A US drone missile strike on Thursday killed at least 38 suspected militants in a Pakistani region known as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters.
Shoaib Akhtar, whose colourful career has been a heady mix of brilliance and controversy, announced his retirement from international cricket.
Misbah-ul-Haq on Friday vowed Pakistan would support Kamran Akmal after his horror show against New Zealand, saying he was mentally tough.
India virtually wrapped a World Cup quarter-final place on Wednesday as Pakistan’s keeper Kamran Akmal faced being deposed by his own brother.
Stand-in skipper Ross Taylor on Tuesday said New Zealand would savour their first win of the 2011 World Cup over Pakistan.
A car bomb exploded in a neighbourhood full of government buildings in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 13 people and wounding dozens.
The ICC’s decision to limit the show to just 10 countries will undo 120 years of progress.
Skipper Shahid Afridi took five wickets to help Pakistan overcome a scare at the hands of Canada and clinch a hard-fought 46-run win.
Pakistan is being swept towards violent chaos by a growing wave of Islamist extremism, newspapers said on Thursday.
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/ 26 February 2011
Shahid Afridi came up with another superb bowling performance as Pakistan beat co-hosts Sri Lanka by 11 runs to win their Group A World Cup match.
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/ 23 February 2011
Shahid Afridi took five wickets and Umar Akmal scored one of four half-centuries as Pakistan crushed Kenya by 205 runs on Wednesday.
The Netherlands’ Ryan ten Doeschate scored a dazzling World Cup century against ragged England on Tuesday but the three-times finalists fought back.
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/ 16 February 2011
The ICC has banned tweeting during World Cup games to ensure illegal bookmakers do not use the views of players and staff on Twitter as betting guides
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/ 10 February 2011
A suicide bomber killed up to 27 Pakistan army recruits at a parade ground on Thursday, an attack the Taliban said was vengeance for US drone strikes.
India and Pakistan have agreed to resume peace talks that were broken off by New Delhi after the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Indian sources said on Thursday.
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/ 5 February 2011
An anti-corruption tribunal of the International Cricket Council on Saturday banned former Pakistan captain Salman Butt for 10 years.
Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt have been charged with corruption offences, UK prosecution services said on Friday.
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/ 4 February 2011
British prosecutors on Friday charged three Pakistan cricketers with taking bribes to fix incidents in an international match in England last year.
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/ 25 January 2011
If you are a tourist ready to go somewhere a bit different, there is a growing queue of destinations desperate to welcome you.
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/ 18 January 2011
The lifeless bodies of two tiny babies are being given their final bath before burial in Karachi, after they were left to die in the city’s dumps.
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are set to learn their fate on Tuesday over corruption allegations.
After 9/11, when General Pervez Musharraf chose to ally with the Americans in the "war on terror", it was a fundamental blunder.
A make-or-break anti-corruption tribunal against Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir opened on Thursday.
The governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province was shot dead in Islamabad because of his high-profile opposition to controversial blasphemy laws.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is likely to survive after the main opposition group said it would not push for a no-confidence vote.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is due to meet an opposition leader in a bid to head off a possible vote of no confidence against him.
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/ 27 December 2010
Some 105 journalists have been killed while doing their job this year, media watchdog Press Emblem Campaign said on Monday.
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/ 27 December 2010
A woman covered in a head-to-foot burqa carried out a suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people in Pakistan, government officials said.
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/ 26 December 2010
More than 80 were killed in a bombing on a World Food Programme project and a series of helicopter raids against militant camps in Pakistan.
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/ 25 December 2010
A suicide bomber attacked a gathering of displaced people waiting to get aid in north-western Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 40 of them.
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/ 21 December 2010
Pakistan successfully test fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads, the military said.
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/ 15 December 2010
Pakistan banned its cricketers from social networking sites Facebook and Twitter in the latest effort to exert discipline.