Karachi, Nov 28 : Pakistani cricketers Sohail Tanvir and Kamran Akmal were in dining Mumbai on Wednesday evening when terror struck several places in the financial capital, especially hotels Taj Palace and Oberoi, and Nariman House.

The duo was shaken by the terror strikes.

“It was unimaginable, the terror and the loss of life. It was really unfortunate and I’m hoping that things will get normal here in Mumbai,” The News quoted Tanvir as saying in an interview to a Pakistani TV.

The Pakistani pacer was named as the best bowler of the inaugural IPL season.

Karachi, Nov 28: PCB chairman Ijaz Butt and the Board’s Director-General Javed Miandad reportedly held high-level meetings with leading Pakistan government functionaries in Karachi in a bid to ensure that the first leg of the home series against India is held smoothly here in January.

The duo called on Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan and sought his support for the home series that will kick off with India’s arrival here on January 5.

Karachi is scheduled to host the opening match of the three-Test series from January 13. However, the series is in jeopardy because of security fears.

Islamabad  - Nine members of a family perished early Friday in a fire in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab, media reports said.

Lahore, Nov 27 : A senior US military commander has said that Pakistan had now bec

Islamabad, Nov. 27 : Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif''s hearing into a doping allegation was postponed Thursday after terror attacks in Mumbai killed more than
100 people.

Asif was due to appear before the Indian Premier League''s drug tribunal on Saturday.

“The hearing has been postponed after a very sad incident in Mumbai,'''' The News quoted lawyer Shahid Karim, as saying, and adding that the new date would be announced in due time.

New Delhi - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Thursday condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and offered to set up a hotline between the intelligence chiefs of the two countries to strengthen a joint anti-terrorism mechanism with India.

Qureshi, who is in India on a four-day visit, said he was "shocked and horrified" to hear about the attacks in Mumbai that claimed over 100 lives.

He mentioned he had spoken of the need for the two countries to step up their fight against terrorism in his talks with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday.