
Besides Afridi, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said that fans from both sides are always eager to watch matches between the two sides. ...

07:21 PM, Jul 17, 2012

Shaid Afridi, Umar Gul, Mohammed Hafeez and Umar Akmal will be some of the sought after Pakistani players. ...

08:28 PM, Jul 16, 2012

PCB has given clearance to its players to skip the training camp for the Australian tour to play in the league. ...

11:00 PM, Jul 13, 2012

According to a FICA statement, 12 overseas players were yet to receive their payments amounting to over $600,000. ...

02:46 PM, Jul 11, 2012

Washington: Pakistan has asked the US not to "lionise" the doctor who helped in tracking down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad as he had no knowledge about his mission -- to aid the American spy agency in hunt for the elusive al-Qeada chief. "(Shakeel) Afridi was, number one, he had no knowledge that the goal that he was working for -- he knew he was contracting with a foreign intelligence...

10:20 PM, Jul 10, 2012

Gayle is the highest paid player at $100,000, while Afridi will get $50,000. ...

11:07 PM, Jul 06, 2012

The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League will feature 56 foreign cricketers, not one of them Indian. ...

12:59 PM, Jul 06, 2012

The Pakistan cricket fraternity is wondering what's happening behind the scenes in the national camp. ...

10:37 AM, Jun 21, 2012

Shahid Afridi has decided to review his ODI future after an unspectacular show against Sri Lanka in recent series. ...

04:12 PM, Jun 20, 2012

Afridi believes any delay will be detrimental to the team's chances at the ICC World Twenty20. ...

11:52 AM, Jun 17, 2012

Shahid Afridi has so far kept a low profile in the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka. ...

11:15 AM, Jun 06, 2012

Islamabad: Pakistan has refused to budge from its position seeking a US apology for a NATO air strike that killed 24 of its soldiers in 2011, saying that was necessary for ending a six-month blockade of vital supply routes for foreign troops in Afghanistan. "(The apology is) something which should have forthcome the day this incident happened, and a partnership not only demands, but requires," Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar...

03:29 PM, Jun 05, 2012

Islamabad: Shakeel Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, has refused to eat meals provided by the jail authorities in Peshawar fearing he may be poisoned. Sources told Geo News, Afridi has refused to eat prison food, and that on his demand, prison authorities have provided him with essential items and cooking utensils so that he could prepare his own food. Afridi...

12:38 PM, Jun 03, 2012

The two-match series between the sub-continental giants kicks off on Friday at Hambantota. ...

08:17 AM, May 31, 2012

Islamabad: The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden faced accusations of corruption and other wrongdoing long before he was captured by Pakistani intelligence agents and then jailed for 33 years for treason. In interviews over the weekend, several current and former Pakistani officials described the doctor, Shakil Afridi, as a hard-drinking womaniser who had faced accusations of sexual assault, harassment and stealing. They said his main...

12:30 PM, May 29, 2012

The former skipper said that he will provide whatever advice or assistance Hafeez needed. ...

10:38 PM, May 27, 2012

In its central contracts, the PCB has given players 25 per cent hike in their monthly salaries. ...

11:38 PM, May 26, 2012

Washington: US senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence. "It's arbitrary, but the hope is that Pakistan will realize we are serious," said Senator Richard Durbin after the unanimous 30-0 vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee. "It's outrageous that they...

02:02 AM, May 25, 2012

Peshawar: A Pakistani doctor who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of high treason on Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, officials said, a verdict that is likely to further strain the country's relationship with Washington. Shakil Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence at the compound in the town of Abbottabad where US commandos...

05:56 PM, May 23, 2012

Shahid Afridi on Tuesday said he finally received his dues from the Bangladesh Premier League in full. ...

11:44 PM, May 22, 2012