Change to indirect: “I have wasted time,” the king admitted.
بادشاہ کے اعتراف، میں نے وقت ضائع کیا ہے، کو بالواسطہ لکھیں۔
The king admitted that he had wasted time. Present perfect have wasted becomes past perfect had wasted after the past reporting verb.
Textbook: pp. 111–112. Independently prepared study answer; not an official marking key.