Month: October 2022

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Australia v New Zealand T20 World Cup Super-12 Opener Sold Out 

Dubai, October 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):Hosts Australia will begin their title defence at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in front of a capacity crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with the opening Super 12 clash officially declared a sell-out.

In what will be a re-match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 Final, Aaron Finch’s team will face Kane Williamson’s New Zealand in a 6pm AEDT fixture on Saturday 22 October.

Over 600,000 tickets have already been snapped up by fans to watch the first ever ICC Men’s T20 World Cup played in Australia.

The India v Pakistan fixture, to be played the following night at the MCG on October 23, will also be played in front of a full house after additional standing room tickets released two months ago were sold within 10 minutes.

An official T20 World Cup re-sale platform has been launched, providing a safe and secure way for fans to buy and sell tickets at face value and ensure as many tickets as possible are used.

Current ticket allocations are also all sold for the double-header at the SCG on 27 October featuring South Africa v Bangladesh and India v Group A runner-up. There are also a very limited number of tickets remaining to the opening match-day of the event, which begins with Sri Lanka taking on Namibia at Kardinia Park Stadium in Geelong this Sunday.

Tickets are still available for most matches, but fans are encouraged to act now to secure their seats at t20worldcup.com at family-friendly prices. Tickets are just $5 for children (2-16 years) for all First Round and Super 12 matches, and adult tickets start at $20.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup CEO Michelle Enright said: “The T20 World Cup is one of the biggest sporting events in the world and we’re delighted that we’re set to see big crowds for both the opening match of the event in Geelong this Sunday and the first weekend of the Super 12 stage in a week’s time.”

“It’s going to be fantastic to see full stadiums for cricket in October and a great way for fans to celebrate the first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.”

“No matter if you support Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, or any other team, there are still some great seats available at matches right across the seven host cities, so I’d encourage everyone who hasn’t secured their tickets to jump on board for what will be an unmissable event.”

AUSTRALIA’S T20 WORLD CUP FIXTURE

V New Zealand, SCG, Sat 22 Oct, 6pm AEDT (SOLD OUT)

V Group A winner, Perth Stadium, Tue 25 Oct, 7pm AWST

V England, MCG, Fri 28 Oct, 7pm AEDT

V Group B runner-up, Gabba, Mon 31 Oct, 6pm AEST

V Afghanistan, Adelaide Oval, Fri 4 Nov, 6:30pm ACST

NEW ZEALAND’S T20 WORLD CUP FIXTURE

V Australia, SCG, Sat 22 Oct, 6pm AEDT (SOLD OUT)

V Afghanistan, MCG, Wed 26 Oct, 7pm AEDT

V Group A winner, SCG, Sat 29 Oct, 7pm AEDT

V England, Gabba, Tue 1 Nov, 6pm AEST

V Group B runner-up, Adelaide Oval, Fri 4 Nov, 2:30pm ACST

For more information, contact:
Headquarters,
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Street 69, Dubai Sports City,
Sh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
Phone: +97-143828800
Fax: +97-143828600
E-mail: enquiry@icc-cricket.com
Website: www.icc-cricket.com

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ICC announces global partnership with Aramco 

Dubai, October 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):The International Cricket Council (ICC), today announced a global partnership with Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies.

The partnership will include Aramco sponsorship of all major men’s and women’s ICC events scheduled until the end of 2023, including the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, the ICC World Test Championship Final in the UK, and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India.

It will connect Aramco with a global cricket audience of more than one billion cricket fans, as the company expands its mission to deliver affordable, reliable and more sustainable energy to customers around the world.

The partnership is rooted in both organisation’s drive for excellence, and Aramco has been granted naming rights for ICC Player of the Match awards, which celebrate elite performances throughout each event.

It also reflects a shared focus on sustainability and innovation, as the ICC moves towards making cricket a more sustainable sport. Aramco recycling machines will be installed across all seven match venues in Australia for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup later this month. Plastic waste recycled from these machines will be converted into clothing for future ICC events.

ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said: “We are delighted to welcome Aramco into the family of ICC global partners. Our shared commitment to excellence is the foundation of the partnership and we are looking forward to working with Aramco on our major men’s and women’s events through to the end of 2023.”

