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News for Thursday, 27 Oct 2011

‘TTP commander’ arrested

An alleged militant affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was arrested during a search operation in Kanwari Colony by Peerabad police and Frontier Constabulary personnel. Police said that one Kalashnikov,...

Forget Malik, collect hides but inform us first

Putting aside Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s recommendation, the Sindh government has decided to allow the politico-religious parties to collect hides of sacrificial animals during Eidul Azha but seeking prior...

PPP in a fix over LG system

The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is still indecisive on convening the next Sindh Assembly session as the issue of local government system has not been resolved yet, according to...

Wozniacki on top of the world after Sharapova withdrawal

Maria Sharapova’s season ended in disappointment on Wednesday as she saw her hopes of regaining the title at the WTA Championships after a seven year gap and of dethroning Caroline...

Murray joins Djokovic, Federer in Basel field

World number three Andy Murray will take a wild card entry into next week’s ATP Swiss Indoors where he joins world number one Novak Djokovic and home hero Roger Federer,...

Sohail making death threats, says pacer’s first wife

Pakistani cricketer Sohail Tanvir has been accused of giving death threats to his first wife Nausheen Agha, who filed a complaint against him at the Shalimar Police Station in Islamabad....

Aisam-Bopanna to face Polish pair in quarters

Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna will face M Fyrstenberg and M Matkowski of Poland in the quarterfinals of the Vienna Open Tennis Tournament today....

Zaka to formally take charge today

Newly-appointed Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf will formally assume charge of his office on Friday at the Gaddafi Stadium here. Ashraf was supposed to take charge on Monday...

Defensive Misbah irks former greats

Pakistan’s former Test cricketer Salahuddin Ahmed said that it was the defensive approach of the interim coach Mohsin Khan and captain Misbah-ul-Haq which had let the Sri Lankans off the...

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