Ahmed Shameel

The start of the fifth day’s play of the second Test between England and Pakistan in Southampton has been delayed due to wet outfield. The home team, who are leading the three-match series 1-0, will continue their first innings at the score of 7-1 with Dominic Sibley and Zak Crawley at the crease. They trail the visitors by 229 in their first innings. Bad weather is expected to affect the fifth and final day of the Test as well. Day Four The fourth day’s play in the second Test between England and Pakistan in Southampton was abandoned due to rain. England were 7-1 in reply to Pakistan’s first innings total of 236 all out. Shaheen Shah Afridi provided the breakthrough for the Green Caps before rain interrupted play for the first and the last time on the day. The match is clearly heading towards a draw as most of the game has been affected due to bad weather. Day Three The third day’s play in the second Test between England and Pakistan in Southampton was abandone...

A man, identified as Isaaq, allegedly killed his 16-year-old daughter and her friend in the name of honour in Sialkot’s Pasrur, according to the police. The victims were attacked Monday afternoon with a sharp knife and died on the spot. The police reached the crime scene and arrested the suspect. The bodies have been shifted to the DHQ Hospital for post-mortem examinations. A case has been registered against the suspect, three of his sons and two other unknown men. All of them except Isaaq are on the run. The police are on the lookout for the suspects.

A six-year-old girl passed away after she fell into an uncovered manhole in Hyderabad’s Paretabad on Sunday, according to the police. Bushra left her house to buy some snacks for herself from a nearby shop when she fell, her grandfather said. “We waited for help from the police and rescue officials but none arrived.” After waiting for over five hours the neighbours retrieved her from the gutter themselves. However, she couldn’t sustain the injuries and passed away on the way to the hospital. They said that the chairman of the union council lived in the same area but never took any action to cover the manholes on the street. “Even after the incident, the manhole was not closed,” a neighbour said. The holes were covered a day after the incident. “They have just kept a wooden plank on top of them, which does not reduce the danger manholes pose,” he added. Last month, two sanitary workers passed away while cleaning manholes in the same area. No permanent action, however, ha...

ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Monday that the National Accountability Bureau can arrest his entire family but it still won't deter him from changing the PPP's stance on democracy, the National Finance Commission and the 18th Amendment. The PPP chairman was addressing media outside an accountability court on Monday where former president Asif Ali Zardari had attended a hearing related to the Toshakhana reference.  Bilawal alleged that his lawyers were not allowed to go inside the court. “The public and lawyers were not allowed to come to the court. Is this an attempt to pressurise us or the judiciary,” he asked. “Are you so afraid of president Zardari?” said Bilawal, adding that the “entire police” of Islamabad was deployed at the court's premises. Bilawal said that the government can do whatever it wants but the PPP will not compromise on the 18th Amendment. “We are feeling that there is pressure on us, we are being threatened so that ...

Hadith in Arabic حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ذَكْوَانَ ، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ الأَصْفَرِ ، قَالَ : رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَنَاخَ رَاحِلَتَهُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ يَبُولُ إِلَيْهَا ، فَقُلْتُ : يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَلَيْسَ قَدْ نُهِيَ عَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ : بَلَى ، " إِنَّمَا نُهِيَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فِي الْفَضَاءِ ، فَإِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الْقِبْلَةِ شَيْءٌ يَسْتُرُكَ ، فَلَا بَأْسَ " . Urdu Translation ´مروان اصفر کہتے ہیں` میں نے عبداللہ بن عمر رضی اللہ عنہما کو دیکھا، انہوں نے قبلہ کی طرف اپنی سواری بٹھائی پھر بیٹھ کر اسی کی طرف رخ کر کے پیشاب کرنے لگے، میں نے پوچھا: ابوعبدالرحمٰن!  (عبداللہ بن عمر رضی اللہ عنہما کی کنیت ہے)  کیا اس سے منع نہیں کیا گیا ہے؟ تو انہوں نے جواب دیا: کیوں نہیں، اس سے صرف میدان میں روکا گیا ہے لیکن جب تمہارے اور قبلہ کے بیچ میں کوئی ایسی چیز ہو جو تمہارے لیے آڑ ہو تو کوئی حرج نہیں  ۱؎ ۔ English Translation Marwan al-Asfar sa...

SOUTHAMPTON: Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis has backed skipper Azhar Ali to over overcome his current form, saying he was hopeful the 35-year old would deliver in the next two games against England. Pakistan, despite not having played international cricket for six months because of the coronavirus, dominated the majority of last week´s first Test at Old Trafford, with opening batsman Shan Masood hitting a Test-best 156 and leg-spinner Yasir Shah taking eight wickets. Their pace trio of Mohammad Abbas, Shaheen Afridi and teenage rising star Naseem Shah all troubled England´s top order. Pakistan, 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 partnership of 139 between Chris Woakes (84 not out) and Jos Buttler (75) turned the tide as England won by three wickets to go 1-0 up with two to play. Azhar, criticised for his tactics during Buttler and Woakes' stand, has made just one ...

With a steady decline in coronavirus cases across country, over 92% of COVID-19 patients have recovered in Pakistan, according to the latest statistics released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Thursday. As many as 264,060 people have recovered from coronavirus across Pakistan so far, making it a significant count, as it constitutes 92% of the total number of patients. There are now 16,475 active cases in the country. About 753 new coronavirus cases were reported with 10 new deaths across the country over the last 24 hours . Read more: Viral hepatitis deadlier than COVID-19 in Pakistan, say health experts So far, 2,297 patients have succumbed to coronavirus in Sindh, 2,179 in Punjab, 1,235 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 173 in Islmabad Capital Territory (ICT), 138 in Balochistan, 59 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir(AJK), and 58 patients have died in Gilgit-Baltistan. Moreover, with 735 hospitals equipped with COVID-19 treatment facilities, 1,341 patients are ad...