England defeats Pakistan in nail-biter, clinches T 20 series by 2-1

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England defeats Pakistan in nail-biter, clinches T 20 series by 2-1 

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

England overcame self-created wobble to beat Pakistan in a pulsating final Twenty20 at Emirates Old Trafford and win the series 2-1. Adil Rashid took a career-best haul before England just did enough in a nervous chase to wrap up their white-ball home season with a thrilling three-wicket win over Pakistan in a Twenty20 final. Leg-spinner Rashid took 4-35 as Pakistan were restricted to 154-6 after winning the toss, with Mohammad Rizwan batting through the innings for 76 not out.

England opener Jason Roy, the player of the match, got the chase off to a brisk start with a dashing 64. But the hosts kept losing wickets before returning captain Eoin Morgan made a useful 21.

Liam Livingstone, the player of the series after scoring England´s fastest T20 hundred in the opener at Trent Bridge, struck one six and then holed out before Chris Jordan struck the winning runs in the last over. Roy took four boundaries off Shaheen Shah Afridi´s first over and swept spinner Imad Wasim for six.

Fellow opener Jos Buttler was well caught in the deep by Pakistan captain Babar Azam off leg-spinner Shadab Khan for a scratchy 21. Roy, by contrast completed a 30-ball fifty but on 64 he skied a catch off Usman Qadir, a leg-spinner like his father, the outstanding Abdul Qadir.

Jonny Bairstow holed out cheaply off left-arm spinner Imad Wasim and when Moeen Ali was bowled charging at off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez for just one, England were 112-4 off 15 overs. With four overs left, England needed 39 more runs to win.

But with Morgan hitting a couple of fours off Hafeez, England were 126-4 off 17 overs. Azam, rather than continue with spin, recalled paceman Hasan Ali into the attack. But left-hander Morgan hoisted him for two sixes separated by three dot balls.

But when Hafeez bowled Dawid Malan for 31, England still needed 12 to win off eight balls. Liam Livingstone, however, responded by hoisting his first ball for six only to be caught next ball, with England needing six off the last over. Livingstone and Morgan then got out in quick succession before a pair of hard-run twos from Jordan ended the match.

Notably, Pakistan have so far toured England seven times for the T20I series. They could only win two one-off matches- the first came way back in 2006 while the second came in 2016. In 2020, Pakistan drew the series 1-1 against England. A win in the series-decider will give Pakistan a golden chance to clinch their first-ever T20I series win against England. The hosts, on the other hand, will be hoping to win their second T20I series against Pakistan at home ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Nation Celebrates Eid-ul-Adha with religious fervor today

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Lahore (Nut-Desk)

Eid-ul- Azha will be celebrated today with religious fervor to commemorate the great sacrifice of Hazrat Ibrahim and Hazrat Ismael (AS). The day will dawn with special prayers in mosques for well-being of the Ummah and progress, prosperity and security of the country.

Congregational prayers will be held across the country to mark the religious festival, along with sermons highlighting the significance of the event and the philosophy behind sacrifice.

Security arrangements have been beefed up across the country during the occasion.Prime Minister Imran Khan will offer Eid prayers at Nathia Gali.

Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Bazdar will offer Eidul Adha prayer at GOR. After the Eid prayers, Chief Minister Usman Bazdar will offer prayers for the security and stability of the country.

Former President Asif Ali Zardari will offer Eid prayers at Bilawal House. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah will offer Eid-ul-Adha prayers in Sehwan Sharif.

Most of the political leaders of Sindh will offer Eid prayers in their home towns. Sindh Minister for Information and Local Government Nasir Shah will offer Eid prayers in Sukkur. President PPP Sindh and Provincial Advisor Nisar Khorro will offer Eid prayers in Larkana.

The Balochistan Governor and the chief minister will celebrate Eid in Quetta while members of the National and Provincial Assemblies and Senators will celebrate in their respective areas.

