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  • ‘Before we got sacked, we decided to resign ourselves,’ reveals Waqar Younis

    ‘Before we got sacked, we decided to resign ourselves,’ reveals Waqar Younis

    Former Pakistan cricketer Waqar Younis opened up about his resignation as the bowling coach of the Pakistan cricket team.

    Just a month before the T20 World Cup in the UAE, Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis jointly resigned from their respective duties, which came as a big shock to the cricket fraternity.

    The former pacer appeared in ARY News’ show 11th Hour and revealed the reason of his and Misbah’s exit.

    Misbah cited the fatigue due to the Covid-19 bio-bubbles as the reason to step down and Waqar Younis followed him.

    Anchor Waseem Badami questioned if Ramiz Raja was the reason. Waqar said that if a new person comes, it’s natural that there will be some changes.

    Waqar Younis said that he had to resign with Misbah as they joined the team management together. The former Pakistan pacer also revealed that he had no role in selecting the team.

    “I had no justification to stay on when Misbah resigned. Before we got sacked, we decided to resign ourselves. I never had any role in selecting the team,” said Waqar Younis.

    Waqar has had an on and off relation with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He has taken several roles with the board since 2006 as the bowling coach and twice he was appointed as the head coach.

    Waqar mentioned that he had groomed some of the young Pakistan bowlers in his latest stint with the national team.

    “Talent comes from the first-class and domestic cricket. We were the ones who mentored Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain and Naseem Shah over the past two years,” Waqar mentioned.

    PCB appointed Australia’s Matthew Hayden and South Africa’s Vernon Philander as consultant coaches of the Pakistan cricket team for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

  • Malala Yousafzai meets Angelina Jolie

    Malala Yousafzai met American actor Angelina Jolie and praised her for writing a book on children’s rights. The book is about making children aware of the injustice around them and to teach them how to stand against injustice.

    Malala, while sharing the pictures with Jolie, wrote, “I’m proud of my friend Angelina Jolie and Amnesty International for writing Know Your Rights, a book to give children the knowledge they need to stand up to injustice in their own lives and around the world.”

    “To the children and young people who are reading this: You have rights that are equal in status to that of any adult”, she added.

    Mala continued by saying, “No one has the right to harm you, to silence you, to tell you what to think or believe, to treat you as if you don’t matter, or to prevent you from participating fully in society.”

    The book named ‘Know Your Rights’ is written in partnership with Amnesty International, Angelina Jolie, and Geraldine Van Bueren.

  • Madrassa teacher runs away after allegedly raping, impregnating 13-year-old

    Madrassa teacher runs away after allegedly raping, impregnating 13-year-old

    A madrassa (seminary) teacher fled with his family after it was revealed that he has been raping his 13-year-old girl student in Burewala, Punjab. The rape survivor is said to be pregnant, ARY News reported.

    The 13-year-old girl felt sick and was taken to the hospital, where the doctors told her that she was pregnant.

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    The seminary cleric had allegedly been raping her for a month, the minor victim confirmed.

    Thana Shah Police Station registered a case against the seminary teacher. However, he has left the city with his wife and children. Police confirmed he could not be traced or arrested.

  • Netizens troll Nadia Hussain for advocating LGBTQ rights in Pakistan

    Nadia Hussain recently appeared in an interview on a local media news channel. The anchor asked the Ladies Park diva, “Should there be a debate about LGBTQ/Gay rights in Pakistan?” to which she replied: “We can not deny the fact that they are humans, then why don’t we talk about human rights?”

    The Noor Bano actor further clarified that she is not talking about [Gay] marriage and suggested that we should talk about them staying in our traditions and norms, from a human right’s point of view.

    She added: “They do need rights to get an education, they do need to have rights of equal salary, they do need to rights of equal representation”, “forget about marriage rights,” stated Nadia.

    Netizens expressed their disagreement on the Jalan star’s statement.

    Earlier, Nadia slammed Abrar-ul-Haq for his comments on modern-day mothers.

    On the work front, Nadia can be seen currently on Hum TV’s Yun Toh Pyar Hai Bohat co-starring Javed Sheikh and Affan Waheed.

  • Virat Kohli to step down as T20 captain after T20 World Cup

    Virat Kohli to step down as T20 captain after T20 World Cup

    Indian captain Virat Kohli has announced he will step down as India’s T20 captain after the T20 World Cup. However, he will continue as Test and ODI captain.

    Kohli announced his decision on Twitter, saying he made it with his workload in mind as a three-format player, and that he has already spoken about it with BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, secretary Jay Shah, and the selectors. He said he arrived at his decision after “a lot of contemplation and discussions with my close people”, including India head coach Ravi Shastri and the white-ball vice-captain Rohit Sharma, who has already led India in 19 T20Is when Kohli had been rested.

    Though a formal announcement from the BCCI is awaited, Rohit is likely to take over from Kohli.

    “Understanding workload is a very important thing and considering my immense workload over the last 8-9 years playing all 3 formats and captaining regularly for last 5-6 years, I feel I need to give myself space to be fully ready to lead the Indian team in Test and ODI Cricket,” Kohli said. “I have given everything to the Team during my time as T20 Captain and I will continue to do so for the T20 Team as a batsman moving forward.”

    The development comes exactly eight days after Kohli sat with the selectors to finalise the India squad for the T20 World Cup, which will be played in the UAE in October-November.

    “Of course, arriving at this decision took a lot of time,” Kohli said. “After a lot of contemplation and discussions with my close people, Ravi bhai and also Rohit, who have been an essential part of the leadership group, I’ve decided to step down as the T20 Captain after this T20 World Cup in Dubai in October.”

