News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for August, 2010
PCB won’t suspend any player pending betting probe
Aug 31st
LONDON: Pakistan Cricket Board said Tuesday it would not suspend top players accused over a betting scam while the claims are probed, but reports suggest they will not play the rest of the tour in England. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has promised “prompt and decisive action” if the allegations made by a British Sunday newspaper are proven, insisting that corruption would not be tolerated
US crude falls below $74 on economy fears
Aug 31st
SINGAPORE: U.S. crude futures fell below $74 on Tuesday, extending losses for a second day, as expectations of higher crude inventories fed fears that a slowdown in global economic growth was hitting demand.
Investors took profit on oil after equities…
Mobilink Jazz Gives Away 3 Cars and Air-Tickets
Aug 31st
Mobilink Jazz Gives Away 3 Cars and Air-Tickets is a post from: ProPakistani
Mobilink Jazz Gives Away 3 Cars and Air-Tickets is a post from: ProPakistani Mobilink presented the 6 lucky winners of the Jazz “Zabardast Recharge Offer” with three 1,800 cc cars and three air-tickets to any global destination of their choice. Mobilink Jazz launched the Zabardast Recharge Offer in June 2010 to offer the opportunity to [...]
LHC issues Chairman PCB notice on match-fixing case
Aug 31st
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notices to Sports Minister Ijaz Jakhrani and Chairman PCB Ijaz Butt, summoning duo on September 7 in response to petition in connection with match fixing allegation on Pakistani players in Lords Test, Geo Ne…
Government will not rest till rehabilitation of all flood affectees: Zardari
Aug 31st
President Asif Ali Zardari has held out an assurance to the flood affectees that the government will not rest till their rehabilitation, adding all the resources are being utilized to help flood stricken people and the entire international community stands with Pakistan at this crucial time. This he said while talking to the affectees at [...]
Court notice for PCB, Sports Ministry on fixing allegations
Aug 31st
Lahore: A Pakistani court on Tuesday issued notices to the Sports Ministry and the nation’s Cricket Board (PCB), asking them to file responses on the spot-fixing scandal by September 7. Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif issued the notices while hearing a petition filed by advocate Chaudhry Ishtiaq Ahmed, who demanded exemplary punishment [...]
Afghan violence claims eighth NATO fatality
Aug 31st
KABUL: NATO reported Tuesday the death of an eighth soldier in a day of concentrated violence in the Afghan war, as this year''s toll for foreign soldiers nears the total for all of 2009.
In a statement, NATO''s International Security …
Aftermath of the Floods
Aug 31st
Pakistan currently faces the biggest humanitarian crisis of modern history that has been wreaked by a natural disaster. Weeks of heavy monsoon rains have caused the biggest flood in living history of the region and have spurred an unprecedented migrati…
Aid convoys under threat
Aug 31st
As part of the Offroad Pakistan relief convoy, I have been making regular trips to interior Sindh. On our first trip to Sukkur two weeks ago, our trucks were attacked while distributing food packages on the Sukkur-Shikarpur road. I was present on loca…
PCB resolves suspension of Salman Butt, Aamir, Asif
Aug 31st
KARAHCI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has resolved dismissing three players including captain Salman Butt, young bowler Mohammed Aamir and fast bowler Mohammed Asif, Geo News reported.
Sources told Geo News that PCB has reached this decision, which ma…
