PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Shazia Orangzaib has accused Awami National Party (ANP) of doing the worst horse-trading in NWFP in Senate elections.Speaking to mediamen here on Wednesday, she said that members of NWFP Assembly showed their votes to each other before casting. They made some signs also, she said, adding that like presidential elections, the process of showing vote before casting was repeated again, she added.The media, she said, was not allowed to cover the voting due to the horse-trading.
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It will be years before international cricket can be played again in Pakistan following the brazen attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, the former chief of cricket’s world governing body said Wednesday.
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Police detained several suspects in the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in Pakistan, but said Wednesday they had made no progress in tracking the group of gunmen that wounded seven players and killed six police guarding them.
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LAHORE: The Benazir Bhutto Shaheed International Kabaddi Tournament will be held from March 7 as scheduled earlier.Secretary Pakistan Kabaddi Federation Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar told Geo News that the teams from Germany, Italy and England have reached Pakistan for participating in the event. Iran team also confirmed its visit to Pakistan while France and the United Arab Emirates are due to confirm their tours.He said that all arrangements for the tournament have been completed.
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NAROWAL: Four persons, including three children, were killed when unknown gunmen ambushed a vehicle in Narowal on Wednesday. It was learnt that attacked vehicle was owned by a Nazim in which four people, including three children, were killed.
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New Zealand indicated on Wednesday they would call off their tour of Pakistan after the deadly attack against the Sri Lankan team, fuelling doubts over the future of international cricket there.
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LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a 16-member team for the tour of Bangladesh here on Wednesday but Shoaib Akhtar is not included in the team.Chief selector Abdul Qadir announced the Pakistan squad for playing a series of five One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals in Bangladesh. The team is as follows:Squad: Younus Khan (capt), Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanveer, Mohammad Aamir, Yasir Arafat, Yasir Shah, Rao Iftikhar, Sarfraz Ahmed.
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LAHORE: Pakistan Wednesday omitted yet-to-be fully fit Shoaib Akhtar from a 16-man squad for this month’’s tour of Bangladesh where they play two Twenty20 and five one-day internationals.The team departs on March 7 and play the first of two Twenty20 matches on March 10. The other Twenty20 and the first three one-day matches are scheduled for Dhaka. The last two one-day matches will be played in Chittagong.Squad: Younus Khan (capt), Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanver, Mohammad Aamir, Yasir Arafat, Yasir Shah, Rao Iftikhar, Sarfraz Ahmed. Fixtures: March 7 - Departure from Karachi, March 10 - Ist Twenty20 in Dhaka, March 12 - Second Twenty20 in Dhaka, March 13 - Ist one-day international in Dhaka, March 15 - Second one-day international in Dhaka, March 17 - Third one-day international in Dhaka , March 20 - Fourth one-day international in Chittagong and March 22 - Fifth one-day international in Chittagong.
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan published photos of two of the militants who ambushed Sri Lanka’s cricket team and offered a reward Wednesday for help tracking the men who killed six police, wounded seven players and exposed the country’s inability to prevent terrorism.
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SHAIKHUPURA: Two policemen killed during ambush on Sri Lankan cricket team on Tuesday have been laid to rest in their ancestral village.Constable Muddasir Kamboh was the resident of Shaikhupura whereas another constable Muhammad Sultan was belonged to Pak Pattan.
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