Pakistan’s president is calling for foreign allies to provide more support _ not more troops _ to help win the battle against extremist militias along its volatile border with Afghanistan.
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LAHORE: Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar won back his central contract on Tuesday, returning to the international fold a year after a bitter row threatened to end his uneasy career. Akhtar, 33, who played just three Twenty20 internationals last year, was among 26 players awarded annual contracts and will receive 250,000 rupees (3,500 dollars) a month plus match fees. The move hands another chance to the controversial “Rawalpindi Express,” who was slapped with a five-year ban — later reduced and then suspended — after he lashed out at officials for failing to give him a contract last January. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief operating officer Salim Altaf said seniority was the main criterion in deciding the contracts. “The central contracts were devised by coach Intikhab Alam, manager Yawar Saeed and chief selector Abdul Qadir and the main criteria was seniority of the players,” Altaf told reporters. Akhtar was named in the top ”A” category with captain Shoaib Malik, vice-captain Misbahul Haq, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt and Danish Kaneria. He missed out on a central contract last year following Pakistan’’s Test and one-day series defeats in India in 2007, when he was often absent through illness and injury. Akhtar also showed interest in acting in Bollywood movies, irritating cricket authorities. Angered by his exclusion, Akhtar publicly criticised the PCB and was handed the ban before its reduction on appeal.
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LAHORE: IG Police Punjab Shaukat Javed on Tuesday directed all RPOs, CPOs, DPOs and SDPOs across the province to remain on duty during Muharram holida
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RawalpindiThe mourning processions in connection with 8th of Muharram passed through their traditional routes here Tuesday aimed strict securi
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LAHOREPolice killed three dacoits who strangled a retired major after taking his family hostage for more than 12 hours in EME Society on Tuesd
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IslamabadThe central Ashura procession would be taken out here on Wednesday with religious zeal and fervour from Markazi Imam Bargah in Sector
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LAHORESecurity personnel of EME Society, which is governed by Defence Housing Authority (DHA), situated on Raiwind Road, manhandled media men
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LAHORETHE Punjab government has recovered an amount of Rs17,88,177 from Government College University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Aftab as
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Afghanistan and Pakistan have a “new relationship” and determination to defeat terrorism and extremism, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday after talks with his counterpart Asif Ali Zardari.
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PESHAWAR: NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani here on Tuesday underscored the need for maintaining unity and harmony, saying the nation is facing serious
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