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Kent seamer Wahab Riaz has said he would like the opportunity to return to the county, after his spell at Canterbury ended last week....

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has thanked Bahria Town Chairman Malik Riaz for completing over one thousand houses for Aashiyana Housing Scheme in the...

The striking absence of the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N stalwart Nisar Ali Khan from the party elections held...

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-backed Punjab Assembly (PA) Opposition Leader Raja Riaz Ahmad called Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif a corrupt politician on...

Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz has said that Shah Mahmood Qureshi is violating party discipline and he must relinquish his basic...

Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz is likely to stay with Kent County Cricket Club for the remaining season. Kent look like keeping paceman Wahab...

Calling Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif a “drama” and a failed provincial head, Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz demanded local bodies’...

Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz Ahmed on Monday declared the plan of a grand opposition alliance an anti-democracy move by PML-N...

Faculty member of Government College University (GCU), Dr Riaz Ahmad has been selected as the best university teacher for the year 2010 by the...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is responsible for the destruction caused by the floods in the province last year, as the judicial commission’s findings...

LAHORE - The PML-N and PPP are fueling their political rivalry on doctors' strike, a trauma for patients and ordeal for medical practitioners. Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has announced the launching of an FIR against Raja Riaz for instigating the doctors on strike.
Rana Sanaullah said that Raja Riaz should convince the doctors to perform their duties rather than inciting them to violation of law and order in the province. He said that Raja Riaz was serving his vested

MOHALI - Fast bowler Wahab Riaz emerged from the shadows with a career-best five for 46 in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final as India made 260 for nine though pakistan lost.
The left-armer, who comes from Punjab, has often only played when others were injured, and all eyes focused on the likes of reverse-swing specialist Umar Gul and express quick Shoaib Akhtar. However, Pakistan's decision to keep the 35-year-old Akhtar on the sidelines put Riaz in the spotlight, as he would have

MOHALI - Sachin Tendulkar's chancy 85 powered India to 260-9 against a Pakistan side which seemed overwhelmed by the hype built around Wednesday's World Cup semi-final and the 'cricket diplomacy' surrounding it.
Sitting in the VIP box, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani watched on as Tendulkar enjoyed a series of let-offs.
Playing in his sixth World Cup, Tendulkar had an lbw decision overturned on appeal, was dropped by

FAISALABAD - Uninterrupted gas and electricity supply to Faisalabad region is essential for the running of local industrial, commercial and agriculture sector which are a primary source of livelihood for millions of workers in the city, said Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) senior leader and leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Raja Riaz. He was speaking at a meeting of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company Limited (FESCO)'s Load Management Committee held at a local hotel. "I

LAHORE - The PPP shall advocate for the Siraiki province in its party manifesto, Punjab Assembly Opposition leader Raja Riaz announced on a point of order during the 23rd ongoing session of the Punjab Assembly on Monday. Continuing his speech he expressed full support for the demand raised by the people of Southern Punjab and vowed to fulfill the demand.
On another point of order, Raja Riaz drew the attention of the house on the episode of the concocted murder plot of former

LAHORE - Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz Wednesday termed any attempt to pave the way for a clash between the institutions as dangerous, saying the PML-N-led government in Punjab must realise that this mindset would always cause serious loss to the country.
He said the PML-N leadership whenever in power made efforts to create a conflict between the national institutions without understanding the consequences. Soon after the start of the Punjab Assembly's

LAHORE - Provincial Food Minister Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor on Sunday accused opposition leader Raja Riaz of being the voice of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. In a press release, Ghafoor asked Riaz to visit his native city Faisalabad and try to appease people's anger against the federal government instead of raising a hue and cry in Lahore. He said, "One who has bunged Punjab's gas and electricity cannot hoodwink the people through his tactics."
He said it was known to the nation that the