The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is optimistic that it will be able to host Champions Trophy next year as a delegation of the International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to reach the country on Monday to inspect the ongoing preparations for the prestigious tournament.
It's time India re-visited its Western alliances for the attitude and approach that the West reserves for the nation when it comes to security cooperation of the kind that they might not have visualised outside of China, India's bug-bear, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Pakistan Cricket Board wants the BCCI to provide written proof of the Indian government's denial of permission in case the team refuses to come here for next year's ICC Champions Trophy.
New Zealand Cricket will send a security delegation to Pakistan ahead of their five-match T20I series in April this year.
Four persons were killed and several others injured when a powerful bomb went off near Shia prayer hall in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday night, hours after one person was killed and 15 injured by two blasts outside an Imambargah in Karachi.
Captain Sharan and Flight Engineer Anil Jaggia both confirm that the hijackers seemed to know a lot about flying an aircraft. Without help from the ISI or the Pakistan army, it was impossible, points out Utkarsh Mishra.
Was Lieutenant General Ayman Bilal Safdar removed because he criticised army chief, General Asim Munir, asks Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W.
Pakistan cricket authorities have suggested the International Cricket Council to schedule India's qualifying round matches only in one city during the Champions Trophy next year.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, played in Chennai, on Friday.
Dressed in military overalls, the general waved to the crowd from a glass-panelled enclosure when the 31st over was being bowled in the day-night clash.
Pakistan is allegedly working on an offensive chemical and biological warfare program with the help of its 'all-weather friend' China.
He was the chief of the hardline political party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami.
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.
Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who is still critical after being shot in the head by the Taliban, was on Thursday airlifted to Pakistan's top army hospital in Rawalpindi for better post-surgery care.
Mystery surrounded the two powerful 'explosions', which were heard on Monday in the Pakistani capital and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi, with reports suggesting that they were caused by aircraft breaking the sound barrier.The loud bangs, heard in the twin cities at about 11 am, rattled the windows of buildings and caused tension among the people. TV channels initially reported that explosions had occurred within the cantonment area of Rawalpindi.
Apart from partly meeting the resentment which may have built among 80th PMA officers, the appointments would seem to be based on sound professional considerations, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at R&AW, India's external intelligence agency.
He was in Jamnagar for Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's pre-wedding celebrations.
Babar capitalised on an early reprieve to score a career-best 143 not out when bad light forced early stumps with Pakistan 109 ahead with seven wickets remaining.
'The Galwan clash in 2020 resulted in a large number of troops being moved from J&K to Eastern Ladakh which caused a thinning of deployment in the Jammu area.'
At least 10 people, including some students of a Sunni seminary, were killed and over 80 others injured in sectarian violence that erupted in Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday after a clash during a Muharram procession, following which a curfew was imposed.
Tom Hartley ended the Test with 9/193, the best figures for an England spinner on Test debut since 1945.
PCB continued to insist that the tournament will stay in Pakistan despite speculation of a 'hybrid model' being under consideration to ensure India's participation.
Imad Wasim's omission has been questioned by former players after the all-rounder was left out of Pakistan team for the first T20I against New Zealand, having come out of retirement to play international cricket again.
At least six persons were killed and 12 others injured on Thursday when a motorcycle-borne suicide bomber struck a bus carrying government employees in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi.
A former official of Pakistan's foreign office with links to the Shia group Tehrik-e-Islami has been detained by security agencies for his alleged connections with militants who carried out a suicide attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi frequented by military personnel.
The blast caused considerable damage to the facade of the Shalimar Hotel on Mall Road, less than a kilometre from the Army's fortified General Headquarters that was besieged by a group of terrorists nearly a month ago. Several Army officers' messes, sensitive military installations and other hotels are located near the hotel.
Tehreek-e-Taliban has claimed responsibility for the brazen attack on the Pakistan Army's Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Saturday, which left four of its militants and eight soldiers dead.
At least eight people were feared killed and 10 others were injured in a blast near the Pakistan army's General Headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Monday. The explosion occurred at 7.15 am outside the gate of the army's National Logistics Cell in R A Bazar, a high security area. Security personnel, on their way to work, pass through the area where the Combined Military Hospital and other army installations are also located.
PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi says he is not even considering the possibility of next year's ICC Champions Trophy being moved out of Pakistan despite the speculation surrounding India's participation in the event.
'Five months after the elections in February 2024, the Pakistan army has not been able to break Imran Khan's resolve and break his political party.'
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq said the pace spearhead had failed to recover from a strain in his ankle
Shane Watson turned down after the Pakistan head coach job after details of the contract were leaked to the media.
Khan will remain in jail as he is convicted in many other cases.
Terrorists, who used ladders to clamber over the walls of the Jamia Masjid near Parade Lane, lobbed grenades and fired indiscriminately at worshippers, including serving and retired military personnel, who had gathered for Friday prayers at the shrine near army's heavily-guarded General Headquarters. The attackers also exchanged fire with the mosque's security guards. Two of the attackers then blew themselves up in the mosque, intelligence sources were quoted as saying.
England all-rounder Will Jacks has slammed hundreds in SA20, BPL and IPL within the first five months of 2024.
Citing details of the contract from the American Federal Procurement Data System, the BBC report claimed that Pakistan signed two contracts with American companies named "Global Military" and "Northrop Grumman" for the sale of 155mm shells.
This unknown lad from a nondescript Gujarat village Ikhar in Bharuch has been sending down 140-150 kmph zingers on a regular basis.
The Pakistan Army on Wednesday changed the commander of a Rawalpindi-based unit that has traditionally played a vital role in military coups as army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani gathered his key aides to assess an escalation in tensions with the civilian government.
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