Women to referee for the first time in FIFA world cup finals

For the first time ever there will be women referees at a men’s World Cup finals after FIFA revealed the list for the quadrennial showpiece being hosted later this year by Qatar.

France’s Stephanie Frappart, Salima Mukansanga from Rwanda, and Japan’s Yoshimi Yamashita are among the 36 match referees.

Brazil’s Neuza Back, Mexico’s Karen Diaz Medina and American Kathryn Nesbitt have been included in the 69 assistant referees.

“We are very happy that ... we have been able to call up female match officials for the first time in the history of a FIFA World Cup,” said FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina.

“This concludes a long process that began several years ago with the deployment of female referees at FIFA men’s junior and senior tournaments.

“In this way, we clearly emphasise that it is quality that counts for us and not gender. I would hope that in the future, the selection of elite women’s match officials for important men’s competitions will be perceived as something normal and no longer as sensational.”

All match officials for the finals will participate in early summer seminars in Asuncion, Madrid and Doha.

“We can’t eliminate all mistakes, but we will do everything we can to reduce them,” said Massimo Busacca, FIFA’s Director of Refereeing.

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Inflation rises with 1.42 pc gain

Inflation rose further to 1.42% weekly across the country. According to the statistics, during one week, live chicken became more expensive at Rs 28.26 per kg, lentils at Rs 14.88, gram lentils at Rs 6.54 and mash lentils at Rs 5.18 per kg while a 20 kg bag of flour at Rs 54.62 with the increase in money has reached Rs. 1425.

The report further stated that eggs went up by Rs6.28 per dozen, mutton by Rs6.67 per kg and beef by Rs5.84 per kg adding that prices of curd, milk, sugar, ghee, tea and garlic also went up.

On the other hand, prices of only 4 items declined in a week while prices of 14 essential items remained stable.

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Fall of Mariupol: Ukraine orders end of defence

Ukraine on Friday ordered its last troops holed up in Mariupol s Azovstal steelworks to lay down their arms, while Russia said its months-long operation to capture the strategic port city is now complete.

Russia s flattening of Mariupol has drawn multiple accusations of war crimes, including over a deadly attack on a maternity ward, and Ukraine has begun a legal reckoning for captured Russian troops.

The first post-invasion trial of a Russian soldier for war crimes neared its climax in Kyiv, after 21-year-old sergeant Vadim Shishimarin admitted to killing an unarmed civilian early in the offensive. The verdict is due on Monday.

Shishimarin told the court on Friday that he was "truly sorry". But his lawyer said in closing arguments that the young soldier was "not guilty" of premeditated murder and war crimes.

While Ukrainian forces fended off the Russian offensive around Kyiv, helped by a steady infusion of Western arms, both eastern Ukraine and Mariupol in the south have borne the brunt of a remorseless ground and artillery attack.

"Russian occupation forces are conducting intense fire along the entire line of contact and trying to hit artillery deep into the defences of Ukrainian troops," Ukrainian defence ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk told reporters.

The fighting is fiercest in the eastern region of Donbas, a Russian-speaking area that has been partially controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists since 2014.

"In Donbas, the occupiers are trying to increase pressure," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly video address late on Thursday. "There s hell -- and that s not an exaggeration."

In the eastern city of Severodonetsk, 12 people were also killed and another 40 wounded by Russian shelling, the regional governor said.

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Bus accident in Nawabshah, Three killed, 20 injured

At least three persons were killed and more than 20 other were wounded when a bus turned turtle in Nawabshah in the wee hours of Saturday.

According to detail, the ill-fated bus was going to Punjab from Karachi when it overturned in Nawabshah due to over-speeding, killing three persons and injuring more than 20 other.

Rescue teams reached the spot after getting information and shifted the dead and injured to People’s Hospital Nawabshah.

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CJP urged to take suo motu notice on fire in forests in Balochistan

Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail of the Supreme Court has requested Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial to take suo motu notice on fire in forests of District Sheerani in Balochistan.

Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel has said that steps taken and resources are not enough to put out the fire and added that Chief Justice should take suo motu notice and direct the government to tackle the serious challenge posed by the fire.

Justice Jamal Khan made the request to the Chief Justice during the hearing of a case filed by the lawyers of Sheerani District regarding the fire in the Supreme Court Quetta Registry.

Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel s written request for suo motu notice has been sent to Chief Justice from Quetta to Islamabad.

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Police reach Bani Gala to disperse PTI workers

A heavy contingent of police reached Bani Gala in the wee hours of Saturday to disperse Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers guarding PTI chief Imran Khan s residence.

According to sources, the police contingent comprising Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Bomb Disposal Squad and Special Branch personnel reached Bani Gala to disperse the PTI workers.

Police sources said that the search operation in Bani Gala is being launched due to security concerns. Police sources also said that the operation is not launched to arrest any PTI worker.

PTI leader Ali Amin Gandapur reached Bani Gala after the incident. The PTI workers who are guarding the residence of their leader also came out of their tents and raised slogans against the government.

Meanwhile, police contingent left the scene without carrying out any seach operation.

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Bus accident in Nawabshah, Three killed, 20 injured

At least three persons were killed and more than 20 other were wounded when a bus turned turtle in Nawabshah in the wee hours of Saturday.

According to detail, the ill-fated bus was going to Punjab from Karachi when it overturned in Nawabshah due to over-speeding, killing three persons and injuring more than 20 other.

Rescue teams reached the spot after getting information and shifted the dead and injured to People’s Hospital Nawabshah.

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