Islamabad, Mar. 11 : Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar is doing everything to force his way back into the team, including showering praise on incumbent captain Younis Khan.
Commending the leadership qualities of Khan, Akhtar said that under his captaincy, Pakistan may win the 2011 World Cup. His positive approach would surely help the PCB form a competent squad before World Cup 2011. The News quoted Ahktar, as saying.
He expressed his lament at being dropped from the national squad.
Washington, Mar. 11 : Amidst all the political blame-game in Pakistan, Washington's silence has amused quite a few given the fact it considers the former as one of its important allies.
The US State Department is being unusually silent about the situation with no comments being made by the spokesperson till now, and no U. S. appeals for calm either.
Islamabad - Police on Wednesday began a crackdown on opposition parties and anti-government lawyers in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab to forestall this week's planned countrywide protest march.
More than 150 political activists, mostly from the party of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, were rounded up in several towns of the country's most populous province, according to media reports.
The arrests came after an overnight ban on public gatherings in Punjab and were followed by a similar ban in the southern Sindh province.
Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 11 : Calls for New Zealand sports people to continue touring countries at risk of terrorist attack have horrified former Hamilton and Black Cap cricketer Rob Hart.
In 2002, Hart was touring Pakistan with the Black Caps.
In an article for the Waikato Times, Hart said that he was seconds away from losing his life in 2002.
Islamabad, Mar. 11 (ANI): Pakistan’s Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jilani has admitted his Government failed the Sri Lankan cricket team last Tuesday by providing inadequate security, but promised it would not happen again as they seek to retain hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup.
Islamabad - Fears are growing that the Pakistani opposition's planned march on Islamabad this week might throw the nuclear-armed country into chaos and put the political future of pro-Western President Asif Ali Zardari at risk.
The political confrontation could also drive Pakistan away from its fight against extremism and efforts to overcome its economic crisis, two prime concerns Western governments want the Islamic country to focus upon.
Islamabad, Mar. 11 : Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar is doing everything to force his way back into the team, including showering praise on incumbent captain Younis Khan.
Washington, Mar. 11 : Amidst all the political blame-game in Pakistan, Washington's silence has amused quite a few given the fact it considers the former as one of its important allies.
Islamabad - Police on Wednesday began a crackdown on opposition parties and anti-government lawyers in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab to forestall this week's planned countrywide protest march.
Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 11 : Calls for New Zealand sports people to continue touring countries at risk of terrorist attack have horrified former Hamilton and Black Cap cricketer Rob Hart.
Islamabad, Mar. 11 (ANI): Pakistan’s Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jilani has admitted his Government failed the Sri Lankan cricket team last Tuesday by providing inadequate security, but promised it would not happen again as they seek to retain hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup.
Islamabad - Fears are growing that the Pakistani opposition's planned march on Islamabad this week might throw the nuclear-armed country into chaos and put the political future of pro-Western President Asif Ali Zardari at risk.
