Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Third edition of PSL to begin in Dubai on Feb 22
LAHORE, FEB 21 (DNA) – The third edition of Pakistan Super League will begin in Dubai on Thursday (Feb 22) with an impressive ceremony. The tournament opener featuring defending champions Peshawar Zalmi and new entrants Multan Sultans will take place the same night at 10 pm Pakistan Standard Times in Dubai.
Never called anyone ‘Godfather’ in Panamagate judgement: Justice Khosa
ISLAMABAD, FEB 21 (DNA) – Wrapping up two contempt of court notices against Geo News, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on Wednesday said that nowhere in the Supreme Court judgement that led to Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification do the judges call anyone ‘The Godfather’. “Have you read the Panamagate judgement?” Justice Khosa asked the deputy attorney general present in court. “Nowhere in the judgement have we mentioned The Godfather,” he said while adding that the reference to the Sicilian Mafia was made because of Nihal Hashmi’s open threats to the judiciary. Justice Khosa’s remarks come inRead More
Pakistan lose to Japan in Tri-nation hockey final
LAHORE, FEB 21 (DNA) – Japan won the Tri-nation hockey tournament after beating Pakistan by 3-2 in an action-packed encounter at Muscat’s Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex (SQSC) on Tuesday. Koji Yamasaki (4′ off PC), Kazuma Murata (12′) and Hirotaka Wikuri (50′) scored for Japan while Arslan Qadir (14′) and Mubashar Ali (56′ off PC) managed to goals for Pakistan. Team Pakistan previously won 2-1 against Japan during poll matches. Pakistan have completed their four matches in the double league format, earning eight points to lead the table and are followedRead More
Bomb blast in Srilanka, 12 Military officials hit
COLOMBO, FEB 21 (DNA) Nineteen people including 12 Military personnel were injured on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus in *Srilanka*, said the *military *adding they do not know the cause but suspect it may be a bomb or grenade. Since the end of Sri Lanka’s nearly three-decade civil war in 2009 there have been no targeted attacks on the military. “There had been an explosion in a passenger bus. There are some fragments on the body of the bus. We suspect it as a bomb blast,” *military *spokesmanRead More
Student crushed under wheels of bus in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI, FEB 21 (DNA) – A local bus on Wednesday ran over a student when he was trying to get on it, injuring him critically here in Gujar Khan area. According to eyewitness accounts, the student was trying to get on the bus when the driver didn’t stop and the bus ran over him. The boy, whose identity couldn’t be ascertained, succumbed to his injuries during treatment later. The driver fled from the site of the incident soon after the accident. The incident infuriated the bystanders and schoolmates of theRead More
CJP rejects Sharif’s in-chamber appeal to club three graft references into one
ISLAMABAD, FEB 21 (DNA) – Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday rejected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s in-chamber appeal to club three graft references against him into one. Justice Nisar heard the plea filed by Sharif in his chamber today. The petition has previously been rejected twice by the top court’s registrar office and the CJP. On Nov 16, Justice Nisar dismissed Sharif’s plea on grounds that the option to review the Panama Papers judgment had already been availed by the former premier. Previously on Oct 13,Read More