Amaco Jubail emerge champions of ‘JF Winter Cup 2019’

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February 5, 2019

Jubail: Excitement, passion, color and the cricketing excellence of “JF WINTER CUP 2019” a knockout cricket tournament for noble cause got off to an exhilarating annual event of sports at SABSA Cricket Ground at Rakah (Al-Khobar) in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The extraordinary cricket Tournament was organized by Dammam Unit of ‘Jamiyyatul Falah’ a charitable organization.

The foggy, dusty and cold weather conditions in the morning didn’t changed the mood of Cricket Tournament and it took off smoothly with great piece of enthusiasm by all the players of 8 top cricket teams of Eastern Province. All the matches played had shown a marvelous piece of performance and the real sportsman spirit was displayed by all the players during the Tournament. The excitement and interest towards the game was beautifully exhibited by all the teams despite of 8 over a side match.

Nizamuddin Shaikh, President of JF Dammam Unit and Ahmed Kabeer, Chairman of the tournament inaugurated the opening ceremony and Mohammed Siraj, the sports event manager had described the rules and regulations on the ground to all the Cricket Teams and the inaugural match of the preliminary round was started off on-time and followed by all other matches as scheduled. All preliminary and quarter final matches were played in the morning and afternoon session and the Semi-Finals and Finals were played under delightful atmosphere.

Amaco Jubail won JF Winter Cup 2019, beating Blue Stars Dammam by 7 wickets in the finals played at SABSA Cricket Ground.

Amaco won the toss and opted to file first. Blue Stars lost their first wicket of Imran very quickly in the 2nd ball of the match. The fine all-rounder Khashif joined Nihal and both played sensible innings and built up strong partnership for 35 runs for the 2nd wicket and Khashif got out when the score is 36. In the middle Blue Stars lost their vital wicket of Nassir for duck. At this crucial stage Salman joined Nihal and both batsmen played more carefully and added 20 runs and took the score to 64 in 4th over. After the fall of Salman, Blue Stars middle order batsman’s find difficult to score runs against fine bowling and fielding performances by AMACO players. Blue Stars keep losing the wickets and managed to reach a total of 70/7 in allotted 8 over. Nihal 31, Khashif 25 and Salman 10. AMACO bowler Shafeeq bowled magnificent bowling spell by keeping good line, length and grab 3 important wickets. He took 3/11 &, Muthalib took 2/25.

On Chase, Rameez and Muthalib opened the innings and they lost important wicket of Muthalib when the score was 4. At this moment, good striker of the ball, Saleem joined Rameez. Both batsmen played magnificent innings by hitting Blue Stars bowlers all over the ground and added valuable 50 runs for the 2nd wicket. The lost the vital wicket of Rameez when the score was 51. Also, AMACO lost the wickets of Bala in the quick gap. On the other hand Saleem took the challenge and played remarkable innings of unbeaten 39 runs and took his team for glorious victory in 6th over. Saleem smashed 4 huge sixes and 2 boundaries in his innings. AMACO were 73/3 in the 6th over. Saleem not out with 39 and Rameez 13. Blue Stars bowler Salman took 3 for 16.

Prior to the Mega Finals, 1st Semi Finals was played between Blue Stars Vs Shine Arabia. Batted first Blue Stars were 82/7. Asir 24, & Khashif 24. In reply Shine Arabia was able to reach 54/8 in allotted 8 over. Salaam scored 23.

The 2nd Semi Finals was played between Karavali Vs AMACO. Karavali batted first and made 64 in allotted 8 over. Faran 13 and Shail 28. In reply AMACO were chasing a target of 68/1 in the 6th over. Rameez 21 and Saleem 22.

The first half of the Tournament was well executed by all the 8 Cricket Teams. The second half of the Tournament – the post-match presentation and the closing ceremony – was hosted by Rafiq Nariyar. The program commenced with Qirath by Ameen Shaikh. Nizamuddin Shaikh, President of JF Dammam Unit, addressed the audience with his welcome speech and thanked the audience for their kind presence. A brief presentation of Jam’iyyatul Falah was offered by Ahmed Kabeer, Chairman of the Tournament.

