Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s statement that it was now America’s turn ‘to do more’ to help Islamabad tackle the menace of terrorism more effectively, President Obama’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said the US is already ‘doing more’ and will ‘announce more’ for Pakistan.
Briefing the US [...]
Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned of terror attacks n US citizens and former secret services officials.
According to intelligence reports, suicide bombers from Kohat region might use a black Honda city have entered the Punjab province to wreak havoc in the region targeting foreign nationals in particular.
The provincial Home Department has alerted all senior police [...]
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has closed its operations in Pakistan due to the deteriorating security condition in the country.
According to a private television channel, the airlines, which had four flights a week from Pakistan to Singapore, has closed its offices and sacked its entire staff, The Daily Times reports.
Several multi-national companies (MNC’s) have stopped [...]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has adjourned the hearing on controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar’s petition challenging the one-and-half-year ban and a fine of seven million rupees imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Adjourning the case on Akhtar’s plea, LHC Justice Azmat Saeed remarked that a player who is indisciplined does not [...]
Describing the 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan against the interests of the country, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Raja Riaz has said the government will take necessary step to the agreement.
Talking to media persons during a press conference here, Riaz said the water accord has caused great damage to Pakistan in [...]
A day after giving a green signal to Mohammad Yousuf for taking part in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL), the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also allowed all-rounder Shoaib Malik to participate in the tournament starting March 26 in Sharjah.
According to sources, the PCB allowed Malik to play in tournament, as he has no [...]
The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) chief selector Mohsin Khan has said that the final decision regarding naming the captain for the forthcoming ICC T20 World Championship would be taken by the board chairman Ijaz Butt.
Talking to reporters after meeting Butt, Khan said naming the skipper for the upcoming important tournament was upto the PCB [...]
The Pakistani cricketers who were banned and slapped with hefty fines by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are seeking legal advice after receiving a detailed copy of their punishment by the board.
According to sources, all seven players, who were punished by the PCB for their misconduct during the disastrous Australia tour, have received [...]
Notwithstanding previous controversies, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has appointed his ‘close friend’ Yawar Saeed as the manager of the national squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Championship, which would be held in the Caribbean from April 30 to May 16.
Announcing an eight-man support staff that would accompany the team [...]
Following the recovery of a huge cache of arms and explosives from different part of Lahore, security agencies are planning a massive operation to bust ‘militant hubs’ situated in the outskirts of the provincial capital.
According to sources, law enforcement agencies are charting out a comprehensive plan [...]
Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has warned of fresh terror attacks by the Taliban in all major cities, including Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar.
According to a notification issued by the ministry, a group of 15 trained militants from the restive Waziristan region could wreak havoc across the country in coming few days.
Army helicopters and aircrafts could [...]
A suspended District Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Lahore Police, Imran Babar Jameel, has described President Asif Ali Zardari better than the police establishment, which according to him had framed him in a false case.
Calling Zardari his ‘good friend’, Jameel said he used to share cigarettes with him when he escorted the President [...]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suspended acting chief financial officer Mushtaq Ahmad, as he failed to improve the board’s awry financial affairs.
Insiders said Mushtaq, who was also suspended by former PCB chairman Dr. Nasim Ashraf but was restored by incumbent Ijaz Butt, failed to impress the National Assembly Standing Committee’s on the board’s [...]
Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarindar Singh is likely to visit Pakistan to launch his book “The Last Sun Sight” on March 25.
Singh would be accompanied by a team of 20 other delegates who would be received by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Irfan Khokhar at the Wagah border, The Daily Times reports.
PPP secretary [...]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given 30 days to appeal to the seven players who were banned and fined for their misconduct during the winless tour of Australia.
A PCB spokesman said the board had informed all the seven players about the reasons behind their punishments.
“They can file appeals within 30 days. We [...]
A day after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) clarified that players must seek permission from it to participate in any foreign cricket tournament, former captain Mohammed Yousuf has been allowed to play in a private league in Bangladesh.
“Yousuf had requested the PCB that he wanted to play in Bangladesh and Ijaz (Butt) has given [...]
The annual Pakistan National Games, which were scheduled to be held in Peshawar later this month, have been postponed indefinitely due to the deteriorating security scenario in the country.
Addressing a press conference here, National Olympic Committee (NOC) president Arif Hasan said the recent suicide attacks across the country, [...]
Pakistan and Iran have inked a deal on the gas pipeline project in Istanbul, Turkey.
According to a private television channel, Pakistan Petroleum Secretary Kamran Lashari has signed the agreement on the project, which is expected to be completed by 2013.
The two countries signed the [...]
Backing all-rounder Shahid Afridi for the captain’s post, former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Lieutenant General (retired) Tauqir Zia has criticised the National Assembly’s Sports Committee for making the match-fixing issue public.
Zia said the committee [...]
Over 3000 kilograms of explosive materials and four advance machine guns were recovered by the Lahore Police from a shop in the Allama Iqbal Town.
The owner of the shop, Javed Sheikh, has also been arrested and is being interrogated.
The recovery [...]
The Pakistan Army has received a fleet of advance AH-1 Cobra combat helicopters from the United States.
According to a private television channel, the squadron consists of 14 to 16 helicopters, which are likely to be used in military offensive against extremists in the Orakzai Agency.
The sophisticated Cobra choppers can fly at [...]
Worried over the origin of financial support being received by extremists in Pakistan, Britain has established a body to monitor the financial assistance being provided to terrorists in the country.
The British Department for International Development has provided funds to [...]
Undercover US agents have been using Lahore’s military zone to expand their covert presence inside Pakistan over the last three years, The Nation reports.
Last year, Pakistanis were stunned to watch several incidents where US citizens were caught by [...]
Pakistan Punjab’s Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s statement pleading to the Taliban to spare the province from violence has attracted massive outrage in political circles of the country.
Shahbaz has come under a severe lashing from the opposition, and was humiliated in the North West Frontier [...]
A day after Pakistan’s Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif pleaded with the Taliban to exempt the region from violence, the banned terror outfit has proposed a deal with the government, saying the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) would not carry out [...]
Pakistan’s Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has come under fire for pleading to the Taliban to exempt his province from terror attacks, has said his remarks have been misreported and twisted by some quarters of the media.
Shahbaz said some portions [...]
In what could add to the turbulence in Pakistan cricket, members of the sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Sports have alleged that some of the members of the national cricket squad were involved in [...]
US President Barack Obama’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said that the Pakistan Army is no longer interested in playing a role in the country’s volatile political scene.
The Daily Times quoted him as [...]
Pakistan has seen an unprecedented rise in the number of suicide attacks carried out across the country and loss of life during the first 70 days of 2010 compared to the same period last year.
According to the available facts and figures, at least 15 incidents of suicide bombings have taken place so far in [...]
Star Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi held a special meeting with the Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt to discuss issues pertaining to the appointment of captain for the upcoming ICC T20 World Championship and other important series.
According to sources, Butt [...]
