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LAHORE - After the much-publicised Haj scam, it should not be a surprise for anyone if one day you hear about an Umra scandal. The reason is simple. The travel agents with connivance of the national flag carrier are all set to fleece innocent pilgrims.
Aviation industry experts estimate that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)'s partnership with some blue-eyed travel agents will cost around Rs 1.6 billion to the general public. A survey conducted by Pakistan Today reveals that

KARACHI - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik warned the country's cricket team on Monday that they were being kept under a close scrutiny before Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against India because of the recent spot-fixing scandal.
"We are taking no risks now and we are keeping a close watch on the team for the semi-final because we don't want any more spot-fixing scandals," Malik told reporters.
Three Pakistan players have been banned for a minimum five years each

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.

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani urge his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh to hold a "meaningful and result-oriented" dialogue on Kashmir and other bilateral disputes during his upcoming visit to India to watch the Cricket World Cup semi-final on March 30, said a Pakistani official, as a three-member delegation of the Interior Ministry led by Interior Secretary Qamar Zaman Chaudhry left for New Delhi from the Wahga Border on Sunday.
The delegation was

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara credited his bowlers for keeping up the pressure on England right from the first ball in the World Cup quarter-final on Saturday. The Sri Lankans restricted Andrew Strauss's men to 229-6 before cruising to the target in the 40th over for an emphatic 10-wicket victory in the day-night clash at the R. Premadasa stadium. Tillakaratne Dilshan (108) and Upal Tharanga (102) struck unbeaten centuries to cap a miserable outing for England and book

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LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has congratulated Pakstan team for winning the World Cup quarter-final match against the West Indies and is now looking forward to the next quarter-final match. In a message to the team he said: "Well done Pakistan. Now all eyes of tomorrow's (Thursday's) match." Another former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif congratulated the Pakistan team as well as the entire nation for the win against the West Indies. He also hoped to see Pakistan play

COMMENT - They struggled against a side which did not play either their best batsman (Chris Gayle) or their best bowler (Kemar Roach), and had to depend on the old reliable Zaheer Khan to pull them back into the game with a crucial wicket when things seemed to be slipping. Zaheer has been doing this now with remarkable regularity, but can he do it at least two more times?
No team has shown any marked superiority at this stage. Australia lost their first match in the World Cup

AUSTIN - Rap icon Snoop Dogg and upstart Wiz Khalifa are teaming up for a new film, 'High School,' which the former calls "a comedy stoner movie, a little something for the stoners." Snoop told that the duo - who also joined forces for the song 'This Weed is Mine' for his forthcoming 'Doggumentary' album - will begin filming during the first week of May, and that the project grew out of a musical collaboration with the Pittsburgh MC. "Just being a fan of his music and likewise, he

LAHORE - The Pakistan Whites hockey team will receive Rs 1.6 million as prize money for winning the 11th SAG trophy. The team participated in the 11th SAG held in Dhaka from January 29 to February 8, 2010 and won the title.
Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif promised a cash award for the winning team and on Tuesday he announced the prize money for the victorious team members from Punjab amounting to Rs 1,600,000. The prize distribution ceremony will be held on Thursday,

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has predicted that an Asian team will win the 2011 World Cup. "There was a time when Asian teams didn't have the sort of quality that was needed to go all the way, especially in a major event like the World Cup. There was also a time when they couldn't really cope with pressure," Ramiz was quoted by Life Illustrated.
"But now, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka do not lack in those areas. Even Bangladesh are an improved lot. Their rankings

LAHORE - The victorious Pakistan Davis Cup team, compromising Aqeel Khan, Samir Iftikhar, Yasir Khan and non-playing captain Mohsif Zia, were accorded a warm reception on their arrival from Hong Kong. PTF officials, including President Kalim Imam, and tennis fans warmly welcomed them at the Islamabad airport. Pakistan beat Hong Kong 3-2 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group II tie at Victoria Park Hong Kong. The PTF President hoped that they will repeat their performance in the next

COLOMBO - Pakistan great Wasim Akram, the last captain to beat Australia in a World Cup match, says teams need a plan and "fire in the belly" to end the side's long run of success at the World Cup.
Australia, who play Group A rivals Sri Lanka on Saturday, have not lost a match at the showpiece tournament since going down to Pakistan at Leeds in 1999, and have stretched their unbeaten run to 31 matches. The have won their past 25 World Cup matches since the tied semi-final against

LAHORE - Two years after the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, the Pakistan Cricket Board is hoping for international cricket's return to the country, with the Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe showing interest in touring Pakistan.
"One thing is clear: if international cricket is to return to Pakistan later this year it will be an Asian or African cricket board that will have to support us," a board official said.
He said Pakistan was optimistic about the

STATS CORNER - Lasith Malinga became the fourth bowler to perform two hat-tricks in one day internationals and the first to do so in World Cup match. The right-arm fast bowler from Galle achieved this feat against Kenya at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Tuesday (March 1). Lasith Malinga's hat trick started in the 42nd over of the match. Tanmay Mishra became the first victim of Malinga's hat-trick after missing a full delivery on leg stump to fall for a 13-ball duck.
It was the

BANGALORE - Ireland captain William Porterfield has urged his side to be "cricket-smart" when they face England in a World Cup clash here Wednesday. The Irish, who knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup, were on course for another victory over a Test nation when they held Bangladesh to 205 runs in their opening match of this tournament.
But a batting collapse saw a side featuring several players with English county sides, of whom opener Porterfield is one, lose by 27 runs.

LAHORE - Pakistan blind cricket team whitewashed Australia in the three-match Donovan-Agha Shaukat Blind Cricket ODI series when they beat the hosts in the last encounter by four wickets at the Adelaide Oval. The series was organised to recognise the perpetual efforts of Late Agha Shaukat Ali (former chairman Pakistan Blind Cricket Council, founder member of World Blind Cricket Council and pioneer blind cricketer in Pakistan) and Australian blind cricketer Peter Donovan (former