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KARACHI: Pakistan will most likely travel to India for the upcoming World Cup after the hybrid model proposed by the country’s board for the preceding Asia Cup was accepted by its counterparts across the border. The hybrid model will see Pakistan retain their status as the hosts of the Asia Cup — holding four or five matches — before the tournament moves to another venue where India will play their group games with the second-round and the knockout-stage matches to follow at the same venue — most likely to be Sri Lanka. The model had received long-standing opposition from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) before it was finally accepted over the last weekend and an official announcement by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is expected in the next two to three days. The tournament is set to be played in September. The PCB had been ready to show flexibility over a tit-for-tat stance it had threatened to take come the World Cup had the BCCI rejected the hybrid model. The former had also expected the Pakistan government to grant approval for the country’s team to travel to India for the 50-over showpiece “much easily” if the proposed model was accepted. Ahmedabad clash against hosts subject to govt approval It is, therefore, understood that Pakistan will feature in India for the first time since 2016. Whether they take on the hosts, their arch-rivals, in Ahmedabad — as proposed in a draft schedule sent by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to the boards of the...

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THE PTI juggernaut may have been brought to a stop but politics in Punjab hasn’t. It goes on at full throttle, with Asif Ali Zardari busy meeting electables in the province who are heading for the PPP after a long time. The PML-Q is also welcoming a few into its fold. But the biggest news of the week was the The launch was grand and was covered extensively but the reaction was, if we allow for a little bit of slang … meh. This perhaps was less due to the politicians collected there than our collective experience, lived and remembered. As many people keep pointing out, the script is now so old that everyone knows how it turns out — it’s the butler, who did it. And everyone and their khala knows it. Read: Having seen it happen with the Jatoi-led National People’s Party and the Chaudhry-led PML-Q and even the PPP-Patriots, who does not know that these ‘marriages’ of convenience work only for a short while? Eventually though, politicians have to return to the political parties once their non-political friends step back, for some reason or the other. In the meantime, there may have been cabinet posts and protocol but the years in the wilderness can be longer and the future uncertain for long. (Ask the Chaudhries.) Going back is never easy; not only is the leadership wary, so is the general public, and the media is harsh. The unhappiness was hard to miss on the day of the launch of the new party. In addition, there is politics. The party vote is the consolidating factor. But the...

In celebration of 5 years of the It Happens Only In Pakistan storytelling competition, Dawn.com and Deutsche Welle (DW) invite you to explore Pakistan and celebrate the best of its culture and compete to win prizes worth more than Rs1.5 million. Chosen films and filmmakers will also be honoured at Pakistan’s one-of-its-kind documentary film festival and awards show which will be held in Karachi later this year. The contest is now accepting entries until November 18, 2022. You can send us your 30-second Reels on [email protected] for judging by the Dawn Images team. Participants in the Video Contest can ALSO submit to the Reels competition on the same subject matter as their submitted film, or otherwise. Please ensure your Reel is produced in the correct, vertical format, works as a standalone video and is submitted as an attachment or Google Drive link to [email protected]. Winners and shortlisted finalists will be published on Dawn Images, as well as Dawn/DW platforms. • Choosing a truly unique subject/story can trump some flaws in production. • If your visuals are everyday/mundane, it puts far greater pressure on the narrative/subject to carry the film. • Don’t chase trends and ideas already explored/seen before. Reinventing an old idea is far harder than finding something unique/new. • Focus on realism and documentary filmmaking; try to avoid the tropes of film/TV production aimed at fictional storytelling. E.g. natural sound and well-recorded interviews are oft...

Cyclone Biparjoy — which is expected to make landfall tomorrow (June 15) evening between Keti Bandar in Sindh and Kutch in Indian Gujarat — moved closer to Pakistan’s coast and was at a distance of about 310km from Karachi on Wednesday night after it made a turn northeastward, staying on its projected path. Key developments • Sherry Rehman says public safety govt’s first priority; says people in at-risk areas would be forced to evacuate as there is “no other option” • Power minister says cyclone has disrupted RLNG supply, which will affect electricity supply • NDMA chairman says there’s risk of urban flooding in Karachi • CAA refutes reports of airport closing, warns of possible disruption in flight schedules • Sindh minister Sharjeel Memon says over 67,000 people have been evacuated from vulnerable areas; Hawkesbay cordoned off • India’s weather office warns of severe damage The latest alert issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department around 9:30pm today said the cyclone was at a distance of about 310km south of Karachi, 300km south-southwest of Thatta and 240km south-southwest of Keti Bandar. “Maximum sustained surface winds are 150-160km/hour, gusts 180km/hour around the system centre and sea conditions being phenomenal around the system centre with maximum wave height [of] 30 feet,” the alert said. It added that under the existing upper-level steering winds, the “very severe cyclonic storm” was likely to keep tracking north-northeastward and was expected cross bet...

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Comm­ittee on Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions (CCoIGCT) on Monday empowered the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to take over the operations of the Container Terminal (Berths 6 to 9 at East Wharf) when its 21-year agreement expires on June 17 with the existing concessionaire — Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT). The meeting of the committee presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was given a presentation on the subject. The meeting was informed that KPT had entered into a 21-year contract with the PICT over the operations of the Container Terminal in 2002 on a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis but the concessionaire was unwilling to vacate the facility by overstretching its position and contract terms. However, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs (MOMA) being the parent ministry of the KPT, based on resolutions and decisions of the board of directors of KPT, had directed the port trust to take over the facility soon after the expiry of the contract. “The committee endorsed the decision of the ministry that after the expiry of the agreement with PICT on June 17, 2023, KPT will take over the charge of operating the activities of the Container Terminal”, said an official statement. Informed sources said many port operators including Abu Dhabi Ports had also shown interest to take over the terminal, improve its facilities and operate through competitive bidding. However, the existing operator wanted to continue by exercising the r...

Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah recently found himself at the centre of a controversy after making statements in which he claimed Sindhi is no longer spoken in Pakistan. These remarks, made during promotions for his web series Taj: Divided By Blood, triggered a Shah “Okay, okay. I apologise to the entire Sindhi-speaking population of Pakistan who I seem to have deeply offended by my mistaken opinion. I admit I was ill-informed but is it necessary to crucify me for that? ‘Let him who is free from…’ as Jesus said,” he wrote. “Actually, I’m quite enjoying being called ‘ignorant’ and ‘pretend intellectual’ after many years of being mistaken for an intelligent person. It’s quite a change!” The actor earlier responded to the controversy, saying, “Two completely unnecessary controversies seem to have erupted over things, I’ve said recently. One regarding my mis-statement about the Sindhi language in Pakistan. I was in error there. “The second over what I’m supposed to have said about the relationship between Marathi and Farsi. My exact words were ‘many Marathi words are of Farsi origin.’ My intention was not to run down the Marathi language but to talk of how diversity enriches all cultures Urdu itself is a mix of Hindi Farsi Turkish and Arabic. English has borrowed words from all European languages not to mention Hindustani and I suppose that is true of every language spoken on earth.” Even though he admitted he was wrong, his first statement didn’t contain an apology, which irked...