Governor Balochistan Syed Zahoor Agha and Chief Minister Jam Kamal will celebrate Eid in Quetta. They will offer Eid prayers at the Governor House, Quetta.

Lionel Messi breaks Cristiano Ronaldo’s Instagram record

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Lahore (Nut-Desk)

Football superstar Lionel Messi has surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo’s record for the most-liked photo on Instagram. Messi — in the photo that has amassed more than 21 million likes — can be seen holding the Copa America Cup that Argentina won after beating Brazil 1-0.

“What a beautiful madness! This is unbelievable! Thank you, God! We are the champions!” read the caption of the photo, in which Messi can be seen holding the trophy after Argentina won against Brazil on July 10.

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Ronaldo’s photo with Argentinian great Diego Maradona, which he posted on Instagram following the legend’s death, had racked up 19.8 million likes.

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Lionel Messi was uncharacteristically quiet in Argentina’s 1-0 win over Brazil but his performance was irrelevant compared to what the victory meant — a first major title for Messi in the blue and white of the national side.

The Barcelona striker has won the FIFA World Player of the Year record six times and is widely considered one of the greatest players ever to play the game, alongside Pele and countryman Diego Maradona.

But his inability to win an international title with Argentina always left an asterisk beside his name on the all-time greats list.

That was gone after an emotional Copa America final at the Maracana stadium decided by a first-half goal from Angel Di Maria.

Messi had a quiet game by his own standards and missed a golden chance with two minutes remaining when he appeared to stutter with only the keeper to beat.

Jamima slams Maryam Nawaz for anti-semitic tirade about her sons.

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Lahore (Nut-Desk)

Former wife of Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday slammed anti-Semitic tirade made by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz wherein she described their sons as “Goldsmith s grandsons.

Maryam Nawaz had criticized PM Imran Khan and his sons while addressing a rally in Azad Kashmir held in connection with the forthcoming elections. Maryam was addressing a rally in Azad Kashmir when she responded to PM Imran Khan’s statement made earlier about Nawaz Sharif attending a polo match in the UK to watch Maryam’s son, Junaid Safdar, play. The PM said: “The poor should go to jail and the powerful get NROs (National Reconciliation Ordinance) and go park themselves abroad and watch their grandson’s polo match.”

She said “Junaid is Nawaz Sharif’s grandson, not Goldsmith’s. He’s Nawaz Sharif’s grandson, he’s not being raised in the lap of Jews.”

Reacting to the anti-Semitic slur on twitter, Jemima said, “My kids are “being raised in the lap of the Jews,” announced Maryam Nawaz Sharif today.” She went on to add, “I left Pakistan in 2004 after a decade of anti-semitic attacks by the media and politicians (weekly death threats and protests outside my house). But still, it continues.”

Jamima slams Maryam Nawaz for anti-semitic tirade about her sons.
Jamima slams Maryam Nawaz for anti-semitic tirade about her sons.

NCOC directs Provinces to strictly ensure implementation of Corona SOPs during Eid.

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Lahore (Nut-Desk)

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday declared compliance of guidelines issued on the occasion of Eidul Adha particularly standard of operating procedures (SOPs) for Eid prayer congregations critical to contain disease spread.

The NCOC session held with Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar in chair where the meeting reviewed implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Eidul Adha and spread of the pandemic in Karachi and Gilgit-Baltistan.

The forum was briefed that instructions have been issued to the provincial administrations of all federating units to ensure implementation of SOPs pertaining to Eidul Adha.

The forum expressed satisfaction over additional steps taken by Sindh government in view of COVID-19 outbreak. The forum was informed that keeping in view the surging disease spread, some 500 oxygen cylinders and 30 ventilators were added in Gilgit-Baltistan.

The forum was briefed on capacity building of vaccination facilities. “At present, over half a million COVID-19 vaccines are being administered daily in the country,” the forum was informed. The forum announced that the vaccination centers across the country would remain closed only on first day of Eidul Adha.

