The Pakistani rupee continued to decline on Friday, losing about Rs12 to the US dollar in the interbank market as the government loosens control over the currency in a bid to convince the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to release a delayed loan tranche.
The local currency moved up from Thursday’s interbank market close of Rs255.43 to Rs268.30 on Friday.
In response to an important demand from the IMF as part of a bailout deal put in place in 2018, forex providers loosened a cap on currency rates, which has caused the dollar to rise by Rs30.41 on the interbank market since Thursday.
The rupee decreased by Rs3 from the previous day to 265 to the dollar in the open market, according to the ECAP’s currency rates.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali hinted at a potential election delay by saying that he does not see the province holding elections within the allotted three months.
The governor stated that 400 tribal elders had asked him to hold elections in three to four months during a meeting with journalists on Friday.
He said, “How would the elections be held if a province requests a census first or intelligence agencies suggest delaying polls?
The governor claims that 400 elders from amalgamated districts made together a tribal jirga that urged a census be conducted before to the general elections.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), on the other hand, voiced concerns about the prior census and threatened to boycott the polls, he continued.
Asad Ali Shah, a former director, recently made a declaration through a letter that was “concocted and fabricated to tarnish the reputation of KE,” according to a statement from K-Electric (KE), which informed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) that legal action had been taken against him.
The disclosure also highlighted a court plea, of which a copy has been obtained, that purports to contain a thorough denial of each of the claimed “material misstatements” made by Shah, the son of the former Sindh chief minister.
Shah alleged that the power firm had engaged in errors and had broken key accounting rules.
Such communication, however, “bends facts and suppresses crucial information causing damage and looks to be a purposeful, mala fide attempt to undermine the company’s reputation in the eyes of the public,” according to KE.
In order to demonstrate that the false claims of writing off bad debt as receivables from the Government of Pakistan are unfounded, KE highlighted a 2017 judgement of NEPRA on KE’s Multiyear Tariff.
A recent viewing of Mission Majnu by Siddharth Malhotra left actor Adnan Siddiqui upset due to the excessive misinterpretations depicted in the movie.
He praised the movie on Instagram and urged Bollywood to next time recruit competent researchers to do a proper homework assignment. He voiced grave objections about the character’s appearance, attire, and behaviour in the movie.
There is so much that Adnan finds offensive and factually inaccurate in “Mission Majnu,”
As soon as the Mission Majnu teaser was released, it quickly gained notoriety on Twitter for its factual mistakes and misrepresentations of Pakistani culture.
The spy-thriller movie in which Siddharth plays the lead also stars Rashmika Mandanna. Shantanu Bagchi is the director, and Ronnie Screwvala, Garima Mehta, and Amar Butala are the producers, with RSVP Movies, GBA Media, RSVP, and 88 Pictures supporting them.
On January 20, Mission Majnu became available on Netflix.
Mohammad Rizwan, the Pakistani wicket-keeper batter and father of two children already, welcomed a third daughter on Friday.
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Multan Sultans made the announcement on Twitter by posting a photo of Rizwan’s little jersey bearing the moniker “Baby Kaptaan.”
Happy new arrival to our Kaptaan’s family, congratulations! The picture had a caption.
“The beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW said, if you provide for your daughters and take care of them, you will be with me in Jannah,” Rizwan said on Twitter to share the good news.
Asad Umar, general-secretary of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has recently railed against the establishment, claiming that “no evidence of neutrality is apparent in the country.”
Shaukat Tarin and Umar both spoke at a joint press conference on Friday, and Umar claimed that efforts to sway the PTI MPs’ allegiance were still being made.
We were notified by our MNAs and MPAs that they are being contacted. They are informed that the PTI is not in their future, he alleged.
From where we are located on the surface of the planet, we can only view around 0.5% of it. The solid iron core of our planet, which lies deep below the crust, heated rock mantle, and liquid outer core, is one of the planet’s greatest mysteries.
A recent study suggests that the iron ball that makes up the inner core of the Earth may have just stopped rotating before abruptly reversing its rotational axis.
