ISLAMABAD: China’s Special Envoy for Afghan Affairs, Yue Xiaoyong, will lead a delegation to attend a meeting on Afghanistan hosted by Pakistan on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, said on Wednesday.
The "troika plus" meeting, due to take place in Islamabad, will include the Afghan Taliban's new foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
“China supports Pakistan in hosting the extended troika meeting,” Wang said at a press briefing. “We support all efforts conducive for stability in Afghanistan to building up consensus in the world.”
China and Pakistan have both declined an invitation to attend a conference on Afghanistan being hosted by India this week.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf will chair Thursday’s meeting in Islamabad.
The US State Department’s Special Representative and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan, Thomas West, and Russia’s Special Afghanistan Envoy Zamir Kabulov will also participate.
This is the first full-fledged meeting off the ”troika plus” since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August. The last meeting was held in Doha on August 11.
China says will attend meeting on Afghanistan hosted by Pakistan
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China says will attend meeting on Afghanistan hosted by Pakistan
- China and Pakistan have both declined invite to conference on Afghanistan being hosted by India this week
- Thursday’s "troika plus" meeting in Islamabad will include Afghan Taliban's new foreign minister
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.
