Bangladesh elect to bowl against Scotland
NELSON: Bangladesh won the toss and put Scotland into bat in their World Cup Pool A match at Saxton Oval in Nelson on Thursday. Bangladesh need to beat Scotland and either England or New Zealand to...
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In session: Temporary residents bill passed amidst walkout
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly on Wednesday passed the Information of Temporary Residents Bill with members of the opposition walking out to protest against the speaker for ignoring as many as eight proposed...
View ArticleSialkot lynching: LHC acquits nine policemen
LAHORE: A division bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday acquitted nine policemen from the Sialkot lynching case. The court dismissed the appeals of 13 other appellants. On August 15, 2010, a...
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PML-N gunning for all 11 Senate seats today
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has finalised preparations for the Senate elections in the Punjab on Thursday and has constituted panels to ensure that its provincial Assembly members vote...
View ArticleFickle friends: Remand extended in Abeera murder case
LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday extended the physical remand of three people suspected of killing Lahore-based model Abeera. Tooba, Farooqur Rehman and Zeeshan Naveed, the suspects, were...
View ArticleSecurity scene: Engineering varsity gets threatening letter
LAHORE: Security at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) was made more stringent on Wednesday after the administration received a threatening letter. UET Public Relations Officer Dr...
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Roundtable talk: ‘Establishment of military courts led to a soft coup’
LAHORE: “Military courts are merely a public relations stunt. Pakistan’s true problem remains a civil-military imbalance,” Waqqas Mir, former law professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences,...
View ArticleAshwin ready for West Indies’ big-hitters
PERTH: India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is all set for the challenge of facing some of the biggest hitters in the game when his side play the West Indies in a World Cup clash in Perth on Friday....
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Bangladesh inch towards Knockout stage
NELSON: Bangladesh kept their World Cup quarter-final hopes alive when they defeated Scotland by six wickets in Nelson on Thursday, achieving the second-highest successful run-chase in the...
View ArticlePakistan must surprise South Africa with a different game plan
Pakistan have brought themselves back into contention for a spot in the knockout stages after winning their last two matches but face an uphill task when they take on South Africa, who are more than...
View ArticleNumbers and form favour South Africa as Pakistan look to cause upset
KARACHI: History will be against Pakistan when they will take on in-form South Africa on Saturday in their World Cup Pool B match in Auckland, New Zealand. The Proteas have won all three times the...
View ArticleSouthee backs benched Kiwis to fire
NAPIER: New Zealand’s Tim Southee backed the team’s bench strength to deliver as the Black Caps ponder whether to play one or more of their four reserves in a World Cup game against Afghanistan in...
View ArticleHolder looks to wipe out WACA misery
PERTH: West Indies captain Jason Holder returns on Friday to Perth’s WACA ground, the place where he made his ODI debut in 2013 and the scene of one of his team’s greatest humiliations. The West Indies...
View ArticleNo hopes of progressing: We couldn’t find the full package against...
NELSON: Scotland captain Preston Mommsen was a frustrated man after his side suffered their fourth defeat in as many matches at this World Cup with a six-wicket loss to Bangladesh in Nelson on...
View ArticleEPL roundup: Usual suspects win with varying degrees of comfort
KARACHI: The midweek matches of the Premier League may not have caused much movement in the league standings but they did boast some rather exciting football even if most of the results went as...
View ArticleAbbottabad rape case: Court sends 3 rapists to jail for 14 years
ABBOTTABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Abbottabad on Thursday gave a 14-year sentence each to the three men accused of gang rape of a teenaged girl. According to prosecution Qari Naseer, the head...
View ArticleLa Liga: Tough trip to euphoric Athletic awaits Real
MADRID: Real Madrid’s search for a return to form will be severely tested when the La Liga leaders travel to face an Athletic Bilbao side still high from reaching the Copa del Rey final on Saturday....
View ArticleIndian wells: Exhausted Kvitova withdraws
INDIAN WELLS: Reigning Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova has pulled out of next week’s Indian Wells hardcourt tournament, saying she is fatigued and needs more time to rest. “Unfortunately I have been...
View ArticleDavis Cup campaign: Focus on doubles after 1-1 draw in singles
KARACHI: After a 1-1 draw in Friday’s singles, Pakistan have pinned their hopes on winning the doubles rubber on Saturday in their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group II first-round tie against Kuwait in...
View ArticleBusted: Two arrested with narcotics
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday arrested two suspected drug peddlers in Taxila and seized eight kilogrammes of hashish from their possession. The first suspect, identified as...
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