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  • ‘The emotions of Indian Muslim were with Pak team’: Twitter reacts to Sheikh Rasheed’s comments about T20 match

    ‘The emotions of Indian Muslim were with Pak team’: Twitter reacts to Sheikh Rasheed’s comments about T20 match

    Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed in a video message congratulated the Men in Green for winning a historic match against India in the T20 World Cup match.

    Sheikh started by congratulating the team and said, “I salute the Pakistani team for playing with such bravery and valour against the Indian team.”

    “Pakistan has proved itself in the Islamic world. The Muslims all over the world including the Indian Muslims had their emotions with the Pakistan team,” said Rasheed.

    Raseed’s video received a lot of criticism as he declared ‘the victory of the Pakistani team as a victory of Islam’. Twitter slammed Sheikh Rasheed for bringing religion into sports.

    Journalist Amber Shamsi tweeted, “By giving a religious colour in such a way, it is an insult to the minority community living in Pakistan and has put Muslim players in the Indian team in more danger, like Mohammad Shami.”

    Lawyer Reema Omer tweeted, “What a dangerous, divisive statement by the Interior Minister, esp. when the one Muslim player in the Indian team is being subjected to vicious abuse, his loyalty to India being questioned because of his religion.”

    Indian author, Rahul Easwar tweeted, “It’s unfortunate of a senior leader like you to say Non-Facts like emotions of Indian Muslims were with Pakistan. Pls understand the damage that can create to 99.99% of Indian Muslims who were cheering our motherland”

    A Twitter user wrote, “As a Pakistani citizen, I strongly condemn the statement of Home Minister @ShkhRasheed to winning the cricket match as the winner of the Islamic world and his statement is to spread religious hatred and push the country towards anarchy.”

    Another person tweeted, “Absurd statement by a person who unfortunately is holding such an important office; this wasn’t the success of Muslim Ummah, it’s only related to Pakistan. Pak has millions of non-muslims including some great sportsmen who have been part of many victories in past.”

  • Afghanistan demolishes Scotland at T20 World Cup, wins by 130 runs

    Afghanistan demolishes Scotland at T20 World Cup, wins by 130 runs

    Afghanistan cricket team has opened their World Cup campaign with a bang on Monday, beating Scotland by 130 runs.

    Batting first, the Afghans posted a gigantic total of 190 runs. The chasing team was limited to 60 runs with all wickets gone in just 10.2 overs.

    Mujeeb-ur-Rehman took five wickets and bagged Player of the Match award for his performance with the ball.

    Afghanistan’s next clash is with the Green Shirts. Pakistan will be playing its second match of the T20 world Cup with New Zealand today (Tuesday), while their encounter with the Afghans will be on Friday.

    Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated the Afghanistan team for their “convincing win against Scotland.”

    He also said that despite all trials and tribulations in their country they showed great strength and and determination.

    Meanwhile, the Taliban have congratulated the Afghan cricket team after they defeated Scotland.

    Taking to Twitter, Taliban Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid felicitated the team and wished them good luck for the rest of the tournament.

    “Congratulations to all Afghans on the victory of the Afghan team in the ongoing World Twenty20, Mujahid wrote. “Wish them more success in the future.”

  • Black day to be observed tomorrow in solidarity with Kashmir

    Black day to be observed tomorrow in solidarity with Kashmir

    Pakistan will observe a black day tomorrow (October 27), to express solidarity with the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

    Shehryar Afridi, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, presided over an in-camera meeting to discuss preparations for the observance of the Black Day on October 27. Pakistan will protest the Indian security forces’ forceful and illegal occupation of the valley.

    Each year, October 27th is observed as a ‘Kashmir Black Day’ to mark the protest and resentment of Kashmiris around the world in commemorating the forced occupation by Indian security forces of the Jammu & Kashmir valley.

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    An analytical report released by Kashmir Media Service said that October 27 is the darkest day in the history of Jammu and Kashmir. Radio Pakistan has reported.that on this day in 1947 India forcibly occupied the territory by landing its troops in Srinagar against the will of the Kashmiri people.

  • Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina likely to visit Pakistan for the first time

    Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina likely to visit Pakistan for the first time

    Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina had written to PM Imran Khan to accept Khan’s invitation to visit Pakistan, which was extended last July, reported Dawn on Monday.

    Hasina also invited Khan to visit Bangladesh. According to the media outlet, no dates have been set yet for the Bangladeshi PM’s trip to Pakistan.

    The Pakistani side has proposed to Bangladesh to prepare a road map for the PM’s historical trip.

    Sheikh Hasina met with Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Ahmed Siddiqui in the capital Dhaka where she reiterated her government’s desire for stronger trade ties and economic collaboration with Pakistan.

    The Foreign Office of Pakistan said that the high commissioner conveyed Khan’s message of goodwill and friendship to Hasina and the people of Bangladesh and presented her a photo album of late PM Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s [PM Hasina’s father] visit to Pakistan to attend the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1974.

  • Teenager sells young wife to 55-year-old man to buy smartphone

    Teenager sells young wife to 55-year-old man to buy smartphone

     Police arrested a 17-year-old man in India’s Odisha for selling his young wife to a 55-year-old man to buy a cellular phone, India today has reported.

    The teenager got married in July this year. He met a 55-year old man at his work in a brick kiln to whom he sold his wife.

    Police have rescued the 26-year-old wife from the south-eastern Rajasthan district of Baran after facing “great difficulty” because the villagers resisted handing over the woman to the police, saying that they had paid for her.

    Police officials said that the man took his wife to Rajasthan with him in August when he started a job there but only a few days later, he decided to sell her to the 55-year-old man for INR 1.8 lakh (PKR 4.18 lakh).

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    After getting the money, the man splurged money on dining and then bought a smartphone. Later on, he returned to his village and when the woman’s family asked about her, he lied that she had run away.

    Police said that the woman’s family did not believe him and decided to register a complaint with the police. Upon further investigation, it turned out that the boy had sold his wife off.

    The report says that since the boy was under 18 years of age, he was sent to a juvenile court. The court ordered the man to be taken to a correctional facility.

  • Gunther of ‘Friends’: James Michael Tyler dies at 59, Jennifer, Courtney, Lisa and Matt mourn

    James Michael Tyler, the actor best known for playing the recurring character Gunther on Friends, has died at age 59 of prostate cancer. Tyler was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2018.

    The official “Friends” Twitter account posted a tribute, writing, “Warner Bros. Television mourns the loss of James Michael Tyler, a beloved actor and integral part of our FRIENDS family. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, colleagues and fans.”

    His co-star, Jennifer Aniston posted her tribute on Instagram. “Friends would not have been the same without you. Thank you for the laughter you brought to the show and to all of our lives. You will be so missed,” she wrote.

    Courteney Cox aka Monica Geller said, “The size of gratitude you brought into the room and showed every day on set is the size of the gratitude I hold for having known you. Rest In peace James.”

    Lisa Kudrow aka Phoebe wrote, “James Michael Tyler, we will miss you. Thank you for being there for us all. #jamesmichealtyler.”

    Matt LeBlanc aka Joey shared his still from the sets of Friends and wrote, “We had a lot of laughs buddy. You will be missed. RIP my friend.”

  • Indian actor apologises for comparing Pak team to street cricketers

    Indian film critic and actor Kamal Rashid Khan, also known as KRK, apologised for comparing the Pakistani team with street cricketers after Pakistan’s super win in T20 World Cup last night.

    KRK took to Twitter and wrote, “Today, I watched Pakistan team playing after 5-6 years, So I didn’t know that it’s so good. So I am really sorry for comparing it with the Juhu Gali team. #IndvsPak #ICCT20WorldCup2021”

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    In another tweet, he praised Pakistani captain Babar Azam and fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.

