The Project Director of Sitara Icon Tower, recently announced that Asif Ali will receive a 3-bed apartment in the tallest tower of Faisalabad. The award recognizes his outstanding performance against Afghanistan during the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. The Pakistani team won the match with Ali hitting four sixes in the second last over.
A tentative agreement between Pakistani officials and the banned TTP has been reached in an effort to end nearly two decades of militancy in the country. After two weeks of direct, face-to-face talks, the two sides had tentatively agreed to declare a truce across Pakistan. Sources said the talks were taking place in Afghanistan’s Khost province.
Recent rankings list NUST as the only Pakistani university among Asia’s top 100 institutions. NUST has moved up two places to 74th place in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2022. The university has advanced 17 places over the past five years as it was ranked 91st in 2018. NUST is also ranked among the top 400 universities in the world.
The Pakistan Navy reported on Wednesday that the UK and Pakistani navies conducted a joint exercise in the northern Arabian Sea. Following the visit of the UK Navy’s ship HMS Richmond to Karachi, the drill was held. The naval exercises covered a range of maritime operations. It contributed to efforts towards ensuring maritime security in the region by improving interoperability.
The practice of seeing living statues is very common in other countries, but not in Pakistan. This can either be a performer (or mannequin) who poses like a statue or someone with statue-like makeup. The ‘Golden Man of Islamabad,’ Muhammad Ahsan, is the first living statue in Pakistan. DC Islamabad granted Ahsan permission to perform as the living statute in Islamabad.
Afghanistan is also experiencing a boom in cryptocurrency adoption as the trend spreads around the globe. According to Chainalysis’ August report, the war-torn nation ranked 20th out of 154 nations using digital coins. Additionally, Afghanistan is also ranked eighth globally for the core peer-to-peer trading volume. In the wake of recurrent bullish and bearish trends, cryptocurrency usage is on the rise globally.
Reports indicate that Pakistan has paid the Asian Development Bank a hefty fine of $100 million for failing to execute projects. Over the past 15 years, Pakistan failed to honor the deadlines on various donor-funded projects. There have been a few examples shared with the media regarding bad governance in the implementation of donor-funded projects in Pakistan.
The 80-year-old civil engineer launched Pakistan’s first Islamic garden in Karachi inspired by the Islamic Botanical Garden in Sharjah. The garden of Shaukat Omari includes plants, trees, and shrubs named in Islamic scriptures, like the Sharjah park that opened in 2014. There are 25 new species of trees planted in Jinnah Urban Forest, including olive, date palm, pomegranate, and fig trees.
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.