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DHAKA: Bangladesh survived a late onslaught by Faheem Ashraf and Ahmed Daniyal to pull off a narrow eight-run victory in the second T20I match on Tuesday, winning a first-ever series in the format against Pakistan.

Ashraf hit an aggressive 32-ball 51 while debutant Daniyal smashed an 11-ball 17 but holed out off the second ball of the final over as Pakistan were all out for 125 in their chase of 134 to win in Dhaka.

Earlier, Jaker Ali struck a 48-ball 55 as Bangladesh — sent in to bat — were bowled out for 133 in 20 overs, with Salman Mirza taking 2-17 and Daniyal close behind on 2-23.

Left-arm Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam picked up his best T20I figures of 3-17 on a slow-paced Mirpur pitch as Pakistan lost their first five wickets for just 15 runs by the fifth over.

Ashraf cracked four sixes and as many boundaries to raise hopes of a comeback win, but spinner Rishad Hossain bowled him in the penultimate over.

Ashraf and Abbas Afridi, who scored a 13-ball 19, had revived the innings from 47-7 with a 41-run stand, but Bangladesh had the last laugh.

Bangladesh won the first match at the same venue by seven wickets and took an unassailable 2-0 lead with the final match on Thursday, also in Dhaka.

This was Bangladesh’s first T20I series win over Pakistan in four tries.

Pakistan lost opener Saim Ayub to a run out for one in the first over before Islam dismissed Fakhar Zaman (8) and Mohammad Haris (0) to hit Pakistan hard at the top.

Bangladesh skipper Litton Das praised a team effort.

“It’s wonderful to win back-to-back series,” said Litton, who also led the team to a 2-1 T20I series in Sri Lanka last week. “This shows good improvement in our standards.”

Pakistan captain Salman Agha rued his side’s batting lapses.

“We thought 134 would be gettable but we lost too many wickets early on and that’s something we must address quickly,” said Agha.

Earlier, Jaker smashed five sixes and a boundary for his third T20I half century.

Bangladesh had lost four wickets for 28 by the sixth over before Jaker and Mahedi Hasan revived the innings with a 53-run stand for the fifth wicket.

Mahedi scored a 25-ball 33 with two sixes and as many boundaries.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s top financial regulator has issued the country’s first-ever digital-only license to a non-life insurer, allowing Karachi-based Digi Insurance Limited to operate entirely without a physical branch network, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) said on Tuesday.

The license enables Digi Insurance to sell general insurance products — such as motor, health and travel coverage — through a fully digital platform, with no in-person interaction or branch infrastructure required.

The approval marks a regulatory milestone for Pakistan’s insurance industry as it seeks to modernize and improve accessibility.

“This development reflects SECP’s broader objective of enabling financial inclusion through responsible innovation and encouraging customer-centric, tech-enabled insurance solutions,” the commission said in a statement.

The SECP said the approval was granted under a revised regulatory framework aimed at supporting new business models and encouraging the use of technology in insurance distribution, policy issuance and claims processing.

The Pakistani financial regulator said it expects the move to promote competition, expand access to underserved markets and encourage further innovation across the sector.

It also maintained digital models offer a scalable, cost-effective alternative that could help close Pakistan’s insurance gap.