Ahmed Shameel

T20 World Cup delay was inevitable: Cricket Australia Australian organisers said postponing the men’s T20 World Cup cricket was “absolutely inevitable” Tuesday after the coronavirus pandemic forced the tournament to be delayed by a year. After months of uncertainty, Cricket Australia welcomed the International Cricket Council’s decision, saying it provided clarity ahead of an upcoming home season which includes a blockbuster Test series against India. Delaying the T20 World Cup also frees up a October-November slot in this year’s cricketing calendar which could be used to stage the Indian Premier League, possibly in the United Arab Emirates. However, it is not clear whether the T20 World Cup will now be held in Australia or India, who were originally slated to hold the following edition in 2021 — which has been shifted to 2022. COVID-19 has played havoc with international sport and CA acting chief executive Nick Hockley said there was no way Australia could host a 1...

Problems of Purification - Hadith Number 2 Hadith in Arabic حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، " أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْبَرَازَ ، انْطَلَقَ حَتَّى لا يَرَاهُ أَحَدٌ " . Urdu Translation ´جابر بن عبداللہ رضی اللہ عنہما کہتے ہیں کہ` نبی اکرم  صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم  جب قضائے حاجت  (پیشاب و پاخانہ)  کا ارادہ کرتے تو  (اتنی دور)  جاتے کہ کوئی آپ  صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم  کو دیکھ نہ پاتا تھا۔ English Translation Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: When the Prophet ﷺ felt the need of relieving himself, he went far off where no one could see him.

Problems of Purification - Hadith Number 1 Hadith in Arabic حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، " أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا ذَهَبَ الْمَذْهَبَ أَبْعَدَ " . Urdu Translation ´مغیرہ بن شعبہ رضی اللہ عنہ کہتے ہیں کہ` نبی اکرم  صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم  جب قضائے حاجت  (یعنی پیشاب اور پاخانہ)  کے لیے جاتے تو دور تشریف لے جاتے تھے۔ English Translation Narrated Mughirah ibn Shubah: When the Prophet ﷺ went (outside) to relieve himself, he went to a far-off place.

Here are some of the news stories we are following today (Wednesday): Journalist Matiullah Jan has reached home 12 hours after he was abducted. The abductors left him near Fateh Jang.  The journalist was kidnapped Tuesday morning from Islamabad’s G-6.  He will appear before the Supreme Court today in contempt proceedings against him over his alleged derogatory tweet against the court and its judges. Two witnesses have retracted their statements against former Malir SSP Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case.  Two policemen, Shahzad Jahangir and Rana Asif, told the court that they were forced to record statements against Anwar. The Zil Hajj moon was not sighted in Pakistan yesterday. Eidul Azha will be celebrated across the country on August 1. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s smart lockdown policy is helping Pakistan defeat the novel coronavirus, according to reports. In the last 24 hours, 17,000 tests were conducted of which only 1,000 came out positive. For...

The Zil Hajj crescent could not be sighted in Pakistan on Tuesday, the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced. The country will celebrate Eidul Azha on August 1, announced Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee chairman, at a press conference in Karachi. On Monday, the Saudi Supreme Court announced that the first of Zil Hajj will fall on July 22. Muslims will perform the Hajj pilgrimage on July 30. #AhmedShameel #AhmedShameelNews

The wife of journalist Matiullah Jan, who was abducted in Islamabad Tuesday morning, has asked the government to make efforts for her husband’s release. It is the responsibility of the authorities to recover the journalist who always speaks the truth, Matiullah’s wife Kaneez Sughra told SAMAA TV anchorperson Nadeem Malik on his show Tuesday. “He didn’t commit a robbery, he didn’t commit any crime, and he didn’t murder anyone,” she said. “So what’s the motive behind forcibly taking him away?” Matiullah, a known critic of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government, was taken away by men in black uniforms and plain clothes from outside his wife’s school in Islamabad’s G-6 sector. A CCTV camera installed at the school captured the incident, showing people wearing black uniform whisking the journalist away. Confirming Matiullah’s kidnapping, Information Minister Shibli Faraz told reporters in Islamabad he didn’t have details of the incident, but one thing was certain th...

MANCHESTER: England beat West Indies by 113 runs after Ben Stokes produced a masterclass innings in the second Test at Old Trafford on Monday.  West Indies, set a nominal 312 to win, were bowled out for 198 on the fifth and final day as England levelled the three-match series at 1-1. All-rounder Stokes made 176 in England's first-innings 469-9 declared and a dashing 78 not out on Monday that set up another declaration by home captain Joe Root. Stokes capped a dominant individual display as he also took two key wickets Monday after Stuart Broad´s early treble helped reduce the West Indies to 37-4. Shamarh Brooks (62) and Jermaine Blackwood (55) kept England at bay during a fifth-wicket stand of exactly 100. But Stokes, yet again proved a partnership breaker when his short ball had Blackwood, who made a match-clinching 95 in West Indies' four-wicket win in the first Test at Southampton, gloving to diving wicketkeeper Jos Buttler on the stroke of tea. From then on,...