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Why is PM Imran refusing to replace Punjab CM Usman Buzdar?
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For someone who moved from Pakistan to Down Under at a young age, Usman Khawaja has undeniably come a long way to become a vital cog in the Australian set-up. Ever since becoming the first Muslim to play for the Aussies in the Sydney Test during 2011 Ashes series, the left-hander has managed to cement his position in the Australian side on the back of consistent performances. When it comes to his batting, the Australian batsman thrives on the composure and patience he has developed over the years to build his innings. And, that is not derived from the countless hours spent in the nets. In fact, Khawaja mastered the art of discipline - something that's a must for any sportsperson - through his stint at the University of New South Wales - School of Aviation. Yep, you read that right. The Australian cricketer is also a qualified pilot after getting both his degree and licence to fly airplanes. And, he put his flying skills to test by taking control of Airbus A380 - the world's largest passenger aircraft - recently. Watch as qualified pilot Usman Khawaja puts his flying skills to the test, taking control of the largest passenger aircraft in the world!@Uz_Khawaja | @Qantas pic.twitter.com/gg8MerqebM — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 20, 2019 In a video shared on Twitter, the 32-year-old was seen handling himself quite expertly in the cockpit, his only blemish being a slightly rough landing. Confessing his love for flying, Khawaja said: "I travelled a lot as a kid. My dad worked in Saudi Arabia for about 5-6 years, so I use to travel back and forth to see them and then come back here to play cricket". guess this means they cant drop him for ashes because hes the one flying them over? — Blake Robinson (@Robbo_1990) February 20, 2019 "I just grew a fascination with planes. As I was coming towards the end, year 11-12, I thought 'what about flying'. I found UNSW (University of New South Wales - School of Aviation), which offered both a degree to make my mother happy and get my licence to get my wings," Khawaja said. Talking about how flying helped him in his cricketing endeavours, Khawaja revealed: "I think flying helped me a lot in terms of cricket. Probably the biggest way was discipline and keeping up with the learning, making sure you are on top of any changes that has happened. There are a lot of things that go hand in hand between flying and especially playing Test cricket. The discipline part of flying and discipline of being a sportsman, especially being a cricketer and being a batsman, I think there are a lot of similarities". Till flying simulator is fine but please don't give him real aircraft with passenger else be ready for Australian version of 9/11. — Abhishek Tripathi (@abhishekt2009) February 20, 2019 While many sportspersons are clueless about their choices post retirement, the Australian batsman seems to have that area covered pretty well. After acing the flying test, Khawaja will now have to back it up on the cricket field when Australia lock horns with India in two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and five One-Day Internationals (ODIs), slated to begin from 24th February.
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When it comes to cricket, no match can ever even match up to the excitement of India playing against Pakistan. These are the only two teams that, when playing together, can make everyone from both sides of the border just sit in front of the TV, waiting for their country's win. This time, as we all know, India came out victorious and there were celebrations all around us. Obviously, Indians on Twitter celebrated the only way they know how to – making jokes at the expense of our neighbouring country. But, it's all cool, it's all in good fun. While we've seen all the jokes and memes, there was another highlight from the match that people couldn't help but talk about online, just because it was that heart-warming. It wasn't only India that won yesterday, even Yuzvendra Chahal won everyone's heart with his one kind gesture. During the match, he helped Pakistan's Usman Khan tie his