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Lahore: Pakistan on Friday named disgraced opener Sharjeel Khan, who served a ban for spot-fixing, in the national T20 squad for the upcoming away tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Left-handed batsmen Sharjeel was banned for five-years in August, 2017 by the Anti-Corruption Tribunal of the Pakistan Cricket Board after being found guilty of corruption during the Pakistan Super League held in the UAE. The tribunal, however, suspended two and half years sentence allowing Sharjeel to return to competitive cricket late last year when he appeared in the Pakistan Super League 5 Besides Sharjeel, chief selector, Muhammad Wasim also announced…
By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: The United Arab Emirates had loaned Pakistan $1 billion and the deadline to return the money was set at March 12, 2021. As agreed, UAE is now demanding its money back as it has reached its maturity. This has caused panic in the Pakistan leadership as the country is not in a position to repay. According to several media reports, top officials of the Pakistan government have made several attempts to reach out to UAE’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, but to no avail. Pakistan PM Imran Khan and co is believed to…
By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Pakistan’s deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif has accused the country’s powerful military establishment of threatening his daughter Maryam Nawaz, warning that if anything happens to her Prime Minister Imran Khan and the three top generals would be responsible for it. In a video message from London, the PML-N supremo said that they (military establishment) have threatened to ‘smash’ Maryam if she does not stop against them (the military). “You have stooped so low. First you broke open the Karachi hotel room door where Maryam was staying. Now you are threatening her that if she does…
By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: The newly constructed Pakistan’s Pavilion was formally handed over to Pakistan at a ceremony held at the Dubai Expo Centre on 14th March 2021. The Advisor to PM on Commerce and Investment, Mr Abdul Razzak Dawood, Mr. Sualeh Farooqi, the Secretary Commerce, Officials from the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Pakistan’s Consulate at Dubai were present on the occasion. A press note issued to journalist on Sunday stated that representatives of the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and office bearers of the Expo Dubai also attended the handover ceremony in Dubai.According…
By Aneela Naseer The journey of reforming and remodeling IMS (I-V) Mal in Federal Area of Islamabad started with the objective of strengthening partnership between the local community and FDE by making government schools a better place to learn with an improved and conducive environment. A group of people from the community requested and joined together in uplifting of Islamabad Model School, Mal which was a low functioning boy’s school. Following were the objectives: Increase EnrollmentsImproving Academic StandardsImparting 21st Century SkillsBuilding state of the Art FacilitiesEnhancing Student CapacityTeachers’ Capacity Building First few months were very difficult as basic infrastructure was…
By Foreign News Desk Colombo: Sri Lanka is all set to ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a move which has sent shocking across Muslim community living across the country. Latest actions will badly affect the country’s minority Muslim population. Minister for Public Security Sarath Weerasekera told a news conference that he had signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the full face covering worn by some Muslim women on “national security” grounds. “In our early days, Muslim women and girls never wore the burqa,” he said. “It is…
By Our Staff Reporter Lahore: One of Pakistan’s leading private university expelled two students for proposing themselves in public. According to a statement issued by the registrar of the varsity, a special disciplinary committee meeting was held on March 12 at 10:30am and the two students were called in but failed to appear. The committee then decided to expel the two students and ban them from entering any of the university’s campuses. The university says they violated Section 9 of its General Discipline Rules and Code of Conduct. These rules are not published online, Dawn reported. Multiple videos were uploaded…
By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: In a move which has shocked millions of people, mostly youth, Peshawar High Court has ordered a ban on the TikTok social media platform over alleged “obscene content”, the second time the app has been banned in less than six months. The Peshawar High Court’s Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan made the ruling during a hearing into a petition against the platform on Thursday. The court order clearly stated that some videos uploaded on the popular platform as being “unacceptable for Pakistani society”, and ordered Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, country’s internet regulator to ban the service until…
By our staff reporter Islamabad: Pakistan is all set to import 45 millions of Indian made vaccine. First shipment of vaccine is expected in Pakistan in June this year, Pakistani officials confirmed on Thursday. India is giving final touch of export of 45 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Pakistan. The ‘Made in India’ coronavirus vaccines from GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance will help in vaccinating almost half the world’s children against deadly and debilitating infectious diseases, officials said. A higher official from Pakistan’s Ministry of Health said, Pakistan was not importing the vaccine directly. Rather, it was being imported through…
By National News Desk Islamabad: The opposition alliance in Pakistan, comprising at least 11 different political parties, has lashed out at the military establishment of the country, telling it not to interfere in political matters, besides accusing it of supporting Prime Minister Imran Khan. The 11-party opposition alliance — Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — has named former PM and recent winner in the Senate seat polls, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, as its candidate for the slot of Senate chairman, elections to which are scheduled to be held on March 12. “There is evidence that intelligence agencies violated the Election Commission…