Pakistan police were on Wednesday hunting for the gunmen behind a deadly assault on Sri Lanka’s cricket team.
SA cricket captain Graeme Smith said on Tuesday the attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan brought home to him the real meaning of tragedy.
The cricket world reacted with shock and anger on Tuesday to the brazen and savage attacks on the Sri Lankan team.
Masked gunmen launched a brazen attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, wounding seven team members.
Six members of the Sri Lankan cricket squad were wounded when gunmen attacked their bus as it drove on Tuesday to a stadium in Lahore.
Thilan Samaraweera became just the sixth batsman in Test cricket to notch a double hundred in consecutive matches on Monday.
Girls in Pakistan’s Swat Valley can attend school but must wear veils that cover their heads and faces, a top official said on Monday.
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/ 26 February 2009
Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region after accusing him of spying for the United States, police said on Thursday.
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/ 26 February 2009
Pakistan braced on Thursday for a new wave of street protests after a court barred the country’s main opposition leader from running for office.
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/ 25 February 2009
Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Wednesday after Pakistan’s Supreme Court banned top opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from holding office.
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/ 25 February 2009
Younis Khan hit 313 to help Pakistan achieve a record total as the first Test against Sri Lanka ended in a predictable draw on Wednesday.
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/ 25 February 2009
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday barred opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from elected office, raising the prospect of bitter political conflict.
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/ 24 February 2009
Pakistani Taliban militants announced an indefinite ceasefire in the Swat valley in the north-west of the country on Tuesday.
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/ 23 February 2009
Pakistan captain Younis Khan hit a century to steer his side to 296-3 at the end of the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Monday.
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/ 23 February 2009
Rows of empty seats and thousands of unsold tickets have provided a bleak backdrop to Pakistan’s first Test in 14 months.
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/ 21 February 2009
Malinda Warnapura and Kumar Sangakkara recorded opening session half-centuries as Sri Lanka made a confident start to the first Test against Pakistan.
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/ 20 February 2009
A suicide bomber ran into a crowd of mourners at the funeral of a slain Shi’ite Muslim leader in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 30 people.
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/ 16 February 2009
The government and Islamic hardliners on Monday signed an agreement to enforce sharia law in the northwestern Swat valley, said a provincial minister.
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/ 16 February 2009
Pakistani insurgents holding a US citizen working for the UN said on Monday they would extend the deadline given for the hostage’s execution.
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/ 14 February 2009
Obama warned this month that the spillover of the Afghan war risks ”destabilising neighbouring Pakistan, which has nuclear weapons”.
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/ 12 February 2009
The Mumbai attacks that killed 165 people last November were partly planned in Pakistan, a top-level Islamabad official admitted on Thursday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been formally banned for one year from the lucrative Indian Premier League for testing positive for Nandrolone.
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/ 6 February 2009
Pakistan will announce the results of its investigation into the Mumbai attacks next week, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Pakistani engineers on Wednesday opened an alternative supply route for Nato in Afghanistan after militants blew up a key bridge and torched trucks.
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/ 2 February 2009
Former Pakistan greats on Monday bemoaned a decision to relocate the Champions Trophy tournament over security concerns.
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/ 23 January 2009
Three civilians were killed in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on Friday as government pondered its options for wresting control of the valley from militants.
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/ 21 January 2009
Spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis took six wickets to help Sri Lanka to a 129-run victory over Pakistan in an ODI on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday Pakistan had sent India a response to evidence from the Mumbai attacks.
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/ 29 December 2008
The death toll from a suicide car bombing at a polling station in northwest Pakistan has risen to 41, police said Monday.
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/ 28 December 2008
Pakistan’s leader has pleaded for dialogue, not war, to fight terrorism in South Asia but told India not to push Islamabad too hard for action.
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/ 27 December 2008
The United States has urged India and Pakistan to avoid an escalation of tensions after Islamabad redeployed troops to their common border.
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/ 19 December 2008
Pakistan will issue a new 10-rupee coin in honour of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto to coincide with the first anniversary of her death.