Ticket price for the eagerly awaited Pakistan and India match in T20 World Cup 2024 has been revealed.
According to foreign media reports, the previous tickets of the stadium with a capacity of 34,000 fans will be charged at six dollars but the most expensive ticket is 400 dollars, which is more than 100,000 rupees in Pakistan. On the other hand, there are three types of tickets between Pakistan and India.
The price of Standard tickets is 175 US dollars which is more than 48 thousand Pakistani rupees while the price of Standard Plus is 300 dollars which is more than 83,000 Pakistani rupees.
On the other hand, the premium price is 400 dollars, which is more than one lakh Pakistani rupees.
Room fares of local hotels has increased. The local hotels charge 10,000 rupees to one lakh per night.
New Zealand cricket team opener Colin Munro has decided to retire from international cricket.
Munro has not been included in the Kiwis’ World Cup squad.
The aggressive batsman represented New Zealand in 123 international matches, scoring a total of 3000 international runs in 65 T20Is, 57 ODIs and one Test match.
Munro last played an international match for New Zealand in 2020.
Sazgar Engineering Works Limited, a prominent manufacturer of CNG 4-Stroke Auto Rickshaws and Automotive Wheel Rims, reported a significant increase in sales of its auto rickshaws for April 2024.
According to a company filing with the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), Sazgar sold 1,212 auto rickshaws in April 2024, almost three times the sales of the same month last year, when it sold 406 units.
On the production front, Sazgar’s output of auto rickshaws also saw a substantial surge.
The company produced 1,140 units in April 2024, a remarkable increase from the 244 units manufactured in April 2023. This 4.67-fold year-on-year increase showcases the company’s strong production capacity.
However, a month-on-month comparison shows a slight decline in sales and production. Auto rickshaw sales fell by 9.62 per cent from March 2024, when the company sold 1,341 units. Similarly, production dropped by 26.5 per cent compared to the 1,551 units produced in March 2024.
Despite this monthly fluctuation, the company’s four-wheel vehicle segment performed well in April 2024.
Sazgar sold 551 four-wheel off-road and passenger vehicles, which is 9.11 per cent higher than the 505 units sold in March 2024. Production for four-wheel vehicles also increased, with 574 units produced in April, compared to 531 units in March.
Overall, Sazgar Engineering Works Limited’s robust year-on-year growth in auto rickshaw sales and production demonstrates the company’s resilience and capacity for expansion, despite some month-to-month variability.
The Punjab government has set May 10 as the balloting date for the Punjab e-bike Scheme, a project designed to provide 20,000 motorcycles to deserving students.
The announcement was made during a meeting chaired by Punjab Minister for Transport Bilal Akbar Khan, which focused on evaluating the scheme’s progress.
The project, launched by Chief Minister (CM) Maryam Nawaz on April 12 under the Chief Minister Youth Initiative, has garnered significant interest from students.
The number of applications has exceeded 100,000, indicating a high level of enthusiasm for the scheme. The balloting process will select 20,000 recipients from this pool.
The Punjab e-bike Scheme offers students the opportunity to acquire motorcycles and e-bikes through a manageable monthly installment plan.
Male students will be able to purchase bikes with payments of Rs11,676 per month, while female students can do so for Rs7,325 per month.
The scheme also has a quota system to ensure fair distribution. In urban areas, the quota is evenly split, with 50 per cent reserved for male students and 50 per cent for female students.
In rural areas, the allocation is different, with 70 per cent of the quota set aside for male students and 30 per cent for female students.
To promote equitable distribution in Lahore, motorcycles will be allotted based on the population density of each district.
Actress and model Nausheen Shah has talked about Imran Ashraf’s struggle from small roles to big success. A video clip of Nausheen Shah is doing the rounds on social media, where she praises Imran Ashraf’s remarkable acting and dedication to work.
Reflecting on the past, she said that once Imran told her, “Aasha (Nausheen Shah), you’ve seen my tough times too when I wasn’t getting big roles, struggling to make a mark in the industry, and you advised me to stay strong in difficult times.”
The actress said, “I learned something from Imran Ashraf at that time, which I have held onto till today.” She said that Imran once told her, “If I am not getting the big roles, I have decided that if someone doesn’t offer me big roles, then I will make the small roles big.”
She also said that, “Imran Ashraf played the character Khwaja Sara so well that I became emotional.”
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants’ owner Sanjiv Goenka got angry with captain KL Rahul after a humiliating defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Yesterday, Sunrisers defeated the Supergiants team by 10 wickets in an important match, giving a blow to the chances of qualifying to the play-off stage.
At the end of the match, Lucknow Supergiants owner Sanjeev Goenka lashed out at the team captain KL Rahul. A video of the altercation is going viral on social media.
In the video, it can be seen that Sanjeev Goenka is scolding captain KL Rahul for the worst defeat while the captain is listening to his words with courage.