The forum was told that huge stocks of Moderna vaccine were provided to vaccination centers for inoculations of individuals and students going abroad.

In this regard, instructions have been issued to the administrations of all the provinces to ensure implementation of SOPs. Earlier in a tweet, Asad Umar said that complete restrictions could only be lifted in the country until a major portion of the population fully got vaccinated against COVID-19.

“The number of people administered vaccine in a single day crossed 600,000 mark yesterday (Monday) for first time in the country”, the minister who also chairs meeting of National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) wrote.

However he said although the rising number of inoculated people is an encouraging sign but it needed further boost so that all type of restrictions in every field of life were lifted as soon as possible. Asad Umar said the UK was an excellent lesson of vaccination minimizing health impact of COVID.

Sharing graphs in his tweet, the minister pointed out that the cases had risen in current wave in UK at about the same rate as previous wave, but number of people needing hospitalization was much less due to high rate of vaccination achieved.

Ghilaf-e-Kaaba Changed during Hajj 2021

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Ghilaf-e-Kaaba Changed during Hajj 2021

Lahore (Nut-Desk)

The annual ritual to change Ghilaf-e-Kaaba was held at Masjid al-Haram in Saudi Arabia where Muslims are performing second downsized Hajj due to coronavirus.

670 kg pure silk, 120 kg of gold and 100 kg of silver have been used to prepare the new Ghilaf. The covering cloth of the Kaaba, known as Kiswa, is changed on 9th Zilhaj every year on the day of Arafat.

The Hajj pilgrims will proceed to Arafat today, to perform the main ritual of “Waqoof-e-Arafat”. They will listen the sermon to be delivered at Nimra Mosque and perform Zohr and Asr prayers together.

The pilgrims will spend time in Arafat with prayers for acceptance of their pilgrimage and recitation of Qur’anic verses until sunset.

Heavy Rains disrupts routine life across Punjab. Several got injured and 2 killed in various incidents

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Heavy Rains disrupts routine life across Punjab. Several got injured and 2 killed in various incidents

Lahore (Nut-Desk)

Heavy rains in different cities of Punjab disrupted life on Tuesday, with streets severely inundated and at least two people killed in various rain-related accidents. Low-lying areas in Faisalabad and Mianwali lay flooded, with water flowing into houses. The railway track in Mianwali is feared damaged by the urban flooding.

Heavy rains were also reported in Gujranwala, Jhang and Murree.In Lahore, 99mm of rain made the weather pleasant, however, one person was killed and 10 others were injured when the roofs of their houses collapsed.

Traders in cattle markets were seen struggling trying to protect animals from the rain.The fire station located at the Allama Iqbal International airport also became inundated, along with the runway and the apron. Rescue and emergency vehicles became stuck in deep, muddy waters.

In Raiwind, a 30-year-old man was killed when the roof of his home collapsed due to the rain, while 10 people were injured in similar incidents in the China Scheme and Mohalnawal areas.

Heavy rain has disrupted the Lahore Electric Supply Company’s (LESCO) transmission system in different parts of the Lahore . More than 130 LESCO feeders have tripped due to rain in Lahore on Tuesday. Many areas in the city are facing power outage due to feeders tripping and other technical faults.

SHEIKH RASHEED BUYS THREE CAMELS FOR EID UL AZHA

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SHEIKH RASHEED BUYS THREE CAMELS FOR EID UL AZHA

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed visited on Tuesday a cattle market in Rawalpindi, where he bought three camels for sacrificing them on Eidul Azha. He bought three camels for a cumulative sum of Rs560,000. The minister shared on his official Twitter handle a video of him negotiating the price of camels with livestock traders.

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Eidul Azha, the Festival of Sacrifice, will be celebrated across Pakistan on Wednesday and citizens will sacrifice their animals after offering Eid Prayers.