  • Iqra Aziz dons Kabir’s shirt gifted by ‘Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3’ co-star, captures romantic moments with Yasir

    Iqra Aziz dons Kabir’s shirt gifted by ‘Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3’ co-star, captures romantic moments with Yasir

    Iqra Aziz has thanked her Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3 co-star Noor-ul-Hassan for gifting a tee-shirt to her son Kabir, the Suno Chanda star wore it as it fitted her.

    Taking to Instagram stories, the Ranjha Ranja Kardi diva shared a selfie and captioned it as: “Shukriya noor bhai, ye shirt apny Kabir ko gift ki lekin muje fit agyi.”

    The Tabeer actor shared more pictures with husband Yasir Hussain.

    While she also shared a short clip in which the couple was listening to Atif Aslam’s Hona Tha Pyar.

    On the work front, Iqra can be seen in Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3, while Yasir will be seen next in a movie based on serial killer Javed Iqbal.

  • PM Khan arrives in Tajikistan for SCO summit, Taliban leaders to be present

    PM Khan arrives in Tajikistan for SCO summit, Taliban leaders to be present

    Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe on Thursday on a two-day visit to attend the 20th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO’s) Heads of State Summit.

    “The prime minister was received by Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda and was accorded a red carpet welcome at Dushanbe International Airport,” according to a tweet by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

    PM Khan, while addressing Pakistan-Tajikistan Business Forum, said, “We just wish and pray that finally after 40 years of conflict there will be peace in Afghanistan. It is extremely important for our [Pakistan and Tajikistan] trade for that region to be at peace so there would be better connectivity.”

    “Your president and I will be trying everything to make sure that there is peace especially between the two major communities [Pashtuns and Tajiks] so they get together and there is an inclusive government in Afghanistan”, he added.

    Right after his speech, PM Khan met President of Kazakhstan H.E. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at Dushanbe on the side-lines of SCO.

    PM Imran’s talks with the Tajik president will cover “the entire gamut of bilateral relations, especially enhancing trade, economic and investment ties with a particular focus on regional connectivity”, reports Radio Pakistan.

    Moreover, the premier will be holding bilateral meetings with other participating leaders as well during the summit.

    The SCO summit is the first meeting of the heads of states since the Taliban entered Kabul so all eyes will be on the Afghan representative at the meeting.

    According to details, if there will be representation from Afghanistan, it will be PM Khan’s first interaction with the Afghan interim government, as per The News.

    This is the third visit of the prime minister to Central Asia.

    The SCO was founded in Shanghai in 2001 by the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Russia and China.

  • ‘Covered with Blood, passed out’: Farhan Malhi, Sara Khan sends love from India

    ‘Covered with Blood, passed out’: Farhan Malhi, Sara Khan sends love from India

    Actor Farhan Malhi has updated his fans about his ailing health and his family’s terrible state due to Covid’19 woes.

    Taking to Instagram stories, the Uraan star wrote: “I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news couple of days ago I lost a lot of blood due to severe stomach infection that I passed away in washroom and found that i passed out in washroom and found myself all covered in blood with so many physical injuries.”

    He also shared that he was later admitted in an emergency ward and got to know about his family that they are suffering with Covid-19.

    “It is indeed devastating and very hard time to endure for me, my family, I can’t explain in words but we are desperately in need of your prayers. I have just rushed back to Lahore and praying that Allah help us and all those who are feeling sick and helpless.”

    In another Instagram story, he updated his fans about his grand mother and parents’ health.

    Fellow transnational celebrities sent best wishes for him and his family.

    Pictures of Indian Actress Sara Khan from Set of her drama Laikin

  • Husband escapes severe punishment for second marriage

    The Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed the sentence of a husband who got married for the second time without his first wife’s permission, ARY News reported

    According to details, Justice Amjad Rafique of the LHC heard the petition against the sentence of Muzaffar Nawaz, a man who got married in secret.

    The court, while ruling on the petition, cancelled the verdict and hearing of the magistrate’s sentence.

    The LHC ruled that only the Family Court has the authority to hear the case under Muslim Family Law Ordinance, not a Magistrate.

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    Muzaffar Nawaz was convicted of marrying Sitara Jabeen without the permission of his first wife Ishrat Rasool; a magistrate sentenced Muzaffar Nawaz to three months imprisonment and was charged with a fine of Rs 500,000 on the complaint of his first wife.

    The Sessions Court later dismissed the appeal against the magistrate’s decision

  • ‘Pakistan open to pardoning banned TTP’: Shah Mahmood Qureshi

    ‘Pakistan open to pardoning banned TTP’: Shah Mahmood Qureshi

    Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in an interview with The Independent has said that the government would be “open to giving” a pardon to members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) if they promise not to get involved in terrorism and follow the Constitution of Pakistan.

    Qureshi said Pakistan was concerned about the reports of TTP figures being released from prisons in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

    “If those guys come and start creating problems for us over here, it will affect innocent lives and we don’t want that,” he said while referring to the TTP.

    Qureshi added, “If [the TTP] are willing to mend fences and not take the law into their hands and not get involved in terrorist activities and they submit and surrender to the writ of the government and the Constitution of Pakistan, we are even open to giving them a pardon.”

    “But as long as they do not come and start undertaking terrorist activities [in Pakistan]. That is our concern,” the minister stressed.

    The minister’s comments come days after President Arif Alvi while speaking on Dawn News programme, ‘Khabar se Khabar’, said, if anyone wants to leave the ideology of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and work as per the Constitution of Pakistan, the government may consider a general amnesty.