Although it could feel like the end of the world, scientists believe there is no need for concern. According to Insider, scientists don’t think it will significantly change life on Earth other from perplexing them.In order to determine how quickly the Earth’s inner core is spinning, Yi Yang, an associate research scientist at Peking University, and Xiaodong Song, chair professor at Peking University, analysed seismic waves from earthquakes that have occurred along comparable paths through the Earth’s inner core since the 1960s. The journal Nature Geoscience on Monday published their findings.
It was revealed on Thursday that Pakistan’s top bowler Wahab Riaz had been appointed interim Punjab’s sports minister.
At a ceremony conducted at the Governor’s House in Lahore, Governor Baligh Ur Rehman administered the oath to the newly selected cabinet members.
Of the 11 members of the cabinet, eight took the oath: Bilal Afzal, SM Tanveer, Dr. Javed Akram, Ibrahim Murad, Dr. Jamal Nasir, Mansoor Qadir, Syed Azfar Ali Nasir, and Amir Mir. Wahab Riaz, Tamkinat Karim, and Naseem Sadiq were unable to attend the ceremony.
Wahab, who is currently a player for Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2023, would eventually succeed as the minister of sports for the largest province.
For Pakistan, the left-arm bowler has 237 wickets in 156 matches in all types of international competition. It is important to note that the 37-year-old bowler competed for his country in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Egypt, the West Bank, and Israel the following week to call for a stop to violence following a deadly Israeli raid, the State Department announced on Thursday.
Since regaining power and presiding over Israel’s most right-wing administration in history, Blinken will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in person for the first time.
On his visit on Monday and Tuesday, he will also see Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, in Ramallah.
According to State Department spokesman Ned Price, Blinken “would emphasise the urgent need for the parties to take efforts to de-escalate tensions in order to put an end to the cycle of bloodshed that has killed too many innocent lives.”
Blinken will first travel to Egypt on Sunday. Egypt serves as a crucial bridge between Israel and the Palestinians and has managed to have good relations with President Biden’s administration despite his promises to be harder on human rights violations.
According to the State Department, Blinken will meet with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and address regional challenges, such as Libya and Sudan.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has emphasised the importance of structured and extensive Pakistan-US cooperation in achieving both nations’ common objectives in bilateral and regional spheres.
The remarks were delivered by the prime minister during a meeting with Donald Blome, the US ambassador to Pakistan, who paid him a visit on Thursday in Islamabad.
PM Shehbaz commended the US for continuing to support Pakistan’s post-flood recovery efforts during the huddle, particularly at the just-concluded Geneva International Conference on Resilient Pakistan.
According to a statement released by the PM Office, he reaffirmed how important Pakistan thought its long-standing relationships with the US were.
The prime minister emphasised Pakistan’s commitment to expanding its trade and economic ties with the US.
US envoy Blome spoke at the event and pledged that his nation would continue to assist Pakistan in its post-flood rehabilitation as well as in its attempts to expand and reform its economy.
The first women-only bus service in the nation will launch operations in Karachi on February 1, according to a statement from the Sindh government on Thursday.
It was announced on Twitter by Sindh’s minister of information, Sharjeel Inaam Memon.
“Sindh government’s transport department is going to introduce Pakistan’s first bus service exclusively for women and girls,” the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) wrote.
Inshallah, Pink buses will start running in #Karachi on February 1st.
Transport department government of Sindh is going to start Pakistan’s First bus service only for the women and girls exclusively. Inshallah Pink buses will start their operation from 1st February in #Karachi. Peoples Bus Service, At Your Service. pic.twitter.com/6T1rQUK3qm
Due to the relaxation of an unofficial ceiling on the dollar exchange rate on Thursday, the rupee significantly declined against the dollar in both the interbank and open markets.
The rupee suffered its worst intraday loss in July 2022, more than Rs24, during today’s interbank trade.
Rupee experiences huge losses and falls to an interbank low of 255. Due to the local currency’s stability in the interbank market during the past few months and the fact that it did not fall as analysts had projected, many people believed that the government was in charge of the exchange rate.
