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Dec 3, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abdul Ghaffar |Jawed Naqvi
Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets on Tuesday in the final of the fourth T20 Blind Cricket World Cup final at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Pakistan dominated Nepal in the first semifinal, restricting them to 94/7 in 20 overs whereas Bangladesh edged out Sri Lanka by six runs in a thrilling encounter in the second. Bangladesh came out to bat first and put up 139 after losing seven wickets in their 20 overs.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abdul Ghaffar |Anis Shivani
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday announced the Global Trophy Tour for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 was starting on Saturday in Islamabad. The trophy, after travelling across eight participating countries, will reach host Pakistan — also the defending champions — on Jan 27, 2025. The announcement comes amid tensions between India, the runners-up of the last iteration, and Pakistan over the former’s refusal to visit Pakistan for the tournament.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
dev.to | Abdul Ghaffar
In my recent project, I encountered a common challenge when packaging an Electron (using an electron-builder) application. The app required specific dependencies like Java Runtime Environment (JRE), environment variables, and registry keys to be installed and configured correctly. Traditionally, these tasks can be handled using NSIS, but I faced several roadblocks:Limited Community Support: NSIS is powerful, but its smaller community makes troubleshooting more difficult.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
mdpi.com | Abdul Ghaffar |Iftikhar Ahmed Channa |Ali Dad Chandio |Iftikhar Ahmed
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abdul Ghaffar
The International Cricket Council on Monday announced that winners of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will receive $2.45 million — record prize money for the tournament — from the overall $11.25m pot while the runner-up will receive $1.28m. “The 55-match event will be played over 28 days, across nine venues in the West Indies and USA, making this the biggest ICC T20 World Cup ever,” the international cricket body said in a press release, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com.
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May 29, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abdul Ghaffar |Zahid Hussain
Pakistan’s Test coach Jason Gillespie has advised the national team’s short format contingent to “be aggressive and take on all opposition” at the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in the US and the Caribbean, reminding them that they have nothing to lose. “Because talent is there [so] make sure that they have that belief because we know in T20, there can be one outstanding performance [that] can be the difference between a win and a loss,” Gillespie said in an interview with DawnNews on Monday.
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May 13, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abdul Ghaffar |Maleeha Lodhi
Lamenting that players of Pakistan’s national hockey team were working as drivers to make ends meet, captain Ammad Shakeel Butt on Monday called for the restoration of hockey departments to provide reliable income streams to athletes. Former prime minister Imran Khan had instructed the management of the Pakistan Hockey Federation in 2020 to make structural changes in its set-up, reduce the number of teams for national championship and establish centres of excellence in all four provinces.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
dawn.com | By-polls were held |By-election trends |Abdul Ghaffar |Jawed Naqvi
Pakistani mixed martial arts fighter Shahzaib Rind on Tuesday lamented that it was the government’s “bad luck” that it did not support its country’s heroes after his 2-1 victory over India at Dubai’s Karate Combat 45 event over the weekend. Karate Combat, which describes itself as the world’s “premier full-contact karate league”, held a “night of martial arts excellence” with its debut event in Dubai on April 20.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
dev.to | Abdul Ghaffar
Ever wondered what makes a React app truly scalable? ๐ง It's not about fancy algorithms or complex structures. It's about knowing when to extract those golden components. Here's the secret sauce: Keep it simple, always. So, what exactly makes a component shine? ๐ Let's break it down:When we talk about the size of a component, we're referring to its length or complexity. A good component should be concise and focused, accomplishing a single task or representing a specific UI element.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abdul Ghaffar
Lahore Qalandars’ Haris Rauf has been ruled out of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) after dislocating his shoulder during last night’s defeat to Karachi Kings, the franchise said on Sunday. In a press release, the franchise said that Haris fell on his shoulder in the 20th over while completing a catch to dismiss Kings’ Hasan Ali. “Despite the injury, he walked off with his arm strapped and underwent scans.
