A thief in Bahawalpur again stole a hockey and a ball from the statue of the former hockey player, Samiullah Khan.
As per reports, the thief made a video after stealing the hockey then put it back on the statue.
Police say they have initiated a search operation to look for the suspect. While the cantonment board has announced to install CCTV cameras with the statue.
Earlier, the police arrested a suspect identified as Noman for stealing hockey and a ball from the statue of Samiullah Khan.
The seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be played in Pakistan from January-February next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed after consulting the six franchises. The tournament is expected to start in early January and continue till the third week of February.
As per the press release issued by PCB, the schedule has been drawn up despite a date clash with the Big Bash League (BBL) in Australia.
Lahore and Karachi will host 17 matches each, with the final to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
The regular PSL window, since 2016, has been in February-March, but in 2022, Pakistan is hoping to host Australia. That forced PCB to work a window either before the series against Australia or after, and neither window was without its share of clashes. April-May clashes with the IPL, and that affects the broadcasting and commercial arrangements. It is also likely to affect player availability. That window will also overlap with the month of Ramzan.
The January-February period isn’t free either, because the BBL takes place then, and a number of premier T20 players are expected to be occupied there. There is also the issue of the weather in the Punjab province of Pakistan, which tends to be foggy in winter. To deal with the weather, the PCB has decided to start the PSL in Karachi, which is in the Sindh province, in January, and then travel to Lahore, in Punjab, in February, when it is likely to be more conducive.
The Covid-19 pandemic has hampered the PSL schedule for the past two seasons, as it has the cricket calendar around the world. The fifth and sixth editions of the tournament were both played in two chunks. The 2021 edition started in February in Pakistan but was postponed after 14 matches and completed in June in Abu Dhabi. In 2020, the tournament started on time in February, but though the league stage was completed by March, the playoffs could only be held in November.
The seventh edition of the PSL will also have fresh broadcast and commercial partners after the previous deals concluded this year after a three-year run. The PCB has confirmed that it is presently working at a framework for the evaluation of the rights and their subsequent sale. The PCB is expected to hire an independent consultant to evaluate the value of the brand. In the last cycle, the PCB had secured a 358% rise in the broadcast deal, worth approximately USD 36 million.
Two Syrian refugee brothers have met on the sidelines of the Tokyo Olympics, with one representing the refugee team and the other representing the official Syrian team.
According to details, Alaa Maso, from the Refugee Olympic Team, was photographed hugging his brother Mohamed Maso as they both prepared to compete in the international tournament that opened on Friday.
Both brothers are originally from the city of Aleppo and now live in Germany. Their father was a swimming coach, a sport which Alaa took up, while Mohamed took up the triathlon.
According to his profile on the International Olympic Committee website, Alaa left Syria in 2015 after his training facilities were damaged during the fighting that first engulfed the country in 2011. He resettled in Germany and took up swimming again.
During the competition, he is swimming alongside another Syrian refugee swimmer, Yusra Mardini, who he has known since childhood.
Mohamed also left for Europe in 2015 after the war began to threaten his safety, writing on his website that “even after days of walking and being tired arriving at a refugee center, he would put on his running shoes and run”.
Netizens are praising the two brothers hugging at the ceremony on social media.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has announced to make the Covid vaccination certificate compulsory for travelling through domestic flights from August 1.
NCOC has urged the citizens to get vaccinated by July 31 to avoid any inconvenience. “The citizens should get a Covid vaccine certificate after the vaccination process,” it wrote in a Tweet.
As per reports, those who would not need the COVID vaccination certificate, according to the NCOC, included travelers boarding abroad flights, foreign nationals, and those avoiding vaccination owing to a reaction in the body.
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Furthermore, those having a COVID vaccination certificate from abroad would also be exempted from carrying a Covid vaccination certificate from NADRA.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has also directed its staff to get themselves vaccinated against the virus by July 31.
Circulation was also issued by Director General Civil Aviation Authority (DGCCA).
“All staff must get vaccinated by July 31 otherwise they will not be allowed to enter into the premises of office/ airport from August 1,” read the notification.
The interior ministry has decided to put the alleged killer of Noor Mukadam on the Exit Control List (ECL) at the request of the Islamabad Police, reports The News.
The police chief also directed the team to obtain his criminal history, if any, from England and the United States.
Briefing IGP Islamabad about the progress of the case, SSP Investigation Ata-ur-Rehman, said that the statements of the victim’s parents, and the suspect’s father, besides two security guards, have been recorded.
A forensic team has also provided evidence after their investigation, the police chief was told.
The IGP said that all the evidence obtained from the incident “should be forensic”, adding that the Therapy Works team should also be approached as part of the probe.
Noor’s father had earlier said that he has served the country as an ambassador and only seeks justice. He wants justice from Prime Minister Imran Khan and the courts.
Noor Mukadam, 27, was beheaded. Her post-mortem report states that she was stabbed several times and then beheaded in Islamabad.