shoelaces and it has garnered praise from everyone. Everyone knows that cricket is a gentleman's game and this one viral picture shows precisely why. People couldn't help but admire him. This Moment Take My Heart ð⤠#INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/UhyFbQ9RYu — Uswah. (@iUswa_Shahid) September 19, 2018 It really was. Okay! This was the best moment in Todays Game #PAKvIND stole the whole show #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 pic.twitter.com/ug6yZpeRYM — Mariam Jamali (@Mariam_Jamali) September 19, 2018 Salute indeed. Yo googly boy @yuzi_chahal ...Big respect to you from my heart...The beautiful moment of the day. Hashtag salute.#AsiaCup2018 #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/whuUcqMq7j — Fatima Sheikhð¹ (@fatima_3878) September 19, 2018 Very beautiful. 0 hate beautiful moment ð#INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/fhRNrOENsV — realridz (@mentalaurat) September 19, 2018 So many hashtags! A true #Athlete has #Ethics, #SportsManship and #Camaraderie which only a #Sport can bring ð#Pakistan ho ya #India, #Insaniat first! ðµð°ð®ð³ð pic.twitter.com/zvdGlmxB0m — Maryam Masood (@MaryamMasood80) September 19, 2018 Exactly. Beauty of the sport exhibited today Chahal tying the lace of Usman#IndiavsPakistan #AsiaCup#INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/AfpjEot25B — Suman Pandit (@suman28pandit) September 19, 2018 It made everyone's day. This picture made my day.ð#PakvsInd ð®ð³â¤ðµð° https://t.co/gaPDWyXyG2 — راÙع سعÛدÛð (@its_rafayy) September 19, 2018 It is! That's the real sporty thing. Humbled to see..#INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/voWewFeiYr — Sanjay Yadav (@sanjuydv) September 19, 2018 Stay united. Heart-winning moment from yesterday's match. This is what cricket can do- Unite us, civilize us. #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/Fai8UthY98 — Manish Shaarma (@Manishshaarma) September 20, 2018 Great gesture. A good gesture of unity. We need to unite more than ever now.#asiacup2018 #HarSaansMeinBolo #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/ZXtDeXsI2n — Talha Mufeed (@fanifeelo) September 19, 2018 That's the spirit. I love this tHing whenever someone's lace opens the opp team's player ties it for them! The sportsman spirit!â¤ï¸ #INDvPAK — Srishtið¤ (@srishtipandey27) September 19, 2018 Pic of the day... Wow what a great gesture by @yuzi_chahal. Hope v vl witness another Ind-Pak match on sunday and final also.#INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 #PAKvIND pic.twitter.com/nnsvspcpQp — Gulzar Nayik (@naikgulzar) September 19, 2018 Great parallels. Players break barriers & how! Yuzvendra Chahal helping a Pakistani player with his shoe laces in today's match. The second picture is of Pakistani women cricketer, Anam Amin tying the shoe lace of Harpreet Kaur. #AsiaCup2018 #IndiavsPakistan pic.twitter.com/7M9dGrmdIt — Archana Solanki à¤à¤°à¥à¤à¤¨à¤¾ सà¥à¤²à¤à¤à¥ ارÚÙÛ Ø³ÙÙÙÚ©Û (@archana0809) September 19, 2018
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Australian Muslim cricketer Usman Khawaja's fiancée on embracing Islam
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/89056e144ccaede69fbe64bcb5c38533.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9My8xOS8yMDE4IDc6NTk6MTMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1DQWprMlpYRFpLUC9zZUVML2llRlRRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja?s fiancée has revealed why she converted from Catholicism to Islam. Khawaja, the first Muslim to ever play cricket for Australia, and Rachel McLellan, 22, during an interview discussed their unlikely relationship, public outrage and McLellan?s decision to convert to Islam last year. The couple appeared on 60 Minutes ahead of their wedding next month. Khawaja who was born in Islamabad said during the interview that his faith has always come first so it was a surprise when he fell in love with the Catholic school girl. Meanwhile, Rachel who's from Brisbane admitted she believed the misconceptions of the faith before she met Khawaja. ?Ussie was the first Muslim I'd ever met,? Rachel told reporter Allison Langdon. ?I was very ignorant around Ussie, I will admit to that. I only listened to what I had heard on the news. All I read was