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CNews ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sued fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for 200 million rupees (three million dollars) on Thursday for making allegedly defamatory comments after he was banned for five years. Shoaib Akhtar was banned by the PCB on Tuesday, a move that effectively ends his career after a series of disciplinary problems culminating in a public outburst against the board for not giving him a contract. "We demand immediate retraction of allegations from Shoaib Akhtar in various statements which were malicious and baseless," PCB chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf told a foreign news agency. "He must apologise and pay damages of 100 million rupees to the PCB and damages of 100 million rupees to me." In a letter made public by the board, lawyers for PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf demanded the money for a "malicious and vile piece of defamation" allegedly made by Akhtar in a television interview on Wednesday. In the interview with a private television ch...

CNews LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team captain Shoaib Malik said that he is not related with the scandal spreading about his marriage with an Indian girl named Ayesha and he would file suit in this regard. In a press conference along with his brother-in-law Imran Zafar in Lahore, he said that news published in media these days regarding his marriage is baseless and he does not relate with this. Malik said that this is his personal and family matter and he would not talk further in this regard but his brother-in-law would tackle this issue. Imran Zafar, brother-in-law of Shoaib Malik, said that this was merely an internet love affair, which started in 2001. He told media that the girl with whom Shoaib Malik was chatting was mailing the picture of another girl to Malik and he committed with the girl shown in the picture. Imran said that the pictures of the girl are with Malik but he does not want to play with her honour. He said that this marriage scandal is a fraud as no nikah or rukhsati ...

Election Tribunals decide all appealsISLAMABAD: Appellate Tribunals Friday completed the hearings regarding acceptance or rejection of nomination papers of the election candidates.The final list of candidates will be issued on Sunday.According to the schedule of Election Commission, the candidates can withdraw their nomination papers on Saturday.In Lahore High Court four Tribunals were constituted for deciding the appeals and about 226 total appeals were filed before the Tribunals o .... Mideast Conference: Betrayal of Palestinians: Al-ZawahiriCAIRO: Al-Qaida's deputy leader denounced last month's Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, as a "betrayal" of Palestinians in a new audio message posted Friday on an Islamic militant Web site. It was the first reaction by the terrorist network to the Mideast conference, sponsored by President Bush and attended by key Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Syria and Egypt, as well as Palestinian and Israeli leaders."The ...

CNews Latest Stories: Musharraf denies rumours of house arrest ISLAMBAD: Pakistani President PervezMusharraf denied rumours sweeping Pakistan on Monday that he had been placed under house arrest by subordinates unhappy with his decision to impose emergency rule. "It is a joke of the highest order," Musharraf told foreign news agency from the Presidency building in Islamabad where he had just met more than 80 foreign diplomats to explain his decision. "It's nonsense, sheer baseless rumour," Musharraf's spokesman Rashid Qureshi said. "It's a complete hoax, totally baseless and malicious. People will treat it with the total contempt it deserves," said deputy information minister Tariq Azeem. "The president has just administered an oath to the federal sharia (Islamic law) judge and before that he briefed foreign diplomats on the situation," Azeem added. Oath under PCO unconstitutional: Bhagwan Das ISLAMABAD: Justice Rana Bhagwas Das has...

CNews LAHORE: Former captain of national cricket team and star batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq could not beat the Pakistan record of making the most Test runs, set by Javed Miandad. He was just three runs away from the record when he got stumped by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher off left-arm spinner Paul Harris on the fifth and the final day of the second Test against South Africa here at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Friday. Inzamam-ul-Haq, who has announced to retire from Test cricket, today played his final innings. He needed only six runs to beat Miandad’s record but could score just three runs. He has now finished his Test career figures with 8,830 runs in 120 matches whereas Javed Minadad had scored 8,832 runs in 124 Tests. When Inzamam made his last Test appearance in Lahore, he needed 20 runs to surpass Miandad but he made 14 and 3 in the match. Thus, a glorious Test career has come to its end. Inzamam-ul-Haq will be remembered for his batting prowess and a number of achievements in Test an...

CNews LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Thursday for 13 international matches and fined him 3.4 million rupees (56,000 dollars) for hitting a teammate with a bat. Akhtar struck fellow fast bowler Mohammad Asif after team practice in Johannesburg before the start of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup last month. He was expelled from the team and sent back home. "He has been banned for 13 international matches consecutively -- it will start from the first Twenty20 match in South Africa" last month, the board's chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi said.

CNews Lahore, Oct 11: Controversial Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was handed a 13 match ban and a fine of 60,000 pounds by the PCB for breaching team discipline. The ban on Shoaib comes after his much-publicized spat with team mate Mohammed Asif. The punishment also includes the Twenty20 matches played in South Africa and two Test matches against South Africa. The fine effectively means Rawalpindi Express will be available for upcoming series against India. Shoaib will however be monitored by PCB disciplinary committee for a two-year period. Sources reported that any further transgression would mean a life ban. The ban is not something new for the temperamental speedster, who was earlier banned for 2 years following the presence of nandrolone in his body. But, an appellate court in Pakistan had overturned that decision. "He will not be considered for the five-match one-day series against South Africa but can make himself available for selection for the Indian tour (in Novemb...

LAHORE: The former captain of Pakistan Cricket team Inzamamul Haq decided late Tuesday to get retirement from test cricket as well. According to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sources, Inzamam made up his mind in this connection in his meeting with PCB officials three days back.According to his understanding with PCB, the test match against South Africa being played at Gaddafi Stadium from October 8 will be the last test of his career.A former captain is said to have played a vital role in striking this understanding with PCB.According to the understanding, Inzamam will make a formal announcement to this effect in a press conference on Friday.Besides, PCB will organize a farewell ceremony in honour of the former captain, where he would be given Rs10 million.Inzamamul Haq has to his test career 8813 runs in 119 test matches. If he scores 20 runs in his last test, he will break Javed Miandad’s record of 8832 runs.Besides, he scored 11739 runs in 378 one-day matches.