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  • Boxing Day Test, Australia scores 187 runs for three wickets

    Boxing Day Test, Australia scores 187 runs for three wickets

    At the end of the first day of the Boxing Day Test between Pakistan and Australia, the Kangaroos scored 187 runs for the loss of three wickets.

    Pakistan won the toss and invited the host team to bat first. David Warner and Usman Khawaja opened the batting, then Abdullah Shafiq, standing at first slip on a total score of six runs, dropped Warner’s easy catch.

    The openers then put on a 90-run partnership, and Australia lost Warner, who scored 38 and was caught by Babar Azam on Salman Agha’s delivery. The second wicket of the Kangaroos fell on a total of 108 runs when Usman Khawaja, at 42 runs off 101 balls, was dismissed by Hasan Ali.

    After rain disruption, play resumed when Australia’s third wicket fell for 154 runs and Aamir Jamal sent Steve Smith to the pavilion for 26 runs.

    Hasan Ali, Salman Ali Agha, and Aamir Jamal took one wicket each for Pakistan

  • Nawaz Sharif ki salgirah ka cake chori, case registered

    Nawaz Sharif ki salgirah ka cake chori, case registered

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) social media team in Gujranwala placed an order for a cake to mark party head Nawaz Sharif’s birthday, but the cake got stolen. The team has accused their candidate of stealing the dessert.


    A case has been filed in the police station of Satellite Town in Gujranwala. The FIR states that when the team went to collect the cake, they were informed that the electoral candidate of the party from pp-64 Umer Farooq Dar had forcefully taken the cake already. As they filed the complain with the police, Umer Farooq Dar returned the cake to the bakery but this did not settle the debate as they went on to say it was done intentionally by the candidate and that the matter should be investigated further.

  • Veena Malik is back with a surprise new venture

    Veena Malik is back with a surprise new venture

    Lollywood actress Veena Malik is all set to make a comeback on our screens, but in a very different format.

    The actress and controversial social media personality has announced the launch of her YouTube channel in a video she shared on Instagram, revealing that her upcoming channel will be named ‘Showbazian.’

    Malik elaborates that the channel will feature performances by various comedians.
    In her hey day, Malik, a gifted mimic, was known for the Geo News superhit program ‘Hum Sub Umeed Se Hain’.

    Even though she’s done well in both places, the actress, who is now a mom of two, is being more careful about the work she chooses.
    After her divorce, she spends a lot of time with her kids. This means she’s more thoughtful and focused on her job compared to how she used to be.

  • Bilawal Bhutto not contesting elections from PPP stronghold Lyari

    Bilawal Bhutto not contesting elections from PPP stronghold Lyari

    The chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, will not contest the upcoming election from Lyari, the party’s stronghold in Karachi, The News has reported on Tuesday.

    However, the former federal minister is contesting election from NA-128 (Lahore-XII), NA-194 (Larkana-I), and NA-196 (Qambar Shahdadkot-I). Bilawal has submitted nomination papers for these constituencies.

    According to some political analysts, the PPP has lost interest in the Lyari constituency after the defeat by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the 2018 elections, speculating that it has failed to regain the confidence needed to reclaim the seat in the polls set to take place on February 8 next year.

    However, PPP’s Sindh General Secretary Waqar Mehdi said that his party is in a good position in Lyari. He also mentioned the results of the recent local body elections in the same constituency, in which the PPP won the majority of seats.

    Mehdi predicted that PPP will not only win in Lyari but from other areas of city, adding that loyal candidates will be given tickets after the completion of the scrutiny process.

    Journalist Sameer Mandhro has claimed that after defeat in the 2018 polls, the PPP is not confident enough to win the seat from Lyari NA-239 (Karachi South-I) constituency.

  • Afghanistan board bans three main cricketers for two years

    Afghanistan board bans three main cricketers for two years

    Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has banned Mujeeb ur Rehman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, and Naveen ul Haq for two years.

    A dispute has arisen between the players and the Afghan Cricket Board for not signing the central contract.

    The three players decided to prefer foreign T20 leagues instead of giving priority to their national team, prompting the Board to take strict action against them. The Afghan Cricket Board has now imposed a two-year ban on Mujeeb ur Rehman, Fazl Haq Farooqi, and Naveen ul Haq while also denying them the No Objection Certificate (NOC) for any T20 league for two years after being banned.

