TANGERANG: On Monday, a Pakistani taekwondo team with 16 members arrived in Indonesia to compete in the sixth Asian Open Kyorugi Taekwondo Championship in Tangerang. At the Indore Stadium Sports Center, the event will begin on Tuesday and end on Friday. Over 275 athletes from India, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal, and the host nation, Indonesia, will compete. Haroon Khan, who weighs -58 kilograms, Numan Khan, who weighs -63 kilograms, Saud Alam, who weighs -63 kilograms, Mohammad Arbaz Khan, who weighs -68 kilograms, Mazhar Abbas, who weighs -80 kilograms, Ikhtsham-ul-Haq, who weighs -87 kilograms, and Hamza Omar Saeed, who weighs +87…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
LAHORE: Another 121 connections were cut off by teams from Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd., and gas thieves were fined Rs3.5 million. The SNGPL team disconnected 15 connections in Lahore for illegal gas use and one connection for using a compressor, resulting in a Rs0.59 million fine. Four illegal connections were severed in Gujranwala, resulting in Rs0.06 million in fines. Three illegal connections were disconnected in Faisalabad, and a fine of Rs0.03 million was imposed. The Sheikhupura group detached one association and collected a fine of Rs1.04m. 18 illegal connections were cut off in Multan, and five more were cut…
On Tuesday, the first day of the second Test against England in Multan, Pakistan defeated England by a score of 259-5 thanks to Kamran Ghulam’s superb debut century. The 29-year-old batsman took over for the injured Babar Azam at number four and stopped England’s aggressive fielding and bowling for a stunning 118 runs. With 37 and five victories, Salman Agha and Mohammad Rizwan remained unbeaten. The day finished Ghulam’s baffling significant delay for a spot in the Pakistan group after he crushed a public record 1,249 runs in the 2020 season. After Pakistan won the toss and batted, Ghulam led…
Top state leader Shehbaz Sharif invited unfamiliar dignitaries, including India’s Pastor for Outer Undertakings Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, to the supper for the Shanghai Collaboration Association’s (SCO) first day on Tuesday. The SCO contains China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus — with 16 additional nations subsidiary as spectators or “exchange accomplices”. At its summit in Kazakhstan in 2017, Pakistan became a full member of the SCO. Former PM Nawaz Sharif was there, and he recently expressed hope for reviving ties with India. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will lead the summit in his capacity as the Council of…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported on Tuesday that the global total public debt is anticipated to surpass $100 trillion for the first time this year and may expand faster than anticipated as political sentiment favors increased spending and slow growth increases borrowing requirements and costs. According to the most recent Fiscal Monitor report released by the International Monetary Fund, global public debt will reach 93% of global GDP by the end of 2024 and close to 100% by 2030. This would be higher than its 99 percent peak during COVID-19. It would also be 10 percentage points higher than…
Tuesday marked the beginning of ten days of joint exercises by thousands of US and Filipino marines in the northern and western parts of the Philippines. The previous day, China held massive drills all around Taiwan. The goal of the annual Kamandag, or Venom, exercises is to protect the north coast of Luzon, the Philippines’ main island, which is about 800 kilometers from Taiwan. Taiwan is considered part of China’s territory, and Beijing has stated that it will never rule out using force to take the island, describing Monday’s drills as a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces. The joint exercises…
This is an intimate account of my mother’s battle with breast cancer. It started in September 2018 and finished on October 15, 2020. I gained invaluable knowledge from my mother throughout her journey, including how to laugh through difficult times and how to deal with suffering and disappointment. I also learned that many people in our society lack emotional intelligence and empathy. Emotional needs are frequently overlooked in a field as important as medicine, where decisions directly affect human lives. I frequently hear the hushed voice on my mobile phone instructing me on how to check for lumps in your…
After a security guard is accused of raping a student at a private college in Lahore, celebrities are speaking out. They’re calling for equity as well as the assurance of understudies’ prosperity nearby. Mahira Khan, Sarwat Gillani, and Durefishan Saleem, all prominent figures in the entertainment industry, opposed the incident. What took place: On Sunday, news of an alleged rape of a student at the Punjab Group of Colleges went viral on social media, prompting the arrest of a security guard. An investigation has been launched, as stated in a statement issued by the police. Rescue officials said on Monday…
Following media reports that French footballer Kylian Mbappe was the subject of an investigation following a visit to Stockholm, Swedish prosecutors confirmed a rape investigation on Tuesday but did not name the suspect. Following Mbappe’s two-day visit to the Nordic capital, Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen reported on Monday that a rape investigation had been initiated. “Because of media reports about a thought assault in Stockholm, the examiner can affirm that a crook report has been submitted to the police,” Sweden’s Indictment Authority said in a proclamation. It also stated that the alleged incident took place on October 10 in…
Seoul’s military reported on Tuesday that North Korea had carried out a “counter-fire” operation in response to the destruction of portions of the deeply symbolic roads connecting it to the South. After spending months constructing anti-tank barriers and laying mines in response to Kim Jong Un’s declaration that the South was his country’s “principal enemy,” Pyongyang’s military last week pledged to permanently seal its southern border. State media reported on Tuesday that Kim convened a security meeting to direct a plan of “immediate military action” in response to the North’s claim that Seoul was using drones to drop anti-regime propaganda…
