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Pak cricket is suffering due to country’s involvement in war on terror: Imran

Imran KhanKarachi, Feb 4 : Former cricketer and chief of Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, has said that the game of cricket in the country has been damaged by Pakistan's involvement in the US-led "war on terror".

Khan, who was responding to the International Cricket Council''s (ICC) decision on Sunday to relocate the elite eight-nation Trophy from Pakistan to an undecided venue, said association with conflict was hugely damaging.

Qazi asks Pakistan government to snap-off ties with US

Qazi asks Pakistan government to snap-off ties with USKarachi, Feb. 3 : Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has demanded the government to stop supporting the US in the war on terror and halt the drone attacks in Federal Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and other parts of the North Western Frontier Province (NWFP).

"Alliance with the US is harmful for Pakistan's security, stability and economic prosperity. The supplies to the NATO forces from Pakistan should be stopped as these items are being used against Pakistani people, " The Nation quoted Qazi as saying.

Sindh High Court clears Pak ICL players to play in domestic games

Indian Cricket League (ICL) LogoKarachi, Feb. 2 : International Pakistani cricket players who had sided with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), have been allowed to play in domestic matches, The News reports.

The Sindh High Court (SHC) while ruling in favor of the players banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), allowed the players to take part in national tournaments.

The Court also issued a notice to the PCB, asking them to reply on the issue latest by February 10.

3 Pak women accused of raping a man for 4 consecutive days

3 Pak women accused of raping a man for 4 consecutive daysKarachi, Feb 2: Karachi police have registered a case against three unidentified women who allegedly abducted a man and raped him over four consecutive days, and later throwing him near Qayyumabad River in an unconscious state.

The victim identified as Khalil (23) had recently arrived in Karachi from Rahimyar Khan, and works as a waiter at a restaurant in Neelum Colony, Clifton.

Khalil revealed that, on the night of January 27, an identified man ordered him to deliver food to the women sitting in a car parked outside the restaurant.

PCB’s abrupt u-turn on trial games ahead of Lanka tour

PCB’s abrupt u-turn on trial games ahead of Lanka tourKarachi, Jan. 31 : It seems that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is itself not sure as to what it wants to do when it comes to organizing practice matches for players who are under going fitness problems or are under pressure to perform inorder to secure their places in the national squad.

In an abrupt u-turn from its earlier decision of holding two practice matches ahead of the Test series against Sri Lanka, the PCB has now dropped the idea.

PCB to defend Pakistan’s stance over Oval Test result

PCB to defend Pakistan’s stance over Oval Test resultKarachi, Jan 30 : Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt will defend the team's case over the infamous Oval Test during the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Perth, with the support of legal experts opinion.

A top PCB official said on Thursday that Butt has gone to the Western Australian city with two written legal opinions in his briefcase that should help him shoot down the proposal of once again reversing The Oval Test result.

"Our stance on The Oval Test result is clear," said Saleem Altaf, PCB's Chief Operating Officer.

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