LAHORE: January 26 –
Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori talking with shopkeeper during his visit Shama Shopping Center and Resham Bazaar of Shah Faisal Colony
KARACHI: January 26 –
Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh, Justice (R) Maqbool Baqar awarding degree to student during first Arts Council Academies Convocation 2024 organized by Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi
KARACHI: January 26 –
KARACHI: January 26 – Caretaker Provincial Minister for Information, Minority Affairs, Social Protection and President Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, Muhammad Ahmed Shah addressing during first Arts Council Academies Convocation 2024 organized by Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi. APP/TZD
ICJ gives verdict in favour of humanity: Aizaz Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Former foreign secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Friday said that the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) had come in favour of humanity, which would have immediate positive consequences for the people of Palestine.
The UN top court’s ruling had strengthened the Palestine issue, which would be persistently reverberated at the international forums like the United Nations Security Council or the General Assembly, he said while talking to a private news channel.
Aizaz Chaudhry emphasized that the ICJ’s verdict had endorsed the demand of 153 countries for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip by Israel, a pivotal step towards peace.
He expressed the optimism that the decision would lay a robust foundation for establishing peace in the region. “This ruling will provide a solid foundation for regional peace,” he added.
He said Israel was not bound to implement the decision, but it would a lot of pressure on the Zionist regime.
Famous archaeologist Ahmed Hassan Dani remembered on death anniversary
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Internationally acclaimed archaeologist, historian and linguist Prof Dr Ahmad Hasan Dani was remembered on the occasion of his death anniversary on Friday.
He was regarded as an authority on archaeology, culture, linguistics, Buddhism and Central Asian archaeology and history. Dr Dani was born in Basna, in the district of Raipur in India, on July 20, 1920.
He did his Master’s in 1944 and became the first Muslim graduate of Banaras Hindu University. In 1945, Prof Dani started work as an archaeologist with Sir Mortimer Wheeler and took part in excavations in Taxila and Moenjodaro.
He was subsequently posted at the Department of Archaeology of British India at the Taj Mahal.
After partition, he moved to Dhaka and worked as assistant superintendent of the Department of Archaeology.
At that time, he rectified the Varendra Museum in Rajshahi.
In 1950, he was promoted to the position of superintendent-in-charge of archaeology. For 12 years (1950-62), Prof Dani worked as an associate professor of history at the University of Dhaka and also as a curator at the Dhaka Museum.
During this period, he carried out archaeological research on the Muslim history of Bengal.
He also worked as a research fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1958-59). In 1969, he became an Asian Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra. In 1974, he went to the University of Pennsylvania as a visiting scholar.
In 1977, he was a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Prof Dani was awarded honorary fellowships of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (1969), German Archaeological Institute (1981), Ismeo, Rome (1986) and Royal Asiatic Society (1991).
He moved to the University of Peshawar in 1962 as a professor of archaeology and remained there till 1971. He conducted several archaeological explorations and excavations on the Stone Age and Gandhara Civilisation in the Northern Areas and guided the resetting and renovation of Lahore and Peshawar museums.
In 1971, he moved to Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad where he established the Faculty of Social Sciences and served as its dean until his retirement in 1980.
He received an honorary doctorate from Tajikistan University in Dushanbe in 1993. The same year, Prof Dani established the Islamabad Museum. Between 1992 and 1996, he was appointed adviser on archaeology to the Ministry of Culture.
Between 1994 and 1998, he worked as chairman of the National Fund for Cultural Heritage in Islamabad. In 1997, he became an honorary director at the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations.
Dr Dani took part in exclusive excavation works on the pre-Indus Civilisation site of Rehman Dheri in northern Pakistan. He also made a number of discoveries of Gandhara sites in Peshawar and Swat and worked on Indo-Greek sites in Dir.
From 1985 he was involved in research focussing on documentation of ancient rock carvings and inscriptions on remains from the Neolithic age in the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan, along with Harald Hauptmann of Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, University of Heidelberg.
In 1990-91, he led Unesco’s international scientific teams for the Desert Route Expedition of the Silk Road in China and the Steppe Route Expedition of the Silk Road in the former Soviet Union.
He was awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 2000 and Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 1969 in recognition of his meritorious contributions.
He was also awarded Légion d’Honneur by the French government in 1998, Aristotle Silver Medal by Unesco in 1997, Order of Merit by the government of Germany in 1996 and Knight Commander by the government of Italy in 1994.
Dr Dani authored more than 30 books, the latest being the History of Pakistan published in 2008. His other books include Historic City of Taxila, History of Northern Areas, Romance of the Khyber Pass, New Light on Central Asia, Central Asia Today and Human Records on Karakoram Highway.
He co-authored with J.P. Mohen the Volume III of History of Humanity, and with B.A. Litvinksy The Kushano-Sassanian Kingdom.
He was fluent in Bangla, French, Hindi, Kashmiri, Marathi, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Seraiki, Sindhi, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu languages.
He was Professor of Emeritus at the Quaid-i-Azam University, a distinction bestowed on him after his retirement as Dean of the Social Sciences Department in recognition of his contributions. He was the founding director of the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations of the university since its establishment in 1997 and the founding director of the Islamabad Museum.