The State Bank of Pakistan reported that the dollar finished the previous day at Rs230.89. But today’s intraday interbank market had the dollar priced at Rs255.
The International Cricket Council named Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam its ODI Player of the Year after another excellent season with the bat (ICC).
The 28-year-old has received the honour for the past two years running.
Babar had a year-ending total of 679 runs from nine matches at an average of 84.87, three centuries, and five half-centuries. He was at his very best with the bat in the 50-over game. However, just one game was free from a significant score.
His exploits have also assisted him in keeping the top rank on the Batter’s list since assuming the throne in July 2021.
He also led Pakistan to 8 triumphs in 9 games when serving as the team’s captain for the ODIs in 2022, with their lone loss coming against Australia in Lahore.
After that, Babar helped Pakistan defeat the visiting Australians and square the series at 1-1 with a century in just 73 balls in revenge. Babar made his quickest ODI century with this performance.
In addition to being crowned the “ODI Player of the Year” for his nearly perfect record, Babar Azam was recently elected captain of the ICC’s “ODI Team of the Year.”
The ICC awarded Marco Jansen “Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year,” Suryakumar Yadav “Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year,” Tahlia McGrath “Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year,” Richard Illingworth “Umpire of the Year,” and India’s Renuka Singh “Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year.”
The general council of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) ousted Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as party leader on Thursday when it appeared that there were divisions among the party ranks.
The choice was taken in the course of a party consultation conducted at the Pakistan Muslim League House on Davis Road in Lahore.
Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, Shujaat’s brother, has been appointed PML-Q leader. At the meeting, Tariq Bashir Cheema, a close adviser to Shujaat, was fired, and Kamil Ali Agha was chosen to serve as the party’s central secretary-general.
The development came days after Shujaat had terminated Chaudhry Parvez Elahi’s basic membership due to his remarks regarding a potential merger with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
According to PML-Q leader and Minister for National Food Security Tariq Bashir Cheema, in response to the most recent action, Shujaat is still the party’s president and has the support of “serious members.”
Cheema stated during a news conference that Shujaat had already suspended Elahi’s membership and that he would explain “why such a drama is taking place” at the appropriate moment.
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) held its online Replacement Draft on Wednesday, during which all six franchises finalised their rosters for the competition’s eighth season, which is scheduled to run from February 13 to March 19.
The PSL teams also selected players to fill in for cricketers who won’t be available for the entire season. In the two further rounds of the draught, each team could select a maximum of one foreign cricket player.
For the sports event, player retention decisions were made in November of last year, and the draught was held on December 15.
The opening match of Pakistan’s mega cricket tournament will take place at the Multan Cricket Stadium after a festive ceremony, pitting the reigning champions Lahore Qalandars against the 2021 champions Multan Sultans.
According to a statement made on Wednesday, a group of Jewish students and an anti-hate speech organisation have filed a lawsuit against Twitter (TWTR.MX) in Germany, claiming the firm failed to take down anti-Semitic information.
HateAid and the European Union of Jewish Students criticised what they called a lack of moderation with regard to material that can encourage hatred.
Six posts that the groups claimed to be anti-Semitic were the subject of the complaint, which was lodged in a Berlin court but not removed despite being reported. The groups said that in one instance, the deletion of a post that denied the Holocaust was expressly rejected.
Denying the Holocaust is illegal in Germany.
HateAid and the EUJS stated in a statement that they were investigating whether Twitter users had the legal authority to enforce the service’s terms and regulations, which include not tolerating threats and abusive behaviour.
Requests for comment from Twitter did not immediately receive a response.
ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has given hints that his country intends to increase its investment in Pakistan. Pakistan urgently needs foreign investment to support its faltering economy.
The prime minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, welcomed the royal dignitary at Chandna Airport along with other government officials when he arrived in the country on a private visit. They then met in private.
During a friendly conversation with the prime minister at the airport, the UAE president is quoted by the sources as stating, “Be ready, the UAE will make a significant investment in Pakistan.”
