Captain Amazon Bisma Maruf – Photo courtesy PCB Bisma Maruf, the captain of women cricket team Amazon for the exhibition match during the eighth season of Pakistan Super League (PSL) has said that women matches during PSL are the best opportunity for women cricketers. While addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, Bisma Maruf said that…
Photo courtesy of PCB In the 22nd match of HBL PSL 8, Quetta Gladiators won the toss and decided to bowl first against Karachi Kings. In the event, Karachi Kings have played 8 matches so far, in which they have won 2 matches, while the Quetta Gladiators team has managed to win only 1 match…
Photo: File South Africa announced the squads for the white ball series against the West Indies. In the T20 format, Aiden Markram has been appointed as the new captain of the team in place of Temba Boma. It should be noted that Temba Baoma resigned from the captaincy last month. According to Cricket South Africa,…
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has said that Imran Khan is not truthful with his benefactors. In a statement issued from Karachi, Sharjeel Memon said that Imran Khan, on whose shoulders he came to power, stabbed him in the back. He said that you came to power through the door of thieves, you have no…
“Hope is rare now in Myanmar,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Türk said, calling for robust support for its citizens under fire. “The disregard and contempt for human life and human rights that are continuously demonstrated by the military, constitute an outrage to the conscience of humanity,” he said. The latest…
The jobs gap for women is a “stubborn and damaging reality of the global labour market” but it is particularly worrying in developing countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said, with almost one in four women unable to find a job, compared with 16.6 per cent of men. ‘Bleaker picture’ That assessment is based on new data gathered from…
The Mandalika project includes parks, resorts, hotels and a motorcycle racetrack hosting international sporting events. It is located on Lombok island, in impoverished West Nusa Tenggara Province. The experts said they have received alarming accounts of alleged human rights violations committed by police and military forces, including excessive use of force to evict and restrict…
“We see 2023 as a ‘make or break’ year and as a test for all parties on the peace agreement,”said Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Briefing the Council on the UN Secretary-General’s latest report on South Sudan, he offered a priority action…
In a statement released by his Spokesperson, António Guterres welcomed the international and regional efforts which took place last week, led by the President of Angola and African Union (AU) Champion for Peace and Reconciliation, João Lourenço, with the Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23). Eastern DRC is home to multiple armed groups, including the rebel M23 force, which has been…
Over the next two weeks, participants from across the world – including representatives from governments, the UN, civil society and youth groups, as well as activists – will examine how gender equality, empowerment and sustainable development can be achieved in the digital era. The meeting, known as CSW67, will also highlight online violence and other…