  • Third gender not recognized by Election Commission of Pakistan

    Third gender not recognized by Election Commission of Pakistan

    Nayyab Ali, a transgender candidate for the National Assembly, has recently shared on X (formerly Twitter) that as per the data released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) only two genders applied for the election: males and females, whereas she has applied as a third gender ‘X’.


    Nayyab, a resident of the federal capital city of Islamabad, has applied to contest the upcoming general elections from National Assembly Constituency 47. “Confused about why our papers might be rejected based on our gender identity. The law acknowledges transgender persons–clarity needed,” she added to the previous statement.

  • Usman Khawaja shares video showing ICC’s double standards

    Usman Khawaja shares video showing ICC’s double standards

    Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has shared a Christmas greetings video to show the double standards of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

    The video shows religious symbols and other insignia on the bats of other players. West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran has a Christian cross sticker on his bat as seen in the video, Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne has a Bible message on his bat and South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj has a Hindu symbol on his bat.

    It should be noted that Usman Khawaja had asked the ICC for permission to put up a banner with the message of peace on the bat, but the body stopped him from using the peace symbol on the bat.

    Earlier Usman Khawaja had worn the shoes during a practice session before the first test against Pakistan, which had slogans written on them to express solidarity with the Palestinians and he wanted to wear these shoes in the second match against Pakistan.

    The ICC later said that Usman Khawaja had breached the Clothing and Equipment Act by wearing a blindfold in the Perth Test, for which he was charged.

  • Melbourne Test: Match postponed due to rain

    Melbourne Test: Match postponed due to rain

    The match is currently postponed due to rain in Melbourne and the pitch is covered with covers, the match will resume as soon as the rain stops.

    Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and decided to field in the second Test match against Australia.

    Australia scored 90 runs for one wicket before the lunch break on the first day, David Warner was dismissed on 38 runs by Salman Ali Agha.

    However, when the game of the second session started, Usman Khawaja scored 42 runs and was dismissed by Hasan Ali. Australia has scored 114 runs for the loss of two wickets, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith are at the crease.

    The Pakistan team made three changes in the team for the Boxing Day match in Melbourne.

    Muhammad Rizwan is playing the match instead of Sarfraz Ahmed, while Khurram Shehzad has replaced Mir Hamza and Hasan Ali has been included in the national team instead of Faheem Ashraf.

    Australia has a one-zero lead in the series against Pakistan.

  • Case registered for deportation of step-siblings in Sara Sharif murder case

    Case registered for deportation of step-siblings in Sara Sharif murder case

    In the case of Sara, a 10-year-old Pakistani girl who was allegedly killed in England by her father and stepmother, a case was registered in the Lahore High Court for the handover of the step-siblings of the murdered girl, reports Geo.

    On the order of the London High Court, Surrey County Council filed a case in Lahore High Court, stating in the petition that Sarah’s half-siblings in Pakistan should be handed over to the British government. Five of her half-siblings are currently in Pakistan.

    Pakistani police arrested Sara’s father, mother, and uncle from Jhelum and all three returned to Britain and were arrested.

    According to the British media, the hearing of Sara’s murder will be held in London High Court in September 2024.

  • Angelina Jolie slams global hypocrisy on human rights

    Hollywood A-lister and human rights activist Angelina Jolie, has talked about the hypocrisy in the world when it comes to human rights application.

    “The world is suffering from ambivalence on the issue of human rights,” she remarked in a recent interview.

    Jolie lamented the duplicity and discrimination of the world regarding human rights, saying that the scale of human rights is different for everyone, the fact is that the world works on business interests. Her comments come on the heels of her unequivocal demand for a ceasefire of Israeli attacks on Gaza.

    “Human rights can be for some people and some people can never be. Accountability for some people’s crime and not at all for some people, this is the ugly face of the world.”
    The actress said that she does not know of any country in the world which is free from these things.

    “Some people think that the colonial system has ended but the fact is that the control and exploitation of developing countries is still going on,” the actress observed.

    In her statement about Gaza, the Hollywood actress said that what happened in Israel cannot be a justification for bombing the civilian population of Gaza, pointing out that a few trucks cannot meet the aid needs of the besieged population, more than 20,000 of whom have been killed by Israel while the rest are at risk of starvation and disease.

    Angelina Jolie added that Gaza has a total population of two million, half of whom are children, who have been living under siege for two decades.