Pakistan

PCB undecided on Yousuf’s selection in national squad

PCB undecided on Yousuf’s selection in national squadKarachi, Mar. 28: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it is still undecided on whether to recall Mohammad Yousuf in the national team or not.

Yousuf, who has been barred by the board from playing international cricket after he joined the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), had expressed his desire to play for Pakistan.

The PCB is seeking views of legal experts over the issue, but has also made it clear that Yousuf would only be considered for the selection after he terminated his contract with the ICL.

US accepted Pak view in new Afghan strategy: Gilani

US accepted Pak view in new Afghan strategy: GilaniKarachi, Mar. 28: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, while welcoming the US’ revamped Afghan strategy has said that the Obama Administration had accepted its stand.

Talking to media persons on the sidelines of an award function here, Gilani said the new strategy confirms that the United States has accepted its stance that only a hand full of people are involved in terror activities, and that the whole country was not under the influence of such insurgents.

Taliban attack NATO supply terminal in Pakistan

Taliban attack NATO supply terminal in Pakistan Islamabad  - Dozens of Taliban militants attacked a NATO transit terminal in north-western Pakistan Saturday with rockets, damaging shipping containers carrying supplies for Western troops in Afghanistan, a police official said.

The attack took place at the Farhad terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province.

"The containers caught fire after the attackers fired several rocket-propelled grenades at the terminal," said local police official Fazal Mohammad Khan.

Akhtar, Gul to face extensive tests to prove match-fitness prior to selection

Akhtar, Gul to face extensive tests to prove match-fitness prior to selectionKarachi, Mar. 28: Pakistan pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul, who are expecting a call for national duty ahead of the one-day series against Australia, will have to go through an extensive fitness test to prove their match-fitness.

According to sources, the Pakistan team management is planning to organize a fitness test before the squad for the UAE series is announced.

The selectors and the team management have decided to include only those players in the team who prove their

Pakistani president welcomes Obama's plan

Pakistani president welcomes Obama's planIslamabad - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday welcomed the initiatives announced by his US counterpart Barack Obama to strengthen democracy and "pass a bill for 1.5 billion dollars aid to Pakistan every year."

"Pakistan has always held the Pak-US relations in high esteem and his announcements during the speech on a new strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan will further cement these ties," Zardari said in a statement, according to the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan.

Pak-Afghan Taliban join hands to counter US’s Afghan surge

 Pak-Afghan Taliban join hands to counter US’s Afghan surgeIslamabad, Mar. 27 (ANI): Pakistan based Talibani leaders have decided to join hands with their Afghan counterparts and jointly retaliate against the US led allied forces in the region, following the Obama Administration's decision to send in 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan to facilitate the `war on terror'.

Both factions of the insurgent group came together following an appeal by the Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Muhammad Omar.

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