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The fifth edition of the Pakistan Super League came to a conclusion with Karachi Kings winning their first PSL title by defeating Lahore Qalandars at National Stadium Karachi.

The fifth edition of PSL is one of the most important tournaments in history because it was held entirely in Pakistan. The tournament itself had to face some issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the overall quality of cricket on display was nothing short of amazing.

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The quality and standard of the league has been improving year after year and it promises to be one of the biggest products in world cricket.

Four different teams have held the trophy since the inception of PSL, with Islamabad United winning it twice, and Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings winning it once. There have been some amazing individual performances throughout all the editions.

Let’s have a look at the best performers in the league in all five seasons:

Most Runs

Player
Matches
Runs
Average
Strike Rate

Kamran Akmal (PZ)
56
1,537
29.00
138.34

Babar Azam (KK)
47
1,516
37.90
117.97

Shane Watson (IU, QG)
46
1,361
32.40
138.59

Shoaib Malik (MS, PZ, KK)
48
1,127
31.30
122.63

Ahmed Shehzad (QG)
45
1,077
26.26
120.06

Most Wickets

Player
Matches
Wickets
Average
Economy Rate

Wahab Riaz (PZ)
55
76
18.71
7.01

Hasan Ali (PZ)
45
59
20.93
7.47

Mohammad Amir (KK)
48
49
25.48
7.15

Mohammad Nawaz (QG)
52
49
25.55
7.12

Sohail Tanvir (MS, KK, QG)
46
48
25.14
7.55

Most Sixes

Player
Matches
Sixes

Shane Watson (QG, IU)
46
81

Kamran Akmal (PZ)
56
77

Luke Ronchi (IU)
31
50

Asif Ali (IU)
43
50

Kieron Pollard (KK, PZ, MS)
33
44

Best Bowling Figures in an Innings

Player
Overs
Bowling Figures
Match Details
Date

Ravi Bopara
4.0
16/6
Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars
12-02-2016

Faheem Ashraf
4.0
19/6
Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars
09-03-2019

Umar Gul
4.0
24/6
Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators
07-03-2018

Shaheen Afridi
3.4
4/5
Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans
09-03-2018

Shahid Afridi
4.0
7/5
Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators
14-02-2016

Most 50+ Scores

Player
Matches
50+

Babar Azam (KK)
47
14

Kamran Akmal (PZ)
56
12

Luke Ronchi (IU)
31
10

Ahmed Shehzad (QG)
45
09

Shane Watson (IU, QG)
46
09

Highest Totals

Team
Score
Opposition
Date

Islamabad United
238/3
Lahore Qalandars
09-03-2019

Peshawar Zalmi
214/5
Islamabad United
15-03-2019

Lahore Qalandars
209/5
Quetta Gladiators
03-03-2020

Lahore Qalandars
204/4
Multan Sultans
22-02-2019

Quetta Gladiators
203/8
Lahore Qalandars
16-02-2016

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Highest Individual Scores

Player
Runs
Balls
Match Details
Date

Colin Ingram
127*
59
Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators
24-02-2019

Cameron Delport
117*
60
Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars
09-03-2019

Sharjeel Khan
117
62
Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi
21-02-2016

Chris Lynn
113*
55
Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans
15-03-2020

Kamran Akmal
107*
61
Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars
16-03-2018

Most Dismissals

Player
Matches
Dismissals
Catches
Stumpings

Kamran Akmal (PZ)
56
44
36
08

Sarfaraz Ahmed (QG)
52
35
25
10

Mohammad Rizwan (KK)
35
31
21
10

Luke Ronchi (IU)
31
22
19
03

Kumar Sangakkara (MS, KK, QG)
24
20
19
01

Most Catches

Player
Matches
Catches

Mohammad Nawaz (QG)
52
30

Babar Azam (KK)
47
25

Kieron Pollard (KK, MS, PZ)
33
24

Mohammad Hafeez (LQ, PZ)
48
21

Asif Ali (IU)
43
20

Most Matches

Player
Matches
Team(s)

Kamran Akmal
56
Peshawar Zalmi

Wahab Riaz
55
Peshawar Zalmi

Mohammad Nawaz
52
Quetta Gladiators

Sarfaraz Ahmed
52
Quetta Gladiators

Darren Sammy
49
Peshawar Zalmi

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In a recent press briefing, Facebook informed that technology has started to play a crucial role in content moderation on the platform.

This shift has taken place to prioritize the reported content. While there are still around 15,000 human reviewers across over 50 time zones, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also primarily helping in proactively removing content that goes against Facebook’s policies.

Between April and June this year, 95 percent of the content Facebook removed was identified and removed by their technology without needing someone to report to them. That included 99.6 percent of fake accounts, 99.8 percent of spam, 99.5 percent of violent and graphic content, 98.5 percent of terrorist content, and 99.3 percent of child nudity and sexual exploitation content.

Furthermore, they shared that they now prioritize content that needs reviewing based on several factors such as virality, severity, and likelihood of violation.

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Categorizing content in this way, regardless of when it was shared on Facebook or whether it was reported by a user or detected by their technology, allows them to get to the highest severity content first.

It also means the reviewers in their Global Operations team spend more time on complex content issues where thorough judgment is required and less time on lower severity reports that technology is capable of handling.

Although technology is playing a gradually increasing role in the way Facebook moderates content, for certain posts, they still use a combination of technology along with reports from the community and human review to identify and review content against their Community Standards.

