Davos: Pakistani cricket legend and opposition politician Imran Khan has predicted that his party will sweep the next national elections and he will become the country's next prime minister. The 59-year-old Khan entered politics 15 years ago when he founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or the Movement for Justice Party and struggled to translate his sporting fame into votes. But his political fortunes changed in October. He said he was shocked that...
04:55 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Islamabad: The political scene in Pakistan appears to be hotting up, with the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehrik-e-Insaf party indicating that it is open to an alliance with former military ruler Pervez Musharraf. The party's new vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi said a decision on forming an alliance with Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League will be taken in due course of time after considering circumstances. His comments come in the wake of...
02:31 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Lahore: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said "a good number of ex-servicemen" are ready to join his party on his planned homecoming next month from self-exile abroad, amid reports that some 100 retired senior Army officers have shown willingness to do so. Musharraf, who has been living in self-exile since early 2009, said he will announce a date for his return when he addresses a public meeting in Karachi...
01:16 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Pakistan called a crucial high-level defense committee meeting. ...
03:25 AM, Dec 09, 2008
How often is a cricket team described as the sum of its parts? The power of the collective over-rides that of the individual. It is an enduring cliche that Aakash Chopra bravely turns on its head in his second book Out of the Blue. While writing about Rajasthan's incredible run to their first ever Ranji Trophy title in the season of 2010-11, Aakash paints a vivid picture of the many...
05:24 PM, Mar 19, 2008
Kolkata: West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards on Saturday said veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid is the most difficult batsman to bowl to in international cricket. Dravid is probably the most difficult batsman (to bowl to). He's known all over the world as the 'Wall'. Back home, I've bowled against him and he's been very good up front. It's very hard to get him out, Edwards said. The West Indies...
05:10 PM, Mar 18, 2008
New Delhi: As he made an impressive Test debut by taking nine wickets, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday said patience was key to his success on an unresponsive wicket in the first match against the West Indies. Ashwin's figures of nine for 128 in the unfinished match was second only to Narinder Hirwani's incredible debut performance of 16 for 136 against the same rivals in 1987. I had never thought...
03:53 PM, Mar 17, 2008
New Delhi: All-round performance by hosts India put them in the driver's seat at stumps on day three of the first Test against West Indies at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla ground, with Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid taking India to 152/2. Dravid (30) and Tendulkar (33) put together an unbroken 57-run partnership after a quickfire 55 from Virender Sehwag laid the foundation to chase the 276-run target set by West...
03:19 PM, Mar 17, 2008
Lahore: Poor health may not be the reason for Waqar Younis stepping down as Pakistan's cricket coach as speculation is rife that his exit was the result of a fallout with former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt. Although the former Test captain said he was resigning for personal and health reasons, there are now media reports emerging that perhaps Waqar might have also rubbed Butt the wrong way. Media reports claim...
12:25 PM, Mar 12, 2008
India Innings: 50th over: Cool as a cucumber, Dhoni hits two boundaries and follows it up with a fist pump towards the pavillion. India are victorious by five wickets and series is theirs at 3-0. 49th over: A harrowing over by Dernbach. No balls, wides, you name it! It's India's way now with seven needed off six balls. 48th over: Edge-of-the-seat stuff this! 13 runs off Finn's over. Now 17...
06:17 PM, Mar 11, 2008
New Delhi: England fast bowler Jade Dernbach said his side will have to come up with an improved performance in all departments of the game in the second one-dayer against India, if they are to bounce back in the five-match ODI series in New Delhi on Monday. India crushed England by 126 runs in the first ODI in Hyderabad on Friday, but Dernbach said the visitors have the wherewithal to...
05:41 PM, Mar 10, 2008
London: A shadowy Indian contact offered the agent of several Pakistan cricketers 1 million US Dollars to ensure they threw a Test match against England, a London court heard on Tuesday. The jury in the trial of former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif saw video footage of meetings between the players' agent Mazhar Majeed and undercover News of the World reporter Mazher Mahmood. The former investigations...
11:21 PM, Mar 08, 2008
Lahore: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Ijaz Butt claimed on Tuesday that its Indian counterpart (BCCI) has agreed on an Indo-Pak charity match in the near future to raise funds for country's flood victims. I had a very good meeting with BCCI president, N Srinivasan, and we discussed the resumption of bilateral cricketing ties and also the possibility of having a charity match for the flood victims, Butt...
07:13 PM, Mar 08, 2008
London: Former England cricket captain Ian Botham has said he was shocked to hear of his former team mate Graham Dilley's passing away. Dilley, who shared a 117-run eighth-wicket stand in a famous Ashes victory at Headingles in 1981, died on Wednesday after battling cancer. "We only heard a few days ago how ill Graham was. They were saying it was very serious and they were talking maybe two weeks...
12:15 AM, Mar 07, 2008
In a setback to former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, the Supreme Court has rejected his plea seeking reconstitution of the BCCI-appointed disciplinary panel probing allegations of financial irregularities against him. ...
02:11 AM, Mar 04, 2008
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