Oil prices fall as concerns rise over rally petering out

<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.9999px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 25.1999px; text-align: justify;"><img alt="Oil prices fall as concerns rise over rally petering out  " src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-29/l_108858_091756_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" title="Oil prices fall as concerns rise over rally petering out  " />TOKYO: Oil prices fell on Tuesday as concerns mount that a rally since January is fizzling out, while analysts forecast another rise to record levels for US crude stockpiles.</span>

Oil prices fall as concerns rise over rally petering out

TOKYO: Oil prices fell on Tuesday as concerns mount that a rally since January is fizzling out, while analysts forecast another rise to reco...

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Waqar Younis apologises over team’s debacle in WT20

<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.9999px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 25.1999px; text-align: justify;"><img alt="Waqar Younis apologises over team’s debacle in WT20  " src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-29/l_108859_100718_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" title="Waqar Younis apologises over team’s debacle in WT20  " />LAHORE: Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has apologized to the nation for team’s poor performance in the World Cup Twenty20 in India.</span>

Waqar Younis apologises over team’s debacle in WT20

LAHORE: Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has apologized to the nation for team’s poor performance in the World Cup Twenty20 in India.

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Suicide blast kills 50, injures over 100 in Lahore park

<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.9999px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 25.1999px; text-align: justify;"><img alt="Suicide blast kills 38, injures over 100 in Lahore park" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-27/l_108378_033656_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" title="Suicide blast kills 38, injures over 100 in Lahore park" />LAHORE:  A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a park in a densely populated area of the metropolis, killing at least 50 people and injuring many others, police and rescue official said on Sunday.</span>

Suicide blast kills 50, injures over 100 in Lahore park

LAHORE:  A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a park in a densely populated area of the metropolis, killing at least 50 people and injur...

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US drone strikes in Yemen kill 8 militants

<img alt="US drone strikes in Yemen kill 8 militants" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-27/l_108363_113615_updates.jpg" title="US drone strikes in Yemen kill 8 militants" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.9999px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25.1999px; text-align: justify;">ADEN : Drone attacks killed eight men suspected of belonging to al Qaeda in southern Yemen on Saturday night, local residents said, as a US campaign against the militant group goes on amid a wider civil war in the country.</span>

US drone strikes in Yemen kill 8 militants

ADEN : Drone attacks killed eight men suspected of belonging to al Qaeda in southern Yemen on Saturday night, local residents said, as a US ...

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Najib takes Afghanistan to 123-7 against West Indies

<img alt="Najib takes Afghanistan to 123-7 against West Indies" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-27/l_108370_121940_updates.jpg" title="Najib takes Afghanistan to 123-7 against West Indies" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 17.9999px; line-height: 25.1999px; text-align: justify;"><b>NAGPUR: Afghanistan set 124-run target for West Indies in the 30th match of the World Twenty20 here at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday.</b></span>

Najib takes Afghanistan to 123-7 against West Indies

NAGPUR: Afghanistan set 124-run target for West Indies in the 30th match of the World Twenty20 here at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stad...

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New Zealand crush Bangladesh, top Group 2 in WT20

<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: "merriweather"; font-size: 17.9999px; line-height: 25.1999px; text-align: justify;"><img alt="New Zealand crush Bangladesh, top Group 2 in WT20" src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-26/l_108141_014518_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" title="New Zealand crush Bangladesh, top Group 2 in WT20" /><b>KOLKATA: Bangladesh were bundled out for 70, their lowest total in Twenty20 Internationals, as New Zealand recorded their fourth consecutive victory in Group Two of the World Twenty20 here at Eden Gardens on Saturday.</b></span>

New Zealand crush Bangladesh, top Group 2 in WT20

KOLKATA: Bangladesh were bundled out for 70, their lowest total in Twenty20 Internationals, as New Zealand recorded their fourth consecutive...

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Rehman urges UN chief to thrash out strategy against Daesh

<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: "merriweather"; font-size: 17.9999px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 25.1999px; text-align: justify;"><img alt="Rehman urges UN chief to thrash out strategy against Daesh  " src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-26/l_108133_100942_updates.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" title="Rehman urges UN chief to thrash out strategy against Daesh  " />Islamabad: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has written a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to thrash out a strategy against Daesh.</span>

Rehman urges UN chief to thrash out strategy against Daesh

Islamabad: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has written a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to thrash out a s...

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Brussels Airport to remain closed till Tuesday

<img alt="Brussels Airport to remain closed till Tuesday  " src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-26/l_108132_093959_updates.jpg" title="Brussels Airport to remain closed till Tuesday  " /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: "merriweather"; font-size: 17.9999px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 25.1999px; text-align: justify;">BRUSSELS: Brussels Airport said on Saturday it would not reopen for passenger flights before Tuesday after suicide bombers blew themselves up in the departure hall.</span>

Brussels Airport to remain closed till Tuesday

BRUSSELS: Brussels Airport said on Saturday it would not reopen for passenger flights before Tuesday after suicide bombers blew themselves u...

