ISLAMABAD: Impressive performances from Haider Ali and Imad Wasim on Saturday night ensured Islamabad United qualified for their first Pakistan Super League (PSL) final since 2018, beating Peshawar Zalmi by five wickets in the Eliminator 2 of the tournament in Karachi.
Zalmi, who ended up with 185-5 after 20 overs, struck early blows during United’s batting when all-rounder Saim Ayub dismissed Alex Hales and Salman Ali Agha for 1 and 5 runs respectively.
Reeling at 50-4, United got a breather when Azam Khan and Imad Wasim got together to put up a 41-run fifth-wicket partnership, bringing some stability to the team. Luke Wood clean bowled Azam, who scored 22 from 17, to leave United at 91/5, requiring a further 95 runs in nine overs.
“Haider Ali joined Imad in the middle and the duo took it upon themselves to stage the rescue act,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a report.
Ali scored an unbeaten 52 runs from 29 balls, hitting five sixes and two fours while Wasim finished with 59 off 40 balls, hitting nine fours.
United chased the target with one over to spare, ending up with a score of 189/5 at the end of 19 overs. Wasim was awarded the Player of the Match award for his unbeaten half-century.
United pacer Naseem Shah was the pick of his team’s bowlers, finishing with figures of 3/30 from his four overs. He took the vital scalps of Zalmi skipper Babar Azam, Mohammad Haris and Tom Kohler-Cadmore.
Speaking at the post-match ceremony, a disappointed Azam said his team lost the decisive match as they bowled “ordinarily” after the first 10 overs.
“I think we were in a good position after 10 overs. But our bowling after that was very bad. We weren’t up to the mark and we thought we had won the match,” he said.
United will take on former champions Multan Sultans at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi on Monday, Mar. 18, for the PSL 2024 final.
Islamabad stun Peshawar to qualify for first PSL final in six years
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Islamabad stun Peshawar to qualify for first PSL final in six years
- Haider Ali, Imad Wasim score unbeaten half-centuries to help Islamabad beat Peshawar by five wickets
- Islamabad will lock horns with Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League final on Monday, Mar. 18
UNGA adopts Pakistan-sponsored resolution focusing world attention on Palestine, Kashmir
- The resolution calls on countries to immediately cease foreign military intervention in and occupation of foreign countries and territories
- Islamabad says the resolution reinforces international attention to the legitimate causes and aspirations of Palestinian, Kashmiri peoples
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a Pakistan-sponsored resolution on the peoples’ right to self-determination, Pakistan’s UN mission said on Friday, saying it reinforces the world attention to the Palestine and Kashmir issues.
The text, which was adopted by consensus, was recommended last month by the 193-member General Assembly’s Third Committee, which deals with social, humanitarian and cultural issues, according to Pakistani state media.
Co-sponsored by 65 countries, it called on countries to immediately cease foreign military intervention in and occupation of foreign countries and territories as well as acts of “repression, discrimination, and maltreatment.”
The resolution also declared the General Assembly’s firm opposition to acts of foreign military intervention, aggression and occupation, which have resulted in suppression of peoples’ right to self-determination in parts of the world.
“The consensual adoption of the resolution manifests broad international support for the inalienable right of the peoples facing colonialism, alien domination and foreign occupation,” Pakistan’s UN mission said on X.
“For the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Palestine, the resolution reinforces international attention to their just and legitimate cause and their aspirations for freedom and dignity in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.”
Pakistan, which does not recognize Israel, supports an independent Palestinian state based on “internationally agreed parameters” and pre-1967 borders, calling for an end to Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Kashmir, on the other hand, has been divided between Pakistan and India since their independence from British rule in 1947. Both countries claim the Himalayan territory in its entirety but rule it in part and have fought multiple wars over it.
Islamabad has repeatedly urged New Delhi to hold a plebiscite in the disputed territory in line with the United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Pakistan’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, this week said the realization of self-determination is not merely a historical aspiration, but an enduring obligation.
“Recent developments in the Middle East demonstrate that lasting peace cannot be achieved through the continued denial and suppression of the legitimate right to self-determination of the Palestinian people,” he said on Thursday.
“Similarly, the UN Security Council has, through several resolutions, recognized the legitimate right of self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. A just resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains central to the establishment of durable peace in South Asia.”
