Tag: Lift

Play was held up in bizarre circumstances during the second Australia-Pakistan Test at the MCG because the third umpire Richard Illingworth got stuck in a lift.Players returned to the middle after the lunch break on Thursday, in time for the scheduled 1.25pm start to the second session. But in ...

The recent decision by the United States to impose sanctions on two key Taliban leaders, believed to influence the Islamic fundamentalist group's Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada in prohibiting secondary and higher education for girls, is seen as a part of global efforts to compel the Afghan administration to lift the ban. On December ...

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Islamabad —  The United Nations secretary-general Monday renewed his demand for Afghanistan's Taliban to allow teenage girls to attend high school. "This is an unjustifiable violation of human rights that inflicts long-lasting damage on the entire country," Antonio Guterres said on X (formerly Twitter). "Girls belong in school. Let ...

Former captain of Indian women’s cricket team Mithali Raj on Sunday said ‘Men in Blue’ have a big opportunity to lift the ICC World Cup in home conditions later this year. The global showpiece event will be played in India across October and November, and the hosts are aiming ...

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —  Six children and two teachers are trapped in chair lift hanging 274 meters (900 feet) above a ravine in Pakistan after a cable snapped, with a tricky helicopter rescue mission being hampered by high winds, rescue officials said on Tuesday. The children, who have been stranded ...

Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, July 17: Apni Party’s senior vice president, Ghulam Hassan Mir today urged the Lieutenant Governor (LG) administration to allow the movement of religious processions in the summer capital Srinagar and other parts of the Valley during the forthcoming Islamic month of Muharram.In a press statement Mir ...

Abdur Rehman Makki addresses a meeting in Islamabad. Photo: Special Arrangement The story so far: On January 16, the United Nations Security Council announced it had placed Abdur Rehman Makki, the Pakistan-based deputy chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the brother-in-law of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, on its 1267 ...

ISLAMABAD —  Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday rebuffed a renewed call by the United Nations to reverse rules blocking women’s access to work and education, insisting they are regulating “all matters” in line with Islamic law or Shariah. “Considering the responsibility it has towards the people and religion, the ...

Winners displaying medals while posing with dignitaries at Jammu University on Thursday. Inter-University Fencing C’shipExcelsior Sports CorrespondentJAMMU, Dec 22: Jain University, Osmania University and GNDU lifted Gold medals in individual category of foil-women, epee-men and sabre-men in the ongoing All India Inter-University Fencing (M&W) Championship, organised by Director of ...