ISLAMABAD: Karachi Kings thumped an in-form Quetta Gladiators squad by seven wickets at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, courtesy of fast bowler Hassan Ali who took four wickets to keep the Kings at bay.
Batting first, the Gladiators failed to register an impressive total at the scoreboard. The second-placed squad were bowled out for 118 runs in 19.1 overs, with Ali taking the key wickets of Saud Shakeel, Khawaja Nafay, Akeel Hosein and Muhammad Hasnain to return figures of 4/15.
Blessing Muzarabani and spinner Zahid Mahmood impressed with figures of 2/27 and 2/25 respectively.
“Started the Rawalpindi leg with an emphatic victory,” the Kings wrote on social media platform X. “Truly an exceptional team effort.”
Kings’ captain Shan Masood continued his disappointing run in the tournament, scoring only seven runs before he was dismissed by Mohammad Amir. However, a 50-run partnership between Tim Seifert (49) and James Vince (29) ensured the match remained within the Kings’ grasp.
Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik held his nerves to score 27 from 20 balls while Irfan Khan made four runs from six balls as the Kings completed their win over the Gladiators.
The Kings have three wins from seven matches so far while the Gladiators, who occupy the number two spot on the PSL points table, have four wins from seven matches.
The Multan Sultans are the only team that have qualified for the PSL playoffs.
Hassan Ali takes four as Karachi down Quetta by seven wickets in PSL contest
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Hassan Ali takes four as Karachi down Quetta by seven wickets in PSL contest
- Kings’ bowler Hassan Ali returns figures of 4/15 to restrict Gladiators’ batters
- Batter Tim Seifert scores 49, James Vince 29 to ensure a Gladiators’ win
Pakistan PM meets IAEA chief in Vienna, witnesses nuclear medicine cooperation deal signing
- INMOL Lahore designated as IAEA Collaborating Center to expand cancer treatment cooperation
- Sharif calls sustainable and inclusive development the only path to peace amid global ‘polycrisis’
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Vienna on Tuesday and witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement designating Pakistan’s Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL), Lahore, as an IAEA Collaborating Center.
The meeting took place at the Vienna International Center, home to several UN agencies. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Grossi signed the Collaborating Center Agreement on behalf of Pakistan and the IAEA, respectively. The IAEA chief presented a plaque formally designating INMOL as a Collaborating Center, in a ceremony witnessed by Sharif.
“The Prime Minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for IAEA’s role in the promotion of responsible use of nuclear technology in areas such as cancer diagnosis and treatment, agriculture, nuclear power generation and industrial applications,” said a statement circulated by Sharif’s office in Islamabad.
“He praised the strong partnership between Pakistan and the IAEA, while observing that Pakistan was not only a beneficiary of the IAEA’s Technical Cooperation Programme but was also contributing to the work of the IAEA through the provision of its experts and conducting international trainings for IAEA Member States,” it added.
The statement said Grossi acknowledged Pakistan’s experience and expertise in the peaceful uses of nuclear technology and commended the quality of its engineers, scientists and technicians.
He maintained Pakistan was well placed to assist other IAEA member states in expanding peaceful nuclear applications and expressed interest in Pakistan’s participation at the Nuclear Energy Summit scheduled in France in March 2026.
The IAEA chief visited Pakistan last year to review cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear technology, including cancer diagnosis and treatment, as well as applications in energy and agriculture.
His engagements included visits to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission cancer hospitals, inauguration of advanced treatment facilities and discussions with Sharif on expanding collaboration under the IAEA’s “Rays of Hope” initiative aimed at improving radiotherapy access in developing countries.
’POLYCRISIS’
Sharif also addressed a special event at the United Nations Office in Vienna, calling for sustainable and inclusive development to be treated as the world’s foremost conflict-prevention strategy, warning that overlapping geopolitical tensions, climate stress and technological disruption are converging into a global “polycrisis.”
“Our world stands at crossroads,” Sharif said. “We face intertwined crises. The defining danger of our time is not any single threat, rather it’s the combination of many.”
“Geopolitical hostility, climate stress, and technological disruption are all converging into a single destabilizing force,” he added. “The planet is facing a moment of polycrisis.”
Sharif argued that sustainable and inclusive development was the most effective long-term strategy to prevent conflict, stressing that developing nations bore the heaviest burden of climate change despite contributing the least to global emissions.
“Pakistan’s own experience is illustrative,” he said. “We stand at the front lines of the climate crisis, not through any fault of ours, but as one of its most disproportionate victims.”
He said Pakistan, which contributes less than one percent of global emissions, continues to face severe climate impacts, including devastating floods in recent years that destroyed homes, farmland and infrastructure.
Sharif also called for strengthening multilateral institutions, including the United Nations system, to better address emerging global challenges and ensure that innovation and new technologies benefit all countries rather than deepen existing divides.