This is done to ensure the context of the post being reviewed is understood better. The technology created for this is called Whole Post Integrity Embeddings (WPIE).

Lastly, they shared details about a newly developed technology called XLM-R, which can understand the text in multiple languages. This model is trained in one language and then used with other languages without the need for additional training data or content examples.

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The Chief Justice of Gilgit-Baltistan’s (GB) Chief Court has approved the appointment of special judges to adjudicate the regulatory proceedings for the recent cybercrime cases in the region.

According to reports, the police and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will be able to register recursive action against instigators who spread propaganda against state institutions on various online platforms.

When an accused is apprehended, the concerned authorities will book their profile as per the appropriate cybercrime laws and fines, and court proceedings will be duly carried out.

In the event of either admission or proof of guilt, the courts may convict the accused person under the Electronic Act of 2016. Prime Minister Imran Khan has already approved the implementation of the Act in the region.

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Facebook and FIA to Curb Cybercriminal Leeway
The FIA’s Cybercrime Wing has signed an agreement with Facebook to share relevant data with Pakistani authorities. This was done in a tentative bid to secure routine electronic synergy and eviscerate all the freedom that cybercriminals have been enjoying since the last decade.

The newly-assembled investigation team will have access to social networking sites. All this was pre-planned for the expansion of the FIA’s investigations of cybercrime cases. Furthermore, Facebook’s team of technical experts has reportedly shown support for Pakistan’s drive against online propaganda.

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Previously, the FIA’s Cybercrime Wing did not have access to Facebook’s data because of which many cases either went dormant or were disposed of.

The recent agreements between Facebook and the FIA have paved a new way for local authorities to investigate and eradicate cybercrimes.

This is a developing story.

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Global environmental experts have predicted a record-breaking prolonged and harsh winter season in Pakistan due to La-Nina and other meteorological factors.

La-Nina is a complex weather pattern that occurs every few years, as a result of variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific. When occurs during the winter season, it can result in prolonged winters along with below normal temperatures.

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Pakistan is expected to witness record-breaking temperatures from Karachi to Khyber this winter. Most parts of the country will experience lower than usual temperatures as well as increased rainfall in the coming winter season while the northern and western regions are expected to receive unprecedented snowfall.

Meanwhile, continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country while a shallow westerly wave is present over upper parts of the country, according to a statement of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).

In the last 24 hours, cold and dry weather prevailed over most parts of the country. However, rain occurred in the upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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During the next 24 hours, cold and dry weather is expected in most plain areas of the country while very cold weather is expected in upper hilly areas. Fog is likely in a few plain areas of Punjab during morning hours.

Rainfall with thunderstorms (snowfall over hilly regions) is expected from next week in Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Potohar region, and few districts of northern and central Balochistan.

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Dr. Jamil Asghar, Director of Translation and Interpretation at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) has received a Merit of Distinction by Translators without Borders for his work in translations and reviews over the last two years.

Translators without Borders is a certified, global organization that translates and reviews works in English and has made tremendous contributions to various cultures all over the world.

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Hailing from the organization’s prestigious Kató platform, Dr. Asghar has contributed more than 100,000 words to the organization. He also achieved 4.77/5 as his quality assessment score – the highest achievement for any non-native English translator/reviewer.

Dr. Asghar is the only Pakistani to have achieved this feat which is a proud statistic for the country.

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Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) carried out a search and inspection of the offices of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), located in Karachi, today.

CCP undertook this inspection exercising its powers under Section 34 of the Competition Act 2010, and as part of an inquiry launched in May 2020 to investigate the possible anti-competitive activities by the cement manufacturers.

The resulting evidence suggests the possibility of a cartel or collusive arrangement between the cement manufacturers.

Two different teams entered and searched the offices of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of APCMA located in Karachi and impounded the relevant records.

The inquiry in the cement sector was started based on the information gathered through various media reports, along with concerns and complaints expressed regarding a concurrent increase in cement prices, particularly during April 2020.

The reports indicated that an increase ranging between Rs. 45 and Rs. 55 per cement bag was apparently collectively decided in a meeting of the cement manufacturers held under the umbrella of APCMA.

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On September 24, 2020, the CCP had conducted a search and inspection of the APCMA main office and the office of the Senior Vice Chairman of the APCMA’s Executive Committee as along with the office of a senior employee of a major cement company in Lahore.

Moreover, the impounded records, including Whatsapp messages and emails, warranted conducting search and inspection in the South Zone as well for obtaining evidence relating to anti-competitive practices.

It is important to mention that various factors such as lower demand for cement in the first two quarters of 2020 along with an almost parallel increase in cement prices and the data collected from Pakistan Bureau Statistics and the cement companies, became the basis of CCP’s inquiry and the earlier search.

The sudden rise in prices by the cement manufacturers at a time when there is low demand compared to the installed capacity of the manufacturers, and considering that input fuel cost (coal and oil), transportation and interest rate have declined, raises suspicion of a collective rise in price by cement companies.

It is pertinent to mention here that the cement sector has a history of collusive activities, and they have been penalized in the past to an amount of more than Rs. 6.3 billion collectively, on account of forming a cartel, and involvement in the prohibited agreements in violation of Section 04 of the Act.

In 2012, the Commission initiated an inquiry against cement companies, however, the same could not be proceeded and concluded due to a stay order granted to cement companies by the Lahore High Court. The current inquiry was initiated in 2020.

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