Dubai(PNP) Stamping its mark as one of the best and keenly fought franchise leagues in the world, the curtains of the UAE’s own cricket league – the ILT20 season 2 came down at the Dubai International Stadium on Saturday. MI Emirates lifted the glittering trophy, beating Dubai Capitals in front of a capacity crowd that…
The caretaker government has taken a major decision regarding the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) by removing it from the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination and placing it directly under the Prime Minister. According to the notification issued by the caretaker government, PCB matters have now been taken out of the Inter-Provincial Liaison Ministry and transferred to…
Photo: File On the invitation of Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi, Australian High Commissioner Neil Hawkins also reached Gaddafi Stadium to watch the match. Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi extended a warm welcome to the Australian High Commissioner and thanked him for coming to Gaddafi Stadium to watch the PSL match. Australian High Commissioner…
In the fourth match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9, defending champions Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators are competing. Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi and Quetta Gladiators captain Riley Russo entered the field for the toss of the match being played between electric fans in Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. Lahore Qalandars have won the toss…
Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans fast bowler Muhammad Ali has said that playing the World Cup for Pakistan is every player’s dream. Speaking to Geo News in Multan, Muhammad Ali said that PSL is a platform from which one gets the opportunity to join the Pakistan team. He further said that T20 World…
Thousands of families continue to be displaced and forced across borders into Chad and South Sudan each week while fighting between Government forces and the powerful RSF militia, which erupted last April, continues. WFP Regional Director Michael Dunford said the crisis impacting Sudan, South Sudan and Chad has created “the world’s largest displacement crisis”. Acute…
Sigrid Kaag reiterated Secretary-General António Guterres’s concern that such an operation at present time would be potentially disastrous for innocent civilians. “There are more than a million people crammed in Rafah. It’s not intended for a million people in shelters, in random sort of plastic sheeted constructions. Health conditions are very worrisome,” she told correspondents…
Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information they have received. Killed while fleeing “We are shocked by reports of the deliberate targeting and extrajudicial killing of Palestinian women and children in places where they sought refuge, or while fleeing. Some…
Catriona Laing, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefed ambassadors on developments across eight areas, including politics, security, women’s political participation, and humanitarian affairs. She expressed the UN’s “unwavering support towards the state-building agenda” in Somalia, underscoring that the Council’s support is central to the country’s success. “Through our collective support,…
“You cannot legislate facts out of existence,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, calling on the UK Government to reconsider the bill in light of recent reports raising a range of concerns. “It is deeply concerning to carve out one group of people, or people in one particular situation, from the equal protection…
