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Outback schoolteacher Michael Gallus leads Pakistan to AFL Asian Championships triumph

Footy is growing on the sub-continent, with a cricketing powerhouse claiming an unlikely triumph over teams stacked with Aussie expats and state league stars.

ABC News

Pakistan icon Wasim Akram on his cocaine addiction and how wife's death made him quit

Wasim Akram has opened up about his struggles with cocaine following his retirement from cricket, with the Pakistan legend revealing he became addicted to the drug

Daily Mirror

US releases Guantanamo Bay’s oldest prisoner after holding him two decades without charge

The Pakistani national was never charged with any crimes but had been considered too dangerous to be released

The Independent UK

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Wasim Akram reveals he got addicted to cocaine after retirement

NEW DELHI: Pakistan pace great Wasim Akram has revealed he developed a cocaine addiction after his retirement from the game but quit following the death of his first wife in 2009. The 1992 World Cup-winner, who took more than 900 international wickets before retiring in 2003, began using cocaine while…

The Times of India

Pakistani minister hints at action against Imran Khan convoy

Pakistan’s interior minister has alleged the country’s former premier, Imran Khan, who is leading an opposition convoy of thousands of supporters toward Islamabad, plans to use his march to spread “violence and chaos."

The Independent UK

The U.S. releases the oldest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay

Saifullah Paracha, 75, was held at the U.S. facility for 18 years without ever being charged. He arrived in Pakistan on Saturday.

WEKU

Pakistani returns home after 18 years of U.S. detention in Guantanamo prison camp

A Pakistani national held by the United States for 18 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp without trial on suspicion of links to al Qaeda returned home to Pakistan on Saturday, Pakistan and the United States said.

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Behind India’s criticism of UNSC, immediate factors, an old grouse

India’s critical remarks about the failure of the United Nations Security Council in proscribing Pakistan-based terror entities – involved in the 26/11 Mumbai attack – can be seen with a rear view into the last few decades as much as within a shorter frame of recent months.

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Pakistan: Oldest prisoner freed from Guantanamo, back home

Pakistan's foreign ministry says that a 74-year-old from Pakistan who was the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center has been released and returned to his home country

The Independent UK

Virat Kohli's innings against Pakistan was 'song of god', legitimised T20 cricket as art: Greg Chappell

PERTH: Virat Kohli's innings against Pakistan was close to being a 'song of god', the literal translation of 'Bhagvad Gita', and has legitimised T20 cricket as an "art form", feels Australian legend Greg Chappell.

The Times of India

Virat Kohli most complete Indian batsman of my time: Greg Chappell

PERTH: Mesmerised by the way Virat Kohli floored arch-rivals Pakistan in their T20 World Cup opener, Australian legend Greg Chappell rated the former skipper as the "most complete Indian batsman" of his time.

The Times of India

Pakistani ex-PM Khan, supporters start march to Islamabad

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and thousands of his supporters have started a long-promised march to the capital, Islamabad, to challenge his successor's government and demand early elections

The Independent UK

Pakistan ex-PM Khan and supporters set off on march to Islamabad

Six months after being forced from office, Khan is leading a protest from Lahore to Islamabad to demand early elections.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan's ex-premier Imran Khan set to march on Islamabad to demand snap polls

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan gathered hundreds of supporters in the eastern city of Lahore on Friday to join a caravan of cars and trucks heading for the capital Islamabad to pressure the government into calling snap polls.

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Saudi Energy Minister, Pakistani Finance Minister Hold 1st Meeting of Steering Committee

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar held on Thursday the first meeting of the Saudi-Pakistani Steering Committee of the Economic Pillar. Prince Abdulaziz confirmed in a statement that the Kingdom considers Pakistan an important partner in its development plans and programs. He…

The Times of India

2022 T20 World Cup: Sikandar Raza - The man who 'spun' a famous win for Zimbabwe against Pakistan

Emotions inside Sikandar Raza must have been unique when Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva removed the bails to run out Shaheen Shah Afridi for a thrilling one-run win at the ongoing T20 World Cup over Pakistan -- the country where Raza was born. The occasion was even more special for Raza,…

Reuters

Pakistan's spy chief says ex-PM Khan asked military for illegal favours

Pakistan's intelligence chief accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of asking the country's powerful military for "illegal and unconstitutional" support for his government, in a scathing and unprecedented news conference on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Pakistan and Zimbabwe leaders trade barbs over Mr Bean impersonator OLD

After a win in a T20 match, Zimbabwean fans say victory is ‘revenge’ for being duped by ‘Pak Bean’

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The Times of India

2022 T20 World Cup: How the mighty have fallen - The big upsets so far

NEW DELHI: The ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 is less than two weeks old but has so far sprung quite a number of surprising results, with the latest upset victim being 2009 champions Pakistan. The World No. 4 Asian giants suffered a heartbreaking one-run defeat to 11th ranked…

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: Have been told that I will bat up the order when need be, says Axar Patel

SYDNEY: Ravindra Jadeja's void is difficult to fill but the Indian team management has asked Axar Patel to be mentally ready as he would be asked to bat in the top six as and when required.

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: Former Pakistan players question team selection after "embarrassing" defeat to Zimbabwe

KARACHI: "Embarrassed" by Pakistan's shock defeat to Zimbabwe, which has put the former champions at the risk of not making the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup, ex-players lashed out at the "average mindset" and team selection.

The Times of India

T20 World Cup, Pakistan vs Zimbabwe: Pakistan Prime Minister strikes back at Zimbabwe President for 'Mr. Bean' remark

ISLAMABAD: After Zimbabwe president made a scathing attack on Pakistan in his cryptic congratulatory tweet for his country's upset win in the T20 World Cup on Thursday, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif responded with a subtle dig.

Daily Record

Scots shop worker awarded £19k after sexist boss branded her 'fat' and 'prostitute'

Married man Shahzad Younas, who lives in Pakistan, sent Aishah Zaman messages calling her "fatty" and said he wanted "slim smart girls" in his office.

ABC News

Zimbabwe star Sikandar Raza inspired in Twenty20 World Cup upset win over Pakistan by Ricky Ponting video

After Zimbabwe stuns Pakistan with a one-run win in Perth, all-rounder Sikandar Raza says a video of Australian great Ricky Ponting hailing him as a big-game player gave him an extra boost.

Al Jazeera

Thousands attend Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s funeral

At least 25,000 people pay their respects to the veteran journalist who was shot dead in Kenya on Sunday.

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