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Pakistan and Italy have signed an agreement abolishing visa requirements for holders of diplomatic passports. A statement issued by the Pakistani embassy in Rome read that the agreement was signed by Pakistan's Ambassador to Italy, Ali Javed, and Italy's Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Riccardo Guariglia. Read More…
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Footage on social media shows a Palestinian man transporting his young children in a shopping cart as they are forcibly displaced by Israel’s war on Gaza. The footage, posted on Instagram and verified by Al Jazeera, shows two young children peering out from underneath a cloth draped over the trolley to protect them from the blazing sun, as their father pulls the trolley along a sandy roadside next to a long queue of traffic. Many Palestinians displaced by Israel’s offensive lack the means to access a vehicle to relocate. Read More…
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Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Olympics Esports Games in 2025, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Saturday. According to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the IOC said the partnership with the Saudi National Olympic Committee would be 12 years. The agreement is an extension of the series of various global tournaments that Saudi Arabia has recently succeeded in hosting, and an affirmation of its leadership position as a global hub for e-sports. Read More…
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Former Pakistani women’s cricketer and cricket expert Urooj Mumtaz has declared all-rounder Bismah Maroof a better player than the current top-ranked batter Babar Azam. Urooj Mumtaz gave the appretiative statement during a TV show. She also said that Bismah Maroof is the Babar Azam of women’s cricket and at times, the all-rounder is a better player than Azam. The video of her statement went viral on the internet. Read More…
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Baseball, cricket (T20), flag football, lacrosse and squash are the five sports submitted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Executive Board (EB) to the upcoming IOC Session as additional sports for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28). This selection of sports is the result of a thorough process and analysis based on evaluation criteria set out before the process began, including gender equality. Read More…
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Pakistani sports presenter Zainab Abbas finally clears the air after her abrupt departure from India amid the ongoing World Cup. Taking to X, Ms Abbas, who had to leave India due to reported security reasons, said, “I have always felt extremely fortunate and grateful for the opportunities to travel and present the sport. Experience in India was good and people treated me very well.” She categorically denied the impression that she had been deported from India. Read More…
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Lahore: Test cricketer and Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister on Sports and Youth Affairs Wahab Riaz named his newborn baby boy after his late father. Taking to Twitter, the cricketer said that his son would be called ‘Sikander’ in memory of his beloved father. Riaz shared a photograph of his late father and wrote on the microblogging platform that Alhamdulillah Allah blessed him with a baby boy. Read More…
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A Chinese company on Sunday gifted sports shoes worth Rs38 million to help victims of last year’s catastrophic floods in Pakistan. According to China Leather Industry Association, the company launched an initiative named “Put on Chinese Shoes, Rebuild New Home” in January. The company took action to express its care for the flood-affected people in Pakistan. Read More…
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Sports organisations, leagues, clubs and players have expressed solidarity and have sent condolences to Türkiye and Syria after two strong earthquakes hit the country's southern region earlier this week, leaving more than 28,000 people dead. European football's governing body UEFA and EuroLeague Basketball expressed their condolences on Twitter. Read More…
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In view of the extraordinary crowd, the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports on Friday notified that the regional passport offices will remain open on saturday across the country. In recent days, the reports of an unexpected increase in the fees for Pakistani passports went viral on social media, after which the citizens crowded the passport offices, while the interior ministry termed the media reports ‘baseless’. Read More…
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