The presence of prominent guests and audience had built a pleasant environment of joy and happiness on the ground and their presence was appreciated by the Host. The Main Sponsors for the Cricket Tournament “EXPERTISE”, “RAQWANI COMPANY”, “KMT” and “ZAMIL INFO SERVICES” were presented with memento. The main sponsors and distinguished guests had shared and invited on the dais.

The host took the opportunity on behalf of JF Dammam Unit and tribute all the wonderful moments of “JF Winter Cup 2019” to all the players of 8 Cricket Teams for showing the great sportsman spirit throughout the Tournament and received a huge applaud from the great audience. He thanked all the 8 Cricket Teams and encouraged them as a WINNER of ‘JF Winter Cup 2019’, because they all played for the Noble Cause, for which JF Dammam Unit is always thankful for their charitable contribution.

The success of the tournament was dedicated to its Main Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and all the well-wishers of Jam’iyyatul Falah, who had been a great support and foundation to “JF Winter Cup 2019”, and their encouragement had given the opportunity to JF Dammam Unit to work for the betterment of the community back home.

Office Bearers of JF Dammam Unit presented the memento to all the Main Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and Well Wishers of Jam’iyyatul Falah.

Subsequently, the prize distribution ceremony was hosted by Mohammad Siraj and he announced the winners for their performance in the Preliminary, Quarter Final, Semi-Final and Finals. Individual awards were presented to different players in various categories.

Best Batsman awarded to Khashif of Blue Stars

Best Bowler awarded to Thafseer of AMACO

Best Wicket Keeper awarded to Niyaz of AMACO

Best Outfielder awarded to Salman of Blue Stars

Saleem of AMACO judged “Man of the Tournament” for his remarkable batting performance throughout the tournament.

Man of the Match for FINALS was awarded to Shafeeq of AMACO.

Niyaz, the Captain of “AMACO” Cricket Team collected the Winner’s Trophy from Chief Guest Masood Ali Al-Dalbouh and at the same time, each winning players had collected their individual trophies. Jabbar, the Captain of “BLUE STARS” Cricket Team collected the Runners-up trophy from JF Dammam Unit’s President Nizamuddin Shaikh and the players were distributed with their individual trophies.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Shahul Hameed, ex-President and ex-NRCC Ameer of JF Dammam Unit.

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CONGRATULATIONS........ to all the Sports Working Committee and Executive Members for making another SUCCESS event of Sports for the NOBLE CAUSE. Every year I attend and hard miss your events. I would like to appreciate the TEAM-WORKS you guys have is amazing and its inspiring to other organizations. May Allah bless your organization to grow year afte year to build a better society back-home - Aameen. Keep it up and looking forward to attend your Family Get-Together Event soon - IN-SHA-ALLAH.

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World Economy May Shrink Because of Coronavirus, Says Watchdog

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March 2,2020

Paris, Mar 2: A global agency says the spreading new virus could make the world economy shrink this quarter, for the first time since the international financial crisis more than a decade ago.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says Monday in a special report on the impact of the virus that the world economy is still expected to grow overall this year and rebound next year.

But it lowered its forecasts for global growth in 2020 by half a percentage point, to 2.4 per cent, and said the figure could go as low as 1.5 per cent if the virus lasts long and spreads widely.

The last time world GDP shrank on a quarter-on-quarter basis was at the end of 2008, during the depths of the financial crisis. On a full-year basis, it last shrank in 2009.

The OECD said China's reduced production is hitting Asia particularly hard but also companies around the world that depend on its goods.

It urged governments to act fast to prevent contagion and restore consumer confidence.

The Paris-based OECD, which advises developed economies on policy, said the impact of this virus is much higher than past outbreaks because "the global economy has become substantially more interconnected, and China plays a far greater role in global output, trade, tourism and commodity markets."

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2838 Pakistanis, 914 Afghans, 172 Bangladeshis given Indian citizenship in last 6 years: Fin Min

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January 19,2020

Chennai, Jan 19: Amid ongoing nationwide protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that as many as 2838 people from Pakistan were given citizenship during the last six years.

