By Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_3122" align="alignright" width="270"] Pakistan Reached into T20 Semi Final[/caption] India beat South Africa by one run Tuesday but still crashed out of the World Twenty20 as Pakistan went through to the semi-finals by virtue of a higher run rate. Pakistan will meet host Sri Lanka in the first semi-final in Colombo on Thursday while Australia, who went through on r ...

by A N Janjua مولا کریم ہمیں سوچنے اور سمجھنے والا بنا دے - آمین All praises for Allah Karim; Infinite Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS]. But those who break the Covenant of Allah, after having plighted their word thereto, and cut asunder those things which Allah has commanded to be joined, and work mischief in the land;- on them is the curse; for them is the terrible home. AL-R ...

  [caption id="attachment_2915" align="alignright" width="300"] US threaten Attack on Iran[/caption] Netanyahu: Iran six to seven months from nuclear bomb capability The Israeli premier called the U.S. to spell out limits that Tehran must not cross or else face military action - something Obama has refused to do. By The Associated Press and Reuters September 16, 2012 "Haaretz" -- Israeli Prime Minister ...

  By ZaheeruL Hassan [caption id="attachment_2905" align="alignright" width="300"] Saeed Ajmal - World Number One Pakistani Bowler[/caption] Pakistan will not boycott the ICC annual awards ceremony in Colombo , but will raise the issue of Saeed Ajmal's omission from the shortlist of candidates for the awards at the next chief executive's meeting of the apex body. It is mentionable here that  Saeed got 76 Wi ...

ATTOCK: Seven heavily armed militants stormed the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) Minhas airbase at Kamra during the early hours of Thursday, sparking an intense gun battle lasting almost five hours. The militants were said to be armed with automatic weapons, grenades and suicide vests. Intense exchange of fire between militants and security forces ensued after the attackers infiltrated the base, located in Atto ...

By Parveen Tarique Given the state of the land of the pure where there is no water, electricity, gas, no law and order, and the army gets caught in the crosshairs of snipers and militants, and fall like nine pins, the powers that be are pushing for bills, like the contempt bill and the proposed dual nationality bill. Reports indicate that the contempt bill has sailed through, and dual nationality has the pa ...

Eschmall Sardar, Pakistan and the US looked close to a breakthrough as the meeting of Defence Committee of Cabinet came to on the heels of overnight talks between top Pakistan and US officials to narrow down their differences. It was the second time in less than a week that the ISAF Commander, John Allen, landed in Pakistan to help break the impasse on restoration of NATO supplies. He, along with US deputy ...

Domestic political pressure on the government persists, and the possibility  remains that the prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, may be ousted. Government effectiveness is also low, and it could worsen further as a consequence of the current political uncertainty. The likelihood of an early general election has increased significantly (the poll does not have to be held until February 2013). The killing by U ...