Bari said he is delighted to see the ICC Champions Trophy being held in Pakistan now and multiple teams landing in the country.
Kagiso Rabada ripped through the West Indies line-up as South Africa clinched an 87-run win over West Indies in the first Test.
The incident took place at the shop-cum-residence of BJP leader Wasim Bari, earlier district president of the party, where some motorcycle-borne terrorists attacked the three from a close range with a silencer-fitted revolver, they said.
Sohail was replaced by former Test captain Wasim Bari as Pakistan's selection committee chairman.\n\n
Former Pakistan Test captain Wasim Bari has said that cricket should be played on the grounds and not in the courts.
There has been a lot of speculations about his future as India captain after 10 Test losses in recent times, but former Pakistan wicketkeeper Wasim Bari feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is still the best man to lead his country.
Former captains Younus Khan and Muhammad Yousuf would not be taken back into the national team until they apologise to the Pakistan Cricket Board for their "recent actions and statements", the PCB has told the country's Sports Minister.
Pakistan's interim selection committee on Wednesday snubbed controversial speedster Shoaib Akhtar and recalled disgraced pacer Mohammad Asif to the preliminary 30-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, in South Africa later this year.
Controversial Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will not be considered for the One-Day International series in Sri Lanka on fitness grounds, interim chief selector Wasim Bari said on Saturday. Bari, who left for Sri Lanka to consult with the team management over the composition of the ODI squad, told a television channel that Akhtar would not be considered for the five-match ODI series and a Twenty20 International.
Former captain and fast bowling great Wasim Akram has been included in an inquiry committee constituted by the Pakistan Cricket Board to probe the team's disastrous performance in Australia.
Suspecting his role in the recent leak of the probe committee's video recordings, PCB chairman Ejaz Butt has started sidelining chief operating officer Wasim Bari and has nominated Zakir Khan to attend ICC Chief Executive Committee meeting.
Pakistani leg spinner Danish Kaneria's Test future is in jeopardy after he was arrested and latter released on bail during a betting probe in England.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed hope that the drought of international tournaments for the national squad would soon be over with several foreign tours and multi nation events scheduled for the next few months.
After making him captain of their Twenty20 team, Pakistan Cricket Board may anoint Shahid Afridi as skipper of the Test team as well.
Pakistan Twenty20 skipper Shahid Afridi and former captain Younis Khan have appealed against the penalties imposed on them by the country's cricket board.
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif won't be able to participate in the Twenty20 series against England in Dubai, as the UAE has refused to revoke a travel ban on him.
Pakistan have called up uncapped left arm pacer Samiullah Niazi before the first Test against England due to a series of injury problems.
The Pakistan paceman is expected join the team in India for the last two ODIs.
"I don't think Waqar, Rashid or Saqlain (Mushtaq) should consider their international careers over," Pakistan's chief selector Wasim Bari said.
Chairman of selectors Wasim Bari said the green signal on Shoaib Akhtar will have to come from the PCB.
Pakistan's Younis Khan will miss the third ODI against West Indies due to the death of his elder brother.
The Pakistan Cricket Board will reprimand its chief selector for an outburst against English umpire David Shepherd.
"Whatever Bari has said are his personal views and don't reflect that of the board," PCB spokesman Abbas Zaidi said.
The Pakistan all-rounder has been declared fit for the five match one-day series against England.
The all rounder was recalled to the squad for the triangular series in the Netherlands and the ICC Champions Trophy.
The fast bowler's selection would be subject to his passing a fitness test.
Chief selector Wasim Bari suggested inviting the legendary Indian left-arm spinner for a special training camp for upcoming bowlers.
The chairman of selectors of the Pakistan Cricket Board expressed ignorance about media reports that his committee is being replaced.
The Pakistan fast bowler chances of joining the team on the Indian tour were smoked out after he missed a domestic match with illness.
Pakistan's selectors decided to leave out the ace paceman and Shabbir Ahmed because they are not fully fit.
The prolific batsman's immediate assignment is the home series against India, in March.\n\n\n\n
Pakistan have lost their opening batsman with typhoid for the first Test against India which starts on January 13.
Abdul Razzaq was recalled to the Pakistan squad for the first two ODIs against England
The PCB will rest the fast bowler to allow him to recover from his rib-cage stress fracture injury.
Rana-Naveed-ul Hasan was also left out as the selectors opted to go in for specialist bowlers in Kaneria and Umar Gul and middle-order batsmen Misbah-ul Haq and Asim Kamal.
Pakistan's fast bowling ace is looking to prove his fitness in the Twenty20 Cup tournament, beginning in Lahore on Monday.
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