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Pakistan's Shahid Afridi is seen as he reaches his fifty in his innings of 51 against South Africa during their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final cricket match at Trent Bridge cricket ground Nottingham, England, Thursday June 18, 2009.

The News International: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 By our correspondent KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja wants the country's cricket chiefs to stop looking beyond Shahid Afridi as their...

PCB recommends disciplinary action against Afridi

Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi, center, who played key role to win the Twenty20 World Cup tournament, surrounded by his fans on Friday, June 26, 2009

The Times of India: KARACHI: The PCB inquiry committee, probing into Pakistan's poor performance in Australia, has recommended disciplinary action against five players including former...

Women in the World Speakers

Queen Rania of Jordan speaks to reporters during a meeting of U.N. regional chiefs in Amman, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Queen Rania called for emergency financial aid to U.N. agencies assisting the 1.5 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza.

The Daily Beast: From Queen Rania to Hillary Clinton, Meryl Streep, and dozens of activists from around the world, see our complete list of summit speakers and perfomers. Bios written by...

Pakistan arrests American-born al-Qaida

A man identified as Adam Yehiye Gadahn, an American who the FBI believes attended al-Qaida training camps in Pakistan and served as an al-Qaida translator, speaks during part of a 41-minute video posted on an Islamic militant Web site Saturday, Sept. 2,

China Daily: KARACHI, Pakistan: The American-born spokesman for al-Qaida has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a...

Pakistan cricket hits new low: Yousuf, Younis banned for life!2010-03-10

Zeenews: Zeecric Bureau Karachi: In an unprecedented disciplinary action ever taken in sports against senior members of a national team, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday, banned for life, former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan. Meanwhile, yet another...

Foreign investors help Pakistan stocks gain2010-03-10

Gulf News: Karachi: Pakistani stocks ended up at a near two-week closing high on buying by foreign investors which boosted local investor...

Indian Mujahideen got new chief2010-03-10

The Siasat Daily: New Delhi, March 10: The Indian Mujahideen (IM), believed to have carried out most of the bomb blasts in the country in recent years, has a new leader based in Dubai. The rejuvenated group is also planning fidayeen, or suicide, attacks on high-value targets in...

Pakistan parliament to question hockey bosses, players2010-03-10

Zeenews: Karachi: The National Assembly (NA) Sports Standing Committee will grill Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) officials and national players following the team's disastrous showing in the Hockey World Cup in New Delhi. "We would summon the PHF officials and...

Pak sponsored 26/11 attack2010-03-10

The Siasat Daily: Islamabad, March 10: In a pointed indictment of Pakistan's military establishment in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, in his opening argument, on Tuesday termed the incident “a classic case of sponsored...

Could Taliban Arrests Hurt Pakistan?2010-03-10

The Siasat Daily: Islamabad, March 10: Many have hailed Pakistan’s recent arrests of top Taliban leaders as a sign of significant improvement in intelligence cooperation with the US, but some experts argue this could prove counterproductive by deepening the gap of trust with...

Mistaken identiy on Gadahn, Pakistan says2010-03-10

Newsvine: Pakistani authorities withdrew their claim that a suspected American citizen...

Malik seeks PSM corruption case report in eight days2010-03-10

The News International: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has directed the investigation team to complete its findings within eight days following the Supreme Court instructions into the corruption done in the Pakistan Steel Mills...

Biggies refuse to cough up Rs 7 billion2010-03-10

The News International: Business sectors term fine an act of harassment Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Rauf Klasra ISLAMABAD: The top guns of the PPP government have made a confession before the National Assembly Secretariat about their failure to recover a mind boggling Rs 7 billion...

PSO keen to increase revenues from LPG retail, lubricants2010-03-10

The News International: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Saad Hasan KARACHI: Caught in the vicious cycle of intra-corporate circular debt, Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has been planning to scale up revenues from high margin of lubricants and LPG retail businesses, PSO Managing Director Irfan...