Tag: Looms
Players, ICC hold breath as fixing verdict looms
NEW DELHI - Much more will be at stake on Saturday than just three careers when lawyer Michael Beloff reads the verdict of an independent anti-corruption tribunal in Doha on cheating allegations facing three Pakistan cricketers.
The three-member tribunal heard the case against Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif last month for more than 45 hours spread over six days, poring over oral and written testimonies, watching video recordings and listening to tapes and forensic
The three-member tribunal heard the case against Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif last month for more than 45 hours spread over six days, poring over oral and written testimonies, watching video recordings and listening to tapes and forensic
Ushna faces fitness test as Fed Cup looms
LAHORE - Pakistan's top female tennis player Ushna Sohail will undergo a fitness test for her selection for the Pakistan's Fed Cup team in the first week of February.
According to Rashid Malik, she will be evaluated in a full length practice match against the camp training players.
Currently six players - Sarah Mahboob, Sarah Mansoor, Saba Aziz, Anoosha Aslam and Iman Qureshi - are training at the Bagh-i-Jinnah Courts under the supervision of former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik
According to Rashid Malik, she will be evaluated in a full length practice match against the camp training players.
Currently six players - Sarah Mahboob, Sarah Mansoor, Saba Aziz, Anoosha Aslam and Iman Qureshi - are training at the Bagh-i-Jinnah Courts under the supervision of former Davis Cupper Rashid Malik
Judgment day looms for Pakistani trio
LAHORE - he fate of the Pakistan cricket's tainted trio is likely to be decided on Tuesday (today) as the ICC's hearing into the spot-fixing allegations moves towards conclusion.
Mohammad Aamir was cross-examined by the ICC lawyers on Monday and the tribunal members will give final touches to the verdict which is likely to be announced today.
It has been learnt that the ICC examined the phone record of the players.
Earlier, Salman Butt amd Mohammad Amir were quizzed
Mohammad Aamir was cross-examined by the ICC lawyers on Monday and the tribunal members will give final touches to the verdict which is likely to be announced today.
It has been learnt that the ICC examined the phone record of the players.
Earlier, Salman Butt amd Mohammad Amir were quizzed
Terrorism threat looms over Ashura processions
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to close the Mohammad Ali (MA) Jinnah Road, the city's busiest thoroughfare, for traffic by sealing all the link roads for a four-day period, in the wake of terror threats on Ashura processions, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The plan under consideration is to seal the MA Jinnah Road from Guru Mandir to Tower from the evening of 7th Muharam to thwart any untoward incident.
Well-placed sources in the provincial home department told
The plan under consideration is to seal the MA Jinnah Road from Guru Mandir to Tower from the evening of 7th Muharam to thwart any untoward incident.
Well-placed sources in the provincial home department told
France faces more protests as pension vote looms
PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy sent in police on Wednesday to clear blockades at France's fuel depots that have caused petrol shortages as unions kept up resistance to an unpopular pension reform due for a final vote this week.
Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said three major depots were unblocked overnight and Sarkozy said it would not let the country be paralysed by protests against a bill that seeks to raise the minimum retirement age to 62 from 60.
"If this disorder
Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said three major depots were unblocked overnight and Sarkozy said it would not let the country be paralysed by protests against a bill that seeks to raise the minimum retirement age to 62 from 60.
"If this disorder
Food insecurity looms as government procrastinates
ISLAMABAD: The failure of the government to provide key agricultural inputs on time for flood-affected farmers and rehabilitation of the damaged canal infrastructure pose a major threat to the upcoming Rabi crops, official sources said.
The government estimates to achieve 24 million tonnes of wheat production next year. However, agriculture experts fear a massive decline in production, between 18 to 20 million tonnes against an annual wheat demand of 22 million.
The farmers
The government estimates to achieve 24 million tonnes of wheat production next year. However, agriculture experts fear a massive decline in production, between 18 to 20 million tonnes against an annual wheat demand of 22 million.
The farmers