PM Shehbaz mentioned his most recent trip to the Gulf nation and emphasised that both nations will seek to implement the agreements made between the two leaders in a number of areas during his trip to the UAE.
According to the president of the UAE, their brotherly ties date back many years, and his father, who had a deep love for Pakistan and its people, lay the groundwork for their bilateral relations.
The Punjab Police detained Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday morning. He is the vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former minister of communication.
According to a tweet from PTI leader Farrukh Habib, police have detained Fawad Chaudhry at his house in Lahore. He asserted that the new administration in a hurry started gathering up PTI leaders.
Prior to it, tens of thousands of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters gathered in front of PTI leader Imran Khan’s residence in Zaman Park, Lahore, early on Wednesday to protect him from a probable arrest by the Punjab police.
Many PTI personnel, including women, kids, and senior party officials, came to Zaman Park in response to the request issued via the party’s official Twitter account.
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry asserted that thousands of workers had only come here with a 30-minute notice while speaking to the media in front of Imran Khan’s house. The most popular politician in the country, Imran Khan, is being detained, he asserted, therefore that would constitute an attack on Pakistan.
Fawad Chaudhry stated that the arrest of Imran Khan would cause riots across the country of Pakistan. Imran Khan is our red line, according to Chaudhry. He said the people of Pakistan would back their beloved leader and put all the cities under lockdown.
The PTI lawmaker was taken into custody by Islamabad police in Lahore’s Defence A police neighbourhood, and he will probably appear before a magistrate in the Cantt courts.
Fawad’s temporary incarceration would likely be requested by the Islamabad police department from the local court.
In what appears to be the first city-wide restrictions since the government declared victory over Covid-19 in August 2022, North Korea has reportedly ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital due to “respiratory disease,” according to a report on Wednesday.
According to an official announcement, residents of Pyongyang have been instructed to remain inside their homes from Wednesday through Sunday and submit to several temperature inspections daily.
The article stated that while the notification made no mention of Covid, it did list the common cold as one of the ailments that were currently circulating in the city.
According to informants in Pyongyang who were cited in the government order, residents of the city appeared to be stockpiling commodities in preparation for a lockdown.
The extent of any additional lockdowns is unknown, and state media has not reported any new regulations.
According to experts, Covid is undoubtedly causing problems in North Korea’s main metropolis.
Go Myong-Hyun, a researcher at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, claimed that covid is “disappearing and reappearing according on the temperature, not just in North Korea but around the world.”
On Wednesday, Pakistan denounced the “despicable” act of the Holy Quran‘s destruction in the Netherlands, emphasising how the action wounded the feelings of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims.
Another disgusting instance involved Edwin Wagensveld, a Dutch member of the far-right Pegida organisation in the Netherlands, who trampled on holy book pages before tearing them.
According to media accounts, the event happened on Sunday of last week, but the police didn’t become involved. Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are all Muslim nations who denounced the occurrence.
The Foreign Office released a statement that read, “It is unquestionably a provocative Islamophobic hate crime conducted under the cover of freedom of expression.”
Pakistan has consistently maintained that exercising one’s right to free expression entails obligations, according to the communiqué. The statement continued, “We also think that it is the duty of national governments and the international community as a whole to avoid such heinous acts, which are committed with the secondary intent of provoking and inciting religious enmity and violence.
On Tuesday, gold prices in Pakistan reached yet another record high, driven by the safe-haven appeal that is continuing to gain traction as the economy continues to struggle and the nation’s foreign exchange reserves serve as its Achilles’ heel in the face of political unrest.
The price of gold (24 carats) climbed by Rs 1,150 per tola and Rs 986 per 10 kilos, according to the All-Pakistan Sarafa Gems and Jewellers Association (APSGJA), to settle at Rs 189,300 per tola and Rs 162,294 per 10 grammes, respectively.
The jewellers’ association also claimed that local gold in Pakistan was “undercost” by Rs3,500 a tola when compared to the bullion market in Dubai.
BRUSSELS: The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog announced on Tuesday that he will travel to Iran in the coming month for “vital” talks aimed at persuading that country to restart cooperation about its nuclear activity.
Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told members of the European Parliament that he would return to Tehran in February to restart a much-needed political discussion with Iran.
Such a trip would occur at a precarious time for negotiations being mediated by the EU to revive a 2015 agreement that was reached to limit Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions.The United States withdrew under Donald Trump’s administration from that agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in 2018, and Tehran gradually reduced its compliance.
ISLAMABAD: According to the government’s plan, the Hajj expenses are anticipated to exceed Rs 1 million this year, according to official sources on Tuesday.
Due to the “world economic condition, growing inflation, and depreciation of rupees in the foreign market,” the official resources ruled out the idea of a low-cost Hajj.
They added that there were no chances of the government providing “Hajj subsidies” this year either.
According to the sources, the Hajj Policy, 2023 announcement is anticipated to be presented by the end of February, and the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony is preparing for an early agreement with the banks that are slated to receive Hajj applications.
They stated that in addition to Hajj applications, other documents such as a passport, three photos, a Corona vaccination certificate, and the pilgrim’s computerised national identity card as well as those of any heirs would also be needed.
They said that all applicants for the Hajj must have a bank account. Sources said that “Saudi Arabia has relaxed the ban on pilgrims above 65 years of age.”
According to reports, the ministry had stepped up coordination with banks, airlines, Saudi authorities, and other parties to ensure the smooth running of the Hajj.
The seventh population and housing census in Pakistan will start on March 1 according to a notification made on Tuesday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Digitally conducted throughout, the census will last one month and end on April 1.
The Council of Common Interest’s (CCI) 49th meeting, held on January 13, approved the census, according to the PBS, which reports to the Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives.
Prior to the decision, the PBS had started the census-related activities and developed a plan to teach census-takers in three stages: in Islamabad for master trainers, in divisions for trainers, and in census districts for enumerators.
On December 15 and December 23, respectively, the department successfully carried out the training of master trainers and the training of trainers. From January 7 to January 21 of this year, three batches of enumerators were trained, and the local government was very important in this process.
The department revealed that the field operation for the census was originally scheduled to take place from February 1 to March 4, 2023.
The date to begin the field operations for the digital census was announced by the ministry in a notification. “However, due to some unavoidable circumstances and keeping in view the ground realities, it has been decided in the fifth progress review meeting of the census monitoring committee (CMC), constituted by the Council of Common Interest (CCI) [which includes representation from all the provinces and stakeholders] held on January 17, 2023,” the notification read.
Senior Vice President and Chief Organizer of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Maryam Nawaz, will now arrive in Lahore on January 28 at 3:05 p.m., according to information and broadcasting minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, who made the announcement on Tuesday.
On her Twitter account, the minister revealed the PML-N chief organizer’s revised trip itinerary.
Maryam Nawaz was scheduled to depart from London on January 26 and arrive in Lahore on January 28 at 8:00 p.m., according to the information minister’s announcement from the previous day.
🚨پاکستان مسلم لیگ(ن) کی سینئر نائب صدر اور چیف آرگنائزر مریم نواز کی وطن واپسی کے وقت میں ردوبدل ہوا ہے۔ مریم نواز صاحبہ اب 28 جنوری، ہفتے کی سہہ پہر 3 بجکر 5 منٹ پر لاہور پہنچیں گی۔
The International Cricket Council (ICC) named the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year on Tuesday, with Pakistan captain Babar Azam leading the squad.
The elite list, which is dominated by players from Australia, New Zealand, and the Windies, contains no other Pakistani athletes.
The Men’s ODI Team of the Year honours “11 remarkable people who have impressed one and all – be it with the bat, the ball, or their all-around achievements in a calendar year,” according to a statement from the top cricket organisation.
In connection with a property issue, Mehrunisa Siddiqui, Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s mother, filed a FIR against Aaliya, Nawaz’s wife, earlier today. Aaliya responded by posting on her Instagram.
She posted on Instagram, writing, “Shocking. Police ignore my sincere criminal allegations against my husband. However, as soon as I enter my husband’s home, a criminal report or FIR is made against me within a short period of time. Do I ever receive justice in this manner?
