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Aisam in mens doubles final at US Open
Sep 9th
NEW YORK: Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi has reached the US Open men''s and mixed doubles finals and hopes to win both in tribute to the 21 million flood victims in his homeland.
Qureshi and partner Rohan Bopanna of India, trying to foster peace between their rival homelands, advanced to the men''s doubles More >
Tonight With Najam Sethi 8 Sep: SC, Umar Cheema
Sep 9th
Najam Sethi clarifies his remarks he made the other day on Supreme Court judgments. Sethi also gives his insight into how security agencies operate in similar situation as abduction, torture and humiliation of Umar Cheema..
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Flood? What flood?
Sep 9th
That whole flood thing is still going on? What do you mean? It’s been, God I don’t know, days since that started. I only just remembered it because someone sent me a picture of Angelina Jolie sitting amongst survivors. First I thought she was one of the affected. Maybe she More >
Aisam Qureshi reaches US Open men’s and mixed doubles finals
Sep 9th
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and India’s Rohan Bopanna reached the US Open men’s doubles final in New York on Wednesday.
The sixteenth seeded South Asian duo beat the Argentine pair of Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos 7-6 (7-5) and 6-4.
This is the best grand-slam run yet for Qureshi and Bopanna, who More >
PCB Chairman returns amid fierce slogans
Sep 9th
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt, who had made tall claims of victory, returned home from England where he faced relentless humiliation following serious allegations of spot-fixing against the players.
He is of the view that the players are innocent until proven guilty and that they will be subject More >
PCB chief jeered at Lahore Airport
Sep 9th
Butt's emergence from the terminal was met with cries of 'shame, shame' from protesters who waved placards lambasting Butt and the three Pakistan players caught up in the scandal..
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PCB chief jeer on return to Pakistan
Sep 8th
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt was jeered at Lahore Airport on Wednesday on his return home from London for the first time since the spot-fixing scandal engulfed the Pakistan team.
Butt's emergence from the terminal was met with cries of 'shame, shame' from protesters who waved placards lambasting Butt More >
Kaneria cleared of fixing charges
Sep 8th
LONDON: Pakistan bowler Danish Kaneria has been cleared of criminal charges on allegations that he was involved in spot-fixing in an English county match.
Essex police released Kaneria from his bail conditions without charge after four months of investigations into what they called ''cricket-match irregularities.''
The Pakistan spinner and Essex teammate Mervyn More >
Mobilink:International JAZZ Load
Sep 8th
Now with Mobilink International jazz Load,you can top-up the JAZZ Connection of your loved ones in Pakistan.Mobilink introduces “International Jazz Load” in collaboration with ezetop and service is available in the following countries;
UK USA Spain UAE Saudi ArabiaJust go to any of the ezetop affiliated retailer/money exchange near you More >
‘Afghanistan ready to play in Pakistan’
Sep 8th
KARACHI: Afghanistan fast-bowler Khaliq Dad Noori said his country was ready to play cricket in Pakistan at a time when security fears have stopped most teams touring the terror-hit nation.
Noori, who led Afghanistan’s youth team to win a club-level tournament in Karachi, hoped the visit would help revive cricket in Pakistan.
“Participation More >
Argentina remain unbeaten in World Cup
Sep 8th
ROSARIO: With England and Argentina in the semi-finals and the result irrelevant, England turned on their best performance of the tournament but still lost 2-0 to Argentina in the last Pool B match at the women’s hockey World Cup.
Noel Barrionuevo opened the scoring in the first half with a trade-mark penalty More >
Pakistan play Belgium today
Sep 8th
KARACHI: The Pakistan hockey team will play its first match in the European tour against Belgium today. The 21-member squad began their tour on September 3 to gear up for the upcoming Commonwealth Games that will begin in New Delhi from October 3 till 14.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) stated More >
Why stop corruption when you have Allah? — by Dr Manzur Ejaz
Sep 8th
As expected, the conspiracy theorists have alleged that Indian bookies cooked up the plan to malign Pakistani cricket players. Notorious Pakistan crook Mazhar Majeed and his sister are allegedly married to Indians. Actress Veena Malik, ex-girlfriend of one of the accused players, has provided more fuel to such theories by More >
Pakistan win toss, bat against England in 2nd T20
Sep 8th
CARDIFF: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat against England in the second and final Twenty20 international at Sophia Gardens here on Tuesday.
England were unchanged from the first Twenty20 international, also here on Sunday, which the World Twenty20 champions won by five wickets.
But Pakistan More >
A top batsman played suspiciously in IPL
Sep 8th
MELBOURNE: Allegations surrounding corruption in cricket continue to widen, with Indian Premier League officials claiming that a leading batsman had to be moved up the order to prevent him manipulating matches.
