ISLAMABAD: Peshawar Zalmi, one of the teams in the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 cricket competition, will face off today, Thursday, against the Lahore Qalandars.
Pakistan’s flagship cricket super league tournament resumed in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, with Lahore Qalandars bagging a five-wicket last-ball victory over Islamabad United.
The HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) was postponed in March after a string of positive coronavirus cases among players and officials. While previous matches were held in Pakistan, the resumed series is being hosted at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
In the last match of PSL's sixth edition on Wednesday, Islamabad United set a 144-run target for Lahore Qalandars. Before the tournament was halted, United had won three out of four matches and were above Qalandars on the basis of Net Run Rate (NRR) on the points table.
Captain Sohail Akhtar (40 off 30 balls, five fours and one six) and Mohammad Hafeez (29 off 25) were the chief run-getters for Lahore, which will take on Peshawar Zalmi next on Thursday night.
“Both Qalandars and United, along with Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi, are locked at six points apiece,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement. “But, the two sides have played one less match as compared with Kings and Zalmi, meaning Wednesday’s winner will go top of the points table after halfway stage in the competition.”
PSL: Peshawar Zalmi face off against Lahore Qalandars today in Abu Dhabi
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PSL: Peshawar Zalmi face off against Lahore Qalandars today in Abu Dhabi
- Pakistan’s flagship cricket tournament resumed on Wednesday after a coronavirus hiatus with Lahore Qalandars bagging victory over Islamabad United
- HBL Pakistan Super League was postponed in March after a string of positive coronavirus cases among players and officials
Islamabad says engagement with Afghanistan hinges on action against militant groups
- Tensions have been high between Islamabad and Kabul over the increase in militant attacks inside Pakistan
- Minister says economic aspects do come in between, but Pakistan's security remains their highest priority
KARACHI: Any engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan depends on concrete action by Kabul against militant groups, Pakistan's commerce minister said on Monday, citing a surge in militant attacks inside Pakistan.
Tensions have been high between Islamabad and Kabul over the increase in militant attacks that Pakistan has blamed on Afghanistan-based militant groups, an allegation denied by the Taliban authorities.
The attacks triggered one of the worst skirmishes between the neighbors in Oct. last year, after Islamabad hit what it called Pakistani Taliban targets inside Afghanistan. Pakistan has since suspended all trade with Afghanistan, despite a ceasefire reached in Doha on Oct. 19.
Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan said on Monday that Pakistan has made it clear at all levels that it could not make any compromise on its security and that militants using Afghan soil need to be "handled."
"If we have to engage in any form, Afghanistan has to address this aspect of terrorism first," he said on X. "In recent months, many such incidents have taken place and we see an increase in it."
There was no immediate response to the statement from the Afghan side, which comes as the suspension of trade between the neighbors has been severely impacting traders on either side of the border.
Kamal said they welcomed any dialogue and ways to facilitate trade but could not pursue them in the presence of militant "safe havens" in Afghanistan.
"Economic aspects do come in between, however, we keep our sovereignty and security as the highest priority," he added.
