adopted by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the party’s senior leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has confirmed that he would not contest the upcoming general elections, slated to be held on February 8, 2024. Abbasi had stepped down from the party office soon after the appointment of Maryam Nawaz as senior vice president and chief organiser. The senior leader, however, rejects reports claiming differences with the party leadership. Abbasi said that he had resigned as the party’s senior vice president in an…

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Did Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner take large loans to sponsor their luxurious life?

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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner took large loans to purchase expensive residences beginning a new chapter of their lives following the end of Trump’s presidency, as per newly released documents. According to documents received from sources, Donald Trump’s three eldest children, including Ivanka, began their financial journey by obtaining large loans to purchase luxurious properties.  Notably, in 2021, Ivanka, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr took out mortgages totalling more than $22 million. The majority of this financial effort, however, came from Ivanka and Jared, who acquired a massive $15…

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First five months of FY24: Rs736bn collected against IMF target of Rs710bn, says FBR

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday claimed that it had achieved a five-month target with Rs736 billion collected in November 2023, depicting a monthly growth of 38 percent. FBR Chairman Amjad Zubair Tiwana said that as per the agreed target with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the monthly target was set at Rs710 billion but the revenue board collected Rs736 billion. In a post on X, the FBR said that it achieved five-month target with Rs736 billion collected in November 2023 despite 54 percent higher refunds than…

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