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Express Tribune
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Akram backs Younis as Pakistan Test coach
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram lashed out at team management after Pakistan's defeat against India. Photo: AFP/File Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has suggested that former captain Younis Khan could be the right choice to lead Pakistan's red-ball Test cricket team as head coach. Speaking at an event in Karachi, Wasim shared his thoughts on the recently concluded Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 10 and offered his views on the future coaching setup of the national team. "Younis Khan can be a good option as a batting coach for red-ball cricket. A new coach can help change the mindset of younger players," Akram said. He added that a fresh approach from the new coach could benefit the team. Wasim also praised some standout performances from the PSL, highlighting emerging players. "Hasan Nawaz impressed during the PSL. Salman Mirza and Ali Raza also bowled well," he noted. The former pacer emphasized the need for patience with players, especially when adjusting to the fast pace of T20 cricket. "Players should be given time to settle in T20 cricket," he advised. On the delicate topic of cricket relations between Pakistan and India, Wasim remained cautious. "I cannot comment on what might change in Pakistan-India cricket," he said. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had earlier appointed Aaqib Javed as the red-ball coach after Australian Jason Gillespie stepped down. Aaqib acted as interim head coach across all formats until Pakistan's tour of New Zealand in April. Recently, Aaqib was named Director of High Performance, while former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson took charge as Pakistan's white-ball head first assignment will be a three-match T20I series at home against Bangladesh, starting May 28. The Bangladesh team, led by Litton Das, has arrived in Pakistan and began training ahead of the series. Pakistan will focus on their white-ball fixtures before preparing for their next red-ball challenge — the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle.
Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Indian Express
‘He used to go to Pak to meet wife': Brother of Delhi scrap dealer held by UP ATS on espionage charge
Two days after the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested scrap dealer Mohammad Harun (45) from Seelampur on the charge of espionage, his family alleged he was being framed, and that he used to travel to Pakistan because he had a second wife there. According to the UP ATS, Harun had links with Pakistani agencies and 'shared important information related to India's internal security'. The ATS said Harun was working closely with an employee from the Pakistan High Commission. It said Harun was in contact with family in Pakistan, for which he needed visas to visit them. Harun would contact the High Commission employee, who would use his bank accounts to deposit money, it said. The ATS also said Harun would receive money from the employee for sending him people who were seeking visas to Pakistan. Additionally, Harun would also receive commissions, which the ATS claimed, were used to fund anti-national activities. The agency said the High Commission staffer has been declared 'persona non grata' by the Government of India and ordered to leave the country. Standing in front of his three-storey house in Seelampur, Harun's brother, Wasim, told The Indian Express Friday, 'My brother was financially the weakest among us. We are four brothers. He ran a scrap shop from our house.' Wasim was present when policemen in plainclothes arrived on Wednesday, asking Harun to accompany them to their car for questioning. 'They asked him if he had recently been to Pakistan. My brother explained he had gone to visit his wife, who lives in Gujranwala… They told him not to worry and asked him to enter the car. Then they snatched his phone and took him away,' said Wasim. Wasim and his family called the district police for help, only to be informed late Wednesday night that his brother was in Noida with the ATS. 'The next day, around 8 am, we received a call from the ATS, asking us to come to Lucknow to meet him,' he said. A group of relatives rushed to see how they could help. 'My brother, who met Harun, said he only kept saying that he was innocent and was being framed,' said Wasim. Lawyers informed the family that Harun had been booked under BNS sections 148 (conspiracy to wage or attempt to wage war against the Government of India) and 152 (acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India). Wasim said Harun did have family in Pakistan. He said his brother had married twice — first in 2007 to a woman in Delhi with whom he had three children, and then recently to his cousin in Pakistan. 'It happened some time during the [Covid] lockdown,' said Wasim. 'He hid it from us at first. But when we noticed he was making frequent trips to Pakistan, we asked him what was going on. He told us he had married our paternal cousin because her husband had divorced and abandoned her… he wanted to support her and her family,' he said. Harun wanted to bring her to Delhi, he said, but did not succeed. Wasim denied that his brother was involved in the visa business: 'Our family owns only two houses. If my brother were making so much money selling visas, wouldn't he buy a house for himself and his family?'
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Leicester 2-0 Ipswich - fans' verdict
We asked for your views on Ipswich's Premier League match against are some of your comments:Wasim: Very poor from Ipswich, some of the players don't even look Championship standard. To only take two points from the relegated teams points to why they're in the bottom Simple - not good enough at any point this season. One plan, one formation, many injuries. Survival was an unlikely outcome in August and too many factors changed the odds to Like the rest of the season - many shots but not many on Story of our season - managed to get into good positions but not capitalise, then concede soft goals. This time a slip slightly unfortunately exposed us for the first and igniting the Vardy party!James: The three promoted teams from last season are so poor, it will be interesting to see if they are able to avoid immediate relegation into League One.