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Belgian police arrest six in bombing probe

<img alt="Belgian police arrest six in bombing probe  " src="http://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-25/l_107890_041308_updates.jpg" title="Belgian police arrest six in bombing probe  " /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; text-align: justify;">BRUSSELS: Belgian police arrested six people in their probe of Tuesday's Daesh suicide bombings in Brussels, while authorities in France said they thwarted a militant plot there "that was at an advanced stage."</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 1.28571rem; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"> The federal prosecutor's office in Belgium said on Thursday that the arrests came during police searches in the Brussels neighbourhoods of Schaerbeek in the north and Jette in the west, as well as in the centre of the Belgian capital.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252525; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 1.28571rem; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"> The arrests came days after suicide bombers hit the Brussels airport and a metro train, killing at least 31 people and wounding some 270 in the worst such attack in Belgian history.</div>

Belgian police arrest six in bombing probe

BRUSSELS: Belgian police arrested six people in their probe of Tuesday's Daesh suicide bombings in Brussels, while authorities in France...

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Australia's Watson to quit international cricket after WT20

<img alt="Australia's Watson to quit international cricket after WT20" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-24/l_102833_121426_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="Australia's Watson to quit international cricket after WT20" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">NEW DELHI: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson will bow out of international cricket after the World Twenty20 in India, cutting the team's last link to their golden era in the early 2000s.</strong><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The 34-year-old blond quit tests last year after losing his battle against a spate of injuries that plagued his career, and has not featured in a one-day international since September.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> "One morning I woke up in Dharamsala, waking up to the beautiful view and I don´t know what it was exactly but I knew now was the right time," Watson told reporters in Mohali where Australia take on Pakistan in their next Super 10 match on Friday.</div>

Australia's Watson to quit international cricket after WT20

NEW DELHI: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson will bow out of international cricket after the World Twenty20 in India, cutting the team'...

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RAW agent captured from Balochistan: provincial minister

<img alt="RAW agent captured from Balochistan: provincial minister" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-24/l_102835_012348_updates.jpg" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">QUETTA: Security agencies have captured an agent of India's top spy agency from Balochistan, a provincial minister said on Thursday, in the latest evidence of Islamabad's claim that neighbouring country is actively trying to destabilize Pakistan.</strong><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> In a media statement here today, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said that the captured agent is an active Indian serviceman who was active in Balochistan with an aim to destabilise Pakistan.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> According to sources, the man was arrested by a Pakistan’s intelligence agency in Balochistan three days ago and he was later shifted to Islamabad for investigation.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The arrested agent of RAW had contacts with separatist groups operating in Balochistan, the sources said, adding that he is a commander in the Indian Navy.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Bugti congratulated the country's intelligence forces on the high-level capture.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> He declined to give further details about the identity of the captured Indian agent or where in Balochistan he was arrested from. "What is important is that he is a serving RAW agent and he has been captured from Balcohistan.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “We have always maintained that India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has been involved (in creating unrest) in Balochistan,” said the provincial minister.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> He said that the apprehended agent is being further investigated.</div>

RAW agent captured from Balochistan: provincial minister

QUETTA: Security agencies have captured an agent of India's top spy agency from Balochistan, a provincial minister said on Thursday, in ...

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Europe recovers from Brussels-driven losses

<div class="detail-img entry-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; float: left; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; width: 630px;"> <div class="entry-thumb" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Europe recovers from Brussels-driven losses" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-23/l_102774_103542_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 630px;" title="Europe recovers from Brussels-driven losses" /></div> </div> <div class="post-138 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nulla entry-box" id="post-138" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 30px;"> <div class="entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <br /><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <br /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">LONDON: European stock markets bounced back on Wednesday from the concerns over security that have dominated the past 24 hours, helped by a handful of more positive signals on the health of the world’s major economies.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Some Asian markets fell earlier in subdued trading as investors pulled back on positions ahead of the long Easter weekend, opting for caution following the suspected Daesh (Islamic State) suicide bomb attacks in Brussels.</div> </div> </div>

Europe recovers from Brussels-driven losses

LONDON: European stock markets bounced back on Wednesday from the concerns over security that have dominated the past 24 hours, h...

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New Zealand to bat first in crucial WT20 clash against Pakistan

<img alt="New Zealand to bat first in crucial WT20 clash against Pakistan" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-22/l_102721_015130_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="New Zealand to bat first in crucial WT20 clash against Pakistan" /><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">MOHALI: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan here on Tuesday in a crucial World Twenty20 ties that will pave way for the winner to improve its chances to qualify for the semis.</strong>

New Zealand to bat first in crucial WT20 clash against Pakistan

MOHALI: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan here on Tuesday in a crucial World Twenty...

