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  • Rizwan, Fakhar, Shaheen congratulate KPK for defending National T20 Cup Title

    Rizwan, Fakhar, Shaheen congratulate KPK for defending National T20 Cup Title

    Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi, who are currently in a bio-secure bubble for the ICC T20 World Cup and who were also the part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) team, congratulated their team for defending the title and beating Central Punjab at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday after Captain Iftikhar Ahmed produced an all-round performance.

    “Huge congratulations to the whole KPK as we have successfully defended our title. We decided in our very first meeting to play like warriors and Alhumdulillah we managed to do that successfully. What a team. What a performance,” wrote Rizwan while congratulating his team.

    Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi also took to Twitter to congratulate their team.

    The KPK captain completed the run chase by smoking Mohammad Faizan for a four through cover on the last ball of the 17th over and unleashed a roar in the Lahore night sky. He bagged the player of the final and the best player of the tournament awards.

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 152 for 3 (Iftikhar 45*, Ghulam 37) beat Central Punjab 148 (Shehzad 44, Akmal 42, Iftikhar 3-5, Imran 3-26) by seven wickets

  • ‘Dupatta nahi lia, khatra’: Zulqarnain Sikandar blasts troll for inappropriate comment on wife Kanwal Aftab

    ‘Dupatta nahi lia, khatra’: Zulqarnain Sikandar blasts troll for inappropriate comment on wife Kanwal Aftab

    TikTokers Kanwal Aftab and Zulqarnain Sikandar tied the knot in April 2021. The Masters star recently clapped back at a cyber troll for questioning his wife Kanwal Aftab’s choice of dressing.

    On their Nikkah ceremony the bride opted for a white and gold outfit, the groom donned a white shalwar kameez and a red waist coat.

    Kanwal recently made her acting debut in Express Entertainment’s Oye Moti. Turns out that the series does not aim to mock women but is an honest attempt to shed light on body and fat-shaming and how it affects those at the receiving end of criticism.

    Each episode has a separate storyline and features different women stuck in different scenarios where they are fat-shamed. However, they manage to overcome whatever hurdle comes their way.

  • No music in public transport till 12 Rabiul Awal: Punjab Provincial Transport Authority

    No music in public transport till 12 Rabiul Awal: Punjab Provincial Transport Authority

    According to a notification issued by the Punjab Provincial Transport Authority (PPTA), there will be “no music/movie or vulgarity [will] be tuned/displayed in all type of transport vehicles” till 12th Rabiul Awal. The government of Punjab has declared to celebrate Shan-e-Rehmataul-Lil-Alameen (ﷺ) from a1st Rabiul Awal till 12 Rabiul Awal, reports Geo News.

    The notification issued by the PPTA says, “It is desired that during these days no music/movie or vulgarity be tuned/displayed in all types transport vehicles except recitation of Holy Quran, Hamds and Naats especially in the wake of Shan-e-Rehmataul-Lil-Alameen (ﷺ) celebrations.”

    




    Earlier, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC)  issued coronavirus guidelines for Rabiul Awal celebrations across the country. It is mandatory for religious scholars and naat khuwans to be fully immunised against Covid.
    




    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Punjab boards to announce matric, intermediate results in 48 hours
    
			
    Punjab boards to announce matric, intermediate results in 48 hours
    
			
    

    All Punjab education boards will announce the results of the Matric and Intermediate Annual Examinations 2021 within 48 hours, reports Khalid Khattak for Geo News. 
    




    Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz said that all the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) had already prepared results, expressing the hope that the results would be announced soon in Punjab.
    




    There are a total of nine education boards in Punjab including BISE of Lahore, DG Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, and Sahiwal.
    




    Students gave their board exams in August and since then no result date was announced.
    




    To facilitate students, it was also decided that all candidates who failed in any subject would be given 33 per cent marks for the purpose of computing averages. 
    




    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    ‘No one can become Nawaz Sharif,’ PTI’s Shahbaz Gill responds to Maryam Nawaz
    
			
    

    Special Assistant to Prime Minister (PM) on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill said that no one can become Nawaz Sharif. “Such people are born this way,” said Gill while responding to Maryam Nawaz’s earlier comments about PM Khan. Maryam Nawaz had said that PM Imran Khan should not try to be Nawaz Sharif. 
    




    “These people are dangerous for the entire nation,”  Gill said in a press conference, along with the Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul and Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Maleeka Bokhari.
    




    While criticising Maryam Nawaz, Gill stated, “No one is safe from Maryam’s shadow, including her father [Nawaz Sharif] and her uncle [Shehbaz Sharif].” 
    




    “If you are talking about magic, tell us what kind of djinns helped you transfer your money abroad, tell us about the witches who helped you build these apartments [in London], which djinns and witches printed dollars for you to buy these apartments,” asked Gill, responding to Maryam’s comments about magic.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    VIDEO: Former fast bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz facing difficulty walking due to bone disease
    
			
    VIDEO: Former fast bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz facing difficulty walking due to bone disease
    
			
    

    Former Test cricketer Sarfaraz Nawaz is suffering from a bone disease due to which he is having difficulty in walking for the past few months, reports Geo News.
    




    In a 44-seconds video shared on Twitter, the London-based cricketer-turned-politician can be seen walking down the street using a walker.
    




    


    




    As per details, Nawaz has been living in Tooting, London, for many years with his family.
    




    In 2019, the former Test bowler was admitted to a hospital in London due to a heart problem.
    




    Nawaz played 55 Tests for Pakistan and took 177 wickets. He also played 45 One-Day Internationals and picked 63 wickets besides taking 1,005 first-class wickets.
    




