PIA operating half-empty flights to India aftermath Mumbai attackKARACHI - With India tightening its visa norms specially for Pakistan citizens after the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has incurred heavy operational loss, as it is running half-empty flights to India. Younis asks his team to learn from Caribbean debacleKARACHI - Still haunted by the bitter memories of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, Pakistan captain Younis Khan has asked his team to take lessons from the debacle and give their best in next month’s World Twenty20 Championship in England. Ijaz Ahmed vows to clear his name of fraud chargesKARACHI - Former Pakistan batsman Ijaz Ahmed has vowed to clear his name of fraud charges — of allegedly giving a client bad cheques worth over ten million rupees. Indian visa facility in Karachi soonKARACHI - An Indian Visa Office might be opened in Karachi to prevent citizens from the hassle of going to Islamabad and bear heavy expenditures for getting Indian Visa. Pak-Iran gas agreement within weeks: Dr AsimKARACHI - Advisor to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain has said that Islamabad and Tehran will sign the agreement for the supply of gas under Iran Pakistan Gas Pipeline by the end of this month or next month. India urged to re-open consulate in KarachiKARACHI - India was Monday urged to re-open its consulate in this southern port city to ease the woes of visa seekers who now have to journey to Islamabad to obtain the document. Pakistan wrap up conditioning camp for Twenty20 World CupKARACHI - Pakistan Monday wrapped up its training in the hill resort of Bhurban, Punjab, with coach Intikhab Alam declaring that the players are in top gear ahead of next month’s World Twenty20 Championships in England. PCB chief did cast his vote in Dubai, claims PCBKARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Monday decided to hit back at a wave of stinging criticism on its handling of Pakistan’s status as 2011 World Cup hosts, saying it did its best to stop the International Cricket Council (ICC) from stripping the country from the list of co-hosts. Marriott blast suspect arrested in KarachiKARACHI - An Al Qaeda operative who is believed to have masterminded the deadly bombing of Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel last year was arrested here Sunday, a media report said. Harendra says he was provoked into Pakistan remarkNEW DELHI/KARACHI - India’s hockey coach Harendra Singh Friday clarified that his remark about India-Pakistan bilateral series were torn out of context by two Pakistani journalists who deliberately asked provocative questions. Pakistan has no security concern in Sri LankaKARACHI - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not review the security arrangements in Sri Lanka ahead of the summer series between the two countries. As Taliban’s influence grows in Pakistan, religious minorities say they are being attackedKARACHI, Pakistan — Fauzia Abrar had finally gotten her crying baby to sleep when screaming men pounded on the steel doors of her home in the mostly Christian slum in the port city of Karachi. Pakistan cricketers to train at high altitude for Twenty20 World CupKARACHI - Pakistan has devised a high-altitude training programme for its cricketers ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup to be played in England June 5-21. Shun politics of ethnicity, says Pakistani mediaKARACHI - The politics of ethnicity being played out in this Pakistani commercial capital ‘tends to be divisive and fragments society’, an editorial in a leading English daily warned Tuesday. Refugees flood Pakistani camps, creating new challenges amid fight with TalibanMARDAN, Pakistan — Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis have fled fighting between the army and Taliban militants in a northwestern valley, raising the risk that public support could turn against an offensive Washington sees as a must-win battle. Alam rubbishes media reports on Pakistan cricketersKARACHI - Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has slammed the media for reporting the presence of female visitors in the players’ hotel rooms in UAE, saying they were cricketers’ wives. Asif’s absence angers Pakistan cricket board’s probe committeeKARACHI - Dope-tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif may be trying to shed his bad boy image by interacting with the Pakistani community in England but a probe committee back home is fuming over the player’s absence from the investigation proceedings on his Dubai misadventure last summer. Imran says Pakistani Army operation in Tribal Areas not the right solutionKARACHI - Former cricketer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has dismissed the military operation in the tribal areas as not being the appropriate solution. PCB sends legal notice to ICCKARACHI - Pakistan Saturday threw a counter punch at the International Cricket Council (ICC) by serving it with a legal notice on its decision to move the 2011 World Cup matches from this country over security fears. Afridi may captain Pakistan for Twenty 20 World CupKARACHI - Disappointed over Pakistan’s one-day series loss to Australia, skipper Younis Khan is considering relinquishing captaincy for the next month’s World Twenty20 Championships in England. Pakistan team bitterly divided, claims reportKARACHI - The Pakistan cricket team after losing the one-day series to Australia has been hit by the reports of disunity in the side. Karachi, Taliban’s new conquest?KARACHI - With the military action against the Taliban getting intense in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), fears of the extremists shifting their base to the southern part of the country and taking Karachi under their grip have also gained momentum. Pakistan should play attacking hockey to win Asia CupKARACHI - Pakistan’s hockey experts believe that the team will have to revert to the old style of playing attacking hockey to win the Asia Cup title in Malaysia. Rajasthan Royal call Pakistani players to settle paymentsKARACHI - Defending champions of Indian Premier League (IPL) Rajasthan Royals have invited two of its players from Pakistan to South Africa for a meeting to settle a payment row. ‘Younis should be accountable for Pakistan’s T20 World Cup performance’KARACHI - Chief selector Abdul Qadir has told Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that skipper Younis Khan will be completely responsible for his team’s showing in next month’s World Twenty20 Championship in England. Asif vows to shed bad boy imageKARACHI - Pakistan’s dope-tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif is currently in England on a mission to shed his bad-boy image and pave the way for an international comeback with this year’s Champions Trophy. ‘Batsmen and not pitches responsible for Pakistan’s series defeat’KARACHI - The Pakistan team management has rejected claims that the national team lost its five-match one-day series against Australia in United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of poor pitches and has instead blamed lack of international cricket for the defeat. Pakistan fears Taliban surge could send 500,000 fleeing; militants claim truce ‘dead’MINGORA, Pakistan — Black-turbaned militants roamed city streets and seized buildings in a northwestern Pakistan valley Tuesday as thousands of people fled fighting between the Taliban and troops that the government said could lead to an exodus of half a million people. The Taliban declared the end of their peace deal with the government. Taliban take up positions in northwestern Pakistan town as peace deal unravelsISLAMABAD — Taliban militants patrolled the streets of a northwestern town Tuesday and residents were urged to flee as a peace deal widely criticized as a surrender to the extremists appeared on the verge of collapse, witnesses and officials said. UAE’s Pakistani community unhappy with cricketers’ wild waysKARACHI - The Pakistani community in United Arab Emirates (UAE) has protested against the ‘wild ways’ of some of the Pakistani cricketers during the recently-concluded one-day-series against Australia there, media reports said. |
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