Pakistani boxer Muzaffar Khan on Saturday won the Arabian Sea Championship title. He defeated his Afghan opponent Ahmad Samir Dawrani in Islamabad. The match was played at the Liaquat Gymnasium and lasted five rounds. The Pakistani boxer stopped the Afghan opponent in the fifth round after a four-round fight. The legendary boxer Hussain Shah and Usman Wazir attended the occasion.
Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan’s star wicket-keeper, has been named the Men’s T20i Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Mohammad Rizwan played 29 matches during the calendar year 2021 and scored 1326 runs at an average of 73.66 and a strike rate of 134.89. In addition to his bat skills, he was equally effective behind the stumps.
13-year-old Amna is an orphan and Hafiza Quran who runs a food stall in Lahore’s Cavalry Ground. Social media is praising her courage and urging everyone to visit her food stand. She sells home-cooked food to feed her orphan siblings. Additionally, social media citizens praise her for the way she earned and fed her siblings.
Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated his government on achieving 5.37% GDP growth during the 2020-2021 financial year. He took to Twitter to highlight the growth, claiming that the rise in GDP had led to the creation of substantial jobs and an increase in per capita income. PM Imran asserted that the economic reforms have been recognized internationally as a “success”.
Google honored the late Pakistani human rights activist Perween Rahman on Saturday by publishing a doodle in her memory. She led the Orangi Pilot Project, widely hailed as one of the best projects in the country’s largest metropolis Karachi. It is one of the most successful non-profit programs in the South Asian country, helping local communities to escape poverty.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a partnership with TikTok for the HBL PSL 7 and 8. The seventh and eighth editions of the most popular and highly sought-after T20 league in the world will have TikTok as the official Entertainment Partner. HBL PSL 7 will take place from January 27 in Karachi and Lahore.
Baloch Nationalist Army, a newly emerged terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the Lahore blast on its social media account. They have appointed Mureed Baloch as their spokesman. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid stated in a TV show in the evening that Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility, but that intelligence agencies were unable to determine who carried out the terrorist attack.
An official Punjab Police Twitter account, DPRPP Official, has been hacked, a spokesperson said on the microblogging platform earlier today. The hacked account has nearly a million followers. Hackers shared piles of tweets within hours and changed the user name to Pʋmp. The Punjab Police spokesperson reported that the department’s official Twitter account had been hacked.
Pakistan Army has been declared as the rising global military power. According to the recently published Military Strength Rankings 2022, the Pakistan Army has been designated the 9th most powerful military force in the world. The Pakistan Army was ranked as the 15th and 10th most powerful army in the world during the Military Strength Rankings 2020 and 2021, respectively.
Doctors in Peshawar achieved another milestone by replacing heart valves. The Peshawar Institute of Cardiology has successfully performed a heart valve replacement procedure without having to undergo chest surgery. PIC spokesman Rifat Anjum said that this was the first successful operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The operation was successfully carried out under the TAVI procedure.