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Cricket Australia announces ODI, T20I squad for Pakistan tour

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Cricket Australia (CA) announced a 16-member squad for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against Pakistan later in March. However, some big names were not included in the squad. According to the statement by CA Aaron Finch will lead the white-ball squad while on the other hand David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchel Starc … Read more

Michael Neser’s Pakistan tour in doubt after injury

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Australian fast bowler Michael Neser’s presence in the upcoming tour to Pakistan seems in doubt after he suffered from a side strain injury. The Kangaroos led by Pat Cummins will be touring Pakistan for the first time in 24 years to play three Tests, ODIs and an only T20I. According to Australian media, the Queensland … Read more

National Test squad to commence training sessions in Karachi from Feb 16

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Pakistan national Test squad will begin their training sessions at the National Stadium, Karachi from February 16. The cricketers will carry out their sessions under the supervision of the head coach Saqlain Mushtaq. The remaining players, who are currently busy in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), will join the squad in Rawalpindi. The squad will … Read more

Cricket Australia announces Test squad for Pakistan tour

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Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday announced the 18-man Test squad for the historic tour to Pakistan which is scheduled to start from March 4 in Rawalpindi. Our 18-player Test squad for the Qantas tour of Pakistan! 🔒 The Test playing contingent and staff are due to depart for Pakistan later this month while white ball … Read more

Pandamart opens its 50th store in a year

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KARACHI: Pandamart has achieved a major milestone as it opened its 50th store in DHA Phase 8, Karachi, a statement said. Pandamart, the country’s leading online groceries delivery platform, has established over 50 stores within just over a year since the first store was opened in Bahadurabad, Karachi in November 2020. Speaking about pandamart’s rapid … Read more

AAA Associates holds job marathon 2022

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ISLAMABAD: AAA Associates in collaboration with the Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Programme held AAA Job Marathon, 2022 on January 29 and 30 at Topi Rakh Ayub Park, Rawalpindi, a statement said. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs (SAPM) Usman Dar graced the occasion as chief guest, it added. The event provided more … Read more

Ecnec approves road, water supply projects worth Rs448 billion

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ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved various road and water development projects at a cost of Rs448 billion. These projects included Punjab Arterial Roads Improvement Programme (PARIP), Punjab Rural Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Project (PRSWSSP), Greater Karachi Bulk Water Supply Scheme K-IV and Kharian-Rawalpindi Motorway project. Under the … Read more

PCB announces new schedule for Australia tour of Pakistan

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday announced the revised schedule for Australia’s tour of Pakistan. Australia will be touring Pakistan for the first time in 24 years. The last time Kangaroos toured Pakistan was in 1998 when Mark Taylor-led team defeated Pakistan 1-0 in a three-match Test series. The tour is … Read more

PCB ensures safe and secure tour for visiting team

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket Australia (CA) are in talks with each other over the decision of the venues for the upcoming Test series as a part of Australia’s tour of Pakistan in March, as reported by the Sunday Morning Herald. The red-ball cricket will be played on the pitches of Karachi, Lahore and … Read more

Rooftop gardening picks up pace in Rawalpindi

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ISLAMABAD: Housewife Beenish Awan is now least worried about buying vegetables from the market as she has developed an alternative rooftop vegetable garden at her residence in the Bagh Sardaran area of Rawalpindi. She is carrying out vertical vegetable farming at the terrace of her five-marla house for the past three years now. Rooftop gardening … Read more

Adiala Jail tainted by political interference

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ISLAMABAD: Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi is generally under immense pressure by the influential elites to ‘accommodate’ prisoners with facilities not permissible under the law. The jail also addresses the needs of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) as the city does not have any prison.  The prisoners are given discriminatory treatment based on their social status and … Read more

A taste of Pindi

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ISLAMABAD: The trend of dining out in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad was not prevalent in the past, but since the last two decades, the quest for a variety of cuisines has increased manifold. Now the love for eating out in the twin cities is as common as in Lahore and Gujranwala, which … Read more

Scavenging dangerously

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ISLAMABAD: Usually at night one comes across mainly teenage garbage pickers carrying big sacks and torches that are fixed to their caps. They are usually looking for items like plastic utensils, glass, metals, paper and cartons from the garbage dumps in the residential and commercial areas of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The … Read more

Coping with a backlog

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LAHORE: Despite the hectic efforts on the part of the judiciary to expedite disposal of cases, over 2 million cases are pending in the courts at all levels – from superior courts to the district courts. As many as 2,147,788 cases are collectively pending before the Supreme Court, the five provincial high courts, the Federal … Read more

PM Imran Khan will eradicate inflation in 5th year of his tenure, claims Sheikh Rashid