And witnesses claim the West Indies were "all over" the same man who made approaches so dubious to Australian More >
LHC adjourns ”spot-fixing” treason hearing
Sep 8th
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Tuesday adjourned a hearing into treason allegations against seven national cricket players, the sports minister and cricket chief, over a ''spot-fixing'' scandal, lawyers said.
Chief justice of LHC Khawaja Mohammad Sharif adjourned the hearing until September 22 after a sports ministry official said the case was More >
England crush Pakistan to win T20 series 2-0
Sep 8th
CARDIFF: England wrapped up a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over Pakistan after the tourists suffered the embarrassment of being dismissed for 89 to add to their off-field problems here on Tuesday.
World Twenty20 champions England finished on 90 for four to complete a six-wicket win with 36 balls to spare, More >
Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal issued charge-sheets by ICC
Sep 8th
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has issued charge-sheets to two of the leading Pakistani cricketers after finding their replies to the show-cause notices served on Aug 21 as unsatisfactory. Well-informed sources in the PCB told Dawn that the two players are Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal who recently received More >
Pakistan dismissed for record T20 low by England
Sep 8th
CARDIFF: Pakistan''s scandal-scarred tour of Britain suffered a fresh on-field low here on Tuesday as England dismissed them for their worst ever Twenty20 international total of 89 all out.
Pakistan''s previous lowest score in 40 matches at this level was the 125 for nine they made in 20 overs against More >
Pakistan to have second Twenty20 vs England today
Sep 8th
CARDIFF: Pakistan Twenty20 and one-day international captain Shahid Afridi says he was very happy with the way his side played in the first T20 defeat to England.
Pakistan today will take England in second Twenty20 match today at Cardiff with a squad likely to have Muhammed Hafeez.
The world champions More >
Tonight with Najam Sethi 7 Sep: Altaf Repeats Revolution
Sep 8th
Discussion on three speeches within one month by MQM Chief Altaf Hussain on Revolution and call to the Generals to take martial-law type steps to replace the corrupt system. Also discussion on Umar Cheema's episode..
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England cruise to T20 win after Pakistan collapse
Sep 8th
CARDIFF: England wrapped up a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over Pakistan after the tourists suffered the embarrassment of being dismissed for 89 to add to their off-field problems here on Tuesday.
World Twenty20 champions England finished on 90 for four to complete a six-wicket win with 36 balls to spare, having More >
The Indo-Pak (Tennis) Express
Sep 7th
Wheee! Friends!
Last year, I blogged about Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi, a Pakistani tennis player who played at last year’s Wimbledon with an Indian partner, Prakash Armitraj. The pair didn’t go very far into the competition, but their partnership sparked headlines and media attention, with Dawn noting, “The pair believe their tennis doubles More >
Age no excuse if proved guilty: Shafqat
Sep 7th
CARDIFF: Shafqat Rana, Pakistan Cricket Board''s (PCB) associate manager, has said that Mohammad Amir''s age should have no bearing on possible punishment if the spot-fixing charges leveled against the 18-year old seamer are proved to be true.
"Even if he is so young, it doesn''t matter," Rana said ahead of More >
Kabul’s ‘Sehwag’ wins it for Afghan Youth
Sep 7th
Their names may be obscure and likening them to their idols may be the only way to get people to notice them but Afghanistan’s young stars are gradually developing an identity for themselves with dazzling displays on the sidelines of top-tier cricket.
Their latest triumph has not come against an international More >
Virender Sehwag Live Chat Twitter and Youtube, Virender Sewag Twitter Live
Sep 7th
Virender Sehwag Live Chat Twitter and Youtube, Virender Sewag Twitter Live
Name : Virender Sehwag Location : India Web : http://sehwagworld.com/ Bio : Indian Cricketer
Virender Sehwag (born 20 October 1978,in New Delhi, India) is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Virender Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening More >
Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 3,Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 3 Host Priyanka Chopra,Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 3 Colors Tv
Sep 7th
Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 3,Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 3 Host Priyanka Chopra,Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 3 Colors Tv
Super hot model and former Miss World turned actress, Priyanka Chopra will replace Bollywood khiladi Akshay Kumar in Khatro Ke Khiladi Season 3. Khatro Ke Khiladi Season 3 comes with More >
Players in a fix: phone records, assets to be investigated
Sep 7th
International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit has written to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal and suspended captain Salman Butt, requesting they hand over records of their mobile phone calls made during this summer’s Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.
The ICC unit wrote to the players last month, before the recent allegations made about spot-fixing.
There is still More >
I was tricked, blackmailed: Yasir Hameed
Sep 7th
KARACHI: Disowning the startling match-fixing accusations he has made against his Pakistan teammates, opener Yasir Hameed has claimed that he was tricked into giving the statements and later blackmailed to stand by them.
Hameed, in a video released by British tabloid the News of the World, is shown accusing his More >
Virender Sehwag Live Chat Youtube and Facebook
Sep 7th
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