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Court summons PCB on Kaneria case
Jul 4th
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday summoned cricket authorities to explain why they have not cleared leg-spinner Danish Kaneria to play after he was released without charge in a spot-fixing case.
Kaneria and fellow Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield…
ICC may extend Mohammad Aamir”s ban
Jun 10th
KARACHI: The 5-year ban on bowler Mohammad Amir may be extended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after he was caught playing league cricket over the weekend, according to a newspaper report.
Aamir, who was found guilty of spot-fixing in a Te…
Sovereign Parliament, Attacks & Accountability: Cross Fire 25 May 2011
May 26th
Sovereign Parliament, Drone Attacks, Unilateral Strikes, Accountability and Pakistan-US Relations after Abbottabad Attack followed by drone strikes and now Mehran Attack on May 22. Guests: Haroon Ul Rasheed (Columnist), Salim Bokhari (Editor The Nation…
Amir leaves for London to face trial
May 19th
Amir says he will attend the hearing with hope of the crisis being soon resolved.
Trial of Pak cricketers set to start
May 19th
LONDON: The trial of three Pakistan cricketers and their agent on charges of corruption relating to ”spot-fixing” in England last year is due to get underway here on Friday. Former captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer…
Salman Butt opts not to appear in court for bribery hearing
May 17th
Butt was charged with conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments and with conspiracy to cheat.
Veena Malik ‘out of danger’
May 17th
Malik is under treatment in Lahore after sustaining injuries in a car accident.
Heritage lost: After the fire, Empress Market shops nearly open for business
May 17th
Fire department, shopkeepers, CDGK rule out arson.
ICC pondered ”stings” to catch fixers
May 12th
LONDON: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has considered the use of ”sting” operations to trap players prepared to fix matches. The South African administrator said the use of a “mystery shopper” could help weed out po…
