Shaheen Afridi also missed the last two Tests against England in October.
The venue for the Filmfare Awards shifted to Ahmedabad last weekend, and stars dazzled on the red carpet and on stage.
Jamie Smith smashed a counter-attacking 89 before England's bowlers made early inroads into the Pakistan line-up to drag the touring side back into the deciding third and final Test.
Pakistan needed 178 runs to win the second Test and sweep the series
Spinners took 16 wickets on Sunday as Jomel Warrican's seven-wicket haul restricted Pakistan's second innings to 157, setting a target of 251 for West Indies, who failed to get a partnership going on the turn-heavy track.
Pakistan beat England by 152 runs in the second Test in Multan on Friday to level the three-match series at 1-1.
Sajid Khan became captain without any trouble and while most of the housemates were okay with him being in charge, Tina Datta wasn't happy.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to investigate a case involving a UK-based Pakistani agent, Mughiz Ahmad Shearachiikh, who has been suspended by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for breaching its anti-corruption code. Shearachiikh and his company, International Cricketers Association (ICA), had signed several centrally contracted Pakistani players last year.
Days after her mother Menka Irani passed away, Farah Khan took to Instagram to share her feelings in a poignant post.
Twelve persons, arrested in 2006 for their involvement in the July 11, 2006 serial train blasts case, were acquitted by the Bombay high court on Monday.
Over-the-top platforms make it difficult for movies to run for long periods on the silver screen, thus hurting the cinema industry.
Malaika and Amrita Arora's friends from the film industry came together to offer their condolences, as their father Anil Mehta was laid to rest at the Santa Cruz Hindu Crematorium centre in Mumbai on September 12.
A day after Malaika Arora's father, Anil Mehta allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of his building, Salman Khan visited the family to offer his condolences.
West Indies secured their first Test win in Pakistan since 1990 after beating the hosts by 120 runs in the second match.
Saiyaara has emerged as a blockbuster, and it's time to welcome the two newcomers, Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, to Bollywood.
The Bombay High Court acquitted all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, citing a failure by the prosecution to prove their guilt and raising serious concerns about the investigation and evidence presented.
Babar Azam was dropped on Sunday, while the pace duo Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah opted to withdraw from the remaining two Tests against England.
When Salman sang the evergreen song Lag Jaa Gale, did he have anyone in mind?
'The reason why Salmanbhai clicks so well with us is because we know the kind of songs he likes to project on screen... thodisi masti thodasa romance and zero vulgarity.'
Saud Shakeel's crafty 134 fetched Pakistan a handy first-innings lead before their spinners blew away England's top order to boost their hopes of a memorable series victory on day two of the deciding third Test in Rawalpindi on Friday.
A 19-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by 23 people over six days, with the accused drugging her and taking her to several hotels as they passed her on for abuse, police said in Varanasi on Monday.
Pakistan's Kamran Akmal identified technical problems that are affecting Babar Azam's recent slump in form
Rishabh Pant on Wednesday overtook his superstar India teammate Virat Kohli to reach the sixth spot in the ICC Test rankings for batters.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test played between Pakistan and England in Multan, on Thursday.
The starry ensemble of a whopping 18 cast members of Housefull 5 made for an epic frame as they gathered to launch the trailer of the upcoming goofy comedy.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday demoted premier pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi to Category B from Category A, and did not offer central contracts to senior players Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed and Osama Mir for the 2024-25 season.
Rashmika Mandanna gets us in the mood for Holi with her new song Bam Bam Bhole in Sikandar.
'The fight against terrorism will continue. We have set a new normal and the new normal is that we will follow an offensive strategy. Wherever terrorists are, we have to kill those terrorists and we have to destroy their infrastructure. So it is still not over but as we speak the ceasefire is still intact'
Salman Khan pulls up Shalin for acting all innocent and not realising that he is equally guilty in the situation and for not maintaining distance from Sumbul.
The news of this development came barely hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here in the morning to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for several projects in his parliamentary constituency.
Ramiz Raja backed Babar Azam to come good in red-ball cricket, saying that he needs to show the world through his temperament that he is like the West Indies batting legend Vivian Richards.
Saif Ali Khan, on how he had to move out of his comfort zone to work in Sajid Khan's upcoming multistarrer comedy Humshakals.
They are afraid of grass pitches: Basit Ali's surprising take on Pakistan batters ahead of England Test series
David Warner received a 'Guard of Honour' from Pakistan
Pakistan captain Shan Masood termed their series-levelling victory in the second Test against England "special" as the hosts snapped their nearly four-year winless run on home soil in this format.
The biggest releases of 2025 will actually start arriving in theatres from the Independence Day weekend.
The choreographer/director has moved in a three-storey apartment.
Huma is in the mood for music... Samantha shares a BTS pic... Shriya takes a flight...
Pakistan have dropped plans to conduct "major surgery" on the national team as it included senior players Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi in the Test squad for the two-match series against Bangladesh.
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