
Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India with his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has been a success. ...

09:22 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Islamabad: The sudden visit of President Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal to India has invited ire from their political opponents in Pakistan with cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan questioning the timing of the tour, when the country was faced with a tragedy of the 135 soldiers missing in avalanche in Siachen glacier. Hoping to ride to political power in Pakistan on the gathering anti-establishment fervour, Imran Khan trained his guns...

03:03 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the only son of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and former Prime Minister, the late Benazir Bhutto. He has two other siblings " Bakhtawar and Asifa, both younger sisters. At just 23 years of age, Bilawal is the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, the political entity founded by his maternal grandfather Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1967, and has been announced as the next Tumandar (chief)...

02:17 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Islamabad: India's ruling Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi was invited to visit Pakistan by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of President Asif Ali Zardari, and has accepted the invite, it was reported on Sunday. Bilawal, 24, the Pakistan Peoples Party chairman, has accompanied his father on his day-long trip to India where they were invited for lunch at Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence in New Delhi. The News...

05:32 PM, Apr 08, 2012

New Delhi: Bilawal Bhutto, the 24-year-old son of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari who arrived in India on Sunday on his maiden visit, is an avid tweeter like most young people. As soon as he landed in New Delhi, he tweeted peace greetings for India. Bilawal accompanied Zardari on a day-long visit to India. "India Peace be with you. I have just landed in Delhi. 1st ever visit," Bilawal said...

03:32 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Islamabad: Bilawal Bhutto, the 24-year-old son of President Asif Ali Zardari and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has a fan following on Facebook, with some wishing him a good visit and welcoming him to India. Nazia Rehman, a user, wrote on a Facebook page: "welcome to india.. khush amadeed". Bilawal Bhutto is accompanying his father who is on a day-long trip to India on Sunday. Zardari will meet Indian...

01:24 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari will invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan by the end of this year during his meeting in New Delhi on Sunday. This was stated by Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit on the eve of Zardari's day-long visit to India during which he will hold talks with Singh at the PM's Race Course Road residence which will be followed by lunch. "President Zardari...

05:45 PM, Apr 07, 2012

Kingston: Senior West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has alleged that the national selectors had asked him to retire after the World Cup and was dropped from the squad for the ongoing home series against Pakistan when he refused to comply with it. Chanderpaul made the allegations in a letter to WICB chief Ernest Hilaire - the second such communication over the past few days - in which he has also...

05:21 PM, Jan 21, 2008

New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli termed the Feroze Shah Kotla wicket, which hosted their Indian Premier League match against Delhi Daredevils here on Tuesday night, as the best he has ever played on. "It's a good wicket. I haven't played on a better wicket here than this. Not just the batsman, it had something for the bowlers too," Kohli said after leading his team to a three-wicket win....

10:51 AM, Jan 19, 2008

Wellington: Former Australia coach John Buchanan is set to become the first director of cricket of New Zealand, according to a report. The job was created to oversee New Zealand Cricket's entire high-performance programme, which includes the Black Caps. Buchanan is the clear frontrunner for the position and NZC will meet on Friday to rubber-stamp the former Australian coach's appointment as the organization's first director of cricket, a report in...

07:17 PM, Jan 14, 2008

Kochi: Temperamental pacer S Sreesanth, who gave away 52 runs in 8 overs in the final of the ICC World Cup against Sri Lanka, on Monday said he was not satisfied with his performance. Talking to reporters at the airport after arriving from Mumbai, Sreesanth said, however, he was extremely happy to have been a member of the title-winning squad and also pleased to have played in the final. Sreesanth...

08:00 PM, Jan 11, 2008

Chittagong: England spinner Graeme Swann has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee for using "obscene and offensive language" during his team's two-wicket loss to Bangladesh in a World Cup group match here. "England's Graeme Swann has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC's Code of Conduct during the ICC Cricket World Cup match against Bangladesh in Chittagong...

08:28 AM, Dec 31, 2007

Mohali: Ireland skipper William Porterfield on Friday blasted the UDRS which ruled well-set batsman Gary Wilson out at a crucial stage and said the controversial decision had cost them the game. Wilson's controversial lbw decision, which was upheld by UDRS, derailed Ireland's run-chase as they lost to West Indies by 44 runs after going strongly at one stage and Porterfield said the technology was meant to eradicate bad decisions and...

08:37 PM, Dec 30, 2007