Five brothers playing first-class cricket, four of whom appearing in Test matches as well. Cricket historians and statisticians have never been tired of recounting how Hanif Mohammad, who passed into the ages on August 11, and his three brothers dominated Pakistan cricket in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Apart from Hanif, the eldest, Wazir Mohammad, and younger ones, Mushtaq Mohammad Read More

Five brothers playing first-class cricket, four of whom appearing in Test matches as well. Cricket historians and statisticians have never been tired of recounting how Hanif Mohammad, who passed into the ages on August 11, and his three brothers dominated Pakistan cricket in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Apart from Hanif, the eldest, Wazir Mohammad, and younger ones, Mushtaq Mohammad Read More

Congress today sought to turn tables on BJP over its attack on actress-turned-politician Ramya, contending that if wanting better ties with Pakistan was seditionthen the first case should be lodged against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The entire country wants a better relationship between India and Pakistan. Certain elements in BJP and RSS are unnecessarily trying to gain cheap publicity by Read More

Actor Divya Spandana had recently visited Pakistan to attend the Saarc summit for young parliamentarians. ‘Outraged’ by actor-politician Divya Spandana’s remarks praising the people of Pakistan for their hospitality, a lawyer in Karnataka has filed a case of seditionagainst the former Lok Sabha MP, who also goes by the name Ramya. Ramya, who visited Pakistan to attend the Saarc meeting Read More

Days after Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar equated Pakistan with “hell”, his Cabinet colleague Hansraj Ahir on Monday said both Pakistan and China are averse to initiate peace with India as their “intentions are not good”. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has managed to establish good relations with all our neighbours. But it is still strained with Pakistan and China. This is Read More

India should hit back at Pakistan for sponsoring terrorism in this country, BJPmember R K Singh said in Lok Sabha, adding there is no point in talking to the neighbouring country. The former Union Home Secretary referred to terror attacks in India, including in Pathankot and Kashmir, and said Pakistan Army is involved in these. These terrorists, he said, are Read More

Pakistan on Thursday said it is unaware if there will be any talks on the table between Islamabad and New Delhi on the sidelines of seventh SAARC meeting on August 4, in wake of Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh visit to the country. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, pointed that on such occasions, there are expectation of Read More

The trend it seems is going to continue as Pakistan celebrated the Lord’s Test win – first in 20 years – by doing five push-ups and signing off with a salute. Moments after sealing the 75-run win, Younus Khan neatly assembled the XI near the ropes and instructed them to start the drill. In a moment, they got down to Read More

Pakistan didn’t allow the English tail to wag as the visitors bundled out the hosts for 272. Yasir Shah added one more wicket to his five-wicket haul to end with figures of 6/72. After a decent lead under their belt, Pakistan now need to bat well to post a challenging target for the Alastair Cook-led unit. Live Cricket Scorecard: England vs Paksitan, Read More

The state of emergency which France declared after last November’s deadly Paris attacks will come to an end later this month, President Francois Hollandeconfirmed on Thursday. Speaking on the national July 14 holiday, Hollande said the decree after the November 13 attacks will not be renewed beyond July 26, because a law bolstering security in France was adopted in May. Read More