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Pakistan’s pace bowler Umar Gul was the lone Pakistani in ICC’s One-Day International (ODI) Team of the Year on Monday. The team was chosen...

After being left out of the Pakistan team for the Zimbabwe tour, fast-bowler Umar Gul has said he is focusing on returning to the...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has warned Bashar al-Assad not to leave reforms until it is too late in a letter delivered to the Syrian...

Confident that he can improve on a rather average Test record while maintaining his fine form in the limited-overs game, Umar Gul is looking...

ISLAMABAD - Gul cargo train, traversing 6500 kilometers from Islamabad, Tehran to Istanbul, will become a symbol of strength in the Pak-Turk ties in the coming years. The project got a final shape in the recent four day official visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Ankara, the Turkish capital, from April 11-14.
With the strong encouragement of leaders of the two countries, Turkish Union of Chambers (TOBB) has announced to immediately start a company to run the project. The

KARACHI - Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam has warned that fast bowler Umar Gul will be at his destructive best for the three Tests against West Indies later this month after refreshing himself by sitting out of the ODIs.
Gul opted out of the five ODIs, saying he wanted to rest and spend time with his family after a taxing World Cup campaign where Pakistan reached the semi-finals.
"Gul needed a rest. The last time when we rested him, he returned with a bang and I expect

MOHALI - Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul hopes Shoaib Akhtar is given one last chance to show what he can do against India in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final. Akhtar, who will retire from international cricket after the World Cup, has featured in just three matches during Pakistan's run to the semi-finals. And it seemed his last outing at this level would be a wretched return of one for 70 in a 110-run group stage thrashing by New Zealand in Pallekelle three weeks ago.
However,

MOHALI - Team unity has helped Pakistan recover from last year's spot-fixing scandal and qualify for the World Cup semi-finals, pace bowler Umar Gul said on Moday.
Three Pakistan players have been banned for a minimum of five years each after manipulating incidents in the fourth test against England at Lord's.
On Monday, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Indian television he was keeping a "close watch" on the team ahead of Wenesday's semi-final against India.

COLOMBO - Coach Waqar Younis hailed Pakistan's hard-fought four-wicket win over Australia as a major achievement on Sunday and picked out seamer Umar Gul as the star of the show. Gul took 3-30 and Abdul Razzaq claimed 2-8 as Australia were bowled out for 176 in 46.4 overs -- their lowest total since the 1992 World Cup -- before Pakistan foiled Brett Lee's 4-28 to chase down the target with nine overs left.
Saturday's defeat ended Australia's 34-match unbeaten streak at the World

KARACHI - Gul Ahmed Textile Mills has been declared the largest exporter to France in Home Textile category. Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Ltd Chairman Bashir Ali Mohammad and the International Textile Manufacturers Federation president received the prestigious award from the chief guest, the French Ambassador Daniel Jouanneau.
Gul Ahmed has achieved this award in previous years and has been the largest home fashion exporter to the European Union consistently for the last 25 years.

LAHORE - Pakistan batsman Younis Khan, captain Misbah-ul-Haq and fast bowler Umar Gul have moved up in the ICC Player Rankings after showing good performances in the Wellington Test against New Zealand which ended in a draw on Wednesday.
Younis, who surged to the top of the batting table after his Karachi triple-century against Sri Lanka a couple of years ago, has climbed five places to 14th position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his scores of 73 and

Pakistan captain Misbha-ul-Haq scored the highest number of runs while team-mate Umar claimed the highest number of wickets in the just concluded Test matches between Pakistan and New Zealand. Pakistan won the series 1-0. The Pakistani skipper scored 231 runs at an average of 115.50 and a strike rate of 38.88 with three half-centuries in as many innings of two Test matches. He hit 30 fours and one six in this series. Martin Guptill scored 163 runs at 40.75 and a strike rate of 34.38

ISLAMABAD: Former president Pervez Musharraf said on Friday former ISI head Hamid Gul was against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and he might have been involved in her assassination plot.
In an interview with a private channel, Musharraf said in a letter written to him by Benazir, she suspected that she had a life threat from Pervaiz Elahi, Ijaz Shah and Hamid Gul.
"I don't suspect Ijaz Shah and Pervaiz Elahi to be involved such a crime as they are respectable people.

ISLAMABAD: The intention and sincerity of the Pakistan People's Party government to expand the investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto will be clear only if all those she had named in her letter are also served a questionnaire similar to the one FIA sent to former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf.
Political circles have termed the government's decision to expand the investigation by involving Musharraf a political gimmick to hoodwink the people and divert their

PESHAWAR
Pakistan Cricket Team fast bowler Umar Gul married a doctor from Dubai last night in which a large number of his friends zealously participated.
The marriage was celebrated in his village Nawa Killey which was also the ancestral village of former squash legends Jhan Shier Khan, Hasham Khan, Qamar Zaman and Mohibullah.
Umar Gul told Pakistan Today that he was overjoyed about this new venture in his life and that both he and his family were delighted about the