Ahmed Shameel

Residents of Sindh can now register their vehicles on their computerised national identity card (CNIC) number, the Sindh Excise and Taxation Department announced on Tuesday. According to the department’s spokesman, the excise and taxation minister has introduced the facility according to which any person can get information about the registration of vehicles on their CNIC from www.excise.gos.pk. The spokesperson added that the facility will soon be provided via text messages as well. “Facilitating people is our top priority,” he added. Last month, the Sindh government  launched  new camera-readable vehicle registration number plates with multiple latest security features. Director-General Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Department Sindh, Shoaib Siddiqui had told  Geo News  the new number plates would be produced in coordination with the National Radio and Telecommunications (NRTC) and would assist in tracking vehicles and make it easier to obtain data as ...

Ben Stokes' absence for the second Test against Pakistan has left England in a selection conundrum going into Thursday's second Test at Southampton. Pakistan were the much better side for a large part of last week's first Test at Old Trafford and, despite a second-innings collapse, were still favourites to win when they reduced England to 117-5 in pursuit of a target of 277. But a sixth-wicket partnership of 139 between Chris Woakes (84 not out) and Jos Buttler (75) turned the tide as England went 1-0 up in a three-match series on Saturday. Since England won with more than a day to spare in Manchester, it has been announced that star all-rounder Stokes will miss the rest of the series as a result of travelling to New Zealand to be with his ill father. A quad injury meant that the end of England´s 2-1 series win over the West Indies last month — a campaign that marked international cricket's return from the coronavirus lockdown — and the first Test against Pa...

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Tuesday announced that all of its home series during the upcoming season, including Pakistan's tour, have been confirmed by the pertinent cricket boards and will go ahead despite the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to Pakistan's tour of New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh and the West Indies have also confirmed their visits. NZC chief executive David White said managed isolation arrangements for the visiting teams were still being worked out with officials in Wellington, but the tours would proceed. "I was just on the phone to the West Indies, they;re confirmed, Pakistan is confirmed, Australia and Bangladesh, so (there will be) 37 days of international cricket," he told reporters. White declined to release schedules of the tours until details had been worked out. He said arrangements were likely to follow the model of bio-secure "bubbles" adopted in England for the recent West Indies tour — when teams' accommodat...

 Problems of Purity - Hadith No. 8 Hadith in Arabic حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ رِوَايَةً ، قَالَ : " إِذَا أَتَيْتُمُ الْغَائِطَ فَلا تَسْتَقْبِلُوا الْقِبْلَةَ بِغَائِطٍ وَلا بَوْلٍ وَلَكِنْ شَرِّقُوا أَوْ غَرِّبُوا ، فَقَدِمْنَا الشَّامَ فَوَجَدْنَا مَرَاحِيضَ قَدْ بُنِيَتْ قِبَلَ الْقِبْلَةِ ، فَكُنَّا نَنْحَرِفُ عَنْهَا وَنَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ " . Urdu Translation ´ابوایوب انصاری رضی اللہ عنہ سے روایت ہے کہ` رسول اللہ  صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم  نے فرمایا  ” جب تم قضائے حاجت کے لیے آؤ تو پاخانہ اور پیشاب کرتے وقت قبلہ رو ہو کر نہ بیٹھو، بلکہ پورب یا پچھم کی طرف رخ کر لیا کرو “   ۱؎ ،  (ابوایوب رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں)  پھر ہم ملک شام آئے تو وہاں ہمیں بیت الخلاء قبلہ رخ بنے ہوئے ملے، تو ہم پاخانہ و پیشاب کرتے وقت قبلہ کی طرف سے رخ پھیر لیتے تھے، اور اللہ سے مغفرت طلب کرتے تھے۔ English Translation Narrated Abu Ayyub: That ...