Brief

Super Boxing League (SBL), the first league of its kind in Pakistan, will kick off following an inauguration ceremony on September 28 and continue till November 3 this year. Founder and CEO of the ARY Digital Network Salman Iqbal, who also owns PSL franchise Karachi Kings, and boxer Amir Khan will jointly serve as the boxing league’s chairman. The tournament will see eight teams owned by cricketing and showbiz celebrities locking horns for the title. Out of the eight teams, former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi…

BELFAST, North Ireland: Northern Ireland was torn apart by three decades of violence between republican and unionist communities that ended with the Good Friday Agreement signed 20 years ago. The province’s majority Protestant unionists favoured continued British rule. Catholic republicans wanted reunification with the rest of Ireland and more civil rights. Here is an overview of “The Troubles” in which more than 3,500 people were killed. Trouble starts Violence erupts in 1968 when police use force against a…

ISLAMABAD: Intelligence officials will brief the Senate Committee on Interior on 2012 spying on PM House on Wednesday which was revealed by Senator Rehman Malik on the floor of the house some time ago, ARY News reported.

ISLAMABAD: The Imran Farooq murder case is progressing rapidly as officials of the Ministry of Interior on Monday briefed the Scotland Yard team currently on a visit to Pakistan, while the British High Commissioner (HC) was also present on the occasion, ARY News reported.

MIAMI: A brief total eclipse of the Moon may be visible on April 4 to skywatchers in western North America, Australia and East Asia, astronomers say.