Aramco Global Public Affairs General Manager, Talal Al-Marri, said: “This represents a significant addition to our network of global partnerships and we are pleased to join forces with the ICC. Excellence is one of our core values and this is reflected in our support of cricket at the elite level. It is a sport that demands high levels of focus, teamwork, discipline, integrity and ability – and these are all attributes that we value highly at Aramco.”

For more information, contact:
Headquarters,
International Cricket Council (ICC)
Street 69, Dubai Sports City,
Sh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
Phone: +97-143828800
Fax: +97-143828600
E-mail: enquiry@icc-cricket.com
Website: www.icc-cricket.com

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Quaid-e-Azam Trophy fourth round action from Saturday 

Lahore, October 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):The fourth round action of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 will commence on Saturday at three different venues of the country with Northern leading the table with 59 points and defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sitting at the bottom with 22 points.

In the fourth round, Northern will take on second-placed Central Punjab at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad; in the live-streamed match on the PCB YouTube channel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will meet fourth-placed Sindh at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi; and fifth-placed ATF Southern Punjab will take on third-placed Balochistan at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium in Abbottabad.

After nine matches, three have produced results at two venues with Abbottabad witnessing two of those results. Balochistan surprised Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 134 runs in the first round action but lost by 10 wickets in the third round match against Northern but not before putting up a strong fightback.

The other result was at the Iqbal Stadium when Northern defeated ATF Southern Punjab by 10 wickets.

Results apart, the three matches in round three produced some exciting and close finishes with all the six teams fighting tooth and nail for glory in the Pakistan’s oldest and most prestigious Trophy.

Sindh batted whole day against ATF Southern Punjab to hold them for a draw, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Sahibzada Farhan made the most of a rain-affected match against Central Punjab by notching up his fourth career century. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s spin duo of Khalid Usman and Sajid Khan shared all 10 Central Punjab wickets to slowly warm-up for the upcoming matches.

The competition is also providing an exciting battle between the bat and the ball. To date, 21 centuries have been struck, while the bowlers have picked up six fivers and one 10-fer.

After three rounds, Test opener Abdullah Shafique of Central Punjab leads the batting chart with 380 runs from four innings. He is followed by ATF Southern Punjab’s Zain Abbas (352), Tayyab Tahir of Central Punjab (335), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Sahibzada Farhan (335), Northern’s Faizan Riaz (326) and Waqar Ahmed of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (303).

Mubasir Khan of Northern, who was adjudged the player of the 2021-22 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, is leading the bowlers table with 15 scalps. Sindh’s mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed is in second place with 11 wickets, which he took in his first appearance of this season’s event against ATF Southern Punjab. He is followed by Central Punjab’s Ahmed Daniyal, Southern Punjab’s Ahmed Bashir and Mir Hamza of Sindh (all 10 wickets apiece).

Meanwhile, three matches in the fourth round Cricket Associations Championship will also commence from Saturday. Central Punjab are on top of the table with two wins from three matches, with 55 points. Southern Punjab and Sindh are on the second and third position, with 51 and 50 points, respectively. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern and Balochistan have won one match apiece.

In the fourth round matches, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will square off against Sindh at the KCCA Stadium, Central Punjab will lock horns with Northern at the NBP Sports Complex and Balochistan will meet ATF Southern Punjab at the UBL Sports Complex.

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (fourth round matches, 15-18 October):

Balochistan v ATF Southern Punjab, Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa v Sindh, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Central Punjab v Northern, Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad

For more information, contact:
Media Manager,
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-5717231-4
Fax: +92-42-5711860
Website: www.pcb.com.pk

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31% Pakistani’s from flood affected areas reported having to relocate to a camp: Gallup and Gilani Pakistan

Islamabad, October 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):According to a survey conducted by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, 31% of respondents reported having to relocate to a camp.

A representative sample of adult men and women from the flood borne areas was asked the following question: “Are you at your home or at a camp these days?” 69% responded that they were at home while 31% responded that they had relocated to a camp.

Question: “Are you at your home or at a camp these days?”

For more information, contact:
Head Office,
Gallup Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-8445080
Email: isb@gallup.com.pk, caf@gallup.com.pk
Website: www.gallup.com.pk

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Connecting Today and Tomorrow: SIMCom Milestone! 20 years of Innovation, Growth and Development.

