The Guardian | In praise of Pakistan: a team I love to watch but am at a loss to explain The Guardian Last 25 May, during a talk about Pakistani cricket at the Southbank Centre, I found myself lost for a word. Just one. I couldn't find it because, so far as I know, it doesn't exist. I needed something to capture the embarrassment I felt when I thrust ... 2nd Test preview: Australia eye comeback against confident Pakistan Moin Khan warns Pakistan against complacency after Dubai win Pakistan stick with winning squad vs Aus |
Daily Times | Cyclone Nilofar Reaches Category 4 Strength; Targets India's Gujarat State ... The Weather Channel Both of these factors are expected to weaken Nilofar significantly by the time it makes landfall somewhere along the coast of India's Gujarat state or extreme southeast Pakistan Saturday, local time. At the time of landfall, Nilofar is expected to be ... Oman, Pakistan, India on Alert for Tropical Cyclone Nilofar Cyclone 'Nilofar' to hit Pakistan on Thursday Cyclone Nilofar: Oman, Pakistan, India on high alert |
ESPNcricinfo.com | No Ajmal, no problem for Pakistan ESPNcricinfo.com Issue is not Ajmal. The main issue is unpredictability of the side. They are more unpredictable than the game itself. They will lose from ZIM but will win from AUS. They will lose when Ajmal is playing but will win when he is not in the side. So ... |
NDTVSports.com (blog) | Pakistan Leapfrog India in ICC Test Rankings NDTVSports.com (blog) "Pakistan's victory in the Dubai Test has not only ensured that it will move ahead of India in fifth position irrespective of how the Abu Dhabi Test ends, it has dashed Australia hopes of regaining the number-one Test ranking," the ICC said in a statement. Spinners script Pakistan victory Cricket-Younus keeps his defence up against Pakistan board Pakistan v Australia: Hosts win first Test in Dubai by 221 runs |
Boston Globe | Mistrust and polio in Pakistan Boston Globe There is an upsurge of polio in several countries today, but only in Pakistan is the virus uptick extreme. It was announced last week that for the first time in 14 years, the number of known infections there now exceeds 200, and many other Pakistanis ... 'Disastrous' health campaign feeds Pakistan's worrying polio spike Security for polio health workers in Pakistan Health campaign flaws contribute to Pakistan's worrying polio spike |
Spectre of Isis looms over Pakistan Financial Times When Pakistan's Shia Muslims began to mark the start of the Islamic month of Muharram this week, the period of mourning was beset by fears of more than attacks by members of hardline Sunni militant groups, of which there have been scores in recent years. |
Wall Street Journal (blog) | 'Pakistan Is Now the Major Stumbling Block to Global Polio Eradication' Wall Street Journal (blog) The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, an international partnership of the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Unicef and national governments, said in the report that Pakistan's antipolio program ... |
Zee News | 2nd Test: Pakistan vs Australia - Preview Zee News Abu Dhabi: After failing another Asian spin test, Australia will strive to bounce back in the second and final Test against Pakistan starting in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The world number two team were all at sea against an inexperienced but effective ... |
Fresno Bee | Pakistan experts expect more defections to the Islamic State Fresno Bee ISLAMABAD — Experts in Pakistan's insurgency say they expect hundreds of radical Islamists to join the Islamic State as a result of the Pakistani military's campaign in the country's North Waziristan region. As the military takes control of what had ... In Pakistan, Islamic State Draws In Taliban Commanders |
Christian Post | US Gave $8B to Pakistan While Christian Mother Asia Bibi Was Imprisoned and ... Christian Post The American Center for Law and Justice has started a petition asking the U.S. government to stop sending foreign aid to Pakistan, the country that recently upheld the death sentence for Christian mother Asia Bibi for blasphemy. Figures have shown that ... World church body troubled at death sentence against Pakistan's Asia Bibi |