Month: February 2024
Namibia’s Loftie-Eaton breaks T20 cricket world record
Namibia’s eminent batsman Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton Tuesday became the fastest batter to score a T20 hundred after smashing a century off just 33 balls against Nepal. The record was previously held by Nepal’s Kushal Malla, who hit one off 34 balls versus Mongolia last year. With the help of 11 fours and eight sixes, the batter notched up 101 off just 36 deliveries and reached the hundred on the 33rd delivery with a four. Loftie-Eaton displayed the heroics in the first T20I of the Nepal Tri-Nation T20I series against the…
Parties sticking to ‘system’ will be crying in coming days: Fazl
Lashing out at ongoing efforts to form governments at the Centre and provinces based on “rigged” election results, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman predicted that the “system” constructed on the weak foundation of the 2024 poll outcomes “would collapse”. “Establishment wants assemblies and people in them of their choice,” the political leader alleged while addressing a press conference alongside other party leaders in Peshawar on Tuesday. “We received information before the elections that it has been decided to reduce the JUI-F’s inclusion [in the assemblies]. Different styles of…
Daily Metro Times-26 February 2024
No travelling tonight: NHA issues advisory for interprovincial highways
Authorities have advised people to avoid travelling through interprovincial highways as the thoroughfares in the upper parts of the country are likely to be affected by heavy rain and snowfall after a westerly system entered the country. Balochistan’s Chaman and its surrounding areas were hit by strong dusty winds on Sunday, under the effect of the rain-producing system. Meanwhile, areas including Qilla Abdullah, Jangle Pir Alizai, Saranan, Pishin and others received a wind storm. As a result, movement through Chaman Road was affected. The National Highway Authority (NHA) advised the…
Nikki Haley refuses to back down even after South Carolina loss
After losing the South Carolina state primary to Donald Trump, Nikki Haley still refuses to back down. Later in the evening, after the state primary, Haley took to the stage, announcing that she would keep fighting, NBC reported. She promised to stay in the Grand Old Party (GOP) presidential contest through at least Super Tuesday, which is scheduled for March 5 and involves voting in 15 states and one territory. After defeat in her home state of South Carolina on Saturday, voters and campaign observers believe that the longer she remains in…
Daily Metro Times-24 February 2024
Protestors baton-charged outside Sindh Assembly as inaugural session set to begin
KARACHI: The ceremony of newly-elected Sindh Assembly members’ swearing-in on Saturday (today) is set to take place as workers of the Qaumi Awami Tehreek staged protests against alleged rigging in the recently held general elections. The police also arrested 10 workers of the party including women who were protesting outside the Sindh Assembly. The law enforcement officials also baton-charged the protestors. The Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), PTI and Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-Haqiqi), have announced they will stage a joint peaceful protest outside the Sindh Assembly…
Egypt, UAE sign major $35bn deal to develop Ras al-Hekma
In one of the largest agreements of its type, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates signed an economic partnership agreement of $35billion on Friday to develop the Ras al-Hekma peninsula west of Alexandria, Al Arabiya reported. During a press conference on Friday, Egypt’s Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly said the project would bring in $150 billion. He shared that in the next two months, the UAE plans to spend $35 billion in Egypt through foreign direct investment. Furthermore, the investment, according to Madbouly, would “contribute to resolving” a hard currency shortage that has…
UK shuts schools amid chilly weather and flood alerts as temperature may drop to minus 3°C
Authorities across the United Kingdom have taken the unprecedented step of shutting down schools in a swift response to the onslaught of chilly weather and flood alerts. The move comes as the Met Office issues warnings of temperatures plummeting to as low as minus 3C in certain areas. Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge shed light on the atmospheric conditions, stating, “There has been some quite lively and active showers. A band of rain that moved across the country. At times it did turn very heavy and squally so there were…