Debutants Afghanistan were bowled out twice in a day to lose the one-off Test match against India by an innings and 262 runs, in Bengaluru, on Friday.
Rajneesh Gupta picks the overseas stars at Monday's IPL Players auction.
Hours after an anti-terrorism court remanded Pervez Musharraf to judicial custody, authorities on Saturday declared his sprawling farmhouse a "sub-jail" so that the former military ruler could be detained there.
Authorities have put in place special security arrangements in the federal capital for former President Pervez Musharraf, who received a death threat from the Taliban days before he returned to Pakistan from self-exile.
A Pakistani court on Thursday allowed the trial of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for sacking and detaining dozens of judges in 2007 to be conducted at his farmhouse that has been declared a "sib-jail".
Pakistan have made a number of changes in their ODI squad for the short home series against Zimbabwe, recalling seniors such as Shoaib Malik and Muhammad Sami in the 16-member side.
Pakistan have recalled former captain Shahid Afridi for a one-day series in West Indies but senior players Imran Farhat, Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal have been dropped for poor displays in last month's Champions Trophy.
The families of victims of US drone strikes have asked Pakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to stop the campaign by shooting down the CIA-operated spy planes if necessary, their lawyer said.
The Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union will confer its honourary life membership on Congress president Sonia Gandhi.Making the announcement on Wednesday, president of the AMUSU Shahzad Alam said they would extend a ceremonial welcome to the Congress president during her visit to the university on February 16 to deliver the convocation address at the 60th Annual Convocation of the institution.
Pakistani police on Tuesday said they had defused a car bomb near ex-President Pervez Musharraf's sprawling farmhouse in Islamabad, prompting authorities to beef up security for the former military ruler.
Inspector Sharma of the Special Cell of Delhi was killed during the 2008 Batla House encounter in Jamia Nagar in south Delhi.
Their campaign back on track after a stunning victory over South Africa, a resurgent England will be looking to plug their bowling loopholes when they take on an ever-improving Afghanistan in a Super 10 Group 1 match of the ICC World Twenty20, in New Delhi, on Wednesday.
Pakistan retained under-fire skipper Misbah-ul Haq and out-of-form Muhammad Hafeez, but dropped tall left-arm pacer Muhammad Irfan from the 28-man probables' list for the two-Test series against South Africa.
Four men accused of involvement in the botched Times Square bombing carried out by Pakistani- American terrorist Faisal Shahzad in 2010 have been acquitted by a Rawalpindi court as the prosecution failed to prove its case against them. The anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani garrison city on Saturday acquitted Muhammad Shoaib Mughal, Muhammad Shahid Hussain, Humbal Akhtar and Faisal Abbasi.
Pakistan's premier intelligence agency -- Inter Services Intelligence -- continues to face the ire of national and international human rights and media rights groups as the Judicial Commission investigating the May 2011 assassination of a senior Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has recommend that the ISI must deflate its larger-than-life image, focus on its mandated job and evolve a transparent policy in its relationship with the media. Amir Mir reports.
This was Sri Lanka's second loss in as many matches, and, as a consequence, they have been knocked out of the tournament.
With hardly any international flavour in their ranks, their hopes rest on ace spinner Saeed Ajmal, the top-rated spinner in world cricket, and the experienced Misbah, who will look to shoulder the responsibility of amassing the runs.
Exclusive documents obtained by the Pakistan daily The News and from law enforcement officials tasked with the responsibility of eradicating the 'Daesh' in Balochistan and Sindh revealed that the terror group has also spread its tentacles into tribal dominant Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province as they have been recruiting young Afghans living in refugee camps.
Six persons, most of whom have criminal past, have been arrested for allegedly robbing and killing a freelance television journalist from Uttar Pradesh in broad daylight here last week, police said on Wednesday.
India maintained their all-win record by producing yet another resounding performance to thrash minnows United Arab Emirates by nine wickets in a lop-sided inconsequential round robin league match of the Asia Cup T20 tournament in Mirpur on Thursday.
A Pakistani police team investigating the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has detained a man whose mobile SIM card was allegedly used for communicating with the slain reporter.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that the Punjabi Taliban are preparing for a massive terror attack in the country.
Down and out, the two bottom-placed teams know that this will be their best chance to post their first win in the ongoing 50-over showpiece.
The abduction and the subsequent murder of noted Pakistani journalist, Syed Saleem Shahzad might have been approved by the Pakistan government, a top United States military leader said on Friday.
Rohit Sharma-led India's main aim would be to settle their middle-order combination and also find a perfect batting position for Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Afghanistan scripted a new story in annuls of cricketing history after qualifying for the World T20 tournament proper on Saturday.
The Inter-Services Intelligence should probe allegations of its involvement in the abduction and killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad and stop interfering in affairs of the civilian administration, a noted columnist said on Wednesday in an open letter to the chief of the Pakistani spy agency.
Ilyas Kashmiri's death comes as a relief to security agencies across the world, especially India since he was obsessed with undertaking attacks on the Indian soil. His latest operation -- Ghazb-e-Hind aimed at unleashing a wave of destruction in India.
Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has been reported missing from Islamabad days after authoring an article in which he contended that Al Qaeda attacked the naval airbase in Karachi on May 22 after failed talks with the navy to release personnel detained on suspicion of having link to the terror outfit failed.
A New York man has pleaded guilty for operating a 'hawala' racket between United States and Pakistan, transferring funds to fellow Pakistani Faisal Shahzad, who used it for his botched car bombing plot at Times Square last year.
Three British Asians, who were on the streets of Birmingham to protect their community from rioting groups, were killed when a speeding car mowed them down on Tuesday night, making them the latest victims of the ongoing unrest in Britain. The police are treating the deaths as murder.
Two top Pakistani police officials were on Wednesday arrested in a courtroom on the orders of an anti-terrorism judge who is conducting the trial of suspects accused of involvement in the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed, who is conducting the trial within the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for security reasons, rejected the bail applications of former city police chief Saud Aziz and former SP Khurram Shahzad.
Former captain Wasim Akram has called on Pakistani openers to seek inspiration and learn from the exploits of Indian senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
The Pentagon leadership has strongly denied reports that it has pressurised Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Kayani to extend the military's anti-Taliban operations into North Waziristan, in the wake of the botched Times Square bombing attempt by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, who received terror training in that region.
Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar charged Ahmed, alias Pappu, for the offences of murder (Section 302) and attempt to murder (Section 307) of the Indian Penal Code, besides other penal offences for his role in the encounter.
US military is looking at options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan if a successful terrorist strike on US soil is traced back to the country, senior Pentagon officials were quoted as saying on Saturday.
Pakistani authorities have taken into custody another six persons on suspicion of having links to Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad, arrested in the US for the botched Times Square car bombing.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation team, which had arrived in Pakistan earlier this week to probe the bungled Times Square bombing plot, visited several areas like Pabbi, Nowshera and Hassanabdal seeking access to Faisal Shahzad's father, former Pakistan Air Force Air Vice Marshal Baharul Haq.
US officials are unsure if Pakistan will take any action against these India-centric terror groups based in Pakistan's Punjab province.