    Nawaz is best known for his nine for 86 against Australia at Melbourne in 1979, which included a spell of seven wickets for just one run off 33 balls.
    




    Following his retirement from the game, Nawaz became a commentator and later joined politics.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    ‘Do not try to be Nawaz Sharif,’ Maryam Nawaz tells PM Khan
    
			
    ‘Do not try to be Nawaz Sharif,’ Maryam Nawaz tells PM Khan
    
			
    

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz said that Prime Minister Imran Khan should not try to be Nawaz Sharif. Maryam was addressing the media after an appearance at the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
    




    


    




    “When Nawaz Sharif came up with the slogan, ‘Vote ko izzat do’ [give respect to the vote], he was an elected prime minister, a constitutional prime minister, he came to power from the votes of the people and he had a long constitutional struggle, which was not for himself,” said Maryam.
    




    “He [Nawaz Sharif] gave up prime minister office for the respect of the Constitution and people of Pakistan,” she said. “To give respect to vote, you need to go to prison, you need to say that you will not take dictation from anyone.”
    




    “Imran Khan’s identity is to conspire against the elected prime minister and to hold a 126-day sit-in,” she said. She was referring to the 2014 sit-in by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad.
    




    The PML-N leader went on to say that one does not simply become a lion by cloaking oneself in the creature’s hide.
    




    Maryam said PM Imran Khan’s identity is confined to “conspiracies” and that he has “nothing to do with the principles of law and democracy”.
    




    


    




    She said that the premier will have to “answer for his conspiracies”. Speaking further about the so-called “conspiracies”, she said that if the use of “magic” has yielded such success, then it should be put to use to alleviate the petrol, diesel, flour crises, reports Geo News.
    




    


    




    “If your magic is so successful, then why don’t you use it for the good of the people?”
    




    “Go ahead, revoke my bail, arrest me, so that the people can see how fearful you are,” she challenged the government.
    




    


    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    IHC questions govt’s reluctance over disclosing details of gifts presented to PM Khan
    
			
    IHC questions govt’s reluctance over disclosing details of gifts presented to PM Khan
    
			
    

    The Islamabad High Court (IHC) questioned the government over its reluctant attitude to disclose details of the gifts presented to Prime Min­ister (PM) Imran Khan since his appointment in 2018, reports Dawn. 
    




    Prior to this, the Pakistan Information Commission (PIC) had directed the Cabinet Division to “provide the requested information about the gifts received by PM Khan”.
    




    However, the Cabinet Division argued that the matter did not fall under the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017. 
    




    “What is the harm in making it public if some country has given a necklace as a gift?” asked Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb. He said that gifts received by the rulers of a country belonged to the nation and not to them, asking whether public officeholders would even receive those gifts if the public office did not exist.
    




    Justice Aurangzeb asked: “Why doesn’t the government keep all the gifts in the museum? The government should make details of the gifts in the last 10 years public.”
    




    He also said that the Centre should inform how many gifts had their valuation done by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). The government representative at the hearing requested time to respond, after which the court adjourned the hearing.
    




    Earlier in September, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry revealed that Arab rulers who presented gifts to PM Khan “did not want their names to be made public”.
    




    Tosha­khana is a department established in1974 that stores precious gifts given to the rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officials heads by the other governments and foreign dignitaries. 
    




    According to Dawn, it has valuables ranging from bulletproof cars, gold-plated souvenirs, expensive paintings, watches, ornaments, rugs and swords.
    




    




    




    




    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    School sweeper arrested for raping fifth-grader in Sheikhupura
    
			
    School sweeper arrested for raping fifth-grader in Sheikhupura
    
			
    

    Police arrested a sweeper at a government school in Sheikhupura for raping a fifth-grader inside the school, Shahbaz Khan reported for Samaa News.
    




    Younas Masih was arrested on Monday after the child’s mother reported the case at Housing Colony Police Station, Sheikhupura.
    




    The mother alleged that after her child told her that she was assaulted by the sweeper at the school, she went to the police but they did not listen to her.
    




    She then had to go to the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau who helped her register the case.
    




    The child’s medical examination  at the District Headquarters Hospital had confirmed the sexual assault
    




    Police said the suspect has confessed to the crime.
    




    The suspect said that he used to buy the child shawarmas. “One day I forcefully took her to the washroom.”
    




    A report sent by the principal to the District Education Authority said that Younas was detained from the school gate on Monday around 10:30am.
    




    Read More: One year of rape cases in Pakistan
    




    After Younas was caught, the principal formed a four-member internal committee to probe the incident.
    




    Sheikhupura police presented the suspect before a local court on Tuesday. The court sent Younas on three-day physical remand.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    ‘Little baby boy getting stronger every day’: Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari thanks everyone for the love
    
			
    ‘Little baby boy getting stronger every day’: Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari thanks everyone for the love
    
			
    

    The daughter of the late Benazir Bhutto and former president Asif Ali Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday took to Twitter and informed her fans and followers with a health update, saying that her little baby boy is currently in a Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) but getting stronger.
    




    Bakhtawar tweeted, “Thank you for all the love & celebrations welcoming our little baby boy to the world.”
    




    


    




    “He was due Nov 8th but decided his own birthday and surprised us all on Oct 10th – currently in the NICU but getting stronger every day, do keep him in your prayers,” she tweeted. 
    




    She had posted a picture of a neonatal care unit at a UAE hospital on Instagram on October 12, indicating that the baby was born in the Gulf state.
    




    




    Bakhtawar had announced the birth of her son on October 10. 
    




    


    




    “We are happy to announce the birth of our baby boy,” she had written.