KARACHI/LAHORE: Welcome to the fourth episode of ‘Googly Shughali,’ a special web show by Arab News covering the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League cricket series.
In this episode, cricket’s famous funny ladies Mahwish Bhatti (Maho) and Aimun Faisal lament the postponement of the PSL series last week after a number of players tested positive for the coronavirus. It’s “everyone’s loss,” said Maho, wondering how one could get over the heartbreak.
“There’s no solution to this, just be sad,” Aimun said, reminding her co-host that Pakistanis were already used to almost a decade without international cricket after a militant attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009.
Ultimately the big question Maho and Aimun ask is: was PSL canceled because of the coronavirus or because the Lahore Qalandars finally started playing well? Find out here.
#GooglyShughali: How to get over heartbreak of PSL postponement — Keep being sad
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#GooglyShughali: How to get over heartbreak of PSL postponement — Keep being sad
- Welcome to fourth episode of ‘Googly Shughali,’ a special web show by Arab News covering sixth edition of Pakistan Super League
- In this episode Maho and Aimun wonder: Was PSL canceled because of coronavirus or because Lahore Qalandars finally started playing well?
Pakistan to target over 45 million children in first anti-polio drive of 2026
- Polio is a highly infectious and incurable disease that can cause lifelong paralysis
- Pakistan last year conducted six campaigns that reduced cases to 30 from 74 in 2024
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan aims to vaccinate more than 45 million children against polio during the first nationwide immunization drive of 2026, the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) said on Saturday.
Polio is a highly infectious and incurable disease that can cause lifelong paralysis. The only effective protection is through repeated vaccination for every child under five.
The anti-polio campaign will be launched on Feb. 2 and run till Feb. 8, according to the NEOC. The inoculation drive will run simultaneously in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
“Over 400,000 male and female polio workers will perform duties in the national polio campaign,” the NEOC said in a statement.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where transmission of the wild poliovirus has never been interrupted, posing a risk to global eradication efforts.
The NEOC last year conducted six nationwide campaigns against poliovirus in Pakistan, where cases came down from 74 in 2024 to 30 in 2025.
“Parents should fully cooperate with polio workers and protect their children from lifelong disabilities,” the NEOC urged.
