Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Team wants to give skipper Shahid Afridi a winning send-off
MOHALI: Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik Thursday vowed his team will do all it takes to pull off a win against Australia and give skipper Shahid Afridi a winning send-off at the World Twenty20. Afridi, who no longer plays Test and one-day cricket, has hinted at an imminent retirement from the game after being criticised for his side’s disappointing show in the marquee tournament. Pakistan have lost two of their three group matches and another defeat against Australia in Mohali on Friday will throw them out of the competition. “This isRead More
84 Pakistanis held in Russia likely to be deported today: FO
KARACHI: The Foreign Office has stated that 84 Pakistani nationals who are being held at Moscow airport since early morning are likely to be deported by Thursday evening. “The Foreign office is in touch with Russian embassy in Islamabad on the matter,” said FO spokesperson Nafees Zakaria. Russia deported 48 Pakistanis yesterday, who were part of a group that was held after landing in the country for a business trip, he said. The spokesman said Russian government informed Pakistan embassy in Moscow that the 48 Pakistanis are being deported butRead More
Accomplice in Sabeen murder, Safoora attack arrested: CTD
KARACHI: A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) official on Thursday confirmed the arrest of Ali Rehman, an alleged accomplice in the murder of activist and T2F director Sabeen Mahmud and an absconder in the Safoora Goth attack. Ali Rehman, alias Tona, is believed to be an accomplice of main accused Saad Aziz ─ the alleged mastermind of the attack on Sabeen Mahmud ─ and was declared an absconder in the Safoora attack case by an anti-terrorism court along with 10 others in December last year. Top CTD official Raja Umer Khattab earlier placed Saad Aziz, Ali Rehman,Read More
US AMBASSADOR David Hale calls on PM Nawaz Sharif
Mr David Hale, US Ambassador called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at PM House this morning.While exchanging views on the bilateral relations, the Prime Minister said that Pakistan is desirous of bringing greater depth and economic substance to its relationship with the US. “The important decisions agreed during my visit to the US have generated a new momentum in steering our bilateral relations forward”, added the Prime Minister.