COLOMBO: Matheesha Pathirana returned career-best bowling figures of 4/20 and powered Colombo Strikers to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Galle Marvels in the 19th match of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2024 here on Monday. Put into bat first, Galle Marvels could post 138 runs on the board despite Tim Seifert’s anchoring 44-run knock. The Marvels, at one stage, were 93/3 before running into a disastrous collapse, mainly triggered by Pathirana, who took four wickets in the process. Seifert remained the top-scorer for the Marvels with a 38-ball 44 which featured three fours and two sixes while Bhanuka Rajapaksa made…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Xherdan Shaqiri announced his retirement from international football on Monday after winning 125 Switzerland caps and becoming the only player to score in each of the last three World Cups and European Championships. Midfielder Shaqiri, 32, who now plays with Chicago Fire in the United States, is Switzerland’s second most-capped player after team-mate Granit Xhaka on 130 caps. The former Bayern Munich and Liverpool winger made his international debut in March 2010 aged 18. He represented his country at four World Cups and three European Championships. In what was his last game for the Nati, Shaqiri scored in the shoot-out…
A Lahore anti-terrorism court granted police 10 days’ physical remand of PTI founder Imran Khan in connection with 12 cases over the May 9 riots. Countrywide protests erupted on May 9 last year after the paramilitary Rangers whisked away Imran from the Islamabad High Court in a corruption case. While the protests were underway, social media was flooded with footage of rioting and vandalism at various spots, including the Lahore Corps Commander’s residence and General Headquarters, the army’s head of office in Rawalpindi. A 13-member team of the Lahore police’s investigation wing had visited Adiala Jail on Saturday to quiz…
ISLAMABAD: After mulling over the landmark judgement on reserved seats, hailed by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday decided to approach the Supreme Court seeking its review contending that the full bench instead of interpretation of the constitution entered the domain of legislation. The PML-N in its review petition moved through Barrister Haris Azmat requested the apex court to not only recall the verdict in the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) case, but also suspend its operation until pendency of the present matter, arguing that the PTI was a separate party and not entitled…
QUETTA: PPP leader Mir Nasibullah Marri on Monday claimed that public mandate was forcibly snatched as his election victory on Balochistan Assembly’s seat, PB-9 Kohlu, was converted into defeat through rigging. Speaking at a gathering of party workers and tribal elders in Kohlu, the former provincial minister announced he would not allow anyone to deprive people of their mandate and fight a legal battle for his rights. He expressed hope for justice from the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of Pakistan, where his case is currently under review. Mr Marri said the people of Kohlu had overwhelmingly supported him,…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is considering the appointment of retired judges to decide over 54,000 pending cases. The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) — which appoints judges to superior courts — will meet on Friday to deliberate on the appointment of four retired judges as ad hoc members of the court. Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, the JCP will consider the names of retired justices Mushir Alam, Maqbool Baqar, Mazhar Alam Miankhel and Sardar Tariq Masood for the appointment. Justice Alam retired as the apex court judge in August 2021, Justice Baqar in April 2022, Justice…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered the authorities to release PTI activist Sanam Javed and stopped the police from arresting her till Thursday. In his order, IHC’s Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb also advised the PTI activist to “avoid unnecessary rhetoric”, or else the court would reverse its order. The decision has provided some respite to Ms Javed, who has been incarcerated for over a year after being booked in a dozen cases since May 9, 2023. On Wednesday, the Lahore High Court discharged her in a case of May 9 riots registered in Gujranwala. Three PTI leaders granted bail…
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Monday dismissed a case registered against Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai for allegedly occupying a government land near his residence. A BHC division bench comprising Justice Mohammad Ejaz Swati and Justice Amir Nawaz Rana announced the verdict, directing the provincial authorities to quash the FIR registered against Mr Achakzai on the order of the district administration. The court announced the decision after hearing arguments from both sides, and on the ground of insufficient evidence. The FIR was lodged in March this year when Mr Achakzai was contesting the presidential election as opposition…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday decided to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) — a former ruling party which remained in power in the Centre from 2018 to 2022 — for its alleged affinity to the ‘anti-state’ elements while also working out a reference to try the top brass, including its founder Imran Khan, for high treason under Article 6. Besides these two decisions, the government led by the PML-N will also file a review petition in the Supreme Court in the reserved seats case which was decided by the full court in the favour of the PTI last week. The government…
QUETTA: Monsoon rains continued to lash the northeastern and central parts of Balochistan, while landslides were reported after downpour in the areas of Sulaiman Range, suspending traffic on the highway linking the province with Punjab. At least 17 districts of Balochistan have been put on high alert in view of the monsoon rains, according to the director general of the provincial disaster management authority. All districts in Nasirabad division were affected by the floodwaters of Harnai, he said, adding that all deputy commissioners were instructed to prepare lists of safe places. Reports suggested that the Sulaiman Range received heavy rains, triggering…
