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Pakistan cricket chief Mohsin Naqvi said Monday a final decision on the team's participation in next month's Twenty20 World Cup will be delayed by up to a week, keeping open a possible boycott over Bangladesh's withdrawal.Naqvi met Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday to take his advice on the situation, after which a call was expected to be made, but the cricket board boss posted on X that "the final decision will be taken either on Friday or next Monday".Describing a "productive meeting" with the premier, he said Sharif "directed that we resolve it while keeping all options on the table".Naqvi threw the national cricket team's participation into doubt on Saturday, saying Pakistan could pull out after the International Cricket Council (ICC) replaced Bangladesh in the tournament.Local media also reported that Pakistan could also boycott a February 15 match against arch-rivals India over political tension.Pakistan's reaction comes after the ICC rejected Bangladesh's demands to relocate their World Cup matches from India to Sri Lanka over security fears.On Saturday, the ICC replaced Bangladesh with Scotland as per the Twenty20 international rankings.Pakistan backed Bangladesh's stance in Wednesday's ICC Board virtual meeting, saying there was a precedence of relocating India's matches on security fears from Pakistan in last year's Champions Trophy.Then India, who have not toured Pakistan since 2008, played all their matches in Dubai.The same option was given to Pakistan who will not tour India and play their Twenty20 World Cup matches in Sri Lanka under an agreement signed last year saying the two countries will play on neutral venues whenever one of them hosts an ICC event.Pakistan and Bangladesh revived their sour relations after the ousting of prime minister Sheikh Hasina in a student-inspired uprising in Bangladesh.In contrast, Dhaka and New Delhi fell out over demands India hand over the fugitive former premier.Earlier this month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India told Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders to drop Bangladesh cricketer Mustafizur Rahman due to political tensions.Bangladesh then refused to play in India and demanded their matches be relocated to co-hosts Sri Lanka, but the ICC rejected the appeal. 

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced the withdrawal of a bottled water product originating from Lebanon, under the brand name "Tannourine," from local markets as a precautionary measure. This follows a notification issued by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health confirming laboratory evidence of contamination in samples of the product with the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa.The Ministry of Public Health warns consumers against consuming the mentioned product and urges them to return it to points of sale or dispose of it safely by opening the bottle, pouring its contents down the drain, and discarding the empty container in the designated waste bin.The Ministry has issued instructions to importing companies, distributors, and relevant consumer associations to remove the product from store shelves. Samples of the product have also been collected and sent to the Ministry's Food Safety Laboratories for testing to ensure their safety. In addition, the Ministry's Food Safety Department inspection team has conducted field visits to retail outlets to verify that the product has been removed.Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common environmental bacterium found in soil and water and may, in rare cases, cause infections in humans, particularly in individuals with weakened immune systems.

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that an agreement had been reached to end the war on the Gaza Strip, allow the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces, the entry of aid, and a prisoner exchange. The movement said in a statement that after responsible and serious negotiations conducted by the movement and the Palestinian resistance factions regarding the proposal of US President Donald Trump in Sharm El Sheikh, with the aim of reaching an end to the war of genocide against the Palestinian people and the withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip, an agreement was reached stipulating the end of the war on Gaza, the withdrawal of the occupation, the entry of aid, and the exchange of prisoners. Hamas expressed appreciation for the mediation efforts of Qatar, Egypt, and Turkiye, as well as President Trump's efforts seeking to end the war permanently and for the withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip. The movement called on President Trump and various Arab, Islamic, and international parties to oblige the occupation government to implement the full requirements of the agreement and not allow it to evade or delay in implementing what was agreed upon. Earlier, Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had signed the first phase of the peace plan.