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/ 22 December 2011
Reporters without Borders claims 66 journalists have killed this year — many of them covering Arab revolutions or political turmoil in Pakistan.
The US says it will freeze $700-million in aid to Pakistan until it moves to fight the spread of fertiliser-based explosives to Afghanistan.
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/ 12 December 2011
Abdur Rehman carried Pakistan to an innings and 184 run-flogging of Bangladesh on the penultimate day of their first Test.
Pakistan was put in a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh thanks to impressive batting by Mohammad Hafeez and Younis Khan.
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/ 9 December 2011
Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar cracked unbeaten half-centuries to put Pakistan in command after Bangladesh crashed to 135 in the first Test.
A prominent Pakistani Cabinet minister says unnamed ‘people’ would foil any attempt to dislodge the president through a coup.
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/ 1 December 2011
Pakistan cricket authorities have approved the setting-up of a ‘vigilance and security division’ to fight corruption in the game.
Pakistan has warned it could end its support for the US-led war on terror if its sovereignty is violated again after a Nato attack that saw 24 dead.
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/ 1 December 2011
A top US military officer says a Nato attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers was not deliberate, while Pakistan maintains Nato forces were alerted.
Pakistan is up in arms over the cross-border air attack by Nato that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, saying it was a deliberate act of aggression.
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/ 27 November 2011
Pakistan on Sunday buried 24 troops killed in a Nato air raid that has pushed a crisis in relations between the US and a key ally towards rupture.
Shahid Afridi scored a half-century before taking five wickets to steer Pakistan to a hard fought 26-run win in the fourth match over Sri Lanka.
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/ 15 November 2011
Lasith Malinga has pushed Sri Lanka to a 25-run victory against Pakistan by taking three wickets in the second ODI to level the five-match series 1-1.
Salman Butt, convicted of match-fixing with two Pakistan teammates, has filed an appeal against a 30-month prison sentence handed down to him.
The jail terms dished out to three cricket players convicted of match-fixing could deter others, and might bring back the sport’s credibility.
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/ 3 November 2011
Kumar Sangakkara has passed the 9 000 Test-run milestone as Sri Lanka began positively in the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan.
The three Pakistan cricketers convicted match-fixing are due to find out if they will spend time in jail for their role in the corruption scandal.
Shahid Afridi says he hopes to return to international cricket this month after a meeting with the new Pakistan Cricket Board chairperson.
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/ 2 November 2011
Eleven years after South Africa’s Hansie Cronje was banned for life for taking bribes, the cricket world has taken another match-fixing blow.
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/ 1 November 2011
Pakistan’s captain Misbah-ul Haq vowed to remain positive in his bids to win the series against Sri Lanka as the teams prepare for their third Test.
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/ 1 November 2011
The jury in the fixing trial of former Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif was sent home in the hope they can reach a majority decision.
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/ 1 November 2011
After an attack on Sri Lankan players two years ago, Zaka Ashraf says Pakistan has to work hard to bring international cricket back to the country.
The Pakistan Cricket Board’s new chief Zaka Ashraf said on Friday he thinks allrounder Shahid Afridi still has plenty to offer as a one-day player.
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/ 21 October 2011
Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne hit fighting half-centuries to keep Pakistan’s victory bids at bay on the fourth day of their opening Test.
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/ 20 October 2011
Pakistan continued to bat Sri Lanka out of the first Test despite losing Azhar Ali, extending their first-innings score from 259-1 to 336-2.
Pakistan Cricket World Cup captain Shahid Afridi says he is ready to play for his country now that there is a new Pakistan Cricket Board chairperson.
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/ 11 October 2011
Cricket Australia’s chief executive says claims made about Australian match-fixing are "outlandish and made by a person of dubious repute".
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has sought to ease concerns in Pakistan, already feeling isolated, about a key agreement with India.
Three Pakistan Test players are due to go on trial in London charged with spot-fixing during a match against England last year.
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/ 6 September 2011
The recent arrest of anti-slavery protesters in Mauritania has highlighted the fact that slavery is not a relic of the past.
Attacks apparently planned by Uighur militants to coincide with a visit to the Xinjiang region by Pakistan’s president have been thwarted, China says.
Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis has resigned citing personal reasons, but said he would continue stay on through Augusts’s tour of Zimbabwe.