Published on: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: He has been through it and knows the importance and benefits of overseas exposure for national athletes.
Now, Southeast Asian discus champion Muhammad Irfan Shamsuddin
(pic) wants more national athletes to be sent overseas for competitions or training regularly so that they can fully realise their potential and talent.
The 25-year-old, who holds the national discus record at 62.55 metres, urged fellow athletes to be bold in voicing out their needs to national sports associations or the National Sports Council (NSC) for the sake of their own progress in sports. He said this included letting the authorities know of their desire to train or compete overseas, as such exposure can bring their performances to the next level.
A catastrophic second wave of COVID-19 has overwhelmed India’s already creaky health infrastructure, with hospitals running out of beds and oxygen, while critical drugs are being sold on a thriving black market.
Social media platforms have been flooded with SOS messages from people pleading for oxygen cylinders and hospital admissions as authorities struggled to cope with the scale of the crisis.
Amid the shortage, many places of worship, including mosques and gurdwaras, across India have come forward to help needy patients and a number of them have been turned into care centres for COVID patients.
Mufti Arif Falahi, head of a seminary in the western city of Baroda, has taken on a different job over the past weeks: saving lives.
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May 7, 2021
An accountability court on Thursday issued a notice to the defence over an application filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking freezing of the assets of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durraniâs family among other accused till the disposal of a Rs1.6 billion corruption reference against them.
The accountability court-III judge directed the defence side to appear on May 19 to submit their arguments on the application which seeks confiscation of 12 properties - most of which are owned by Durraniâs family.
Durrani and 18 others, including his wife Naheed, son Shahbaz, daughters Sanam, Sonya, Shahana and Sara, brother Agha Masihuddin, Zulfiqar Dahar, Shamshad Khatoon, Munawar Ali, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Irfan, Shakeel Soomro, Gulbahar Baloch, Aslam Langah, Tufail Shah, Mitha Khan, Muhammad Shah and Gulzar Ahmed, were indicted in November 2020 in the reference pertaining to accumulating assets beyond known sources of income.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani chief of army staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince, deputy prime minister and minister of defense of Saudi Arabia, and reviewed bilateral relations, Saudi state news agency SPA reported.
Bajwa arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan will also embark on a three-day visit to the Kingdom today.
The media wing of the Pakistani military said “matters of mutual interest, regional security situation including recent developments in Afghan Peace Process, bilateral defense, security, collaboration for regional peace and connectivity were discussed” during Friday’s meeting.