President Dr. Arif Alvi offering condolences over the sad demise of former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin at Chinese Embassy
President Dr. Arif Alvi offering condolences over the sad demise of former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin at Chinese Embassy
President Dr. Arif Alvi offering condolences over the sad demise of former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin at Chinese Embassy
President Dr. Arif Alvi offering condolences over the sad demise of former Chinese President, Jiang Zemin at Chinese Embassy
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing at a seminar “10 Years of UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity in Pakistan
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif addressing at a seminar “10 Years of UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity in Pakistan
PBCC to take up visa denial matter for Blind T20 WC in WBC
ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (APP): The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) would be taking up the matter of denial of visas to Pakistan team for participation in T20 World Cup Cricket of the Blind with the World Blind Cricket (WBC) body to take stern action against India.
PBCC with sheer disappointment informed that the Pakistan team has been denied visas by India to feature in the T20 World Cup Cricket of the Blind which was scheduled to be held from December 5 to 17.
“This unfortunate incident has left Pakistan team in the lurch, Pakistan was a serious contender to win the World Cup as Pakistan has been the Runners-up twice in the earlier two editions of this format of World Cups (2012 & 2017) and has beaten the current T-20 World Champion India five (5) times consecutively in the last five encounters during two Tri-Nation competitions in 2021 and 2022 and won both events,” PBCC said.
It was highly likely that Pakistan and India would have locked horns in the final of on-going World Cup and considering the current form of Green-shirts, Pakistan had the high chances to win the World Cup.
PBCC said as per available information the Ministry of External Affairs India has denied Pakistan Blind Cricket clearance on political grounds.
“PBCC strongly condemned this discriminating act of India as Sports should be above regional politics and particularly the Special Persons mega sports events would be treated fairly and all teams must be given equal chances to compete the event.
Our counterpart Blind Cricket Association in India pleaded their government for Pakistan’s clearance but it went in vain.
“The current Indian Government’s hatred towards Pakistan has also violated the United Nations Charter for Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) that induces States to provide equal sports playing opportunities to Persons with Disabilities”, PBCC said.
PBCC said this discriminative act would have serious consequence on Global Blind Cricket as we (PBCC) at World Blind Cricket will take stern action against them and may not allow India to host future International events.
Top seeded players advance in next round of National Ranking Tennis
ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (APP): All seeded players have advanced to the next round of men’s singles of 35th Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships here at S.Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex on Tuesday.
The first-round matches in Men’s Singles and Junior 18 & Under went into action and exciting tennis was seen.
The best encounter of the day was between upcoming youngsters Ahmed Nael Qureshi and Sami Zeb Khan, both from Islamabad.
Qureshi won the match in a well-contested three-set match.
In the first set, Sami Zeb was leading 5-2 by breaking the 3rd and 7th games of Qureshi and grabbed the 1st set by holding his own serve of the 8th game.
In the second set, Qureshi changed his game plan and played aggressively to take up the lead 5-1 by breaking 2nd, 4th, and 6th games of Khan.
At this point, Qureshi lost his 7th game by hitting some unforced down the lines but in the 9th game, Qureshi wrapped up the set at 6-3 and leveled the match 1-1 set all.
In the final set, Qureshi again changed his pace of the game and build up the winning lead without conceding a single game by breaking 1st, 3rd and 5th games of Khan.
In the 2nd round Qureshi would face top seed Aqeel Khan in the pre-quarterfinal.
In Men’s Singles (Main Draw 1st Round), Aqeel Khan beat Bilal Asim 6-1 7-5; Ahmed Nael Qureshi beat Sami Zeb Khan 2-6 6-3 6-0; M.Talha Khan beat Muhammad Azeem Khan 7-6(5) 6-1; Barkatullah beat M.Hamza Aasim 6-3 6-2; Muzammil Murtaza beat Hamid Israr 6-3 6-3; S.Nofil Kaleem beat Abdul Hanan Khan 6-2 6-4; Abdullah Adnan beat Shahzad Khan 2-6 7-5 (retd.); Heera Ashiq beat Major Suleman 6-1 6-1; Muadssar Murtaza beat Parbat Kumar 6-2 6-1;M.
Waqas Malik beat Hasam Khan 6-3 2-6 7-6(7); Baqar Ali beat Jibran-ul-Haq 6-4 6-2; Muhammad Abid beat Usman Ejaz Yousaf 6-3 6-1; Yousaf Khalil beat Mahatir Muhammad Khan 7-5 6-3; M.Huzaifa Khan beat Uzair Khan 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Asadullah Khan beat Daisuke Ubemi 6-3 7-6(5); Muhammad Shoaib beat Muhammad Salar 6-0 6-2.
In Junior 18&Under Singles (Main Draw 1st Round), Bilal Asim beat Faisal Khalil 6-1 6-0; Talha Khan w/o Jabir Ali; Hamid Israr beat Saaim Shehzad 6-0 6-0; Abdul Hanan Khan beat Zaeem Ghafoor 6-0 6-0; Arslan Khan w/o Saif Ali Khan; Muhammad Salar w/o Abdul Basit; Ibrahim Nouman Yousaf w/o Nabeel Ali Qayyum; M.Talha Khan beat Rayan Ahmed Khan 6-1 6-0; Hamza Aasim was given a walk over against Hamza Roman Khan.
The second round matches of Men’s Singles, Junior Singles as well as 1st round of Men’s Doubles, Ladies Singles would be held on Wednesday.
51st anniversary of Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed observed
RAWALPINDI, Dec 06 (APP):The 51st anniversary of Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider was observed on Tuesday at Lahore.
According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) news release, General Officer Commanding, Major General Malik Amir Muhammad Khan laid floral wreath at Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed’s mausoleum.
A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Army presented a guard of honour. Various people from different walks of life, civil and military officials and relatives of Shaheed attended the wreath-laying ceremony.
Imran Khan is on mission to isolate Pakistan globally: Shazia Marri
ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (APP):Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety and Spokesperson of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Shazia Murri on Tuesday said that Imran Khan was on a mission to isolate and default Pakistan at the international level.
In her reaction to Imran Khan’s statement, she said that the prohibited foreign funding case was like a noose around Imran Khan’s neck.
Imran Khan had tried his best to fulfill the forbidden funding agenda with honesty, Shazia Murri added.
Imran Khan always blamed his opponents for corruption but he had looted even the money of the flood victims, Shazia Murri informed.
“Imran Khan was making noise to avoid accountability”, Shazia Murri said.