The columnist said that Munir was reported as saying on stage at a Brussels gathering that: "God has made me protector of the country. I do not desire any position other than that."
Pakistan's foreign cricket coach, Dav Whatmore has been under a lot of stress and tension in the recent weeks and has been advised rest by a physician.
The Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has served legal notices on two Pakistani journalists for allegedly concocting a report about his secret meeting with United States Ambassador Cameron Munter, seeking Rs 10 crore as damages.
In the wake of the spot-fixing scandal involving three Pakistan cricketers, the government has decided to investigate the assets of current and former players who have represented the country over the last five years.
Bharatiya Janata Party President L K Advani has said that his remarks on Mohammad Ali Jinnah during his visit to Pakistan were in the "interest" of the people of the two countries.
The Pakistan all-rounder admitted that it was his mistake that resulted in his unpleasant verbal duel with Gautam Gambhir during the third ODI in Kanpur.
The Pakistan captain said he is happy that all his players had put the Oval fiasco behind them.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expected to give flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi a chance to officially announce his retirement from international cricket during the Twenty20 series against West Indies in the UAE later this month. According to a report in the 'Daily Jang', the PCB wants Afridi to retire on his own after being ignored for the lone T20 international against England and last week. The former Pakistan captain has insisted that he wants to continue playing cricket and is available for national selection.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife Navjot Kaur on Friday said her husband 'gifted' the chief minister's chair to Bhagwant Mann, claiming that Arvind Kejriwal once wanted the former cricketer to lead Punjab but he chose not to betray his party.
Pak seniors don't retire on time, compromise team's fitness and form, says Waqar.
After a gap of four years, Air Canada on Tuesday announced resumption of its services with the launch of a non-stop daily service between Delhi and Toronto from October 18.
The repeated loss and regain of body weight has been associated with a higher risk of death.
And while the mercury hits its lowest, South Korea's Jang Hye-Ji launched the Games on Thursday by sliding the first mixed doubles curling stone in Olympic history down the ice, before about 2,500 spectators at Gangneung Curling Centre, AFP reported.
Senior Pakistani TV journalist Hamid Mir, confined to a wheelchair after surviving an assassination attempt, on Friday recorded his statement before a judicial commission probing the attack on him.
Both Messrs Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri claim to march independently, but most of Pakistan believes they are marching to the Army's tune
'Manto is the only writer to grasp what the project of Pakistan would eventually mean,' says Aakar Patel, who has translated a collection of Saadat Hasan Manto's essays in a just-released book Why I Write.
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