Year: 2023
Daily Metro Times-14 December 2023
Australia asks Pakistan to bowl after winning toss in first Test
As the much-anticipated Test series between Pakistan and Australia begins today, Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat at Perth Stadium on Thursday. For what is expected to be his final Test series, Aussie hard-hitter David Warner will be seen padding up with the pressure to score runs and maintain his position on the hard and bouncy pitch. Eyes will also be on whether opening partner Usman Khawaja wears shoes with messages of support for people in Gaza, having been told it is against ICC…
Australia asks Pakistan to bowl after winning toss in first Test
As the much-anticipated Test series between Pakistan and Australia begins today, Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat at Perth Stadium on Thursday. For what is expected to be his final Test series, Aussie hard-hitter David Warner will be seen padding up with the pressure to score runs and maintain his position on the hard and bouncy pitch. Eyes will also be on whether opening partner Usman Khawaja wears shoes with messages of support for people in Gaza, having been told it is against ICC…
IPP to represent people’s aspirations: Tareen
LAHORE: Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party Chief Jahangir Tareen has said the IPP will represent the aspirations of people in elections and will enter the election field with full preparations. Former MPA Nazir Khan Baloch from Lodhran, former MPA Ghulam Rasool Sangha from Khushab, Tehsin Gardezi from Bahawalpur and Malik Jahanzeb Waren met Tareen on Wednesday. Aun Chaudhry and Nauman Langriyal were present. Important issues including the strategy for the upcoming elections were discussed. The IPP leaders informed Tareen about their public relations campaign on elections. Tareen instructed them to continue the campaign…
IPP to represent people’s aspirations: Tareen
LAHORE: Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party Chief Jahangir Tareen has said the IPP will represent the aspirations of people in elections and will enter the election field with full preparations. Former MPA Nazir Khan Baloch from Lodhran, former MPA Ghulam Rasool Sangha from Khushab, Tehsin Gardezi from Bahawalpur and Malik Jahanzeb Waren met Tareen on Wednesday. Aun Chaudhry and Nauman Langriyal were present. Important issues including the strategy for the upcoming elections were discussed. The IPP leaders informed Tareen about their public relations campaign on elections. Tareen instructed them to continue the campaign…
Elon Musk to attend ‘Atreju’ political festival organised by Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni
Elon Musk will attend a political festival this weekend in Rome, which is being staged by the far-right party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as per an official on Wednesday. In September, Musk, the owner of X, supported Meloni’s government in a dispute over Germany’s support of organisations that rescue migrants who have been shipwrecked in the Mediterranean, reported AFP. Edi Rama, the prime minister of Albania, is also anticipated at the four-day Atreju festival in Rome, which begins on Thursday. Meloni and Rama recently reached an agreement for Rama…
May 9 riots: Police seek blocking of 18 POs CNICs
LAHORE: Punjab police on Wednesday requested to block CNICs of 18 proclaimed offenders (POs) involved in the cases of arson and vandalism on May 9 and 10. The POs included PTI leaders Murad Saeed, Azam Khan Swati, Hammad Azhar, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Hafiz Farhat Abbas, Karamat Ali Khokhar, Ali Amin Gandapur, Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh, Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi, Ali Asghar Manda, Musarat Jamshed Cheema, Jamshed Cheema, Ahmad Khan Niazi, Zubair Khan Niazi, Asad Zaman Cheema, Saeed Ahmed Sindhu, Malik Nadeem Abbas Bara and Ghulam Mohiuddin Dewan. According to the spokesperson for…
Daily Metro Times-13 December 2023
3 security personnel martyred in DI Khan attack
DI KHAN: At least three security forces personnel embraced martyrdom and 16 were injured on Tuesday in a terrorist attack in Daraban, police told Geo News. The terrorists hit an explosive-laden vehicle on a building being used by security forces. The building has been severely damaged as a result of the explosion, police added. The security forces also gunned down three terrorists in retaliation following the attack. The outgoing year witnessed an alarming rise in terror-related incidents in the country in general and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular as at…