Tag: Clash

MUMBAI - New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori believes he will be fit to face South Africa in the World Cup quarter-finals after missing two matches with a knee injury. Vettori was sidelined for the win over Canada and defeat against Sri Lanka after hurting his knee while fielding against Pakistan in Pallekele nearly two weeks ago.
"I should be all right to get through the batting and bowling, it is just the running around that is hampering me a little bit," said Vettori. "But I

LAHORE - The steady improvement of relations between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) suffered a setback on Friday as the two opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly bickered on Friday over PML-Q Provincial Assembly Member (MPA) Moonis Elahi's arrest by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The rift between the two rivals of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) provincial government badly disturbed assembly business as proceedings gave

LAHORE - Panic gripped the Data Darbar area due to aerial firing by police and Sunni Tehreek activists at 5:30pm on Sunday. Police arrested nine Sunni Tehreek activists including Shahid, Abdul Rasool and Mujahid for creating a law and order situation and firing into the air and at policemen.
But no case had been registered at the Lower Mall Police Station until filing of this report. According to sources, Sunni Tehreek leaders requested police not to file any case in this regard.

LAHORE - The league match of the 14th Tauseef Trophy Cricket Championship will be played between Muslim Gymkhana and Akhter Abdul Rehman Club on March 12 (today) at Iqbal Park ground. The 40-overs match will start at 9:30 AM under the supervision of Rifat Zaheer and Kaleem Asghar.

LAHORE - Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Ltd-Lahore and SBP-Karachi have reached the final of the seventh SBP Governor's Cup Inter-Banks Super Series Cricket Tournament 2011. PPCBL won the first semi-final, defeating SBP-Multan by 59 runs. PPCBL scored 197 runs in 20 overs for loss of 5 wickets as their captain hit an unbeaten 109. SBP-Multan were bowled out in 19.5 overs for 138 runs. Fahim Ashraf of PPCBL took four wickets. Muhammad Munir, captain of PPCBL was declared man of the

CHITTAGONG - England's World Cup showdown with Bangladesh on Friday could be disrupted by a huge tropical rain storm, forecasters say. "Storms accompanied by hail and rain could well hit any part of the country in the next 24 hours," a weather bulletin issued by the Chittagong office of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said on Thursday.
Both teams need victory to boost their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals.
The tropical storms of Bangladesh can be violent with

LAHORE - A clash between the bar and the bench took place in Aiwan-e-Adl on Wednesday, as the legal fraternity observed March 9 as 'Iftikhar Day'. The clash took place when a female civil judge, Najia Batool, dismissed a civil suit filed by the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO). After the decision, counsel for the petitioner Sajid Tabassum flared up and called other lawyers in the court, who insisted the court reverse the decision. Najia left the courtroom after directing Sajid

LAHORE - Pakistan's football coach Tariq Lutfi hopes his young team will develop into international-caliber unit particularly as in two matches against Palestinethey conceded only two goals in 180 minutes. "It is normal for the public to expect a lot from this game but it is not fair to judge these young players because they need time to develop.
If you expect a lot, it will put a lot of pressure on them," said Tariq.
"You do not take results without giving time for

COLOMBO - Australia's World Cup Group A showdown with co-hosts Sri Lanka was called off on Saturday after incessant rain made any further play impossible.
Both teams will be awarded one point each. The match was intriguingly poised when the skies opened after huge black clouds had hovered overhead, Sri Lanka on 146 for three after 32.5 overs having won the toss. Captain Kumar Sangakkara (73 not out) and Thilan Samaraweera (34 not out) were still there in an unbroken fourth

CAIRO - Two men were killed during clashes in Egypt between Muslims and Christians, which also saw Muslims set fire to a church in the village of Sol, south of Cairo, a security official said on Saturday. "Two people were killed, and the Shahedain church set on fire in clashes between two families," the official told the MENA news agency.
The violence was triggered by a feud between the families, which disapproved of a romantic relationship between a Christian man and a Muslim

LAHORE - The league match of 14th Tauseef Trophy Cricket Championship will be played between Muslim Gymkhana and Akhter Abdul Rehman Club on March 5 (today) at Iqbal Park ground. The 40-overs match will start at 9:30 AM under the supervision of Rifat Zaheer and Kaleem Asghar. Akhter Abdul Rehman Club have already won the first league match against Wahdat Eaglets Club and have secured 18 points. The league matches are being played between four teams: Muslim Gymkhana, Akhter Abdul

LAHORE - The second match of the friendly series between Pakistan and Palestine will be played on Friday at Karachi's Peoples Sports Complex.
The match will be the fourth clash between the two teams. Karachi's football followers will get a chance to witness a FIFA-recognized international game after a lapse of more than five years.
The last time Karachi hosted an international match was on March 1, 2006, when Pakistan faced UAE in the 14th Asian Cup Qualifiers. Palestine

ISLAMABAD - Parliament and the judiciary are quietly but knowingly heading towards a confrontation as both have not accepted each other's mandate on the appointment of judges and making the proceedings of an in-camera meeting of the parliamentary committee public is clearly a self-justificatory leak to establish the authority of the elected representatives of the people.
According to the 19th Amendment, the meetings of the parliamentary committee "shall be held in camera and the

BANGALORE - England captain Andrew Strauss wants his side to build on their thrilling tie with co-hosts India when they face Ireland in a potential banana-skin World Cup clash on Wednesday. Strauss, who has admitted in the past that England tend to up their game against better teams, saw his side make a sluggish start to the tournament with an unconvincing six-wicket win over the Netherlands.
A rare England highlight in that match was the left-handed opener's 88 and Strauss was

LAHORE - The league match of the 14th Tauseef Trophy Cricket Championship will be played between Muslim Gymkhana and Akhter Abdul Rehman on March 5 at Iqbal Park ground. The 40 overs match will start at 9:30 AM under the supervision of Rifat Zaheer and Kaleem Asghar. Akhter Abdul Rehman Club has already won the first league match against Wahdat Eaglets Club and has secured 18 points.

COLOMBO - Kenya face double trouble ahead of their all-important World Cup Group A match against Sri Lanka here on Tuesday, as they counter formidable opponents and differences between players and coach. Kenya have lost both their matches at the tournament, going down by 10 wickets against New Zealand, after being shot out for just 69, before slumping to a 205-run loss to Pakistan.
Adding to their problems, reports have emerged of internal divisions within the squad. Cricket

SOHAR - Fresh clashes erupted between Omani police and protesters on Monday, a day after police killed at least one as the turmoil rocking the Arab world reached the normally calm Gulf sultanate. Hundreds of demonstrators stormed a police station in the key industrial area of Sohar, northwest of the capital Muscat, and police responded by firing tear gas.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in the clashes that broke out near Earth Roundabout, a key intersection on the