well, terrorists and awful things,? she said. The 31-year-old cricketer revealed that their relationship shocked others and they faced criticism from the public. ?A lot of times a lot of the hate I get is from other Muslims on social media,? he said. He went on to say: ?We will put up a photo of us two, and it will be like, ?Oh she's not Muslim. That's haram, you can't marry her?.? Khawaja proposed to his then-girlfriend - who was born into a devout Catholic family - during a romantic New York holiday in July 2016. As their relationship blossomed, the batsman said he never put any pressure on Rachel to convert for him and insisted the decision was entirely hers to make. ?I never was going to put a gun to Rachel's head and say you have to convert,? he said. ?I told her I would prefer her to convert but she has to do it on her own. Unless it comes from you, comes from the heart, then there is no point doing it,? he added. Last year, Rachel made the decision to convert to Islam. ?[I felt] no pressure from him, not any pressure from his family. I just knew it was so important to him,? she said. The couple aim to break down religious and social barriers by sharing their story. -
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Dar has dismissed a report questioning his degree from Schiller International University. A report published in The News had said Britain?s Department of Education did not recognize the Schiller University which had issued a master?s degree to the PTI leader. Speaking to Geo News, Usman Dar said political opponents were carrying out propaganda against him. Dar said that Schiller University was an American, not British varsity with its main campus in Florida. He added that according to university record he had obtained his MBA degree from the London campus in 1997. According to the PTI leader, Schiller University also had campuses in Germany, Spain, France and other countries. Usman Dar told Geo News that he had obtained his B. Com from Punjab University.
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SYDNEY: Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has criticised the country´s selection policy and says the constant team changes hampered his attempts to develop his all-round game. The 30-year-old left-hander scored 55 runs in four innings during Australia´s 3-0 test series defeat in Sri Lanka in 2016 before being dropped for the third test. He then scored half-centuries in six consecutive home tests but did not play in the four-test series in India this year. Khawaja was brought back for the first test in Bangladesh, only to be dropped for the second match of the series. "They never used to do it before, I´m not really sure why they do it now," Khawaja told ABC Radio of the selection policy. "It creates a lot of instability in the team I reckon, going in and out for everyone. "You hear things like ´the players are playing afraid´ or whatnot, but that´s what happens when you drop players all the time. We´ve been doing that a fair bit lately." The Pakistan-born cricketer has played 24 tests since making his debut in the 2011 Ashes series against England and has scored five hundreds, averaging over 45.The Queensland captain is in good form in domestic cricket and is expected to earn a place in Australia´s top order in the Ashes series against England which starts next month. "For some reason it seems like lately in Australia that the best players always seem to be the next guy in, which I don´t totally agree with," he said. "(It is) very hard to develop your game and play some consistent cricket if you´re not getting consistent opportunities overseas, which I haven´t been getting. "It´s frustrating but I´ve just got to focus on what´s in front of me. I´d love to win an Ashes series - it´s something I haven´t been able to do yet." Khawaja believes the Australian selectors already know what side to pick for the five-test series against England starting in Brisbane on Nov. 23. "I think the Australian team is pretty stable," he said. "I´m confident the selectors already know what their make-up of the team is going to be for the first test. "There might be a few positions up for grabs depending on what happens in the Shield games but I´m pretty confident they know what they´re expecting.