Mehrunnisa and Aaliya alias Zainab had a property dispute, according to Versova Police. “Mehrunisa Siddiqui, the mother of actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, filed a FIR against Zainab. She has been called in for interrogation by Versova police. According to Versova Police, Zainab and Nawazuddin’s mother got into a fight.” Tweeted ANI
The military’s media wing reported on Monday that a security guard was killed in an IED attack in the Jani Khel neighbourhood of the Bannu region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) named the murdered soldier as Sepoy Gul Sher, a 24 year old Khyber district inhabitant.
As the armed forces fight against escalating terror, the military’s propaganda wing declared that “sanitization of the area is being carried out to eradicate any terrorists in the area.”
Attacks against security personnel and residents in general have grown as a number of militant groups have reassembled, posing a serious threat to the nation, which has fought terrorism on numerous occasions.
After the illegal Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a cease-fire with Islamabad in November of last year, attacks mounted both inside Pakistan and from the Afghan border.
According to sources, the TTP has reunited in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover, and Pakistan has repeatedly urged the neighbouring country’s interim administration to prevent terrorism from being committed on its soil.
However, the Taliban-led administration has fallen short of expectations.
According to statistics released by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, militant activity has been concentrated mostly in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the former accounting for 31% of attacks during the past year and the latter 67%.
Despite the deadline having passed, electricity has not yet been entirely restored throughout Pakistan
LAHORE/KARACHI/QUETTA/ISLAMABAD: Despite the government’s 10 p.m. deadline having passed, there are still some areas of the country without electricity, which is affecting companies and the daily lives of more than 220 million people.
The interruption, which started at around 7:30 am and has already lasted more than 14 hours during the busiest time of the winter, has prompted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to urge an investigation.
The outage happened on a day in winter when Islamabad’s temperature is expected to drop to about 4 degrees Celsius (39°F) and Karachi’s to about 8 degrees Celsius (46°F).
The blackout, which Energy Minister Khurram Dastagir claimed was caused by a power surge, is the second significant grid breakdown in three months and adds to the nearly daily blackouts Pakistan’s population experiences.
Analysts and government representatives attribute the power issues to an outdated energy network, which, like much of the country’s infrastructure, is in critical need of an upgrade but which the government claims it cannot pay.
The energy minister tweeted that power has begun to be restored nationwide as darkness fell and households were left in the dark and without electricity. “We have experienced certain obstacles, but we will overcome these obstacles and restore the power,” Dastgir had earlier told reporters.
The goal is to restore electricity by 22:00 (10pm) local time, although far earlier restoration efforts are being made “The total restoration will be finished by tonight, the minister had promised, but later in the press conference he made the unspecified statement.
Dastgir quickly explained that the power producing units are momentarily turned down in the winter at night as a cost-saving measure to reduce fuel expenses following the earlier in the day reported power outage.
“Frequency fluctuation was seen in the southern region of the country between Jamshoro and Dadu when the systems were turned on one by one this morning at 7:30.”
“There was a voltage fluctuation, and cascade effects caused power generating units to shut down one by one. According to the federal minister, this is not a serious crisis.
On Monday, veteran cricketer and current head coach of the Pakistan team Saqlain Mushtaq’s daughter and all-rounder Shadab Khan made their Nikah announcement.
The 24-year-old cricket player updated supporters on a significant change in his life via Twitter and included a note with the post.
“Thank God, I performed my Nikkah today. It’s a significant day for me and the beginning of a new chapter. Please respect my choices and those my my wife’s and our families. Prayers and love for all,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, Khan’s note read that he was becoming a part of his “mentor Saqi bhai’s family”.
The young pacer shared about his choice to always keep his family life separate from work highlighting that his family also opted to stay out of public life.
“My wife has asked for the same, she wants her life to remain private. | would kindly request everyone to respect her choice and our family’s choice,” the note further read.
The cricketer jokingly wrote about welcoming salaamis. “| will send an account number,” he wrote in his special note.
