Rulers’ boat nearing to sink: Rashid

Pakistan Awami Muslim League chairman Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said Friday that government was left with no other way except to write letter to Swiss authorities. He said the government would...

Egypt activists march on Defence Ministry ahead of strikes

Hundreds of protesters marched to Egypt’s defence ministry Friday demanding the military rulers’ ouster, on the eve of a planned civil disobedience campaign to mark Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow a year...

Afghan-Pakistan match a break from war

Excitement was building in cricket-loving parts of Afghanistan ahead of their historic one-day international against Pakistan in Sharjah on Friday -- even among Taliban insurgents. "I am personally a fan...

White Lies

It is a spectacle right out of a movie set. A dignified almost haughty Supreme Court building designed by a Japanese architect, packed with some 300 people among...

English spot-fixer’s sentence delayed

The sentencing of an English former county cricketer who has pleaded guilty to spot-fixing has been delayed by a week. Mervyn Westfield, 23, was due to be sentenced at London's...

PCB to gain $2m purse for series down under in UAE

The Pakistan Cricket Board is expecting an estimated income of US$ 1.8 to 2 million from the sale of title sponsorship and ground rights for its home series against Sri...

Appeal rejected

Aftermath of the court’s decision

The eight member Supreme Court bench has rejected the appeal by the prime minister against the decision of a smaller...

India army chief ends legal showdown over birth date

India’s army chief on Friday withdrew a lawsuit in which he had sought a change in his birth date that would have let him remain in his post an extra...

The memo scourge

A reality one moment, gone the next

The memo issue has been debated extensively and exhaustively. The reason it should be debated further is because,...