"In the last six years, as many as 2838 Pakistani refugees, 914 Afghan refugees, 172 Bangladeshi refugees including Muslims have been given Indian citizenship. From 1964 to 2008, more than 4,00,000 Tamils (from Sri Lanka) have been given Indian citizenship," Sitharaman said at 'Programme on Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019' event here.

She added, "Till 2014, over 566 Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were given Indian citizenship. During 2016-18 under Modi government, around 1595 Pakistani migrants and 391 Afghanistani Muslims were given Indian citizenship."

The minister, further, said, "It was also during the same period in 2016, that Adnan Sami was given Indian citizenship, this is an example."

Sitharaman added that people who came from East Pakistan have been settled at various camps in the country.

"They are still there and it's been 50-60 years now. If you visit these camps, your heart will cry. The situation is the same with Sri Lankan refugees who continue to live in camps. They're barred from getting basic facilities," she said.

Asserting that the government is not snatching away anyone's citizenship, the BJP leader said: "This Citizenship (Amendment) Act is an attempt to provide people with a better life. We are not snatching away anyone's citizenship, we are only providing them that."

"The National Population Register (NPR) will be updated every 10 years and is not involved with the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Some are involved in raising false allegations and triggering people unnecessarily without any base," she added.

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Hello Madam,

What Are you ?? Are you a Finance Minister or External Affairs Minister ??

when someone asked about the economy which well related to your ministry you won't even open your mouth,

but now you are talking about a matter which is not at all your business...

What a pefect figure given by our short time finance minister. Hope she wil feed them from her person income wthout ONION.

Stupid, dont know even what they talk.

It is not snatching anybody's nationality. You dont have right to do it.

The subject is not snatching, the subject is disccimination while giving nationality.

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'445 Bangladeshis returned from India in last 2 months'

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January 3,2020

Dhaka, Jan 3: Bangladesh's paramilitary force chief said on Thursday that a total of 445 Bangladeshi nationals returned from India in last two months following the publication of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) by the Indian government.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Maj Gen Md Shafeenul Islam disclosed the figure during a press briefing here.

"About 1,000 people were arrested in 2019 for illegal border crossings from India to Bangladesh, with 445 of them returning home in November and December," he said.

After verifying their identities through local representatives, BGB came to know that all the intruders are Bangladeshis, Islam said, adding that 253 cases were lodged against them for illegal trespass, while initial investigations found that at least three of them were human traffickers.

The BGB Director said the trespassing did not create any tension between the border forces of Bangladesh and India.

Last week, Islam visited India where he said that the creation of the NRC is completely an "internal affair" of India and the cooperation between the border guarding forces of the two countries is very good.

He said the BGB will continue to do its work of preventing illegal border crossings as per its mandate.

A BGB delegation, led by Islam, was on a bilateral visit to India to hold DG-level border talks with its counterparts, the Border Security Force (BSF).

The talks took place from December 26-29, during which a host of issues related to cross-border smuggling and activities of criminals and others along the 4,096-km-long front were discussed.

Responding to a question, Islam said, "No discussion was held at the conference over the (NRC) issue".

He said during the five-day talks held in New Delhi, the BGB demanded that the BSF should take effective steps to prevent killings of Bangladeshis on frontiers as casualty figures sharply rose in 2019.

"The number of border killings in 2019 was highest in the last four years. As per our calculation, the number of such unexpected deaths was 35," the BGB chief said.

However, the BSF estimate of the casualty figure is much lower than our calculation, he said.

Islam said the BSF is following the policy of maintaining maximum restraint and minimal use of force even after being attacked by "armed border offenders".

A statement issued by the BSF last month in New Delhi after the conclusion of the DG-level talks said, "On the concern of the BGB regarding the death of Bangladeshi nationals on borders, it was informed to them that a non-lethal weapon policy is strictly followed by BSF personnel on borders.

"Firing is resorted to only in self-defence, when BSF patrols are gheraoed and attacked by ‘dah’ (a sharp-edged weapon) etc. It was specified that the BSF does not discriminate between criminals based on nationality," it said.

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