Sunday, February 23rd, 2020
PSL 2020: Quetta Gladiators cruise to 5-wicket victory over Karachi Kings
KARACHI – In a nail-biting game, Quetta Gladiators won the match against Karachi Kings by 5 wickets during the sixth fixture of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) tournament at Karachi s National Stadium on Sunday. Gladiators s Captain Sarfraz Ahmed put up quite a fight till the very end by scoring 37 runs from 25 balls, while Azam Khan managed to scrape 46 runs from 30 balls before being bowled out. Playing first, Karachi Kings had set a target of 157 runs at the loss of nine wickets against Quetta Gladiators after theyRead More
MoHR receives 40,000 complaints relating to human rights
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (DNA): The Ministry of Human Rights’ helpline 1099 had received over 40,000 complaints regarding human rights during January 2020, said Secretary MoHR, Ribia Javeria Agha on Sunday. Talking to state-run media, she said the complaints relating to inheritance and child abuse were being addressed on priority. She said, “together, we need to strengthen coordination and support mechanisms so that we can end exploitation and violence against women, girls and helpline is affective source to meet these challenges.” Javeria Agha that MoHR was committed toRead More
Quetta Gladiators defeat Karachi Kings
KARACHI – Karachi Kings on Sunday have set a target of 157 runs on the loss of nine wickets against Quetta Gladiators in sixth match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) at National Cricket Stadium. Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat first against Quetta Gladiators. During the innings, Karachi Kings’ belligerent Babar Azam made an early exit after scoring 26 runs on 23 balls whereas Alex Hales was dismissed on 29 scores. Cameron Delport was sent back to the pavilion after hitting 22 scores. Earlier, Karachi Kings hadRead More
COAS Gen Qamar Bajwa visits Morocco, meets key personalities
MOROCCO, FEB 23 (DNA) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Sunday has met Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in Charge of the Administration of National Defence and General Abdelfattah Lourak, Inspector General of Royal Armed Forces. During the meeting in Morocco, matters of mutual interest, bilateral defence, security cooperation, regional peace and stability were discussed. They agreed upon the tremendous potential for cooperation in multiple fields including security cooperation, joint training & counter terrorism domain. COAS said that Pakistan has andRead More
CDA issues tenders for development of Sector I-14
ISLAMABAD, FEB 23 (DNA) – In continuation of efforts to complete development of stalled projects and completion of residual work in the sector pending since years, Capital Development Authority (CDA) has to initiate improvement work on drainage system of Sector I-14. Earlier, funds amounting to Rs. 9.37 million were allocated for improvement of drainage system entire sector and now tenders in this regard have been issued. Under this initiative, existing drainage system laid out in all sub-sectors of Sector I-14 would be repaired and improved while in the areas whereRead More
Pakistan adopts resolution on reaffirming respect to territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
ISLAMABAD, FEB 23 (DNA) – According to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on February 21, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly of Pakistan adopted a resolution on reaffirming the respect to territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In the resolution the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa values the strategic partnership between Pakistan and Azerbaijan based on principles of respect, trust and mutual understanding and underlines the shared cultural values, common perceptions on global and regional issues and close cooperation in international arena between the two countries. The resolution states with appreciation Azerbaijan’s unequivocalRead More