On behalf of Pakistan, Arshad Liaquat scored 2 goals while Zakaria Hayat, Abdul Rehman and Rana Abdul Waheed scored one goal each. Pakistan’s impressive streak of victories in the Five-Aided Asia Hockey Cup continues. In their third match, Pakistan defeated arch-rivals India 4-5 in a nerve-wracking match. Pakistan is at the top position with 9…
Pakistan team will leave for Kandy, Sri Lanka tomorrow morning for the second match of the Asia Cup. The team will leave for Colombo on a special flight at 3 pm. After reaching Colombo, the Pakistan team will leave for Kandy by bus and will train at Palekele Stadium on Friday evening. In the Asia…
Pakistan U-16 football team got permission from sports board to travel to Bhutan. The Ministry of External Affairs and Home Affairs issued the NOC late on Tuesday night and on Thursday the Sports Board has also given clearance to the team. The SAF officials have advanced the start of the tournament by one day for…
Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, file photo Camera equipment installed for security arrangements of Asia Cup in Lahore was stolen. The manager of a private company submitted a complaint of theft of goods to Gulberg police station. The petitioner says that on the order of the Deputy Commissioner, he was given the responsibility of installing CCTV cameras…
The captain of the national cricket team, Babar Azam, broke the record of South African cricket star Hashim Amla. Babar Azam won another honor by scoring a century against Nepal. He made a record of 19 centuries by playing the least number of innings. Babar Azam scored his 19th century in the 102nd innings of…
In a country of some six million people, over two million suffer from acute hunger, and the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in children under five of around 40 per cent is one of the highest in the world, according to the UN famine prevention and response coordination office (OFPRC). “Because of the protracted crisis, the…
As of the end of 2022, close to 2,900 people were still being held under the scheme. Unresolved legacy Between 2005 and 2012, English and Welsh courts used the IPP legislation to issue indeterminate sentences to those deemed likely to cause serious public harm, “until they no longer represented such a risk”, said a press…
UN Women issued a statement on Tuesday hailing the decision by the global football organization FIFA to suspend Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for kissing star player Jennifer Hermoso on the lips without her consent, after the national team won the Women’s World Cup earlier this month. “UN Women, as a supporter of women’s…
They stressed that more than ever, the world urgently needs humanity to unite and collaborate in a spirit of equality and non-discrimination. “This demands political will to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, inequality and stratification at both the domestic and international levels,” they said in a statement. Achieving this goal means that inequalities within and among countries…
Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that UN chief António Guterres was following the evolving situation in the capital Libreville “very closely”. While condemning military action as “a means to resolve the post electoral crisis”, the Secretary-General said he had noted the announcement by the Central African nation’s electoral body of a win for incumbent president Ali…
