Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
Foreign players to arrive in Pakistan a week before PSL begins: report
KARACHI JAN 29 (DNA : A majority of the foreign players participating the Pakistan Super League (PSL), barring those from Australia, South Africa and England, will join their franchises at least one week before the tournament kicks off. This is the first time that the complete tournament will be held in Pakistan. Sources, privy to the developments, say that all the PSL teams in Karachi would train at the National Stadium. Another stadium owned by a private bank would be utilised as well. Players from the West Indies, SriRead More
Sanath Jayasuriya welcomes Shoaib Malik in elite list
ISLAMABAD JAN 29 (DNA) : Former Sri Lanka captain Santath Jayasuriya is happy to welcome Pakistani all-rounder Shoaib Malik in his company. Malik, who will be 38 on Saturday, became the eighth player to play international cricket in four different decades after featuring against Bangladesh in the first Twenty20 International at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore (GSL) on Friday. Wilfred Rhodes, Dennis Brian Close, Frank Woolley, Sachin Tendulkar, Jack Hobbs, George Gunn and Sanath Jayasuriya are the other players in the elite list. Furthermore, Shoaib Malik is the thirdRead More
Palestinians reject Trump Mideast peace plan
RAMALLAH, West Bank, — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said “a thousand no’s” to the Mideast peace plan announced on Tuesday by President Donald Trump, which strongly favors Israel. The Palestinians remain committed to ending the Israeli occupation and establishing a state with its capital in east Jerusalem, Abbas said at a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, where the Western-backed Palestinian Authority is headquartered. “After the nonsense that we heard today we say a thousand no’s to the Deal of The Century,” he said. The planRead More
Trump’s Middle East peace plan: Smiles and sorrow on the ground
“When someone arrives to talk peace, prepare for war,” an Israeli told me this week. Palestinians and Israelis know from decades of history that past peace initiatives are strewn with turbulence, division and bloodshed. But the Oslo Accords of the 1990s also left a structure in place, however fragile, that was meant to become the basis for a permanent peace – the so-called “two-state solution”. It calls for an independent Palestinian state made up of the West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as its capital, alongside a secure stateRead More
43 persons to exercise their right to vote for the first time in Goygol-Daskesen election constituency #101
BAKU, – “526 observers were registered in Goygol-Dashkesan election constituency #101”, Chairman of the Constituency Election Commission Abbas Zalov told. He noted that 74 of the registered observers are independent and the rest are the members of eight political parties. The constituency with 120 polling stations includes 42,874 voters. 43 of them will exercise their right to vote for the first time. There 4 voters who are over 100 years old. Speaking about the installation of webcams in 9 polling stations, A. Zalov said that the process of preparation for the electionsRead More
“The number of candidates for deputy is an indication of interest of society in political processes”: Emil Mirzeyev
BAKU — “Elections always involve changes and renewal all over the world. In this regard, I expect positive results from the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan”, Chairman of Swedish Azerbaijanis Congress Emil Mirzeyev told. Speaking about the comprehensive reforms conducted in all spheres of life in Azerbaijan, Mirzeyev said that the initiative for parliament’s renewal will make a significant contribution to the steps taken in this direction. “The number of candidates is an indication of interest of society in political processes. It is gratifying that the majority of the candidates are young people. I amRead More