Saudi Arabia has announced it will ban children under the age of 12 from entering the premises of Masjid al-Haram. The officials stated that children under the age of 12 do not qualify for Umrah, or permission to pray inside the Masjid al-Haram. Permission could not be granted through the Tawakkalna app.
Several accounts on social media have threatened to rape the 10-month-old daughter of Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli. In a recent match against Pakistan, where men in blue lost by 10 wickets, a few trolls targeted Mohammed Shami, but captain Virat Kohli supported him. Some Twitter users have publicly criticized Virat Kohli for defending Shami on the social media platform.
Lahore-based B2B social commerce platform, Zarya, has raised $1.7 million in a pre-seed round. The pre-seed round was led by Raed Ventures including Fatima Gobi Ventures, Class 5 Global, and Global Founders Capital. The seed round was also joined by Taager, an Egyptian social commerce startup that raised $6.4 million earlier this year.
Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah, president of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), said on Saturday that they were open to discussions with FIFA regarding their issues. The PFF was suspended by FIFA in April after Shah, a group of officials elected by the Pakistani Supreme Court for the PFF but not recognized by FIFA, took over the Pakistan football headquarters from the FIFA normalization committee.
After New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets in the T20 World Cup match at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, Pakistanis did not take any time to troll the Indians. No matter what the event, Indians and Pakistanis are always on the lookout for ways to troll each other. After Kohli’s team lost their second T20 match, Pakistanis trolled India once again on Twitter.
Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh, England’s Ben Stokes, and West Indian Carlos Brathwaite praised Pakistan’s Asif Ali for his outstanding performance against Afghanistan. Pakistan struggled to win a close game against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup’s Super 12 stages. Taking to Twitter all the three known cricketers expressed their feelings about the clean and powerful hitter Asif Ali.
Pakistan and Germany on Thursday signed a debt payment suspension agreement worth 26.213 million euros. The agreement is part of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI). Pakistan and Germany celebrate 60 years of development cooperation in the coming months with the signing of the agreement. Germany’s KfW maintains a portfolio of over 600 million euros worth of financial cooperation with Pakistan.
Captain Babar Azam on Friday broke Virat Kohli’s record as the first skipper to complete 1000 runs in a T20I in the quickest time. The right-handed batsman performed this feat in Pakistan’s match against Afghanistan in the ICC T20 World Cup. He reached a historic milestone in 26 innings against Virat’s 30 innings.
The ICC’s International Panel of Umpires has promoted Faisal Khan Afridi to its ranks after an in-house evaluation and appraisal process. Faisal has been replaced by Shozab Raza, who will continue to serve on the PCB Elite Panel of Umpires. Following his impressive decision-making and man-management skills demonstrated in domestic matches, Faisal got selected in the international panel.
Karachi University has announced to offer full scholarships to all members of the green team T20 World Cup squad. KU offered the scholarships because the green team has won back-to-back games against India and New Zealand. The KU will cover all academic expenses for all members of the Pakistan T20 World Cup squad.