Official documents relating to the dispute between the Pakistan Cricket Board and the ICC over the shifting of 2011 World Cup from the country have revealed the background drama that took place during which PCB lost the support of co-hosts of the quadrennial event. According to excerpts of official correspondence between the PCB and ICC, at one point of time PCB chairman Ijaz Butt had even directly accused India of influencing Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to not support Pakistan.
The Pakistani government has informed the Lahore high court here that it wants to restrict the movements of disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan as he is facing "threats to his life".
A Pakistani court on Friday suspended the "security protocol" accorded by the government to nuclear scientist A Q Khan, accused of running a clandestine proliferation network, and directed authorities not to restrict his movements. Acting on a petition filed by Khan, the Lahore High Court said the scientist is a free man and can go wherever he wants.
The PCB will retain its host fees and also receive an additional payment as compensation following the shifting of 14 World Cup games it had been allocated to co-hosts India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, because of security concerns.
PCB chairman Ijaz Butt confirmed on Tuesday that it would adjourn its legal proceedings to allow further discussions about the 2011 tournament which had originally included 14 matches to be staged in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday ruled out Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium as one of the venues during India's tour of Pakistan early next year because of the renovation work the stadium is undergoing currently. 'We will not be able to finish the renovation work that includes the relaying of the outfield,' Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt said.
After their disastrous show in Australia, Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt were not included in a new-look team for two Twenty20 internationals against England later this month in Dubai.
The ICC Twenty20 World Championship may be six months away, but Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi has already prepared a blueprint to help the team retain the coveted title.
Ninety-seven people, including nine children, were killed and two passengers miraculously survived the fiery crash when the PIA flight PK-8303 with 99 travellers on board plunged into a densely populated residential area near the airport here.
Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt warned that teams like England and Australia would end up splitting the world of cricket if they shun the sub-continent because of the security situation there. England left their tour of India abandoning the last two one-dayers and Butt, whose country has suffered from teams refusing to tour, said staying away from the sub-continent is not the answer.
Putting to rest all the speculations, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday said that the BCCI has assured them that India will go ahead with its tour of Pakistan in January next year. According to PCB, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar has informed its neighbouring board chief Ijaz Butt that he had written to the Indian government for security clearance and a reply is expected in 10 to 12 days.
Sports minister M S Gill on Wednesday declined to comment on Sachin Tendulkar's pullout from the Olympic Torch Relay in New Delhi on Thursday, saying the withdrawal was his own decision. "It's Sachin's choice," Gill said when asked to react on the cricketer's pullout. Tendulkar pulled out of the relay after his Indian Premier League (IPL) team, Mumbai Indians, physio A Ijaz advised him to skip the event to avoid aggravating a groin injury.
Following the attack on the Pakistan cricket team in Karachi, Pakistan's chances of co-hosting the next World Cup are effectively dead in the water. And, says Prem Panicker, it is a safe bet that this will spell the end of the cash-strapped Pakistan Cricket Board.
The request has come through a statement by a senior Pakistani government minister saying if Australia is considering selling uranium to India, then Pakistan should also get to buy the crucial nuclear fuel from the South Pacific nation.
On March 12, TADA court judge P D Kode will hear an intervening application opposing Dutt's plea under Probation of Offenders Act.
A 40-year-old man has been charged with stabbing to death Indian-origin special constable Nisha Patel-Nisri outside her home seven months ago.
The former Pakistan captain said he is aware that expectations would be high but he is confident he can work well with some of the most talented and exciting cricketers in the country.
Only one soldier has "minor injuries" from stepping on a mine once he was back on the Indian side of the Line of Control, said army sources.
The attack came close on the heels of an ongoing anti-militant operation in the nearby forests of Manigah in the same district.
The designation seek to deny Dakhil the resources to plan and carry out terrorist attacks.
With the maulana fully committed and PML (N) cadres prepared to court arrest, this would be the first time where both Punjabis and Pakhtuns would be standing up against the Pakistan army, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
After Abdul Qadir and Zaheer Abbas, another former great Javed Miandad also announced his intention to contest for the post of chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board in the forthcoming elections.
If the FATF lets Pakistan off the hook, which is to be expected, it would signify a big boost to Pakistan's standing in the fight against terrorism. Delhi, on the other hand, loses the propaganda advantage, states Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
India lost the opening One-Day International against South Africa by 5 runs on Sunday. Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from the match played in Kanpur ...
Rajneesh Gupta picks instances of sledging which backfired spectacularly and the players had to pay dearly for their misadventures.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt has set off another controversy by claiming that the national team's head coach Waqar Younis had resigned before the 2015 World Cup after being insulted by Ahmed Shehzad.
LeT commander Abdul Rehman al-Dakhil was named as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) by the Department of State.
At least five people, including a child, were killed and 29 others injured on Tuesday in a powerful car bomb suicide attack by the Taliban targeting a senior military officer in this restive northwestern Pakistani city.
Pakistan on Monday executed former police commando Mumtaz Qadri, who brutally assassinated former liberal Punjab governor Salman Taseer for seeking reforms in the country's controversial blasphemy laws, triggering nation-wide protests by Islamists who called it a "black day".
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has again raised hopes of an Indo-Pak bilateral series saying in the aftermath of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit there could be 'good news soon', evoking sharp criticism in Karachi for continuing to pursue the issue.
In a setback to embattled former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf, a special court in Islamabad on Friday dismissed his petition seeking treason trial under the Army Act and summoned him to appear before it on March 11.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the dazzling numbers.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that the present PCB set-up should stop wasting its time trying to organise a series against India as "it would never happen".
Former India seamer and bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad says the struggling pace trio of Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami must not try anything extraordinary in upcoming Cricket World Cup, starting February 14.
