Saturday, 30 October 2021
WAZIRABAD, OCT 30: Thousands of workers of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) continued their sit-in in Wazirabad for a second day on Saturday as they waited for instructions from their leaders to move ahead.
The workers, who reached Wazirabad from Gujranwala on Friday, spent the night at the Zafar Ali Khan Bypass.
Meanwhile, traffic and internet services remained suspended in the city while businesses also remained closed.
A senior official earlier that the next TLP-police encounter was expected at two major security points that had been established at Chenab and Jhelum rivers, the only route for the march to reach Islamabad.
On Friday, hundreds of Rangers and police personnel were deployed at the Chenab toll plaza to counter the marchers.
The security personnel also have armoured vehicles with them and are equipped with riot gear, according to police sources.
About 500 metres from the Chenab toll plaza, the Punjab Rangers marked a ‘red line’, and put up a notice nearby warning the protesters not to breach the line or face consequences.
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ANKARA, OCT 30: The Turkish
president on Friday inaugurated the Atatürk Cultural Center in Turkey's
metropolitan Istanbul.
Speaking at the inauguration
ceremony on the 98th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey,
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: "We are striving to repay our debt to the
founders of our republic by setting out our 2023 goals and working day and
night to achieve them."
"We will not allow any
obstacle, trap, or attack to prevent us from achieving the goals we have set
for the 100th anniversary of our Republic," he added.
All art and cultural activities
at the center will contribute to a great and powerful Turkey, the president
said.
"The Atatürk Cultural Center
will remain standing for centuries as the place where the pulse of culture and
art beats in our country," he said.
Erdoğan praised the Koca Sinan
opera, which was especially composed for the inauguration, about famed Ottoman
architect Mimar Sinan whose ingenious works dot the territory of the former
empire, particularly in Istanbul.
The ceremony was also attended by
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri
Ersoy, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, Environment, Urbanization and Climate
Minister Murat Kurum, Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanik, and
Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Kasapoglu.
In the fall of 2017, Erdoğan
announced the new project known by its Turkish initials AKM, saying it would be
a "symbolic" site in Istanbul.
The groundbreaking ceremony of
the cultural complex at the famed Taksim Square was attended by Erdoğan along
with many Turkish actors and artists.
The new building boasts a
world-class opera hall with over 2,000 seats, a theatre hall, backstage rooms,
and fair areas.
The center also has meeting rooms, administrative offices, restaurants and art galleries.
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Friday, 29 October 2021
DUBAI, OCT 29: Pakistan has defeated Afghanistan by 5 wickets at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Asif Ali emerged as the hero for Pakistan for the second straight game of T20 World Cup 2021 on Friday as he hit four sixes in the penultimate over of a successful run chase against Afghanistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Chasing 148, Pakistan's topsy turvy run chase was at 124-5, with 24 needed off 12 balls and the match set for another tensed ending. This was when Asif, also the hero on Tuesday against New Zealand under similar conditions, decided to again rise to the occasion.
He hit two of the first three balls of the 19th over bowled by Karim Janat for sixes before depositing the final two balls into the stands as well, killing the run chase singlehandedly.
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DUBAI, OCT 29: Afghanistan have posted a 148-run target for Pakistan in their T20 World Cup 2021 fixture at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Afghanistan were well and truly the second-best team for large swathes of the innings as a combination of fierce pace and shrewd spin kept their runs in check, and had them on the ropes at 76-6 in the 13th over.
Then, captain Mohammad Nabi and Gulbadin Naib formed an unbeaten 71-run partnership, which included monstrous last three overs, in which they bled Pakistan for 43 runs.
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ISLAMABAD, OCT 29: Ecole Des Lumieres, Pakistan renowned Academic Institutions, has been setting high standards for Pre-school education in Pakistan.
They earned this reputation thanks to their highly trained foreign qualified teaching faculty, modern facilities and introducing Pakistan's first researched based curriculum for Pre-School & Elementary children to develop a strong academic foundation. Their curriculum is based on the four main developmental areas of children’s:
- Language Development, helping students to develop their communications skills,
- Cognitive Development, including logical thinking and problem solving,
- Socio-Emotional Development,or how to be a good, responsible and confident citizen,
- Physical Development, participating in extracurricular activities.
Besides their curriculum, the school has been investing heavily on their teaching faculty in terms of training and activity-based learning skills. Each teacher undergoes rigorous training sessions and evaluation criteria before being hired. They are individuals who are trained and groomed by the Senior Teachers and the Principal, to modify the way they mentor their students, guide them on strategies to boost their confidence, instill skills of self-reliance or by working on their social skills, to bridge thecommunication and bonding gap between their peers.
Teaching staff become alert to the silent cues of each child, as children are a bundle of emotions wrapped up in a package which is still in the process of learning, discovering and understanding, the concept of self, the concept of cause and effect, the concept of impulse control.
The school offers state-of-the-art facilities for students to explore their talent and master their skills. They train children while ensuring their confidence remains intact, but their celerity increases and their process of functioning with an ever-growing understanding of themselves, becomes clearer.
