British-Pakistani lawyer elected the next chief prosecutor at ICC

Karim Khan attends a news conference at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague September 9, 2013. (REUTERS/File)
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Updated 13 February 2021
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British-Pakistani lawyer elected the next chief prosecutor at ICC

  • Khan, 50, currently heads a United Nations investigation into war crimes committed by Daesh in Iraq
  • At ICC he will decide the next steps on investigations into war crimes in Afghanistan and the 2014 Israel-Palestinian conflict in Gaza

 

ISLAMABAD: British-Pakistani lawyer Karim Khan has been elected the next chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the court's governing body announced on Saturday.

Khan, 50, currently heads a United Nations investigation into war crimes committed by Daesh in Iraq.

He is succeeding Gambian judge Fatou Bensouda and will begin his nine-year term at the court in the Hague in June.

"Mr. Karim Khan (United Kingdom) has been elected in the second round as the next ICC Prosecutor. Warm congratulations!" O-Gon Kwon, president of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC, said in a Twitter post.

Khan has previously worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

At the ICC he will decide the next steps on investigations into war crimes in Afghanistan and the i2014 Israel-Palestinian conflict in Gaza.

The ICC is the only permanent intergovernmental body that investigates crimes against humanity.


Pakistan to host PSL 11 from Mar. 26 to May 3, says PCB chairman

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Pakistan to host PSL 11 from Mar. 26 to May 3, says PCB chairman

  • PSL, Pakistan’s premier T20 cricket tournament, is set to feature eight city-based teams in upcoming edition 
  • Pakistan Cricket Board has held roadshows in London and New York to entice investors to bid for new PSL teams

ISLAMABAD: The 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held from Mar. 26 to May 11, 2026, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced on Sunday. 

The PSL is Pakistan’s premier T20 cricket league that features a mix of local and international players and coaches. The PSL features six teams, each named after a Pakistani city, with the upcoming edition set to feature two new teams. 

PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, along with former cricketing greats Ramiz Raja and Wasim Akram, participated in a roadshow in New York on Sunday. The PCB has held a roadshow in London previously to attract international investors to bid for the new teams. 

“I can tell you one thing that PSL will start on Mar. 26, which is very near,” Naqvi said at the roadshow. 

“And the final we are planning to hold on May 3.”

Naqvi said the revised schedule for the auction of the two new PSL teams will take place on Jan. 8. The auction was originally scheduled to take place on Jan. 6; however, it was postponed by one day due to a week-long extension of the deadline for the submission of the bids for the new franchises, initially set at Dec. 15.

The PCB said this week it had pushed the deadline to submit the bids for the two new teams keeping in mind “growing interest” from investors in the US, Europe and the Middle East.