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Lahore, Sep 29 : Controversial Pakistan bowler Shoaib Akhtar’s cricket career could be coming to a close.

It has been reliably learnt that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made up its mind on Akhtar’s future and final decision will be taken after a hearing on the sidelines of Pakistan-South Africa second Test in Lahore on October 6.

Sources said that the PCB disciplinary committee has received clear instructions from the President Pervez Musharraf, chief patron, that he should be penalised for his misbehaviour.

Lahore, Sep 29 : Former Pakistan cricket captain Inzamamul Haq has turned down an offer to play in the first Test against South Africa from October 1-5, for unknown reasons.

"I spoke to him and asked him about his availability. But he said not to consider him for unknown reasons. He will obviously be considered if wants to play in the second match," said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selection committee head Salahuddin Ahmad.

Karachi, Sep 29 : The Sindh High Court has allowed Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and her sisters-in-law to import bulletproof vehicles.

London, Sept.29 (ANI): A Cambridge University astronomer has been successful in reworking the distances to over 100,000 stars.

Dr Floor van Leeuwen, who has spent the past 10 years checking and
recalculating data gathered by the Hipparcos satellite,has now
corrected the star distances.

The reworked catalogue (Hipparcos - The New Reduction of the Raw
Data), according to the BBC, will allow astronomers to probe more
deeply into the properties of stars and galaxies.

Washington, September 29 : Scientists researching male contraceptives have devised various new techniques that may provide men with an alternative to vasectomy in about half a decade.

The researchers presented their findings from experiments on mice and men at the second ‘Future of Male Contraception’ conference, held from 27 to 28 September in Seattle, Washington.