Ali Naqvi

Empty stadiums in PSL 2026 have sparked debate after Islamabad United owner Ali Naqvi linked the decision to Pakistan’s role in global peace efforts. His claim conflicts with PCB’s earlier explanation citing a fuel crisis. Critics say the situation is being overstated, arguing that logistical issues are being framed as a larger diplomatic sacrifice.

HYDERABAD: The metropolitan sessions judge on Monday remanded Ibrahim Ali Khan, Mir Inayath Ali Naqvi, M Mohan Reddy, M Rohit Reddy, and C S Sirish, all accused in the Charminar Bank scam, to judicial custody till April 26.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced its nominations to the ICC Panel of International Match Officials for the 2020-21 season. Ali has replaced Mohammad Anees, who is part of the PCB's six-member Elite Panel of Match Referees. Anees refereed in two ODIs in November 2017 between Papua New Guinea and Scotland in Dubai.

It won't be a cakewalk for those MPs who won the Congress its existing tally of 22 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh.

Four youngsters drowned in the sea at Mul Dwarka near Kodinar town on Sunday.A group of six had gone to the beach and ventured into the sea for bathing.However, they started drowning and raised an alarm.

Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf escaped with a reprimand after he was seen slapping his Lahore Qalandars teammate Kamran Ghulam in a Pakistan Super League match. Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi and some other ex players, however, felt that Rauf was out of line.

Series of majlis, matam were organized and processions were taken out in different parts of the city on the sixth day of Muharram.

Pakistan's former Test batsman Basit Ali today stuck to his earlier allegations that a match between Karachi and Sialkot in the recent National T20 Championship was fixed.

The party's contestant, Saif Ali Naqvi, is the son of a former MP. The party doesn't believe in dividing the community. In Palia, Sikh community has coexisted and thrived. It would not have been possible had members of different communities started baying for each others' blood," said Sewa Singh.

A 25-year-old native of Jammu and Kashmir residing in Balaganj locality in Thakurganj police station of the city was found hanging from a tree on Saturday evening.

The judicial verdict in the Rakbar Khan lynching case has once again invited criticism for the state government, which had assured a tough stance against mob lynching, especially those with a religious connection.

Pakistan's former Test captain Mohammad Yousuf has agreed to join the new national selection committee that will take charge from April 1 under the chairmanship of Rashid Latif.

Workers and party office bearers from 9 assembly constituencies and 20 blocks would take part in the joint convention of district and city Congress committee, which would be inaugurated today at the premises of Katra Ramlila committee.

People on Saturday gathered in large numbers to see, hear and offer 'Zohar Namaz' behind Imam E Haram Sheikh Khahid Bin Ali Al Gamdi, the Imam of world's most revered pilgrimage of Islam.

Jahnvi Kapoor, who hogged the limelight by claiming that she was wedded to Abhishek Bachchan, has been directed by the HC to produce her son in court on June 4.

The 17-year-old Zainab Ali Naqvi died while being taken to hospital late on Monday night. She was accompanied by her grandmother who sought help after the youngster fainted. A police official handling the case said doctors declared her dead after she was brought to an Islamabad hospital. The PTF official said on condition of anonymity that doctors suspected hers to be a case of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, a disease in which the heart muscle becomes thick. In its official statement on the incident, the PTF offered condolences to the young player's family, saying the incident has caused "profound grief"

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday imposed a temporary stay on the appointment of constables in the Rajasthan Police under the ongoing recruitment process.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has formed a three-member fact finding committee to probe allegations made by former Test cricketer, Basit Ali that a fixed match was played in the just-concluded national T20 championship.

Kick starting the preparations for the next general elections, Congress general secretary in charge of Uttar Pradesh Madhusudan Mistry on Monday began interviewing UP's sitting parliamentarians on Monday.

Ali Naqvi, the owner of the Islamabad United franchise, who are the defending champions in the Pakistan Super League, has called for matches to be played between the Indian Premier League (IPL) and PSL teams.

ICC elite panel umpires Michael Gough and Richard Illingworth of England will officiate in the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to be held in Karachi and Lahore from February 20 to March 22.

LUCKNOW: Less than an hour after officially announcing a pre-poll alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress released a list of 41 candidates for the first and second phases of UP polls on February 11 and 15, respectively.

The seats are spread across 11 districts - Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Sambhal, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Pilibhit, Kheri, Shahjahanpur and Badaun. In the 67 seats at stake, ruling Samajwadi Party had won 34 seats in 2012, followed by BSP 18, BJP 10, Congress 3 and others 2.