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Former cricketers feel sorry for trio

LAHORE - Some of the former cricketers and officials feel sorry for the banned players, but have welcomed the ICC decision which would help clean off corruption from the game.
Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan believes that the trio should challenge the ICC commission's decision if they are innocent. He said that the decision would not entirely end the practice of match-fixing or spot-fixing but would surely help control the menace.
Moin said that he believes that the ICC

SC summons former IG in drag race case

ISLAMABAD - Police Deputy Inspector General Major (r) Mubasharullah told the Supreme Court on Friday that Islamabad's former IG Kalim Imam had phoned him and asked to accept the affidavits being filed on behalf of Ali Riaz, Bahria Town's chief executive and one of the accused in illegal drag race case in which an accident claimed five lives.
A four-member bench, composed of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice

Accountability court summons former food minister Tikka

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday summoned former minister for food Iqbal Tikka with his brother Azam Tikka, son-in-law Hammad Tikka and Adil Saleem Tikka, newly nominated co-accused in a reference filed against Sheikh Muhammad Ayub the owner of renowned Qasr-e-Zauk for February 2.
National Accountability Bureau had nominated Iqbal Tikka, Azam Tikka, Hammad Tikka and Adil Saleem Tikka by following the direction of Supreme Court during the hearing of a suo motu notice

Former PU IT principal charged with misuse of authority

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday framed the charge on Punjab University College of Information Technology former principal Dr Majid Naeem involved in a reference of misappropriation of Rs 2.79 million through misuse of authority.
The accused denied the charge and claimed his innocent, after which the court summoned prosecution witnesses for further proceedings for Fabruary 3. A reference had been filed against Dr Majis that he withdrew Rs 2,797,850 from the university

Ke$ha hit with $14 million lawsuit from former manager

NEW YORK - A management team that claims they helped put the $ in Ke$ha is apparently asking for an immediate-and enormous-return on its inve$tment. The suit was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court by DAS Communications, in which they define the artist born KeshaSebert as "a very young and inexperienced artist whose 'star' may not continue to rise."
Court papers show that the company is seeking $14 million in damages from Sebert, and an additional $12 million from super-producer Dr.

Former Punjab IG’s car stolen

LAHORE - A car owned by former Inspector General of Punjab Police Maj Mushtaq was stolen on Monday from his house in South Cantonment Police precincts. Police registered a case against unidentified car thieves and started investigating.
The police said that a car with a green number plate bearing registration number LXA-1654 was being used by former Inspector General of Punjab Police Maj Mushtaq. Maj Mushtaq's driver Constable Irfan Baig parked the car outside the house in

Former greats slam Afridi

LAHORE - Former Test players believe that Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is not serious in his attitude and is not giving his hundred percent to the team. The criticism came after the humiliating loss to New Zealand, which won its first ODI after 11 straight losses, including a series against Bangladesh.
Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail and legendary leg-spinner Abdul Qadir Saturday lashed out at Afridi for his highly irresponsible behavior in the first ODI. "How a captain can ask

Deedar and former GCU registrar show colours on stage

LAHORE - The Government College University (GCU), Lahore, one of the most respected and widely-acclaimed institutions of the country, turned into a dance floor when renowned stage dancer, Deedar, notorious for her vulgar dances, performed at the Bonfire Night held at the varsity on Wednesday, which forced the varsity's former registrar to shake a leg on famous Indian songs, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Deedar performed on recent hit songs such as "Munni Badnaam Hui" and "Sheila Ki

Former London Police officers call on IGP

LAHORE - A two-member London Police delegation called on Punjab Police Inspector General (IGP) Javed Iqbal at the Punjab Central Police Office (CPO) on Monday for establishing a new command and control system.
The delegation consisting of former London Metro Police chief of operations Tariq Ghafoor and Dr Amanat Hussain has a vast experience of establishing command and control system in London and Dubai, UAE.
The delegation would stay in Lahore for three weeks. Keeping in

Accountability court summons former Haj DG on 21st

LAHORE - An accountability court on Saturday summoned former Haj director general (DG) Major (r) Rao Shakeel Ahmed on January 21 to join the hearing of a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him. Earlier, the court had exempted Shakeel from appearance in court, as he was serving as Khanewal DCO and had to participate in several official meetings.
A reference has been filed against Shakeel accusing the former Haj DG of collaborating with his father

Former skippers greet PFF president

LAHORE - Former National skippers have congratulated Pakistan Football Federation President Faisal Saleh Hayat on becoming first Pakistani ever to have been elected to the prestigious AFC Executive Committee during the 24th Asian Football Confederation Congress at Doha on Thursday.
Faisal is also the only Pakistani who visited the football World Cup as member of FIFA/ World Cup Disciplinary Committee last year. He is also the chairman of Asian Football Confederation Disciplinary

Former boss feared Qadri’s ‘extremism’

ISLAMABAD - The supervising police officer of the bodyguard accused of killing Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer had asked for his removal from all sensitive security duties because of his extreme religious views, an investigator said on Thursday.
A senior police official investigating the case said Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri had been declared a "security hazard" and his supervising officer had written to the Punjab Home Department saying he should be removed from VIP detail.

World Cup selection irks former greats

LAHORE - Many former cricketers have criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board for ignoring Shoaib Malik and Danish Kaneria in the preliminary squad for the World Cup 2011.
The PCB had formed integrity committee to scrutinise the details of the bank accounts and properties of these three players.
The PCB integrity committee cleared Kamran Akmal but denied
NOC to Shoaib Malik and Danish Kaneria and also did not issue any reason for their non selection.
Former captain

Benazir murder case – former police officers sent on judicial remand

RAWALPINDI - An Anti-Terrorist Court on Wednesday denied the Federal Investigation Agency's request to extend the physical remand of former police chief of Rawalpindi Saud Aziz and former Superintendent Police Rawal Town Khurram Shahzad in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
The former police officials, who were arrested for alleged negligence of duty over the 2007 assassination of former prime minister, were produced before the court on Wednesday. The FIA had requested the ATC to

Aamer criticises former cricketers

LAHORE - Former Pakistan batsman and PCB's Game Development Director Aamer Sohail has slammed former team-mate Ramiz Raja for saying that domestic cricket was based on quantity than quality.
"I don't know how Ramiz said that Pakistan cricket doesn't have quality," PakPassion quoted Sohail, as saying.
Former cricketers have ruined Pakistan cricket because when current format of domestic cricket was introduced, they should have thought about introducing teams like Quetta to

NAB books former Bahawalnagar postmaster

LAHORE - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab on Monday filed a reference in an accountability court against former Bahawalnagar postmaster Muhammad Saleem on charges of embezzling public money through bogus money order receipts and miscellaneous head of accounts.
According to details, Saleem while serving as Bahawalnagar Cantt Sub-Post Office Incharge in 2006, misappropriated Rs 0.47 million through bogus money order receipts and miscellaneous head of accounts

Former DIG’s nephew butchered to death

LAHORE: The abducted nephew of former Traffic deputy inspector general (DIG) Ghalib Ali Bandesha has been butchered to death by kidnappers who also received Rs 1 million in ransom from the family, Pakistan Today learned on Tuesday.
Crime Investigation Agency Nawankot traced and arrested five criminals involved in the kidnapping-for-ransom and the subsequent murder after recovering Taimoor Laiq's body from Sabzazar. Laiq was a resident of Rachna Block, Iqbal Town. According to the