They do not simply teach the students academics, they guide them to open their eyes and minds to the world around them, to bask in the understanding of new concepts in the bright light that illuminates from the wonder of their curiosity and the confidence we keep working on, to insure they remain on a quest to grow and evolve and keep discovering the hidden mysteries of the world around them, at a pace they enjoy and not feel overwhelmed or stresse. Ecole takes pride in creating an environment where the students feel an eagerness to learn.
Ecola students are taught to be aware of the impact they can make on the world around them and how the smallest of gestures, words or actions, can touch and effect lives around them, these are the skills that our teachers are trained for and are the daily endeavor the teachers tirelessly dedicate themselves to.
Ecole des Lumieres is very clear about how they want to groom their students, and are very proud to say that teachers work together as a team, supporting each other and help create a heaven in their classes where students feel confident to grow in to a bold, caring, self-aware individual who has the skill to study and try to understand the world around them.
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DUBAI, OCT 29: Afghanistan have won the toss against Pakistan and elected to bat first at Dubai Int’l Cricket Stadium.
The 24th fixture of the T20 World Cup 2021 sees Pakistan take on Afghanistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The match is scheduled to start at 7pm.
Pakistan XI: 1 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 2 Babar Azam (capt), 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Mohammad Hafeez, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Asif Ali, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Imad Wasim, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Afghanistan XI: 1 Hazratullah Zazai, 2 Mohammad Shahzad, 3 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 4 Najibullah Zadran, 5 Mohammad Nabi (capt), 6 Asghar Afghan, 7 Gulbadin Naib, 8 Karim Janat, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Mujeeb-ur-Rahman.
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Pakistan will face Afghanistan today at the Dubai International Stadium, with both teams looking to qualify for the semi-finals of the mega event
DUBAI, OCT 29: Legendary Pakistan batter Inzamamul Haq believes that Pakistan should bat first if they win the toss against Afghanistan, during today’s T20 World Cup match.
While speaking on his official YouTube channel, Inzamam said that Pakistan bowlers should have adequate match practice about defending targets with dew around.
“This is Pakistan’s third tough match in the group stage but there won’t be any such matches after this as they play Namibia and Scotland. I think if Pakistan win the toss, they should bat first and test their batting strength and then ask the bowlers to defend the target. There is dew in the second half of the match and our bowlers should have the practice to bowl in such conditions,” said Inzamam.
“This will help us if we face such a scenario in the semi-finals,” he added.
Pakistan will face Afghanistan today at the Dubai International Stadium, with both teams looking to qualify for the semi-finals of the mega event.
He also suggested that Pakistan should try their bench strength in the matches against Namibia and Scotland. “I think we will continue with the same team combination for the Afghanistan match. Although, if we win, which I’m confident we will, we should test our bench strength in the remaining matches so that other players get an opportunity as well. This will help us if we need injury replacements in important matches,” he concluded.
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- Friday's game in Dubai could be tense as both teams are undefeated and chasing semi-final places
DUBAI, OCT 29: Rashid Khan has pleaded with Afghanistan and Pakistan fans to behave when the two neighbours meet in the T20 World Cup on Friday after a match in England two years ago was scarred by fighting and a pitch invasion.
Afghanistan's star spinner Rashid played in that 50-over World Cup game at a packed Headingley in Leeds in 2019.
His side suffered an agonising defeat but the result was overshadowed by violence and scuffles inside and outside the stadium.
Players needed security escorts off the pitch as fans poured out of the terraces.
Friday's game in Dubai could be tense as both teams are undefeated and chasing semi-final places.
A weekend capacity crowd is expected from amongst the huge expatriate population of both nations who live and work in the Gulf.
"Definitely it's always a good game against Pakistan, but this should remain as a game," Rashid said Thursday.
"I request all the fans to stay cool and calm and just enjoy the game. What happened in the 2019 match should not have happened."
Rashid claimed four wickets and fellow spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman took five as Afghanistan started their T20 World Cup in style, bowling out Scotland for just 60 in reply to their mammoth 190-4.
However, the Afghanistan team came into the tournament under the threat of a ban due to the ruling Taliban government's hardline stance on women's sport.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) -- which makes it mandatory for all member countries to have men's and women's teams -- said it has been monitoring the situation and will discuss the matter in its meeting in Dubai next month.
Afghanistan cricket chief Azizullah Fazli told AFP at the start of the tournament: "Our government is streamlining things and women's cricket will also be streamlined."
Rashid said that the squad is trying just to focus on the tournament.
"We have only the World Cup in mind, we're playing five games and we need to win three games," said the 23-year-old.
"We don't think about what's happening. We don't think about what happened in the past. That is something which is not in our hands, it is not in our control.
"We shouldn't think about it, we don't want extra pressure on us. As a team, we're just focusing on this World Cup to get better and better."
Afghanistan smashed 11 sixes and 13 boundaries in their rout of Scotland in Sharjah.
