Photo: File Former cricket legends have predicted the semi-finalist teams of the ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia’s Shane Watson, Aaron Finch and West Indies’ Chris Gayle have named Pakistan as the semi-finalists. Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan and India’s Robin Uthappa also declared Pakistan a semi-finalist team, but Irfan Pathan, Gautam Gambhir, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sunil Gavaskar and…
Pakistan’s Zohaib Rashid reached the quarter-finals in the men’s boxing event of the ongoing Asian Games in China. Zohaib Rasheed defeated Sultan Noumi of United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the 51kg round of 16. The Pakistani boxer easily defeated his Emirati opponent 0-5. All the referees of the jury unanimously declared Zohaib Rashid the winner….
The caretaker cabinet announced the important decision regarding the MD CAT test The caretaker cabinet has given an important decision regarding the MD CAT test. According to the details, the supervisory cabinet of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has approved the re-organization of the MD CAT test. In the meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Supervisory Cabinet, Chief Education…
Photo: File Former Test cricketer and inventor of reverse swing Sarfaraz Nawaz called the presence of Pakistani media in India inevitable. In a statement from London, Sarfaraz Nawaz has said that the Pakistani cricket team has reached India to play the World Cup and the Indian media is making poisonous propaganda against Pakistan and the…
Photo: Social Media Australia announced their squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. The Kangaroos will be led by Pete Cummins. Other players include Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cameron Greene, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Ingles, Marence Labuchin, Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell. Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoins, David Warner and Adam Zampa are…
A new report by UN International experts advancing racial justice and equality in policing, published after an official visit to the country, shows that Black people in the US are three times more likely to be killed by police than if they were White, and 4.5 times more likely to be incarcerated. Dr Tracie Keesee, an expert…
UNICEF stated that many more children are affected due to lack of essential services, such as health, schooling and safe water supply. “When disasters hit, children are always among the most vulnerable,” said Adele Khodr, UNICEF’s Regional Director, who has just returned from a visit to Al Bayda and Derna. Catastrophic flooding Storm Daniel…
The Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry reiterated his call for an international force in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Friday 22 September. “In the name of the women and girls raped every day, the thousands of families driven from their homes, the children and young people of Haiti, who have been denied the…
“Without universal and meaningful connectivity for all, the right to information is an empty promise for billions of people around the world,” Irene Khan said in her message to mark the International Day for Universal Access to Information, observed annually on 28 September. The focus this year is on the importance of the online space. She said the Internet is…
In his first press conference in post, Assembly President Dennis Francis briefed journalists on highlights from the 78th general debate of Heads of State of Government from the 193 countries that comprise the UN, which concluded earlier this week. It marked the first time the gathering has been fully in-person since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Elevating…