During his long career, Prof Dani has held various academic positions and international fellowships and conducted archaeological excavations and research. He received several civil awards in Pakistan and
abroad.
He died on January 26, 2009, and was laid to rest in Islamabad.
Pakistani envoy’s team facilitates survivors of Sharjah fire incident
SHARJAH, Jan 26 (APP): Under the directions of Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, an official team of the Welfare Wing of the Consulate General, Dubai led by Community Welfare Attaché (CWA) Imran Shahid visited Al Qassimi Hospital Sharjah Friday morning to inquire about Pakistani survivors of a fire incident.
A Pakistani father and his daughter died in the fire incident on Thursday.
The team held detailed meeting with the Hospital’s management including Hamdan and Abdullah and also met the doctors treating the survivors of the tragic incident. The survivors include wife of the deceased, Fatima Imran Khan and two children Asma Imran Khan (about 9 years old) and Ahmed Imran Khan (about 6 years old).
The visiting team requested the concerned authorities in the Hospital, police, and forensics departments to expedite issuing the requisite medical reports enabling issuance of death notifications at the earliest. The family hailing from Lahore have desired to take the dead bodies to Pakistan for burial.
Zaheer, the brother in law of deceased Imran Khan and other relatives of the bereaved family were assured of full cooperation and support by the Consulate General in this difficult and testing time.
The doctors apprised that the children were likely to be discharged on Friday and will be handed over to the Child Protection Department, Sharjah which will subsequently hand them over to their relatives after fulfilling formalities in consultation with the Consulate. However, mother of the children Fatima Imran Khan was still unconscious with her carbon monoxide level getting normal but the doctors were not sure about her recovery time.
Assuring them of all required facilitation and assistance, the official team briefed the relatives of the family on relevant procedures in detail.
Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi win National Women T20 matches
ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): The eighth round of the National Women’s T20 Tournament 2023-24 saw wins for Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi in the matches played across three venues in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
At Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Lahore dominated over Multan with a 119-run victory, courtesy of a magnificent century produced from Ayesha Zafar’s bat and a three-wicket haul picked up by Ghulam Fatima.
In the match that was live-streamed on PCB’s YouTube channel, Lahore put up a mammoth total of 200-2 in the first innings after being put to bat first by Multan.
Opening batters Ayesha Zafar and Sidra Amin put up a dominating 183-run stand as pressure mounted on the opposition.
Ayesha became the third centurion from Lahore in this tournament as she hit a 65-ball 113, showcasing 18 boundaries and two maximums, until she was stumped off Gul-e-Uswa’s bowling.
Iram Javed, who replaced Ayesha on the crease, could only score a run before Gull Rukh removed her. Kaynat Hafeez also chipped in with an unbeaten four-ball five.
Continuing her red-hot form with the bat, Sidra smashed an unbeaten 71 from 51, including eight fours.
Gull Rukh and Gull-e-Uswa were the only two wicket-takers for Multan.
In reply, Lahore captain Nida Dar ran out opening batter Aleena Masood for just three runs. Gull Rukh too was run out for 10 off 12, with two fours, by Bismah Maroof with Multan’s scorecard reading 43-2 in 6.1 overs.
The fourth batter in, Wajeeha Muneer (9, 20b), was stumped off Ghulam Fatima’s bowling on the first ball of the 12th over. The next batter in, Warda Yousaf, fell in the same manner on the last ball of the same over.
In the next over, Multan captain Gull Feroza (36, 29b, 5x4s) was run out by Noreen Yaqoob. On the very next ball, Saiqa Riaz (10, 7b, 2x4s) was pinned leg-before by Ghulam Fatima as Lahore cemented their dominance in the game.
Amber Kainat removed Gull-e-Uswa for two runs while Bismah dismissed Samina Aftab and Tasmia Rubab cheaply.
Noor-ul-Iman retired herself out for a duck as Multan ended the innings at 81 in 16.1 overs, losing the game by 119 runs.
Ghulam Fatima registered a three-wicket haul and Bismah picked up two wickets. Amber Kainat also dismissed a batter. For her performance with the bat, Ayesha was awarded player of the match.
At Ayub Park Ground, Maham Manzoor’s three-wicket haul helped Karachi defeat Quetta by six wickets.
Karachi restricted Quetta to 88-7 in 20 overs after inviting them to bat first. Dua Majid (20, 28b, 3x4s) was the only major contributor from the top-order as Fareeha Mehmood, Khadija Chishti and Jannat Rasheed all departed cheaply.
Tuba Hassan, the fifth batter in, added 15 from 20 with three fours, before she was caught by Karachi skipper Fatima Sana off Syeda Aroob Shah’s bowling.
Quetta skipper Saima Malik chipped in an unbeaten 11 off 19 while Laiba Mansoor, the ninth batter on the crease, was the highest run-scorer of the innings. She ended the innings with an unbeaten 21 from 22, including three fours.
Left-arm spinner Maham Manzoor was the most successful bowler for Karachi, returning with three wickets. Aroob had two wickets in the innings, while Rameen Shamim and Aimen Anwar removed a batter each.
