Rubbing salt into the wounds of banned senior players, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has omitted the names of former captains Mohammed Yousuf, Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik and all rounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan from the list of players given a central contract, while offering the same to Shahid Afridi and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.
Afridi, and the [...]
Despite the Lahore High Court order preventing his extradition, Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s second-in command, would be handed over to Afghanistan after a case is registered against him in Pakistan.
Talking to media [...]
An anti-extremist cell (AEC) of the Pakistan police has claimed nabbing a close aide of the killed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud from Karachi.
Acting on intelligence input, the AEC team of the Sindh police’ Crime Investogation Department (CID) raided a house in the Bin Qasim town and arrested Suleman Mehsud alias Gul [...]
Former fast bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt for encouraging ‘gambling’ and ‘betting’ by not disclosing the name of the captain for the upcoming assignments of the national team.
“I must say that Ijaz Butt has provided the gambling mafia [...]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a 15-man squad sans the name of the skipper for the forthcoming ICC T20 World Championship in the Caribbean.
The squad also includes all-rounder Shahid Afridi and Akmal brothers (Kamran and Umar), who were [...]
Defending the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision to impose a ban and hefty penalties on seven top cricketers, board chairman Ijaz Butt has said such strong action was needed to stamp out indiscipline in the national squad.
In an interview with a private television channel, Butt said the persistent problem of groupism and indiscipline had [...]
Former Pakistan hockey players have blasted the current bunch of players and the team management for the deplorable show in ongoing Hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
Pakistan finished last in the 12-nation tournament after it was defeated by ‘minnows’ Canada 3-2.
This is the first time that Pakistan have finished in the last position in [...]
Bollywood star Salman Khan may have former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his company. No, not for any new silver screen project but as a partner in crime in hunting down a protected species of deer.
The story goes like this, the former premier and Pakistan [...]
Describing the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision to impose a life term ban on captain Mohammed Yousuf and middle order batsman Younis Khan as ‘unfair’ and ‘unjustified’, former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that none of the members of the [...]
Criticising former President General Pervez Musharraf for damaging country’s strategy regarding Kashmir, Pakistan occupied Kashmir’s (PoK) Prime Minister Raja Mohammed Farooq Hyder Khan has said the government should ‘reframe its policies’ concerning the issue.
Interacting with the media on the sidelines of a function here, Khan said even after 63 years of independence of Pakistan, [...]
At least 66 trained extremists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reportedly landed in various parts of Sindh, including Karachi to wreak havoc in the region, sources said.
According to The Daily Times, an unidentified person had sent a letter to Sindh Police Inspector General, Sultan Salahuddin [...]
Disappointed over his team’s deplorable performance in the ongoing Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, Pakistan hockey captain Zeeshan Ashraf has apologised to the nation for its poor show.
Pakistan’s dream of making it to the semi final of the tournament were shattered on Saturday [...]
Despite losing two games, including the one against arch rivals India, out of the first three matches, the Pakistani hockey team is hopeful of winning the rest of its encounters in the ongoing Hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
Pakistan have just three points from the three games and it is unlikely that [...]
Angered over not being named the captain of his domestic squad, star Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi has threatened the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) that he will quit the team.
“I think the KCCA senior officials need to rethink their attitude towards senior players and how they treat them,” said [...]
Newly appointed Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis’s first major assignment is to help his team prepare to defend the ICC World T20 champion title, but Younis has said his main objective would be to improve Pakistan’s performance in the Test arena.
Younis said it is good to see Pakistan doing well in the slam-bang version [...]
Sudden increase in violent activities and abduction has forced several Dalit families in Sindh province’s Tharparkar District to shift to safer places.
As many as 65 Dalit families have reportedly left their village in Aakle region of the district and shifted to Mithi town and other adjacent areas.
Incidents of kidnapping for ransom has increased drastically [...]
An accountability court here has acquitted Interior Minister Rehman Malik in a corruption case filed against him.
Talking to media persons after the court’s verdict, Malik termed all corruption cases filed against him as ‘baseless’ and said: “Justice has finally prevailed.”
“I am hopeful of being acquitted in other cases as well as I am innocent [...]
Pakistani security agencies have claimed another prized catch as they reportedly nabbed the son-in-law of Afghan Taliban’s supreme commander Mullah Omar here on Thursday.
According to sources, Motasim Agha Jan was arrested during a raid on a house in the Ehsan Abad area of the city.
Two close aides of Jan were also [...]
Newly appointed Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis has said his prime focus would be on promoting faith and unity among players, and added that the same team which ‘underperformed’ in Australia could go on to beat even the best team in the world.
“Its all [...]
Newly-appointed Pakistan chief selector Mohsin Khan has suggested picking up a separate squad for T20 format, saying the bang-bang version of the game is hurting Test and one-day prospects of the national squad.
“Twenty20 cricket has already damaged our Test and one-day performances. I will be suggesting to the board to have a [...]
Describing Pakistan’s performance in its World Cup opener against archrivals India as ‘pathetic’, former hockey players have slammed the team for the 4-1 loss.
Former captain and coach Islahuddin criticised players, saying it was disappointing to see Pakistan lose the match without offering any resistance.
“I wasn’t expecting Pakistan to give such a [...]
Upset over his team’s lacklustre performance during the World Cup opener against India, Pakistan hockey coach Shahid Ali Khan has said his team just couldn’t handle the enormous pressure and wilted away.
“Our boys failed to play their best game [...]
Pakistan cricketers — wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and all-rounder Rana Naved-ul-Hasan have threatened to take legal action against all Pakistani news outlets for being implicated in a match-fixing scandal during the Sydney Test in Australia.
A day after Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt said [...]
Out of favour Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal said on Sunday that he had always played his cricket cleanly and for the team and was shocked by the match-fixing allegations against him.
“I am definitely going to take this matter further,” [...]
A spokesman of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar and a former aide of slain Pak Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud have reportedly been arrested in Karachi during a raid carried out by Pakistani intelligence agencies.
They were identified as Mullah Tayyab Agha [...]
Former Pakistan speedster Waqar Younis has accepted the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) proposal to don the national cricket team’s chief coach’s cap.
“I have received a proper offer from the Pakistan board and I am ready to take on this challenge,” Younis who has settled [...]
Pakistan has always been willing to hold talks with India, but dialogue must be meaningful and address the core issues lingering between both countries, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.
Interacting with media persons after inaugurating a power plant, Gilani re-iterated that resumption of composite dialogue [...]
The ghost of match-fixing has returned again to haunt the Pakistan cricket team, and this time it is wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal who seems to be under its glare.
Insiders said that the selectors had axed Akmal from the two T20 match series against England in Dubai, over suspicions that he deliberately dropped catches during [...]
A day after Pakistan hockey coach Shahid Ali Khan described the security arrangements in New Delhi as ‘nothing extraordinary’, team manager Asif Bajwa has reasserted that there are no issues with the security blanket put in place by the Indian authorities.
Bajwa, who [...]
Pakistan hockey coach Shahid Ali Khan has said his team would come out all guns blazing during the inaugural match against India and its next encounter against Spain in Hockey World, which is scheduled to [...]