The Punjab government has issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be adopted during Eid ul Adha prayers and sacrifice of animals in wake of a spike in COVID cases nationwide amid the fourth wave.

According to a notification issued by the Punjab home department, the Eid payers should be held at open places and while offering it inside the mosques, the doors and windows should remain open to ensure a smooth cross-ventilation.

“Eid prayers should be offered multiple times at the same place in order to avoid mass congregations,” it said while further requesting Muslim scholars and clerics to ensure keeping their Eid sermons short in order to minimize the effects of COVID spread.

Pak team offered Eid Prayer under Sarfraz’s Imamat in England.

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Pak team offered Eid Prayer under Sarfraz’s Imamat in England.

Lahore (Nut-Desk)

The Pakistan cricket team on Tuesday offered their Eid ul Adha prayers at a local hotel in Manchester, according to the sources of Newsupdatetimes.

Former skipper and wicket keeper Sarfaraz Ahmed delivered the Eid sermon and led the prayers, which were attended by all the players, as well as coaching staff.

Following the prayers, they embraced one another and exchanged Eid greetings. The national cricket team is currently in England for a T20 series against the English team.

The Pakistan cricket team players were not allowed to take their families with them on the tours to England and West Indies owing to safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the national team, after the England tour, the team will leave for for West Indies.

Eid ul Adha 2021: Namaz timing across Pakistan’s major cities

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Eid ul Adha 2021: Namaz timing across Pakistan’s major cities

Lahore (Nut-Desk)

Pakistani citizens are celebrating Eid-ul-Adha today and the administrations of mosques, Eid gahs, and Imam Barghas across Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir have announced the timings for Eid ul Adha prayers.

In a bid to help users navigate the timings easily, Newsupdatetimes has compiled a list of several mosques across various cities as the information received yet.

Islamabad

7:30 am Faisal Mosque. Prof. Dr. Tahir Hakeem will offer Eid prayers at Faisal Mosque

7.30 am Imambargah G6

Lahore

6:00 am Jamia Naeemia Garhi Shahu

6:15 am at Minar Pakistan Ground

6:30 am Jamia Masjid Mansura

6:30 am Jamia Ashrafia Ferozepur Road

7:00 am Jamia Masjid Bahria Town

Faisalabad

6:00 am Main Eidgah Model Town

6:00 am Jamia Masjid Omar

7:00 am Jamia Masjid Madani Samanabad

7:00 am Imambargah Qasr Abu Talib

7:30 am Imambargah Haidaria

Hyderabad

6:10 am Nigah Madina Masjid Cloth Market

6:10 am Faizan Madina Affandi Town

6.30 am Sultani Masjid Tilak Chari

7:00 am Jamia Masjid Abdullah near Lady Graham Hospital

7:00 am Dargah Sakhi Abdul Wahab Shah Jilani Mosque

7:00 am Haider Karar Mosque, Karbala Dadan Shah

7.30 am Fawara Chowk Liberty Market

8:30 am Madina Masjid Surrey Ghat

9:00 am Abul Fazl Mosque, Maula Ali

9:00 am Mehfil Hussaini Station Road

Gujranwala

5:45 am Dhobi Khat Ground Satellite Town

5:45 am Model Town Market Ground

6:30 am Jamia Masjid Satellite Town

6:30 am Jamia Masjid Fazilat Citi Housing

6.45 am Jamia Masjid Mubarak Satellite Town

Rajanpur

6:30 am Central Eid Gah Rajput

6:40 am Main Eid Gah Jafaria

6:45 am Jamia Masjid Chowk Allahabad

7:10 am Darbar Khawaja Ghulam Farid

Bahawalnagar

7:00 am Central Imambargah

7:30 am Jamia Uloom, Central Eid Gah.

