Posts tagged as: Pakistan

Pakistan Cricket Board bars players from participating Bangladesh Premier League

Pakistan had refused to release any of its players for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) after a planned bilateral series had to be scrapped, Bangladesh cricket chiefs said.   Pakistan had been due to host Bangladesh for a Twenty20 game and a 50-over match in Lahore this month in what would have been its first […]

LoC Violations: Indian army kills another soldier in Kashmir

The military said on Wednesday that unprovoked firing by Indian troops had killed one of its soldiers across the tense border in disputed Kashmir. An ISPR (Inter-Services Public Relations) statement said that one of its soldiers had “embraced martyrdom due to unprovoked Indian firing” at the Line of Control (LoC). “Indian troops again resorted to […]

India sends back Pakistani hockey players amidst tensions at LoC

In the wake of protests following border tension between the arch-rivals, nine Pakistani players were on Tuesday withdrawn from a new field hockey league in India and asked to return home.     Shiv Sena protests in Mumbai forced the team to shift training base to Delhi, Hockey India decided to play safe and send […]

Imran Khan demands resignation of President Zardari

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan demanded an immediate resignation of President Asif Ali Zardari, ruling out the possibility of free and fair elections under the former.   The above is one of the seven demands that the PTI Chairman Imran Khan made while talking to media persons here. He also demanded immediate announcement of general […]

Parliament has no right to rule more; says charged Tahirul Qadri

Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has said that parliament has no right to rule in the country.   Addressing the long march participants at D-Chowk on Islamabad’s Jinnah Avenue in front of the Parliament House, he termed his address as Islamabad declaration saying the declaration has seven points. He says this parliament […]

Govt allows Tahirul Qadri’s march to stage sit-in at D-Chowk

In a bid to avoid a possible smackdown, the government has surrendered to Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran leader Allama Tahir-ul-Qadri’s demand of allowing his long marchers to stage a sit-in at D-Chowk.   On the face of it a showdown was in the making as the chanting protesters responded by pushing aside barricades made of shipping containers […]

IHF stops Pakistani players from participating in Hockey India League

Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) has asked Hockey India (HI) to immediately stop the participation of the Pakistani players in the Hockey India League (HIL) in protest of the recent killing of Indian army men by Pakistan regular soldiers, says media reports.   On January 8, Pakistani regular soldiers had crossed into Indian territory in Poonch […]

Indian Air chief threatens Pakistan

Indian Air Force Chief on Saturday warned Pakistan of using other options if the situation remains unchanged along the Line of Control, media reports said.   The statement comes amid growing tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations over last week cross border attack on Pakistani positions by Indian troops which killed at least two soldiers. […]

US President Barack Obama recognizes Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace process

US President Barack Obama recognized the importance of Pakistan’s support for peace and stability in Afghanistan, seeing greater awareness in Islamabad on addressing extremism in the region.   Speaking after long deliberations at the White House with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the way forward in Afghanistan and the region, Obama said curbing extremism […]

Pakistan announces team for South Africa tour

Pakistan has announced a 16-man squad for next month’s three Test away series against South Africa.   The Greenshirts will open the tour with a side game from January 25 before playing three Tests, two Twenty20s and five one-dayers against South Africa on the tour. A separate squad for the limited over matches will be […]

India should wage war against Pakistan: Anna Hazare

Indian social activist Anna Hazare has called for a “tit-for-tat” reply and to wage a war against Pakistan for the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops in Kashmir, Indian media reported on Friday.   “The way in which these jawans have been killed is unacceptable. It’s high time that we teach Pakistan […]

MQM Chief Altaf Hussain’s ‘Political Drone Attack’ Hits Tahir-ul-Qadri

Minhaj-ul-Quran chief Tahir-ul-Qadri could not have had it any worse with just three days remaining till what he has set to be a historic long march towards Pakistan’s capital city, Islamabad as MQM head Altaf Hussain decided to point his ‘Political Drone Attack’ towards Qadri and launch it when all preparations were at their peak. […]

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