Lahore: National cricket team captain Babar Azam Monday said that all our focus is on winning the World Cup.

While addressing a presser in Lahore, he stated: “What happened in the past happened, earlier we could not win the trophy, but this time we have confidence and belief that we will bring the trophy”.

He stated that the players are talking to each other about how to win the World Cup.

Aamir Jamal will take some time, he will learn as much as he plays, Amir has performed well in T20 cricket, added Babar.

The captain further said that there was pressure on Haris Rauf to return, but he recovered quickly.

Talking about Muhammad Haris, Babar Azam added that Muhammad Haris' number is top order and there are many players in the top order. Haris got a chance in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) but he could not perform like that.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi is giving us a lot of confidence, he talks to us, stated Babar.

“Discussions are going on with our coach Gary Kirsten, we don't have any individual goals, we will play as a team and unite and give results,” he said.

The captain further said that they are not only planning against Virat Kohli, but they will plan against the entire Indian team.

To the question regarding Hassan Ali, he said that Hassan has been included as a backup, the selectors have cleared him, he has experience.

The captain further stated that we are hopeful, hope should always be there, we want to win the match and give happiness to the nation, cricket unites Pakistan, and everyone is on the same page.

Answering a question, he also added that there are not 200 runs in every match, the condition has to be considered, no player was abused in the selection.

It is pertinent to mention that the T20 World Cup will be played from June 1 to June 29 at three locations in the United States and six locations in the West Indies. The tournament will begin at the Grand Prairie Stadium in the United States.

20 teams will play 55 matches in the tournament, so far many teams have announced their squads.

Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday suspended the decision of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on the issue of reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council.

According to the details, a three-member bench headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minullah heard the appeal filed in the Supreme Court for the reserved seats of the SIC

At the beginning of the hearing, the federal government requested to constitute a larger bench.

On behalf of the federal government, Additional Attorney General Amir Rahman said that only a larger bench can hear the appeals, but the court rejected the objection on the bench.

Female assembly members also objected bench

The objection on the bench was also raised by the female members of the assembly nominated for reserved seats.

The lawyer women MNAs told the court that this is a case of interpretation of Article 51 of the Constitution, the case can be heard by a five-member bench under the Practice and Procedure Act.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah remarked that while the present case was being heard in appeal under Article 185 of the Constitution, the present case was not filed under Article 184/3.

Justice Mansoor also stated: “Now a decision has to be taken on the admissibility of the appeals, once the admissibility is decided then the larger bench will also look into the matter”.

Arguments of Advocate Faisal Siddiqui

Along with this, advocate Faisal Siddiqui, the lawyer of the SIC, started the arguments and said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) independent winning MNA’s joined the SIC, upon which Justice Mansoor Ali Shah inquired if seven candidates are still part of the National Assembly in independent status.

Justice Athar Manullah asked whether PTI is a registered political party.

Lawyer Faisal Siddiqui took the position that PTI is a registered political party, on which Justice Mansoor remarked that it is a registered political party only it did not participate in the election.

Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar inquired that in how many days, independent members have to join a party. On which lawyer Faisal replied that independent members of the National Assembly have to join a political party within three days.

Justice Athar Minullah inquired that if a political party does not have an election symbol, will its candidates lose the right to represent?

Faisal Siddiqui told the court that a political party can become a parliamentary party by participating in the elections, otherwise a party may not participate in the elections and the members who won as independent join the party.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah asked that under what formula is the distribution of reserved seats among political parties take place? Will the political party take reserved seats according to the number of seats won or can it take more?

Faisal Siddiqui said that no political party can take reserved seats more than its proportion.

Protect of public mandate

During the hearing, Justice Athar Minullah said that a political party can get reserved seats in proportion to the number of seats won.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah stated that where it is written in the law that the remaining seats will be distributed among the same political parties, we have to protect the public mandate, as it is the real problem.

Justice Athar Minullah inquired where it is written in the law that a political party cannot contest an election if it does not receive an election symbol.

Lawyer Salman Akram Raja said: “I had gone to the court with this question before the election,” on which Justice Athar replied that it is certain that the number of seats represented by the party will get reserved seats.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah remarked that how is it possible that someone's mandate is given to someone else?

Justice Athar Manullah added that it happened for the first time that a major political party was deprived of the electoral symbol.

Later, the Supreme Court summoned the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) officials immediately along with the records and adjourned the hearing of the case till 11:30am.

When the hearing resumed after a break, the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended the decision of the Peshawar High Court.

Jamshoro: In an unfortunate incident, six people died as a result of a collision between a trolley and a van near Jamshoro Lonikot on Motorway-M9.

According to the details, there was a collision between a trolley and a passenger van at Lonikot midnight, as a result of which three passengers were killed and 14 injured.

The police said that the accident happened due to high speed, while further investigations underway, adding that all the injured have been shifted to Jamshoro Hospital and three people were in critical condition.

Officials said that the passenger van was going from Karachi to Hyderabad.

Later, police said that three more injured could not succumb to the injuries and died, taking the death toll to six.