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Racism turned me away from backing Australia teams: Usman Khawaja
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
MELBOURNE: Test batsman Usman Khawaja has said being racially vilified when he was growing up in Sydney led him to support other countries rather than back Australian sports teams. The Pakistan-born 30-year-old said in a blog post that racial abuse was widespread on the playing field during his junior days and blamed it for curtailing the sporting ambitions of a number of his overseas-born friends. "Getting sledged by opposition players and their parents was the norm," Khawaja wrote on the PlayersVoice website. "Some of them said it just quietly enough for only me to hear. It still hurt, but I would never show it. Most of the time it was when I scored runs. Some parents take things too seriously. "It is for this reason why so many of my friends, most of whom were born outside Australia, didn´t support Australia in sporting contests. I didn´t either. "Especially in cricket. It was either West Indies, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka. Anyone else." The first Muslim to play test cricket for Australia, left-hander Khawaja has scored 1,728 runs in his 24 tests at an average of 45.47, and is likely to be selected at number three for the upcoming Ashes series against England. He said the hard-edged Australia teams of his childhood held little appeal. "In hindsight, the fact we didn´t support Australia is disappointing," he added. "Everything that was going on in our childhood and around us built up this resentment of the Australian cricket team. "I mean, none of them looked like us. "I was brought up to be respectful, humble and polite. But when I watched the Aussie team, I saw men who were hard-nosed, confident, almost brutish. "The same type of men who would sledge me about my heritage growing up." Khawaja credited his "strong-willed" family and his own competitive nature for his international breakthrough but said a number of aspiring players had been thwarted by racism. "My point is this: it´s no surprise it has taken Australia cricket so long for coloured players to come through the system," he said. "There is no doubt racism and politics played a large role in selections in the past. "I´ve heard a few stories from past Anglo-Saxon players where this seems to be the case. It would just be the times that they lived in. Certainly cricket and society has come a long way. "Now sub-continental parents can see a future for their kids, at a younger age.? -
Usman Shinwari called up as Amir?s replacement for Sri Lanka ODIs
ADMIN posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog
Usman Khan Shinwari LAHORE: Left-handed pacer Usman Khan Shinwari has been named as Mohammad Amir?s replacement for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Monday. Shinwari, who is currently representing Habib Bank in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, has been called up to fill in for fast bowler Mohammad Amir, who was ruled out of the five-match series due to a stress injury in his right shin. Mohammad Amir ruled out of ODI series against Sri Lanka due to shin injury Amir will not bowl in the ongoing Test match but would be available to bat Amir was taken off the field after bowling 19.3 overs in Sri Lanka?s first innings on Saturday, the second day of Dubai Test. He had struggled with the same issue on day one of the Test as well. A statement from the PCB said the pacer underwent MRI scans after complaints of pain in his shin and following the scans, he has been advised a rest of two to three weeks. Shinwari, 23, most recently featured for Pakistan in the Independence Cup in Lahore. -
Khawaja Asif lied regarding iqama, alleges PTI's Usman Dar
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Dar on Thursday said Defence Minister Khawaja Asif lied regarding his Iqama [contract]. Addressing the media in the federal capital, the PTI leader termed Asif as part of the 'mafia' in Sialkot. He also questioned how the defence minister's wife is able to invest millions in a housing scheme. Dar further said that if Asif's money trail is questioned, he will also present a letter from an Arab country. PTI Spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry, also in attendance, said the PTI will submit references against federal ministers in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Chaudhry also alleged that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is the chairman of a company in Dubai. Asif is a senior PML-N leader who is also reportedly tipped to be the interim premier in case Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is sent packing by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case. Responding to the allegations, Asif had earlier said the salary he received through the Iqama has been declared with the ECP and Federal Bureau of Revenue for the last 27 years. Dar, who lost the 2013 General Elections to Asif in the NA-110 constituency, said Asif did not declare his Iqama [contract] and employment with the company in the nomination papers he filed with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). -
LHC suspends appointment of Usman Khattak as IG Punjab
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday suspended the appointment of retired Capt Usman Khattak as permanent inspector-general of police (IGP) Punjab. Hearing the petition seeking appointment of a permanent IGP and implementation of the Police Order 2002, the court suspended the notification issued by the Punjab government appointing the province?s acting IGP Usman Khattak as permanent IGP. Khattak, who was posted as acting IGP a few months ago after the retirement of Mushtaq Sukhera, is set to retire after four months ? an objection highlighted by the court in its order earlier today. The Punjab government issued a notification of transfer and posting of officers on Monday. According to the notification, Additional Secretary CM Secretariat Syed Masood Numan has been transferred and posted as PSO to CM. Punjab Economic Research Institute. Capt (retd) Zahid Mumtaz has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary Energy Department (Security and Coordination).