Inti expects team to shine in Lahore
KARACHI: Pakistan are confident of winning their first Test series in almost 28 months when they take on Sri Lanka in the second and last match in Lah
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McCullum steals last-ball thriller as NZ down India again
WELLINGTON: Brendon McCullum carried New Zealand to a five-wicket win over India with an unbeaten 69 in a gripping Twenty20 cricket international deci
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Deposed judge set to win LHCBA polls
LAHOREANNUAL elections of the Lahore High Court Bar Association is being held on Saturday (today) without traditional enthusiasm since there w
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Media to be hit first if democracy derailed: PFUJ
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) expressing concern over the political turmoil in the country, has said that the media will be hit first if the democracy gets derailed.PFUJ in its statement today expressed its disappointment on the decision of Sharif brothers disqualification and imposition of Governor rule in Punjab province.It said after very long time journalism saw the dawn of freedom and expressed fear that if the democracy was dismantled its very first victim will be the media.The nation cannot tolerate another attack on the freedom of press and if it happens PFUJ will come out hard against it, the statement further said.PFUJ has appealed to the democratic forces to have a deeper political vision in the current political crisis.
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Test cricket: Australia all out for 466 v South Africa 85-3
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa struggled to handle Australia’’s seam attack on a tricky Wanderers pitch, limping to 85 for three at the close of the second day of the first test on Friday.The visitors were bowled out for 466 and South Africa’’s reply got off to the worst possible start when captain Graeme Smith went for a duck in the first over, edging an away swinger from Mitchell Johnson to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.Fellow opener Neil McKenzie finished unbeaten on 35 after watching from the other end as Hashim Amla made one and Jacques Kallis 27. AB de Villiers was 13 not out.Ben Hilfenhaus claimed his first test wicket, in the second over of the innings, when Amla edged another away swinger into the hands of skipper Ricky Ponting at slip.Kallis became the eighth batsman to score 10,000 test runs, and the first South African, before going on to hit three successive boundaries off Peter Siddle.Siddle had the last laugh, though, as Mike Hussey caught the all-rounder in the gully. Left-arm paceman Johnson finished with an outstanding return of one for eight from nine overs.Earlier, a debut century by Marcus North and a ferocious onslaught from Johnson lifted Australia.
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Flintoff heads home to aid injury recovery
LONDON: England all rounder Andrew Flintoff will fly home from the tour of the West Indies due to a hip injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board co
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SA crumble as Aussies take control after North ton
JOHANNESBURG: Australia’’s bowlers picked up where their batsmen left off on Friday, ripping through South Africa’’s top order as the tourists remained
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Protest rallies despite roadblocks
LAHOREKEEPING in view the deteriorating law and order, heavy contingents of police in riot gear were deployed at all main roads and intersecti
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Pakistan opposition chief warns of dangerous chaos (AP via Yahoo! News)
With his supporters rioting for a third day, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif blamed Pakistan’s government Friday for the political turmoil set off by a court order barring him from elected office — unrest that he warned could be exploited by Islamic extremists.
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IOC may ban Pakistan from international events
ISLAMABAD: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may bar Pakistan from taking part in any international tournament if it is established that the c
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