7:30 am Eid Gah, Jamia Reza Mustafa

Taftan

7:45am Central Eidgah

Bannu

6:15 am Jamia Masjid Tanchi Bazaar

6:30 am Jamia Masjid Lucky Gate

6:30 am Eid Gah Hafiz Ji

7:30 am Imambargah Hassania Masjid Ali Raza

Jahanian

6:30 am Jamia Masjid Hasnain Karimin

6:45 am Sabzazar Municipal Committee

Badin

8:00 am Gulzar Mosque, Madinah

8:30 am Main Eid Gah Pir Aali Shah

Thatta

8:00 am Mukli Society Jamia Masjid

9:00 am Shahjahan Jama Masjid

9:30 am Central Eid Gah Mukli

Kabirwala

8:00 am Darul Uloom Eidgah.

Gujarat

8:00 am Central Imambargah Hussainiya Circular Road

8.30 am Central Jamia Masjid Eid Gah

Chaghi

7:15 am Jamia Amir Sultania Mosque, Dalbandin

Bahawalnagar

7:00 am Haroonabad Central Eid Gah

7:00 am Chishtian Central Eid Gah

7:30 am Central Eid Gah, Jamia-ul-Uom

7:30 am Jamia Reza Mustafa Trust

Sukkur

6:55 am Mecca Mosque Tariq Road

7:15 am Central Jamia Masjid Bandar Road

7.30 am Gulshan Eid Gah

7:30 am Jinnah Jinnah Municipal Stadium

Kamalia

8:30 am Main Eid Gah Khair Shaheed

8:30 am Eid Gah Fiqh Jafaria Lari Ada

Nawabshah

7:00 am Umm Al-Momineen Ayesha Siddique Mosque, Manzoor City

7:30 am Central Imambargah Murtazavi

7:30 am Imamia Mosque

7:30 am Imambargah Haidari

8:30 am Main Eid Gah Skarand Road

Kāmoke

6.30 am Kamunki Lady Park

7:00 am Madinah Main Bazaar

Lodhran

6:30 am Masjid Tafhim-ul-Quran

6:30am Jamia Masjid Rahmaniya

7:00 am Jamia Siraj-ul-Uloom Madrasa

7:00 am Imambargah Shah Najaf

DI Khan

06:30 am Kotli Imam Hussain

07:00 am The town hall

07:30 am Central Eidgah

Tando Allahyar

6:10 am Faizan Madina

7:00 am Jamia Siddique Akbar

7:15 am Main Eidgah

Lower Dir

6:30 am Eid Gah Manda

6:30 am Jamia Masjid Allah Akbar Timergara

Sibi

7:00 am Central Jamia Masjid

7:30 am Central Eidgah Bukhari Ground

Mansehra

6.30 am Central Mosque Lohar Banda

6:45 am Masjid Kabra Nari Mohalla

7:00 am Central Jamia Masjid Abbottabad Road

Sargodha

6:45 am Jamia Muftahul Uloom Satellite Town.

7:00 am Imambargah Block 7

7:15 am Central Eid Gah

7.30 am Jamia Masjid

Malakand

6:30 am Dhand Dheri School Ground at 6.30

7:00 am Sakhakot School Ground

6:45 am Central Eid Gah Zafar Park Batkhela

8:30 am Central Eidgah Kanodas

Gilgit

7:30 am Central Imamia Eidgah

8:00 am at Shah Karim Hostel Ground

Khanewal

6:45 am Central Eidgah Railway Ground at 6:45

6:15 am Central Eidgah Ahle Hadith Colony No. 2

Malakand

6:30 am Dhand Dheri School Ground

7:00 am Sakhakot School Ground

6:45 am Eid Gah Zafar Park Batkhelh

Pakpattan

6:30 am Jamia Masjid Dargah Hazrat Baba Farid

AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Kotli

7:00 am Central Jamia Masjid Al Firdous Gulhar

8:00 am Gol Masjid Housing Scheme

7:00 am Jamia Masjid Ghousia Ballya