Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
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 byRead More
Protecting our homeland gives Ukrainian army strongest possible motivation
ISTANBUL, Dec 6 (AA/APP):As they are working to protect their country from outside forces, this gives the Ukrainian Armed Forces the greatest impetus, said the nation’s president early Tuesday. “Our Armed Forces protect our homeland, and this gives the strongest possible motivation. They fight for freedom, and this always increases any strength. They defend the truth, and therefore the future of Ukraine. We are proud of you, admire you, thank you. To each and every one,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a message on Telegram marking Ukraine’s Army Day. Other UkrainianRead More
Qatar punctures FIFA’s political fantasy
If the Qatar World Cup proved anything, it’s that sports and politics are inseparable Siamese twins joined at the hip. Politics popped up at every twist of the World Cup’s road, whether related to the right of freedom of expression of players, sports commentators and fans; anti-government protests in Iran; anti-Israeli sentiment among Qataris and Arabs; a backlash against Western, particularly German, critics of Qatar; or ultra-conservative religious rejection of soccer as a sport. Qatari efforts to stage manage the intrusion of regional politics ranged from picking and choosing which protests fit its foreignRead More
Jiang Zemin: China says goodbye to former leader
China has bid its farewell to former leader Jiang Zemin in a state memorial service in Beijing. Jiang, who took power after the 1989 crackdown of the Tiananmen Square protests, will be remembered for leading the country through a decade of burgeoning economic growth and prosperity. He oversaw notable events like China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, and the handover of Hong Kong from the British to the Chinese. The Chinese Communist Party said he died last Wednesday from leukaemia and multiple organ failures. He was 96. President XiRead More
Even Israelis disapprove of Indian propaganda
Sadia N Qazi Cinema industry is a powerful tool to define and manipulate the collective conscious of a society. And the movie industry as massive as Bollywoodis sure to behold its reach to the nook and expanse of its society. Indian film industry has always been biased in portrayal of Muslims. Its movies often stereotype Muslims as extremists and terrorists reining the underworld mafia. It has stooped to a new abyss of darkness with its recent release of a right wing propaganda movie ‘The Kashmir Files’. Itwas recently showcased atRead More
Ukraine war: Russian missile strikes force emergency power shutdowns
Ukraine is switching to emergency shutdowns to stabilise its power grid after Monday’s Russian missile attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He said many regions were affected, and the local authorities warned that about half of the Kyiv region would remain without electricity in the coming days. Four people were killed in Monday’s attacks. Overnight, more missiles hit critical infrastructure near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, officials said. In a separate development on Tuesday, the governor of Russia’s Kursk region said a drone attack on an airfield set an oilRead More