Pakistan face UAE in Women’s T20 Asia Cup cricket clash

Pakistan's women cricketers Muneeba Ali (left) and Gull Feroza enter the ground during Pakistan v Nepal T20 Asia Cup match at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, on July 21, 2024. (Pakistan Cricket/X)
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Updated 23 July 2024
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Pakistan face UAE in Women’s T20 Asia Cup cricket clash

  • Pakistan beat Nepal by nine wickets with 49 balls to spare on Sunday 
  • Bottom-placed UAE have lost both of their matches in the tournament 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan women’s national cricket team is facing the United Arab Emirates in Sri Lanka today, Tuesday, as the two sides clash in another fixture of the ongoing Women’s T20 Asia Cup tournament. 

Pakistan will head into the match confident after routing Nepal by nine wickets at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan achieved Nepal’s modest target of 109 runs with little trouble, making 110 for one in just 11.5 overs and with 49 balls to spare.

“In Women’s Asia Cup 2024, Pakistan will face the United Arab Emirates at Dambulla, Sri Lanka today,” state broadcaster Radio Pakistan said. 

The match between the two teams is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time (PST), it added. 

Pakistan lost their tournament opener against arch-rivals India on Friday. Batting first, the green shirts were bowled out for 108 runs from 19.2 overs which was chased down by India in 14.1 overs and with seven wickets in hand. 

Deepti Sharma was the pick of the Indian bowlers, returning figures of 3-20 while Renuka Singh and Shreyanka Patil both ended up with figures of 2-14. India are at the top of the tournament table with two wins from as many matches while Pakistan are placed at number two, with one loss and a win under their belt. 

The UAE have so far lost both their matches in the tournament against India and Nepal. They are at the bottom of the table. 


Pakistan, seven Muslim nations back Palestinian technocratic body, stress Gaza-West Bank unity

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Pakistan, seven Muslim nations back Palestinian technocratic body, stress Gaza-West Bank unity

  • The National Committee for the Administration of the Gaza Strip was announced on January 14
  • Muslim nations call for consolidation of the ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian aid into Gaza

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and seven other Muslim-majority countries on Thursday welcomed the formation of a temporary Palestinian technocratic body to administer Gaza, stressing that it must manage daily civilian affairs while preserving the institutional and territorial link between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank amid the ongoing peace efforts.

In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Türkiye, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates said the newly announced National Committee for the Administration of the Gaza Strip would play a central role during the second phase of a broader peace plan aimed at ending the war and paving the way for Palestinian self-governance.

“The Ministers emphasize the importance of the National Committee commencing its duties in managing the day-to-day affairs of the people of Gaza, while preserving the institutional and territorial link between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, ensuring the unity of Gaza, and rejecting any attempts to divide it,” the statement said.

The committee, announced on Jan. 14, is a temporary transitional body established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 and is to operate in coordination with the Palestinian Authority, the ministers said.

The statement said the move forms part of the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s Comprehensive Peace Plan for Gaza, which the ministers said they supported, praising Trump’s efforts to end the war, ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces and prevent the annexation of the occupied West Bank.

The top leaders of all eight Muslim countries attended a meeting with Trump in New York last September, shortly before he unveiled the Gaza peace plan.

The ministers also called for the consolidation of the ceasefire, unimpeded humanitarian aid into Gaza, early recovery and reconstruction and the eventual return of the Palestinian Authority to administer the territory, leading to a just and sustainable peace based on UN resolutions and a two-state solution on pre-1967 lines with East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital.