Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider received threats from match-fixers after he refused to abide by their instructions during a domestic game last year, according to a report in London.
If the International Cricket Council wants to eradicate corruption from the game, it should start tap the telephonic conversations of suspected players and monitor their movements, mysterious Pakistani wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider said.
The story of two Adils, one a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist and the other a pony 'wallah' who died protecting tourists, highlights the contrasting realities of life in Kashmir. While the terrorist, Aadil Thokar, is accused of the deadly attack on tourists in Baisaran, the heroic pony 'wallah', Syed Adil Hussain Shah, sacrificed his life to save them. Their stories, though separated by a tragic event, reveal the deep-rooted conflict and the enduring spirit of compassion in Kashmir.
'I am ashamed that you and I were born into the same faith -- because we are nothing alike. My religion is humanity. The Islam I know teaches me to protect the innocent. Yours celebrates slaughter, you #&$#@#. 'My Islam teaches me to serve my nation. Yours tells you to tear it apart,' writes Major Dr Mohommed Ali Shah (retd).
Pakistani police have busted a gang of bookmakers who were behind death threats to wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, they said on Wednesday.
'In a world which is full of categories, hatred and ideologies, there was this basic decency.'
Zulqarnain Haider overcame personal anguish over his ill father to produce the innings of his life on his Test debut to give Pakistan a fighting chance of an unlikely win over England on Sunday.
Runaway Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who created a flutter last year by abandoning his team midway through a series citing death threats by match-fixers, on Monday returned home from London amid tight security.
The committee appointed by the PCB to probe the sudden disappearance of Zulqarnain Haider from a Pakistan team hotel in Dubai early this month on Monday submitted its report even as the wicket-keeper's wife claimed that she got threats from unknown persons in the last few days.
Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider claimed on Tuesday he had been ordered to cooperate with match-fixers during the One-day series with South Africa that ended Monday in Dubai.
Shahid's heft is the only thing that keeps up the momentum in a mediocre rehash, dumbed down by flimsy motive and mindless bravado, sighs Sukanya Verma.
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'If Haider petitions the court and the government for legitimate rights it is called minority appeasement, but when Hardik orchestrates violence he is lionised, romanticised and given huge media space that ends up both legitimising and oxygenating his movement, no matter how contrary it is to the Rule of Law,' argues Shehzad Poonawalla.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case of wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who fled the team hotel in Dubai to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider is seeking asylum in Britain after fleeing from Dubai because he feared for his safety after being ordered to cooperate with match-fixers.
Dushan Hemantha's four-wicket haul and Ahan Wickramasinghe's sensational fifty sealed Sri Lanka A spot in the final and brought an end to defending champions Pakistan A campaign to its unforeseen conclusion in the first semi-final match of the ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024.
Runaway wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to clear his dues amounting to Rs 1.5 million.
'Deva gave me the chance to push myself as an actor after a long time.'
Haider is a remarkable achievement and one of the most powerful political films we've ever made, a bonafide masterpiece that throbs with intensity and purpose.
Haider has a lower risk in terms of break even because the cost of the film is almost one-fourth of Bang Bang.
Shahid, 34, however, lost the Best Actor trophy to Kannada actor Sanchari Vijay.
A young Indian man was arrested in Pakistan after illegally crossing the border to meet a Facebook friend he wanted to marry. However, the woman told police she was not interested in marrying him. The man, Badal Babu, was arrested in the Mandi Bahauddin district of Pakistan's Punjab province on December 28. He had crossed the border to meet his Facebook friend, Sana Rani. Rani, in her statement to police, said she had been friends with Babu for the past two-and-a-half years but was not interested in marrying him. Babu's family has appealed to the Indian government to intervene for his release.
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday it will assist the Pakistan Cricket Board in its probe into wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider's flight to Britain where he is seeking asylum.
Pakistan cricket team manager Intikhab Alam said wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider did not inform the management about the threats he claimed to have received from a person who wanted him to fix the fourth and fifth One-day Internationals against South Africa in Dubai.
The national team, captained for the bulk of those years by Misbah Ul Haq, hosted its 'home' games in the United Arab Emirates and remained relatively successful until fixtures trickled back onto Pakistani soil in 2018.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen started the season with a commanding Bahrain Grand Prix win from pole position.
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A division bench comprising Justices Ashutosh Kumar and Jitendra Kumar disposed of the death reference moved by the state government on the order of a special National Investigation Agency court, and ruled that the four convicts shall serve "30 years in prison".
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In his speech, General Munir highlighted the role of the army in defending the motherland with the support of the people of Pakistan and also touched upon various conflicts with India, including the Kargil War.
The couple stayed in a Hotel in the month of March this year and booked the room under fake names, the owner of the hotel confirmed.
The matters were listed before a division bench headed by Justice Prathiba M Singh after a change in the roster of judges dealing with such cases.
The Pakistan government made it clear that it will not assist troubled wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider in his bid to seek asylum in the United Kingdom after he fled to London midway through a series against South Africa in Dubai citing death threats from match-fixers.
Twenty-two police personnel and a government official were also injured in an attack by an irate mob which prompted the firing by the law enforcers.
In Nishikant Kamat's Drishyam remake, Tabu will be cast in a powerful female antagonist's role of a senior police office, who goes all out to save her son from the law.
The Pakistan hockey team has got the green signal to travel to India for the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy slated to be held in Chennai from August 3.
