My team mates fixing almost every match, says Yasir Hameed

London : Pakistan Test batsman Yasir Hameed revealed that his team mates are cheats and have been fixing “almost every match.”

In a sting operation conducted by The News of the World, Hameed said that he had refused bribes worth 150,000 pounds from a co

Pakistani cricketers admit taking money from Mazhar Majeed

London, Sep 4 : Three Pakistani cricketers — captain Salman Butt and pacers Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Asif — have reportedly admitted before the Scotland Yard inquiry that the British currency recovered from their hotel rooms was given to them by bookie Maz

J&K inseparable from India: SM Krishna

External Minister SM Krishna on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is inseparable from India, reacting to China’s controversial remark on the state.

“J&K is inseparable from India…it is an inalienable part of India. I hope the Chinese government r

Nepal Maoists seeks Chinese help to ‘buy’ lawmakers?

The Maoists in Nepal are allegedly seeking Chinese help to get their chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as the new prime minister of that country as well as ‘neutralize’ India’s ‘influence’ in the affairs of the neighbouring country.

A day before

Earthquake hit Christchurch city in New Zealand, no death

The New Zealand government declared a state of emergency after an earthquake hit the country’s second biggest city, Christchurch, on Saturday, snapping power and water lines and damaging roads and buildings.

There has been no report of any immediate casualt

Pakistani Ministry for Sports Declared Status of Kabaddi Federation

Islamabad/Pakistan: Ministry for Sports declared Pakistan Kabaddi Federation as a genuine and recognized Kabaddi Federation of Pakistan.

A letter written to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Sports stated that real Kabaddi Federatio

Pakistani High Commission mislead Nation, says Rashid Latif

Islamabad/Pakistan: Former Pakistan cricket team Captain Rashid Latif has criticized on the Pakistani High commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hassan over his views on cricket affairs.

“He has no authority to talk on cricket”, said former captai

UN deplores Quetta, Lahore attacks

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist bombings which struck the Pakistani cities of Lahore and Quetta this week and claimed the lives of dozens of civilians and wounded scores more.

At least 42 people have r

53 killed, scores injured in Quetta suicide blast

Quetta, Sep 3 : At least 53 people were killed and hundreds, including several scribes injured, in the Quetta blast on a Shia Muslim rally, officials sources informed on Friday.

About 197 people were injured after a suicide bomber blew himself amid a Shia M

Pakistan High Commissioner attack ICC

Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid S Hassan on Friday attacked the International Cricket Council (ICC) saying that the three accused players were “innocent” and also gave a new twist to the spot-fixing scandal by announcing that Indian bookmakers were involved i

Handed match-fixing proof to ICC: Veena Malik

Veena Malik, ex-girlfriend of Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif, has handed over the evidence on his involvement with Indian bookies in recent times and also engaging in spot fixing to International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (

Cricketers are innocent: Pak High Commissioner Wajad S Hasan

Pakistan High Commissioner Wajad S Hasan said on Thursday that the country will defend its three cricketers accused of the no-ball conspiracy as they maintain they are ‘innocent’.

Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Amir were que

Pakistan drop tainted trio from England tour

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday ruled out the tainted trio of captain Salman Butt and pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer for the rest of England tour with team manager Yawar Saeed declaring that reinforcements will be called next week.

“The s

World Bank increases Pakistan flood support to $1 bn

The World Bank said Wednesday it was raising its support for flood relief in Pakistan to $1 billion, from $900 million.

The announcement came after a meeting in Washington between World Bank president Robert Zoellick and Pakistani Finance Minister Hafeez Sh

29 killed, 200 injured in Lahore blasts

A series of blasts ripped through a religion procession in Pakistan’s Lahore killing at least 29 people and injuring over 200 on Wednesday, officials said.

Police said at least three powerful explosions took place during a Shiite religious precession.

US hostage crisis ends as gunman shot dead

An armed man, who held three hostages in the Discovery Communications building in the US state of Maryland, was shot dead Wednesday afternoon, police said.

All three hostages are safe, J. Thomas Manger, police chief of Maryland’s Montgomery County, was quot

Indonesia warns BlackBerry of ban if it beams porno

Jakarta, Sep 1 : Indonesia has warned Canadian firm Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry, to stay away from showing pornographic pictures in smart phone or face ban in the country.

The ultimatum comes on a day when the multinational company ac

India’s Pallava Bagla wins American science journalism award

India’s Pallava Bagla has won the American Geophysical Union (AGU) David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his articles on the impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers.

The Perlman Award of AGU, the largest organisation of earth a

After 4,400 deaths, US ends combat in Iraq

US President Barack Obama declared the end of a wounding US combat mission in Iraq Tuesday, that resulted in 4,400 soldier deaths, while signalling escalation of the conflict in Afghanistan to defeat terrorists harboured in the region bordering Pakistan.

“A

PCB to grill tainted cricketers today

Tainted Pakistani cricketers captain Salman Butt, fast bowlers Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Amir will face an internal inquiry of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday at the Pakistan High Commission here.

The three players were barred from practicin