SHANGHAI, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The last two decades have witnessed the fastest evolution of wireless communication technologies reshaping the modern society. SIMCom a world leading supplier of wireless communication modules and solutions, is consistently being a dominant pioneer in the industry starting from 2002. Over the past twenty years, SIMCom has been leading the change with its competitive products via continuous optimization based on the demands of vertical markets. According to the report by ABI Research , SIMCom had led the world in wireless communication module shipments for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018. Ever since then, SIMCom has remained one of the major wireless module suppliers worldwide.

As the trailblazer in the cellular module industry in China, SIMCom’s focused R&D capabilities is the core factor giving impetus to SIMCom’s journey of globalization. Underpinned by its two-decade-long technological accumulation, SIMCom delivers wireless connectivity with extraordinary stability and reliability delivered into thousands of commercial application cases.

To meet the needs of ever increasing IoT applications and fast development of wireless communication technologies, SIMCom has developed a diversified product roadmap including 2G,3G,4G,5G,LPWA,GNSS modules, automotive modules and smart modules. SIMCom modules cover various vertical IoT segments such as smart energy, smart automotive, smart payment, telehealth, security monitoring, smart city, telematics, smart industry and smart agriculture.

SIMCom has developed a solid service network that has been set up via the joint efforts of both online and local support teams distributed all over six continents. With large amount of investments in the equipment and professionals. SIMCom has set up a high tec 5G R&D center in Chongqing, the tech hub in the southwest China, which has accomplished independence in advanced wireless products development.

The success of SIMCom has not only developed from its technological advantages, but also owing to its well-proven management system. The stringent quality control process ensures every step of production including R&D, supply chain, manufacturing, after-sales services and continuous improvement to meet the industrial standards. Meanwhile, the all-round services are provided to customers in terms of global regulatory and MNO certifications, technical consultancy and support throughout a products life-cycle. The customer-oriented business philosophy has made SIMCom the perfect partner more than 10,000 customers in 180 countries and regions across the globe.

It is entering an era of smart connectivity powered by 5G and AI. As a more reliable way, everything will be connected to the cloud. 5G facilitates a ubiquitous network that can meet diverse connectivity needs of the smart IoT, spurring the digital transformation in multiple vertical industries. Yang Tao, the CEO of SIMCom, pointed out that cloud and terminals are the two sides of the coin in the process of IoT development. SIMCom will constantly increase investments in 5G and AIoT and roll out a series of products and solutions targeting the applications of cloud platforms and intelligent terminals to create future-proof values for customers around the world. Follow SIMCom linkedin company page to learn more.

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Liberal Arts Institutions like Habib University are really productive: Stanford Professor

Karachi, October 13, 2022 (PPI-OT):“We (Stanford University) can learn from Habib’s Liberal Arts model and especially the Liberal Core which says, if you (students) want to be an engineer, it’s good, but we will make sure to equip you with more options for future.” were the thoughts by Dr. Alexander Key, Associate Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature and Director of Stanford, Humanities Core on: Liberal Arts Education: Myths and Misconceptions, today at Habib University.

Dr. Key continued by saying, “Liberal Arts education is a label used for small, elite, teaching focused institutions in the US.” Yet, it is an essential element in preparing young 18 to 24 year-old individuals in facing the issues afflicting the world, explained Dr. Key.

As an institution, “You want students to leave after 4 years and be successful and the best way to do is to give them options for what they want to do with their lives for the next 10-20 years,” said Dr. Key. This is where a liberal arts education is so important, as it provides students an opportunity to engage with a breadth of knowledge and flexibility in learning.

He cited the example of the US, where many students take up vocational jobs at an early age and by the time, they are 30 years old, are not happy and have no recourse for the future. This, Dr. Key stressed was why a Liberal Arts education was so important as it provided choices to students.

In a country where vocational education still holds sway, Dr. Key appreciated the role that Habib University was playing in bringing a positive change to higher education. “Habib University’s commitment to the liberal arts is truly valuable,” he added, stating that what made the university attractive was the intellectual confidence of the high-quality faculty and their understanding of the need to teach their students within the context of being in Karachi in the 21st century.

He further went on to say that institutions like Habib University, are really productive, and empower diverse student body with diverse experiences. Dr. Key further stated that in the modern workplace, employers were looking for individuals who had a certain skill set rather than a particular degree, and what sets you apart is your broader frame when referring to the outside world – the blend which Liberal Arts Education provides.”

For more information, contact:
Habib University
Karachi, Pakistan
Tel: +92-21-34301051-55
Email: marketing@habib.edu.pk
Website: www.habib.edu.pk