Karachi, Jan 21 : To avoid cancellation of tours that dogged Pakistani cricket in 2008, the PCB's Chief Operating Officer, Saleem Altaf, has said the Board is only considering neutral venues.
Altaf said Pakistan lost the opportunity to host the ICC Champions Trophy last September mainly because of a rigid stance adopted by the previous PCB top brass.
Karachi, Jan 21 : The Pakistan Cricket Board has assured suspended fast bowler Mohammad Asif of a fair trial over his Dubai misadventure, but he will be dealt with according to strict PCB anti-doping regulations.
"The Board made it clear that Asif will be dealt according to strict PCB anti-doping regulations which he said are now compliant with the guidelines given by the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA)," a senior official said.
Karachi, Jan 21: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has said that some of its flights to India have been rescheduled after a drop in the number of passengers.
Without revealing that its flights had been cut, PIA said in a handout issued here that passengers to and from Delhi and Mumbai had substantially decreased. "So some of the PIA flights for these sectors are being rescheduled as per the passenger load factor," it said.
Karachi, Jan. 20 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's niece Fatima Bhutto, has questioned the University of Texas's decision to name a chair of Pakistan Studies after Charlie Wilson, the man she says masterminded the creation of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
In article protesting the move, Fatima Bhutto describes Wilson as "the notorious U. S. congressman who helped destabilize that country?
Karachi, Jan 19 : Pakistan Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said the government will use all its powers to ensure that the girls' schools affected by the Taliban in Swat are reopened by March 1.
The militants' efforts to deter girls from attending school in Pakistan are darkly reminiscent of the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which banned education for girls and forced most working women to return to their homes, the Dawn reported.
Karachi, Jan. 18 : Once the sacked judiciary is restored in Pakistan then a legal proceeding will be initiated against the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani for failing to take action against those who had sacked the judges illegally, the ousted chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said.
Chaudhry said sacking of the judges was very unfortunate and was initiated in an illegal way.
Karachi, Jan 21 : To avoid cancellation of tours that dogged Pakistani cricket in 2008, the PCB's Chief Operating Officer, Saleem Altaf, has said the Board is only considering neutral venues.
Karachi, Jan 21 : The Pakistan Cricket Board has assured suspended fast bowler Mohammad Asif of a fair trial over his Dubai misadventure, but he will be dealt with according to strict PCB anti-doping regulations.
Karachi, Jan 21: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has said that some of its flights to India have been rescheduled after a drop in the number of passengers.
Karachi, Jan. 20 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's niece Fatima Bhutto, has questioned the University of Texas's decision to name a chair of Pakistan Studies after Charlie Wilson, the man she says masterminded the creation of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Karachi, Jan 19 : Pakistan Information Minister Sherry Rehman has said the government will use all its powers to ensure that the girls' schools affected by the Taliban in Swat are reopened by March 1.
Karachi, Jan. 18 : Once the sacked judiciary is restored in Pakistan then a legal proceeding will be initiated against the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani for failing to take action against those who had sacked the judges illegally, the ousted chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said.
