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The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan to submit comments of the federal government on a constitutional...

Tensions between Australian and Pakistani cricket boards eased after Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland clarified that his comments on Judge Qayyum’s recommendations...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday sought comments from the deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and Shorkot City Police Station house officer on a petition challenging disposing of a first information report (FIR) by allegedly misinterpreting the court's order.
The court also adjourned the case's hearing until April 18. Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik was hearing a petition filed by Muhammad Younas, complainant of the FIR. He submitted that he lodged a FIR for theft

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court on Friday allowed Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gauhar Tabish to submit his comments on a contempt-of-court application in the next hearing.
On behalf of the KESC CEO, Barrister Kumail Ahmed Sherazi appeared before a division bench, comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi, and requested the court to grant his client further time to submit comments in the application moved by Syed

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the attorney general to submit para-wise comments for the introduction of electronic voting machines in the next general elections. A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a petition filed by Pakistan

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has welcomed the 'positive' comments by the Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao. "A Pakistan-India series is a huge event in cricket and we are happy over this development," a PCB spokesman said.
"PCB has been working on reviving the bilateral series between Pakistan and India with the BCCI and we hope to achieve positive results soon," he said. Pakistan and India have not competed in a bilateral series since 2007, when Shoaib Malik led the

NEW DELHI - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said that his derogatory remarks about Indians and the Indian media had been taken out of context as he sought to counter anger over the comments.
The World Cup skipper had praised Pakistan's media for being "100 times better" than India's in a Pakistani TV show aired on Sunday, and said that Indians did not have "big and clean hearts" like Pakistani Muslims.
The comments shocked fans in India, who had praised his efforts during the

LAHORE - Pakistan cricket legend Javed Miandad feels captain Shahid Afridi's comment about making Sachin Tendulkar wait for his 100th international century shouldn't be made an issue. "Don't take Afridi's comment too seriously. No captain or team will want runs scored off them. Every team has its strategy after all and Pakistan will try their best to restrict batsmen like Tendulkar," said Miandad, who figured in six Cups (1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 1996). "He (Tendulkar) will

COLOMBO - England skipper Andrew Strauss on Friday hit out at former Test star Geoffrey Boycott for his stinging criticism over Michael Yardy's exit from the World Cup because of depression. Strauss said his side were "very disappointed" by Boycott's comments and that the squad sympathised with their teammate's situation.
"I don't think your cricketing ability or what you have achieved has anything to do with it whatsoever," Strauss said. "There are significant pressures, and as

COLOMBO - England skipper Andrew Strauss on Friday hit out at former Test star Geoffrey Boycott for his stinging criticism over Michael Yardy's exit from the World Cup because of depression.
Strauss said his side were "very disappointed" by Boycott's comments and that the squad sympathised with their teammate's situation.
"I don't think your cricketing ability or what you have achieved has anything to do with it whatsoever," Strauss said.
"There are significant

WASHINGTON - Facebook is revamping a platform designed to power the frequently unruly comments space on websites. The Palo Alto, California, social networking giant unveiled an updated Comments Box plug-in on Tuesday that websites can use to replace the system they currently use to display comments from readers.
Online publishers have long debated how to bring a measure of civility to their comments forums, which are frequently populated by insults and off-topic ramblings by

KHARTOUM - The latest remarks by Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir on the upcoming referendum on southern independence are "extremely encouraging," US Senator John Kerry said on Wednesday in Khartoum.
Bashir on a visit to the southern capital Juba on Tuesday said he would celebrate the results of the referendum even if the south chooses to secede, and pledged last week to help build a secure, stable and "brotherly" southern state if it votes for independence.
Kerry hailed the

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain on Monday sought comments of the ISI director general (DG) on media reports that the Jinnah Hospital Lahore's missing doctors was in the agency's custody. The judge observed, "Five months have passed since the news was published on July 17, 2010 that the ISI had picked Dr Ali Abdullah but until now the ISI has not issued any clarification about the news story." Justice Hussain was hearing a petition filed by Dr

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the deputy attorney general and Sindh advocate general to file comments supported with affidavits of Interior and Defence secretaries, the Sindh home secretary, the IGP and other police officials about the whereabouts of two Baloch youths, who were allegedly whisked away by intelligence agencies in Karachi.
A division bench comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Imam Bux Baloch was hearing a petition filed by Ms Ghahari on the

BEIJING: China on Tuesday said it was shocked by the latest comments from Tokyo in a simmering row over a group of disputed islands, as the two sides held informal talks in a bid to ease tensions.
The latest volley in the war of words between Asia's top two economies came after three days of sporadically violent anti-Japan protests in several Chinese cities -- the largest such demonstrations since 2005. Japan and China are trying to rebuild ties that were badly strained after