    “I never know that Pakistan’s captain #BabarAzam is 2nd rank ICC T20 player in the world. And 21 years only #ShaheenAfridi is so dangerous bowler. Matlab Babar Is bigger player than #viratkholi. Unbelievable!,” he tweeted.

  • After Kareena, Shah Rukh Khan dons Pakistani designer’s collection in trending Diwali advertisement

    After Kareena, Shah Rukh Khan dons Pakistani designer’s collection in trending Diwali advertisement

    Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has finally made an on-screen appearance after his son Aryan Khan’s arrest in Cadbury’s Diwali advertisement. The Pathan star has donned Pakistani designer Faraz Manan’s white royal jacket on a shalwar kameez.

    The jacket has been customised for the Don 2 star with detailed embroidery work.

    The acclaimed designer took to his Instagram stories to share his excitement on the same.

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    Faraz has earlier collaborated with India’s A-list actresses Sridevi, Kareena Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Karisma Kapoor.

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  • Actor Shaan terms Kohli’s innings ‘for self’, Babar’s for the team, backtracks later

    Actor Shaan terms Kohli’s innings ‘for self’, Babar’s for the team, backtracks later

    Pakistan’s leading film actor Shaan Shahid has apologised to his fans after he took to Twitter and said that Virat Kohli’s fifty was selfish and Babar Azam’s half century was for the team.

    The Khuda Kay Liye star took to Twitter and shared his thoughts on the scores of both the captains and said: “Kohli’s 51 was for himself but Baber’s 50 + was for the team. #baberazam mughlay Azam #greenpoweristhefuture.”

    Many fans criticised the Waar actor for his comments. Here are a few reactions:

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    Shaan later tweeted and said: “I agree with all of you kohli played a brilliant innings as well.”

    Pakistan crushed India by 10 wickets after a terrific inning by Babar and Mohammad Rizwan. Babar and Rizwan’s 152-run partnership for Pakistan was not just a match-winning stand, but also the biggest opening partnership in the history of the Men’s T20 World Cup and Pakistan’s second-biggest partnership in a T20I for any wicket.

    The Green Shirts will be facing New Zealand on Tuesday in their next match in the World Cup’s Super twelves.

  • After three policemen dead, Sheikh Rasheed finds ‘TLP leader Saad Rizvi more cooperative than others’

    Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed, while speaking at a press conference about the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) protests in the country, stated that he found the party’s leader Saad Hussain Rizvi “more cooperative” than others, reports Geo News.

    He said the government has reached an understanding, and negotiations with the banned organisation are going well. In the press conference, he shared an agreement between the government and the TLP which will be presented in the National Assembly (NA) as per the minister.

    He further clarified that the government was not interested in a confrontation with any organisation while mentioning that “no one should damage public property as well.”

    According to the interior minister, he wants to conclude the matter once and for all because something new happens every six months and people face difficulties, reported Dawn.

    According to Rasheed, the government will guard the commitment made to the banned organisation.

    Regarding Rizvi’s release, the minister said, “A lot of other people insist on freeing him right now. Decisions cannot be taken right now. There is a legal process that we will follow. We will talk to the Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan [who is currently in Saudi Arabia] after his return tomorrow.”

    He further said the premier had instructed his principal secretary before leaving for the visit to ask the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to unfreeze the accounts of TLP madrassah and to allow them to open new ones.

    Furthermore, he disclosed that he had requested to not be included in the government’s negotiating committee because as per him [Rasheed] “it is not the work of the interior ministry but the Punjab government”, but the idea was rejected on the insistence of Saad Rizvi and another TLP leader, Ghulam Ghaus Baghdadi.

    Earlier, the federal government announced that the cases against the TLP workers would be withdrawn by Wednesday (Oct 27) and assured them that the authorities would also oversee the charges imposed under the fourth schedule.

    Under the Fourth Schedule, the suspects of terrorism and sectarianism are placed under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.

    In a tweet, Rasheed said, “We have released 350 TLP workers up to now.”

    Because of last week’s protest in Lahore, three policemen were martyred in clashes with TLP while the banned organisation had claimed that their 500 workers were injured.