But Rashid said hitting aggressive shots is not the team's only objective.
"To be honest, we don't have that kind of mindset, like, you have to focus on hitting so many sixes," he said.
"But you have to adjust yourself with the wicket.
"I think we need to play good cricket. It's not about getting too many sixes. These grounds are very hard to hit sixes. The wickets are not as good to hit the sixes."
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Thursday, 28 October 2021
- After winning high-profile matches, stakes will be relatively lower when they meet Afghanistan but Saqlain said there were no rooms for complacency
DUBAI, OCT 28: Pakistan have kick-started their Twenty20 World Cup campaign by winning both their grudge matches but coach Saqlain Mushtaq insists they cannot afford to lower their guard against a "fearless" Afghanistan in Friday's Super 12 contest.
The 2009 champions began with a 10-wicket romp against arch-rivals India, also their first ever win against their neighbours in a World Cup.
A highly charged-up Pakistan beat New Zealand by five wickets in their next match, which was played against the backdrop of bad blood between the sides.
Angered by New Zealand's abrupt cancellation of a limited-overs tour of Pakistan last month over security apprehensions, Pakistan players were motivated to make a point in the contest.
After those high-profile matches, stakes will be relatively lower when they meet Afghanistan but Saqlain said there were no rooms for complacency.
"The boys put their heart and soul in the first two matches," Saqlain, who took over as the interim head coach just before the tournament, told reporters on Thursday.
"The confidence and the self-belief we got from those two matches, we have to take it forward.
"Regardless of who we face, whether it's Afghanistan or any other team, we need to play that brand of cricket and execute our plans with that mindset.
"If we can't do that, it would come back to bite us."
Afghanistan thumped Scotland by 130 runs in their opener and will rely on their formidable three-pronged spin attack to try and pull off an upset against Pakistan.
"It's a strong unit. We can't really say 'that's very easy and you will roll over them'," former test spinner Saqlain said.
"They have a wonderful bowling attack, especially the spinners, and they bat the way they feel like.
"They just play sort of a fearless cricket. I think that kind of team can be dangerous.
"World Cup, it's a mega-event. You play all the teams with the same intensity, with the same attitude, with the same mindset..."
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- Pakistan resoundingly beat India at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday, for its first cricket win against its bigger neighbour in such a match, triggering celebrations at home and in Muslim-majority Kashmir
DUBAI, OCT 28: People in India's most populous state who praise arch rival Pakistan's victory in a recent cricket match could face sedition charges, authorities said on Thursday, a day after arresting three college students over jubilant social media posts.
Similar celebrations have roused the ire of Indian politicians in the past, as the nuclear-armed neighbours are at loggerheads over the Himalayan territory of Kashmir.
Pakistan resoundingly beat India at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday, for its first cricket win against its bigger neighbour in such a match, triggering celebrations at home and in Muslim-majority Kashmir.
"Those celebrating Pakistan's victory will face sedition," the office of Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, said on Twitter, with an accompanying screenshot of a news report.
The offence, if proved, carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Adityanath's office had ordered state police to take action depending on the circumstances of each case, said state information official Navneet Sehgal, adding that police would decide on the charges based on their investigations.
Posts on social media hailing Sunday's victory by Pakistan were made by three Kashmiri students at a college in the state's city of Agra, according to a police complaint on Tuesday that was reviewed by Reuters.
The three were arrested late on Wednesday, said city police official Saurabh Singh, on charges of promoting enmity between different groups and causing public alarms.
In the restive Kashmir valley, where some resident chafe at Indian control, authorities said police had received complaints over celebrations at two medical colleges after Pakistan's victory.
Authorities said six people had been detained in adjoining Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir (IIOK), where social media posts showed more than two dozen people celebrating after India's loss.
"The investigation is going on," said local official Anuradha Gupta.
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ISLAMABAD, OCT 28: Samrah Enterprises, one of the largest distribution companies of the country, has now introduced the international brand Freshly to Pakistan.
Freshly products include a range of microwave popcorn which are also available in fat-free options to cater to the needs of health-conscious consumers. They come in different flavours including natural, butter, lite butter, fat-free and hot and spicy flavoured popcorn.
“Our goal is to bring forth unique and quality brands to Pakistan,” said Syed Muhammad Salman, VP, Samrah Enterprises. “After thorough research and tasting, we made a decision to introduce Freshly’s popcorn range. As always, we aim to fulfil the needs of consumers with different dietary preferences, which is why we chose Freshly as it includes a fat-free option.”
“At Samrah Enterprises, our top priority is introducing quality products for our consumers to enjoy. The Freshly pop-corn range is a great in-between meals snack option for consumers of different age groups.
We would also like to thank United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pakistan for their constant support and helping us introduce this brand here.” Said Samrah Munsub, Director, Samrah Enterprises.
Freshly pop-corn range is now available to purchase at all the leading stores in Pakistan. It is also available online at naheed.pk, samrahenterprises.com and daraz.pk
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