Shoeb Malik recalled for Zimbabwe tour

KARACHI: Pakistan have recalled former captain and all-rounder Shoaib Malik to the squad for next month’s tour of Zimbabwe, the PCB said on Sunday.

Malik’s inclusion comes after a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) integrity committee cleared him of any wrong doing last week after an investigation into his finances.

King Abdullah Announces Expansion of Grand Masjid in Makkah

JEDDAH: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia who also the Custodian of the Two Holiest Masjids of Islam, is to lay the foundation stone for a new expansion of the Grand Masjid in Makkah on Friday. The project will cover 400,000 square meters, will create prayer space for an additional 1.2 million worshipers.

Taliban attack on British Compound Kabul continues for many hours

Kabul : The Taliban attack on British Compound marking the anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from Britain, The assault on the compound in the west of the city began when a suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle at the front gate of the compound after that several heavily armed insurgents rushed out of a side street shouting, firing in the air and racing towards the open gate. Afghan officials believed the number of attackers was between two and four.

Afghan foreign Minister said that all British nationals caught up in the attack are now safe.

Shoaib Malik cleared by PCB Integrity Committee

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board Integrity Committee has cleared Shoaib Malik in a meeting on this Friday at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. The meeting was attended by Mr. M. Ijaz Butt Chairman PCB in chair.

PCB spokesman announced that the matter of Shoaib Malik which was initiated suo moto by the Integrity Committee with regard to certain deposits in his overseas accounts has been under consideration since December last year. Various meetings of the Committee were held and a number of personal hearings were also provided to Shoaib Malik.

Karachi violence, Twelve people along with PAF Official Killed

KARACHI: A Pakistan Air Force official among twelve more were killed in separate incidents of violence here on Saturday. 

Ghazanfar, the PAF official was shot dead by armed men in the Khokhrapar police limits on Saturday morning while he was present near the Muna Denting Workshop when two armed men riding a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire at him. He was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.