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Kumar Sangakkara notched his ninth one-day international century and Ajantha Mendis claimed four wickets to lead Sri Lanka to a 64-run win against Pakistan in a Super Four match of the Asia Cup.
Sangakkara scored 112 off 110 deliveries in the defending champion’s total of 302-7 in 50 overs. Misbah-ul-Haq had a career-best 76 off 70 […]

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar Monday filed a fresh appeal against a ban for indiscipline just weeks after the punishment was reduced from five years to 18 months, his lawyer said.
The 32-year-old paceman was banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) disciplinary committee in April for several incidents of indiscipline and violating […]

An explosion killed six people at a Pakistani militant’s house Monday on the third day of a government offensive, as a US official arrived in Islamabad for counter-terrorism talks.
Militant chief Haji Namdar, who survived the blast in the northwestern Khyber tribal district, and a security official said the house was destroyed by military action but […]

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Pakistan’s failure to put pressure on Taliban forces on the country’s border with Afghanistan had fueled a rise in violence, but said Islamabad appeared to recognize the problem.
A 40 percent spike in violence in east Afghanistan in the first five months of 2008 “is a matter of concern, of […]

VIRENDER Sehwag produced a superb innings of 119 today to power India to a crushing six-wicket win over Pakistan in their Asia Cup match in Karachi.
Sehwag scored his ninth one-day century in a 198-run second wicket partnership with Suresh Raina (84) to guide India to 4-301 after 42.1 overs in reply to Pakistan’s total of […]

WASHINGTON — The United States has paid more than $5 billion to reimburse Pakistan for counter-terrorism expenses that have often been exaggerated, if not fabricated, according to a government audit released Tuesday that blasts the Pentagon for poor management of the program.

LAHORE: The 3-member full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) has declared Pakistan Muslim League (N) Chief Nawaz Sharif ineligible to contest the by-elections and for now allowed Shahbaz Sharif to work as Chief Minister Punjab.lorazepam maximal doze lisinopril fosamax interactions purchase of indian fda levitra nasonex retin-a propecia valtrex beating an insurance nicotine test […]

KARACHI: The Pakistan cricket selectors on Sunday included uncapped spinner Saeed Ajmal in a 15-man national squad named for the Asia Cup starting simultaneously in Lahore and Karachi on Tuesday (tomorrow). The squad was announced by chief selector Salahuddin Ahmad here at the National Cricket Stadium. Selectors Shafqat Rana and Salim Jaffer were also present […]

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan against the Taliban, saying President Hamid Karzai’s threat to pursue militants into Pakistani territory was “not wise.”
“There are Taliban operating in Afghanistan who have to be defeated. And there are Taliban who are operating in Pakistan, and they have to be defeated,” […]

India, Pakistan and Iran are next month likely to hold their first trilateral meeting in a year to finalise details of the USD 7.4 billion tri-nation gas pipeline project.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora met his Iranian counterpart Gholam Hosein Nozari on sidelines of a meeting of world oil producers and consumers in Jeddah yesterday evening and […]