Fatima Sana (7, 6b), Huraina Sajjad (13, 11b, 1×4) and Najiha Alvi (7 not out, 4b) also chipped in with some runs.
Anam Amin removed Karachi’s opening batter Muneeba Ali for just six runs. Her fellow opener, Javeria Khan, added 25 from 24, with three boundaries, before she was caught by Khadija off Tuba’s bowling.
Omaima Sohail, batting at number three, added an undefeated 23 on 24, with three fours to help her side over the line.
Tuba accounted for two wickets while Anam and Laiba had a wicket each.
For her magnificent spell which accounted for three wickets for just 13 runs, Maham Manzoor was awarded player of the match
At Diamond Cricket Ground in Islamabad, Rawalpindi won against Peshawar by five wickets after they chased the target in 11.2 overs.
Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to bowl first. Peshawar posted 99-6 in 20 overs, with the skipper Aleena Shah (28 not out, 35b, 2x4s) finishing as the top-scorer of the innings.
Earlier, opening batter Tehzeeb Shah was dismissed by right-arm pacer Humna Bilal for just four runs. Her fellow opener Raahima Syed too departed for 13 off 26, including two boundaries, after getting run out in ninth over, bringing the 31-run second-wicket stand to an end.
Momina Riasat added 12 off 16 with two fours before falling to Aliya Riaz and Nayab Ishaq contributed 15 from 22, with a four, before she was run out by Fatima Shah.
In an innings that saw four run-outs, Aliya and Humna were the only two wicket-takers for Rawalpindi, picking up a wicket each.
Rawalpindi chased the target in the 12th over, losing five wickets in the process. Wicketkeeper-batter Farzana Farooq was the highest scorer of the innings, adding 35 from 22, five fours and a six, until she fell to Aleena.
Aima Saleem (19, 10b, 4x4s), Arijah Haseeb (23 not out, 15b, 3x4s, 1×6) and Fajar Naved (12 not out, 9b, 2x4s) added some crucial runs to help Rawalpindi over the line.
Momina and Tehzeeb returned with two scalps each while Aleena had one to her name.
Farzana was adjudged player of the match for her performance with the bat.
All six teams will feature in the ninth round of matches on Monday, 29 January.
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Caretaker Interior Minister Dr. Gohar Ejaz chairing a briefing at National Action Plan Secretariat
ISLAMABAD: January 26 –
Nawaz pledges massive job & income opportunities to mitigate inflation effects
BUREWALA, Jan 26 (APP): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Quaid Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that there had been great transformation since his ouster from power with massive inflation and price hike disrupting the social fabric of society and pledged to fully mitigate their effects by ensuring job and income opportunities for all following the mandate on February 8.
Addressing a public meeting in Burewala, the thrice elected prime minister said that ‘Roti’ (bread), which was available for Rs 4 per piece during the last PNL-N government, was now priced at Rs 20, while the electricity bill of Rs 500 had now jumped to Rs 20,000, with no gas supply.
Similarly, vegetables were available at Rs 10 per kilogram during his tenure, he added. Likewise, a urea fertilizer bag was now being sold for Rs 5,000 against Rs 1,200 during his tenure, while the price of a tractor had risen to Rs 3.8 million from Rs 900,000.
The situation would not have worsened had he not been expelled from the government for not taking any salary from his son, Nawaz regretted.
It was the result of a bunch of people who disrupted the country’s social fabric like brutally axing a body, he said in an apparent reference to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf regime.
Nawaz said that he loved the younger generation and would take steps for their betterment.
He said after forming the government, he would again visit Burewala and give it the status of a district. A motorway would be built in the area and if possible a new airport would also be constructed in the city, he further promised.
PML-N Vice President Mayram Nawaz said that the people should vote for Nawaz Sharif as he was the one who could deliver and serve them better.
She said the rival parties were campaigning for election in Punjab, but everywhere they found the development projects by successive PML-N government.
They all knew that Nawaz Sharif was the only politician “who cares for the people and the PML-N’s manifesto focuses on the development of every city and every village”.
Maryam promised that a medical college would be established in Vehari if the PML-N were voted to power.
PML-N nominee for NA-156 Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad Arain and Punjab Assembly candidate PP-231 Chaudhry Khalid Mahmood Dogar also spoke.
PML-N Spokesperson Maryum Aurangzeb, Senator Pervaiz Rasheed, Syed Sajid Mehdi Saleem, Saeed Ahmad Khan Manais, Mian Saqib Khursheed, Chaudhry Yousuf Kasailia (PP-229), Mian Khaliq Nawaz Arain, Noor Khan Bhabha and other leaders were also present.
SAPM Jawad Sohrab Malik attending foundation stone laying ceremony of new academic block of OPF School
RAWALPINDI: January 26 –
RAWALPINDI: January 26 – SAPM Jawad Sohrab Malik lays foundation stone of new academic block of OPF School. APP/TZD
RAWALPINDI: January 26 – SAPM Jawad Sohrab Malik being received at foundation stone laying ceremony of new academic block of OPF School. APP/TZD