Debutant Asad Shafiq’s unbeaten 78 guided Pakistan into the quarterfinals of the World Cup with a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a rain-marred Pool A match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium here Monday that was decided on the Duckworth-Lewis Method.Needing a win to secure a spot in the World Cup last eight, Pakistan gave [...] Continue reading Clinical Pakistan beat Zimbabwe to make World Cup quarters
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Pakistan Friday successfully test-fired a short range surface to surface ballistic missile, HATF II (Abdali), with a range of 180 km, official sources said. The missile can carry nuclear and conventional warheads to the target. The test-fire was conducted at an undisclosed location and it witnessed by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General [...] Continue reading Pakistan test-fires n-capable missile
Pakistan spy chief Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha may get another extension when his present term comes to an end March 18, a media report said Friday. Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) head, Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha’s likely extension comes less than a year after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani granted a three-year extension to Pakistan [...] Continue reading Pakistan spy agency chief may get another extension
Pakistan is looking to purchase more used F-16 fighter aircraft from the US to scale up its air capabilities “because of the disparity with India”, it was reported here Thursday. “We will take as many as they (the US) are willing to give,” a diplomatic source told the Dawn in Washington. The F-16 Fighting Falcon [...] Continue reading Pakistan wants to buy more F-16 fighter jets
Sensational batting by birthday boy Ross Taylor and Jacob Oram, coupled with disciplined bowling, saw New Zealand crush Pakistan by 110 runs and roar back into the World Cup here Tuesday. Taylor (131 off 124 balls) and Oram (25 off nine balls) mauled Pakistan in the last 10 overs which cost them 139 runs as [...] Continue reading New Zealand crush Pakistan, roar back into World Cup