Time of India
18-05-2025
- Time of India
6-year-long MCOCA trial ends in acquittal of three accused in Rs 1.54 crore copper robbery case
A special MCOCA court in Thane acquitted three men accused of involvement in a 2018 copper robbery case, citing significant lapses in the investigation and procedural irregularities. THANE: After more than six years of legal proceedings, a special MCOCA court in Thane acquitted three men accused of being part of an organised crime syndicate allegedly involved in a high-profile copper robbery case from 2018. The accused — Wasim alias Rehan Ahmad Shaikh, Mohsin alias Rafik Ashraf Baloch, and Sarfraj Abdul Sattar Khan — were charged under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), including dacoity, abduction, conspiracy, and destruction of evidence. The case, registered at Waliv Police Station, Palghar district, stemmed from an incident on the night of August 21, 2018, when six unidentified persons allegedly intercepted a trailer transporting 13 copper coils from Taloja (Navi Mumbai) to Rajasthan. The driver, Sahun Khan, and his assistant were allegedly abducted, assaulted, and later released. The trailer, loaded with goods worth over ₹1.54 crore, was reported missing. Despite invoking MCOCA due to the accused's alleged criminal backgrounds and prior records, the case gradually weakened during the trial. The court found serious lapses in investigation and procedural irregularities, including non-compliance with MCOCA rules in recording confessions and repeated failures by the police to secure the presence of key witnesses. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Perdagangkan CFD Emas dengan Broker Tepercaya IC Markets Mendaftar Undo In his detailed judgment, Special Judge Amit M. Shete observed that the prosecution, despite support from the special public prosecutor, could not present convincing evidence to link the accused directly with the alleged offence. He highlighted omissions in confessional statements, lack of credible identification by the informant, and procedural misuse of Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act. The prosecution's failure to produce material witnesses — despite repeated court directives and reminders to the commissioner of police — ultimately led the court to close the evidence stage. With the benefit of doubt extended, the court acquitted all three accused and ordered their immediate release, if not wanted in any other case. The court also directed that the seized goods — including two trailers, a Hyundai car, a Swift vehicle, mobile phones, laptops, and the copperconsignment — be returned to their rightful owners, or disposed of as per law.
The Hindu
09-05-2025
- The Hindu
Bombay HC upholds gangrape conviction, throws out past sexual relationship defense
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has condemned the attempts to shame a gangrape survivor and reaffirmed that a woman's past intimate relationships with a man does not amount to a perpetual consent for sexual relationships. 'Forced intercourse with someone she had a past relationship with is still rape,' the court said. A Division Bench of Justices Nitin B. Suryawanshi and M.W. Chandwani upheld the conviction of three men in a 2014 gang-rape and assault case by Wasim Khan, Kadir Sheikh and a juvenile in conflict with law, for gang-raping a woman. The convicts in their appeal said the woman once had intimacy with one of the accused in the past but later got into a live-in relationship with another man. On November 5, 2014, the three barged into her house, assaulted her and her live-in partner, and abducted her to a nearby deserted area where they raped her and filmed the act on their mobile phone. 'A woman who says 'NO' means 'NO'. There exists no further ambiguity and there could be no presumption of consent based on a woman's so called 'immoral activities'. A woman who consents to sexual activities with a man at a particular instance does not ipso facto give consent to sexual activity with the same man at all other instances. A woman's character or morals are not related to the number of sexual partners she has had in wake of Section 53A of the Indian Evidence Act,' the Bench observed. Wasim and Kadir were convicted under Sections 376D (gang rape), 307 (attempt to murder), 366 (abduction), 394 (robbery), and other provisions of the IPC, along with relevant sections of the Information Technology Act. They were sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court. The court refused to quash the conviction of the accused, 'Rape is the most morally and physically reprehensible crime in society, as it is an assault on the body, mind and privacy of the victim. Rape objectifies a woman and thereby shakes the very core of her life. Sexual intercourse on one hand gives pleasure to the participants including a woman but if it is done without the consent of the woman, it is an assault on her body, mind and privacy.' In a detailed judgement made available on May 8, the court rejected the defence's contention that the prosecutrix had a prior relationship with one of the accused, and that her conduct suggested voluntary participation. 'No doubt, the prosecutrix was an estranged wife and without getting divorced from her husband, she was residing with Dinesh. Even from her evidence, this material was brought in her cross-examination to suggest that she had an intimate relationship with Wasim before she started residing with Dinesh in a live-in-relationship inspite of the fact that her previous marriage was subsisting. Even then, a person cannot force a woman to have intercourse with him without her consent,' the court said in the order. The Bench however, reduced the sentence of the convicts from life imprisonment to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and the sentence under attempt to murder was reduced from life imprisonment to 10 years in rigorous imprisonment.