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan would eradicate inflation in the fifth year of his tenure. Addressing the media in Rawalpindi today, he said that eradicating poverty was the government’s top agenda. Mini-budget would be passed in every condition he emphasised and said that it was necessary to control … Read more

Watch: First metro terminal approved to turn into solar power

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Pakistan’s Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to build the country’s first solar-powered metro terminal. If everything goes according to plan, the project will begin in January of next year and be completed in three months. A precise strategy has been established, according to a CDA official, to give residents of the twin cities (Rawalpindi … Read more

Shoaib Akhtar says he will ‘take the pain’ again if given a chance to play for Pakistan

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Legendary Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar shared a video on his social media where he can be seen taking a painkiller injection in his knees after his operation was delayed by 2 months. Akhtar was one of the fastest bowlers during his career. However, his career was cut short amid several injuries. He was fondly known … Read more

Former CJCSC General (retd) Shamim Alam Khan laid to rest in Rawalpindi

Former chairman joint chiefs of staff committee General (retd) Shamim Alam Khan was laid to rest in the Army Graveyard in Rawalpindi, said the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday. The funeral of the former four-star general was attended by incumbent CJCSC General Nadeem Raza, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and … Read more

National T20 second leg to begin from today in Lahore

National T20 second leg to begin from today in Lahore

With the end of the first leg of the National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi, the second leg of the short format tournament will begin today in Lahore. During the first leg, the pitch conditions of the Pindi Cricket Stadium were more in favor of bowling sides. But, considering the nature of the pitches at the … Read more

National T20 Cup: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa vs Northern Live Score – Match 17

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National T20 Cup: Today Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will face Northern in the seventeenth match of the National T20 Cup at Rawalpindi Stadium. The tournament will feature six teams — Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh, and Southern Punjab. The Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi and Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will host 33 matches of the … Read more

National T20 Cup: Balochistan vs Southern Punjab Live Score – Match 13

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National T20 Cup: Today Balochistan will face Southern Punjab in the thirteenth match of the National T20 Cup at Rawalpindi Stadium. The tournament will feature six teams — Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh, and Southern Punjab. The Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi and Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will host 33 matches of the … Read more

National T20 Cup: Sindh vs Balochistan Live Score – Match 9

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National T20 Cup: Today Sindh will face Balochistan in the ninth match of the National T20 Cup at Rawalpindi Stadium. The tournament will feature six teams — Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh, and Southern Punjab. The Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi and Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will host 33 matches of the tournament. … Read more

Hafeez pulls out of National T20 Cup’s matches in Rawalpindi

Hafeez pulls out of National T20 Cup's matches in Rawalpindi

Pakistan all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez, who is part of the squad of Central Punjab, has been pulled out of the National T20 Cup that is ongoing in Rawalpindi, according to sources. The right-handed batsman has been forced to withdraw from ongoing matches in Rawalpindi as a result of food poisoning, sources said, and he has left … Read more

National T20 Cup 2021: Balochistan vs Southern Punjab Live Score – Match 7

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National T20 Cup 2021 Live Score: Today Balochistan will face Southern Punjab at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.  The tournament will feature six teams — Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh, and Southern Punjab. The Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi and Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will host 33 matches of the tournament. Balochistan has won the … Read more

National T20 Cup 2021: Sindh vs Southern Punjab Live Score – Match 3

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National T20 Cup 2021 Live Score: Today Sindh will face Southern Punjab at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.  The tournament will feature six teams — Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern, Sindh, and Southern Punjab. The Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi and Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will host 33 matches of the tournament. Sindh have won the … Read more

Ramiz asks players to release frustration, anger through performance

Ramiz asks players to release frustration, anger through performance

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja on Saturday asked national players to remain calm and release frustration caused by the New Zealand’s irrational and one sided decision to cancel the series. “Whatever frustration and anger you have, release it through your performance. This is the best cure to show the world. When you … Read more

Sheikh Rasheed: ‘New Zealand does not have substantive proof of threat’

Federal Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rasheed said that New Zealand authorities do not have any substantive proof of a threat in Pakistan, hours after they called off their series. In a press conference, Rasheed said that New Zealand took a unilateral decision to postpone Pakistan’s tour despite Pakistan provided presidential security arrangements for the team. … Read more

Pakistan capable to win T20 World Cup, Hassan Ali

Pakistan capable to win T20 World Cup, Hassan Ali

RAWALPINDI: Fast bowler Hassan Ali on Tuesday said he was confident that Pakistan would play well capable of winning the upcoming T20 World Cup. “The players who have been picked up for the T20 World Cup by the selection committee have either performed in the past or in recent times. I’ve the strong belief that … Read more