The incident took place on July 20 in F-7/4 in Islamabad, reportedly at the residence of Zahir Jaffer, who was arrested for Noor’s murder.
Syra yousuf created headlines when she appeared on Tonite with HSY with her elder sister Alishba Yousuf. During the show’s rapid fire round, the Mera Naseeb star was asked to rate male stars out of 10 in terms of their personalities.
She had three options, (Hamza Ali Abbasi, Fawad Khan and Ali Zafar), the Ru Baru diva rated Fawad the lowest with a score of 4l10. On being asked why she has ranked the Kapoor & Sons actor the lowest, she answered that she has worked with him and the rankings are based on her working experiences.
Fawad and Syra worked together in a commercial for a beverage brand prior to her appearance on the show.
Pakistan athletes would be competing in 200 metre Athletics, Badminton – Women Singles, Judo – 100 Kg, Shooting – 10 metre Air Pistol, Swimming 100-metre Freestyle Men’s and 50 metre Women’s, and 67kg Weightlifting.
Pakistan’s last Olympics medal was the bronze the national hockey team achieved in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The last individual medal was the bronze grabbed by boxer Hussain Shah in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Pakistan Tokyo Olympics contingent (athletes):
Arshad Nadeem – Javelin Throw
Bisma Khan — Swimming 50 metre Freestyle women
Ghulam Mustafa Bashir — Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metre
Gulfam Joseph — Shooting 10 metre Air Pistol
Mahoor Shahzad — Badminton Women’s Singles
Muhammad Khalil Akhtar — Rapid Fire Pistol 25 metre
Najma Parveen — Athletics 200 metres
Shah Hussain Shah — Judo 100 Kg
Syed Muhammad Haseeb Khan — Swimming 100 metre Freestyle Men’s
Talha Talib — Weightlifting 67kg
Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has once again come under fire for making sexist and violent remarks against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz.
Taking a jibe at Maryam, Gandapur said: “You [Maryam] have spent Rs80 million [tax payers] money on surgery. I will unmask your real face before the public by removing [cosmetic surgery].”
“We will slap you in the face so much that your real face will be revealed to everyone,” Gandapur said.
This isn’t the first time Gandpur made such remarks. In November last year, Ali Amin Gandapur had claimed that Maryam Nawaz “owes her beauty to cosmetic surgeries performed at the expense of taxpayers”.
Speaking at a public gathering, the lawmaker went on a sexist tirade against the PML-N vice president. He said the PML-N leader became “beautiful” by spending tax money on her alleged plastic surgeries.
Twitterati reacted to Gandapur’s sexist and misogynist remarks.
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif tweeted, “His [ Ali Amin Gandapur’s] words are not only violent but also deeply misogynist. Just imagine that people with this mindset have been given the responsibility to govern a country of 220 million people.”
“Govt’s claims of its ‘commitment’ to women’s human rights and equality will ring hollow What’s worse is that Gandapur is a serial offender and has made such statements before as well with impunity,” says lawyer Reema Omer.
Social Activist Jibran Nasir tweeted, “Prime Minister Imran Khan endorses it & encourages it. About time everyone stops making excuses for PM that he isn’t surrounded by the right people or he is ill-advised.”
A Twitter user tweeted, “What are the odds that this is sheer unfiltered hate against women?”
Meanwhile, the official Twitter account of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) shared a clip where lawmaker Maleeka Bokhari said, “The language used by Maryam Nawaz for the elected Prime Minister and PTI representatives is reprehensible.”
“It is not possible for you [Maryam Nawaz] to criticise and then play the women’s card,” added Bokhari.
Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul tweeted, “Rich of an infamous misogynist Shehbaz Sharif and his abusive deputies who falsely claim PTI encourages such an approach. The track record of the Sharif family is horrific in terms of attacks on women. & Maryam Safdar has actually promoted those who have engaged in openly abusing women!”
Actor Zarnish Khan has tested positive for Covid-19. The Sun Yaara star made the announcement on her Instagram handle along with a note urging people to take precautionary measures.
“It’s a request to stay home and stay safe,” wrote Zarnish.
“Don’t take it as a joke! Symptoms are pretty bad and it’s spreading like wildfire,” she added.
The Ishq Zahe Naseeb diva also requested people to take pray for her health.
She made a video to update her fans.
As per the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan has recorded 1,841 new cases of Covid-19 with the positivity rate of 4.89 per cent.
Mohabbat Tujhe Alvida fame actress Mansha Pasha recently hit back at a troll as he referred to her as ‘cow’ in the comment section of her Eid pictures.
The Aangan diva replied to the comment in a humorous way.
She recently made headlines for stating that changing a name after marriage is not required in Islam and hence she didn’t feel the need of doing it post her lavish wedding with Jibran Nasir.
Recently, a fan made an observation about the Aangan star’s surname and asked under her comment section on Instagram that why she hasn’t changed her surname post marriage. To which the Laal Kabootar actor answered: “Yes, because it is not it’s not required in Islam”.
On the work front, Mansha will be seen next in Kahay Dil Jidhar co-starring Junaid Khan.