{"id":10199,"date":"2023-10-02T23:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/swat-dc-directs-officials-to-identify-appropriate-spot-for-womens-cricket-match-after-outcry-by-locals\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T23:28:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:28:32","slug":"swat-dc-directs-officials-to-identify-appropriate-spot-for-womens-cricket-match-after-outcry-by-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/swat-dc-directs-officials-to-identify-appropriate-spot-for-womens-cricket-match-after-outcry-by-locals\/","title":{"rendered":"Swat DC directs officials to identify \u2018appropriate\u2019 spot for women\u2019s cricket match after outcry by locals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Swat Deputy Commissioner Dr Qasim Ali Khan has instructed officials to find a \u201csuitable location\u201d for a women\u2019s cricket match a day after residents and clerics in the Charbagh district prevented<\/a> girls from playing the sport.<\/p>\n

Ayesha Ayaz, a 12-year-old budding athlete, had taken the initiative to arrange the match among girls hailing from Babuzai and Kabal tehsils.<\/p>\n

However, before the commencement of the game, several prayer leaders and elders had arrived at the venue and prevented the girls from participating in it.<\/p>\n

Saeed Iqbal, an eyewitness, had told Dawn.com<\/em> that a group of elders and clerics forbade the girls from playing the sport and said that it was immodest for girls to play cricket in the open ground.<\/p>\n

He had added that the imams later contacted the local councilor, Ihsanullah Kaki, who also requested the match organisers and female players to leave the area.<\/p>\n

Swat Additional Deputy Commissioner Sohail Khan informed Dawn.com<\/em> today that DC Qasim had directed the assistant commissioner of the Babuzai tehsil to identify an \u201calternative and appropriate\u201d location for the women\u2019s match.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will swiftly organise a formal cricket match for women players of Swat, and we will staunchly uphold this commitment against any disruptions,\u201d Sohail affirmed.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Ihsanullah Kaki, the tehsil chairman of Charbagh, had said the girls were barred from playing due to security conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe security conditions within Charbagh tehsil are currently unstable due to the presence of individuals and suspected firearms, who are often spotted in various locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese individuals also send messages to local residents, demanding money and issuing threats. Those residing near the cricket ground are hesitant to venture outside their homes at night as they fear the presence of militants,\u201d he had told Dawn.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Kaki added that the locals had also discussed the security concerns with the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they had informed us in advance, we would have organised the match for the girls in a ground with boundary walls,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Swat Deputy Commissioner Dr Qasim Ali Khan has instructed officials to find a \u201csuitable location\u201d for a women\u2019s cricket match a day after residents and clerics in the Charbagh district prevented girls from playing the sport. Ayesha Ayaz, a 12-year-old budding athlete, had taken the initiative to arrange the match among girls hailing from Babuzai […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/10\/021628290d8030a.jpg?r=165846","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}