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Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar, one of the game’s all-time greats has announced his retirement from one-day cricket, bringing to an end a glorious 23-year-old career in the format during which he rewrote numerous batting records.   BCCI quoting the legendary batsman said, “I have decided to retire from the one-day format of the game. I feel blessed […]

Pakistan players get lucrative packages in Bangladesh Premier League

In what appeared to be a positive development for the sportsmen, Pakistani players received lucrative contracts to play in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).   During the auction, Pakistani players Shahid Afridi and Imran Nazir were included in the golden category which led to them receiving some of the highest paid contracts. Imran received a […]

Fall of Dacca: What have we learnt from our past mistakes? (Part Three)

To a few others it was a case of misplaced egoistic velour – not to be dubbed as the ‘chickens’ in the army parlance. The true information was not only denied to the common man in West Pakistan but even to those at the helm also. Handling of the East Pakistan issue at the International […]

Fall of Dacca: What have we learnt from our past mistakes? (Part Two)

The proverbial last straw that broke the camel’s back was Bhutto’s rejection of the 1970 election results which had given Shaikh Mujib ur Rehman’s Awami League a clear cut majority to form the government at the centre.   ZAB’s one after the other statements like “we will break the legs of any one going to […]

Fall of Dacca: What have we learnt from our past mistakes? (Part One)

December 16 comes every year to haunt the nation, particularly those few remaining who were witness to the debacle. I had the misfortune to be one.   On this day the Quaid’s Pakistan, which was considered an epitome of ‘Divided we Stand’, got actually divided by breaking lose all bonds of unity between the two […]

Blind Cricket: India defeats Pakistan in T20 World Cup finals

India edged out Pakistan by 29 runs to win the final of first-ever T20 World Cup for blind being played in Bangalore, India.   Earlier, India set 259-run target for Pakistan in the final being played in Bangalore, India. Replying to this, Pakistan were managed to score 229 runs in 20 overs.   Chetan Patel […]

Blind Cricket: Pakistan beats England to move into T20 World Cup finals

Pakistan blind cricket team on Wednesday beat England by nine wickets in the semifinals of World T20 for blind being played in Bangalore city of India, qualifying for finals of the tournament.   The English team set 182 runs target while batting first. In reply, Pakistan achieved the target in 13th over for the loss […]

Pakistan oust Bangladesh in Sri Lankan tournament

Pakistan, Lahore, Monday, December 03, 2012    Pakistan leads by securing one goal against Bangladesh’s nil in H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa International Football Tournament in Sri Lanka today. On an excellent pass of striker Kaleem Ullah, Saeed Ahmed made a full use of it by putting the ball in the net. According to the press release […]

Egyptian Court announces death penalty over anti-Islam film

An Egyptian court has convicted in absentia seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a US pastor, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world.   The case was seen as largely symbolic because the defendants, most of whom live in the United States, […]

Rats bite newborns in Holy Family Hospital

In what appeared to be a shocking incident, a couple of newborn babies were subjected to rat bites at the Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi. Panic spread in the labour room of the hospital with the discovery of two newborns – one dead, one alive – severely bitten by hungry rats.   According to the […]

Prime Minister Ashraf urges D-8 members for close economic integration

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday called upon the Developing Eight (D-8) to build a focused roadmap for closer economic integration, adding that poverty from the members countries could be eliminated with the formation of the D-8 Business Forum.   Addressing the D-8 Business Forum ‚ the premier expressed satisfaction that the Preferential Trade […]

Prime Minister Ashraf to inaugurate D-8 meeting on Monday

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today (Monday) will inaugurate a four-day meeting of the Developing-8 (D-8) countries to formulate a strategy to enhance their share in global trade by 15 per cent by 2018.   Secretary of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) Abdul Qadeer Qazi while addressing a press conference said, “The D-8 […]

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