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News for Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Pay increase likely for Pakistan cricketers

Pakistani cricketers, who will get central contracts later this month, can expect a pay hike of between 15 to 25 per cent, an official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)...

Cambodians feel difficulty in Paralympics too

Impoverished Cambodia has thousands of disabled athletes, the legacy of war, revolution, landmines along disputed borders and inadequate healthcare, but only one will be in Britain for the Paralympic games...

BD clears premier league dues of Pakistan players

The legal action threat issued by the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) to the Bangladesh Cricket Board over non-payment of dues to the players who took part in the...

Ramdin urges Windies to keep up progress

West Indies wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin has said it would be "amazing" for a youthful side if they were to beat world number ones England during their ongoing Test series. The...

‘Traitor’ gets 33 years

Dr Shakil Afridi, the former Khyber Agency surgeon who colluded with the CIA in tracking down al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, has been handed down a 33-year rigorous imprisonment...

PCG recovers smuggled diesel

The Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) has seized Iranian diesel from a Hino truck at Nalient near Gwadar, Balochistan. A PCG press release issued here on Wednesday that a joint...

Commissioner directs encroachments removal

Commissioner of Karachi, Roshan Ali Shaikh has directed the deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners of the city to initiate a well chalked out campaign against encroachments hampering traffic flow in...

Parliament’s resolution over Nato supply is clear: Fazl

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Wednesday that the recommendations of the parliament over resumption of NATO supplies are very clear and there was no ambiguity hence...

Pakistan celebrates Bio-diversity Day

Marine Bio-diversity, the theme for the current year’s International Biological Diversity Day holds particular relevance to Pakistan as it is exposed to rapidly depleting biological resources, said experts at a...

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