Islamabad, Feb. 13: Sacked Director General of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Javed Miandad has refuted reports of him having differences with Board Chairman Ijaz Butt, saying he wanted to serve Pakistan cricket and help regain its lost glory.
Miandad also denied that there was a financial issue behind his removal from the post, saying he is ready to serve to uplift the standard of the game in the country, free of cost.
Washington, Feb. 13 : The new director of national intelligence in the United States, Dennis C. Blair has reiterated that no significant improvement in Afghanistan is possible unless Pakistan regains control of its own border areas.
According to the New York Times, Blair told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Islamabad was losing authority over that territory and that even more developed parts of Pakistan were coming under the sway of Islamic radicalism.
He also warned that the global economic turmoil and the instability it could ignite had outpaced terrorism as the most urgent threat facing the United States.
London, Feb. 12 : Fatima Bhutto, the niece of the former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, fears that her journalistic work could make her liable for prosecution under the recently presented `Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance' Bill.
In an article published in The Guardian, Fatima Bhutto criticized the Pakistan Government for introducing a bill that will `censor Pakistan's already frightened media and censured citizenry.'
Islamabad, Feb. 13 : Pakistan has reiterated that disgraced nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan does not pose any threat, and termed his case a `closed chapter'.
Addressing a weekly press conference here, which largely centered on US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke's visit, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Khan has no access to any important facility of the country.
"We told US Special Representative Richard Holbrooke that it was a closed chapter and he (Dr Khan) has no access to any strategic facility," The Daily Times quoted Basit, as saying.
Islamabad, Feb 13 : Pakistani actress Meera injured herself during the shooting of a film at Bari St
Islamabad, Feb. 13: Sacked Director General of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Javed Miandad has refuted reports of him having differences with Board Chairman Ijaz Butt, saying he wanted to serve Pakistan cricket and help regain its lost glory.
Washington, Feb. 13 : The new director of national intelligence in the United States, Dennis C. Blair has reiterated that no significant improvement in Afghanistan is possible unless Pakistan regains control of its own border areas.
London, Feb. 12 : Fatima Bhutto, the niece of the former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, fears that her journalistic work could make her liable for prosecution under the recently presented `Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance' Bill.
Islamabad, Feb. 13 : Pakistan has reiterated that disgraced nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan does not pose any threat, and termed his case a `closed chapter'.
Karachi, Feb. 13 : Legendry ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan has been hospitalized after he reported uneasiness and difficulty in breathing.