Supergiants managed to score 165 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, while Sunrisers Hyderabad achieved the target without any loss in just 9.4 overs.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and opposition leader Omar Ayub Khan, while talking to Independent Urdu, said that May 9 was a conspiracy against PTI. In response to a question regarding apologising to the military, the PTI leader said, “Yes, we will apologise if an independent commission is made.”
On the other hand, Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Aain (TTA) alliance leaders demanded a judicial investigation into the May 9 violent protests last year.
TTA chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai, while speaking at the event in Islamabad, warned that his party workers will protest on the streets across the country if martial law was imposed in the country, and the constitution was destabilised.
Similarly, PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said sarcastically while addressing the same event that DG ISPR, in his recent press release, gave ‘facts like Form 47’.
May 9 events: PTI to tender “apology” only if an independent commission is made, says opposition leader in the National Assembly @OmarAyubKhan In a response to my question, he says “Yes, we will apologise if an independent commission is made.” pic.twitter.com/uxCt4hshcT
— Qurrat ul Ain Shirazi (@annie_shirazi) May 9, 2024
An 18-month old British girl who was born completely deaf is believed to be the youngest person to have their hearing restored after undergoing groundbreaking new gene therapy.
Several medical teams around the world including in China and the United States have been trialling similar treatments with good results for hereditary deafness that focuses on a rare genetic mutation.
But UK ear surgeon Manohar Bance said the toddler, Opal, was the first person in the world to receive therapy developed by US biotech firm Regeneron and “the youngest globally that’s been done to date as far as we know”.
Opal was treated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in eastern England.
Bance called the results of Opal’s surgery “spectacular –- so close to normal hearing restoration. So we do hope it could be a potential cure”.
He said it came on the back of decades of work and marked “a new era in the treatment of deafness”.
The little girl, from Oxfordshire in south central England, has a genetic form of auditory neuropathy, which is caused by the disruption of nerve impulses travelling from the inner ear to the brain.
Auditory neuropathy can be caused by a fault in the OTOF gene, which is responsible for making a protein called otoferlin. This enables cells in the ear to communicate with the hearing nerve.
To overcome the fault, the “new era” gene therapy from Regeneron delivers a working copy of the gene to the ear.
Bance said that following surgery last September, Opal’s hearing was now “close to normal” with further improvement expected.
A second child received the gene therapy in Cambridge with positive results seen six weeks after the surgery.
China has been working on targeting the same gene though Bance said theirs used a different technology and slightly different mode of delivery.
Medics in Philadelphia have also reported a good outcome with a type of gene therapy on an 11-year-old boy.
Opal was the first person to take part in a gene therapy trial being carried out in Cambridge by Bance.
The trial consists of three parts, with three deaf children, including Opal, receiving a low dose of gene therapy in one ear only.
A different set of three children will get a high dose on one side. Then, if that is shown to be safe, more children will receive a dose in both ears at the same time.
Up to 18 youngsters from the UK, Spain and the United States are being recruited for the trial and will be followed up for five years.
Bance said the current treatment for auditory neuropathy was implanted.
“My entire life, gene therapy has been ‘five years away’… to finally see something that actually worked in humans… It was quite spectacular and a bit awe-inspiring really,” he said.
Actor Azaan Sami Khan, the son of singer Adnan Sami Khan, wished a happy a happy birthday to his younger half-sister, Medina. While writing on his Instagram, Azaan Sami Khan posted a picture with his younger sister to wish her a happy 7th birthday. He captioned, “Happy 7th Birthday! My baby sister, Lalas Jaan, had the best birthday ever. I love you so much!” He added, “P.S. Baba loves me more.”
Azaan Sami Khan kept the comments turned off on the post. It’s important to remember that Azaan Sami Khan is the only child of singer-musician Adnan Sami and his first marriage, which lasted for three years, to veteran actor Zeba Bakhtiar. Whereas Medina is the younger and only daughter of the veteran singer’s third wife, Roya Sami Khan.
Gold prices in Pakistan held steady on Thursday, following two consecutive days of decline. The price for 24-karat gold was set at Rs239,200 per tola, unchanged from the previous session.
In the last week, the price of 24-karat gold fell by Rs6,400 per tola, contributing to a cumulative loss of Rs14,200 per tola, or 5.63 per cent, over the past two weeks.
According to the Karachi Sarafa Association, the price for 10 grammes of 24-karat gold remained at Rs205,075, while the price for 10 grammes of 22-karat gold stood at Rs187,986.
Silver prices also remained steady in the domestic market, with 24-karat silver priced at Rs2,620 per tola and Rs2,254.8 per 10 grammes.
Globally, the spot price of gold inched slightly downward. International spot gold was trading near $2,308.14 an ounce, down by 0.03 per cent compared to the previous trading session.