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COAS visits NWA, expresses satisfaction over op, TDPs rehabilitation

<br /> <div class="detail-img entry-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; float: left; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; width: 630px;"> <div class="entry-thumb" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="COAS visits NWA, expresses satisfaction over op, TDPs rehabilitation" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-22/l_102720_013610_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 630px;" title="COAS visits NWA, expresses satisfaction over op, TDPs rehabilitation" /></div> </div> <div class="post-138 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nulla entry-box" id="post-138" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 30px;"> <div class="entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited Tuesday North Waziristan Agency (NWA) and expressed his complete satisfaction over progress of concluding phase of operation in Shawal after spent the day with troops and tribesmen.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> According to a statement by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the COAS was briefed in detail by the formation commander about progress of ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb, return of TDPs and development/resettlement works initiated by Army in the area.</div> </div> </div>

COAS visits NWA, expresses satisfaction over op, TDPs rehabilitation

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited Tuesday North Waziristan Agency (NWA) and expressed his compl...

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Blasts rock Brussels airport, metro; at least 34 killed

<img alt="Blasts rock Brussels airport, metro; at least 34 killed" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-22/l_102705_094057_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="Blasts rock Brussels airport, metro; at least 34 killed" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">BRUSSELS: At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in twin attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday, triggering security alerts across western Europe and bringing some cross-border transport to a halt.</strong><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Belgian public broadcaster VRT raised the death toll the attacks in Brussels to 34, with 20 people killed in the blast on a metro train and 14 in explosions at the airport</div>

Blasts rock Brussels airport, metro; at least 34 killed

BRUSSELS: At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured in twin attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian c...

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Rangers obtain 90-day remand of MQM deputy convener Shahid Pasha

<img alt="Rangers obtain 90-day remand of MQM deputy convener Shahid Pasha" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-21/l_102652_080456_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="Rangers obtain 90-day remand of MQM deputy convener Shahid Pasha" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">KARACHI: Rangers arrested Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Shahid Pasha in a pre-dawn raid at his residence on Monday and obtained a 90-day remand of the MQM leader.</strong><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The news of Pasha's arrest had first been reported by members of the MQM, who claimed that paramilitary forces had arrested Pasha from Billy’s Paradise, his apartment building in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, at 3:00 a.m in the morning.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> A statement issued fromt he party's Nine-Zero headquarters said Rangers personnel carried out a complete search of Pasha's house during the raid.  Rangers personnel did not state why he was arrested and where he was being taken, claimed the MQM statement.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> But later in the day, Rangers presented the accused in an anti-terrorism court where the Rangers  law officer asked the administrative judge for a 90-day remand of the MQM leader.</div>

Rangers obtain 90-day remand of MQM deputy convener Shahid Pasha

KARACHI: Rangers arrested Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Shahid Pasha in a pre-dawn raid at his residence on Monday and obta...

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Afridi told me he will retire after WT20: Shahryar

<div class="detail-img entry-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; float: left; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; width: 630px;"> <div class="entry-thumb" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Afridi told me he will retire after WT20: Shahryar" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-03-21/l_102664_013520_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 630px;" title="Afridi told me he will retire after WT20: Shahryar" /></div> </div> <div class="post-138 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nulla entry-box" id="post-138" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 30px;"> <div class="entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">LAHORE: Expressing disappointment over team’s dismal performance against India, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan on Monday said T20 captain Shahid Afridi will retire after the conclusion of ongoing World T20 in India.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “Afridi told me himself that he will retire after this World Cup [World T20]… I didn’t force him for this decision,” said the PCB chief while speaking at a press conference here.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “If he [Afridi] changes his mind and wants to continue playing as a player then we’ll take that decision (of playing him or not),” he added.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Shahryar Khan said the decision of keeping Shahid Afridi as the captain till World T20 was taken 9, 10 months ago.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “When Afridi fails to perform then people criticize him and when he wins matches for Pakistan then they go silent,” said the PCB chairman in defence of the flamboyant T20 skipper.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Commenting over the team’s prospects in the ongoing tournament, Khan said the next two matches were really important and good performances in these encounters will cement Pakistan’s place in the semi-finals.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “Team is passionate despite losing to India,” said Shahryar Khan.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Speaking about bilateral cricketing ties between Pakistan and India, the PCB chief said more and more cricket between the two countries was the call of the hour.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “We couldn’t held a bilateral series because the Indian government did not approve it,” he said, adding that the International Cricket Council (ICC) team has given a ‘good report on security situation’ in India.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Expressing his annoyance, Shahryar Khan said Umar Akmal should not have asked the legendary cricketer, Imran Khan to recommend change in his batting position.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Interestingly Shahryar Khan had publicly expressed his disappointment yesterday with the team after it lost a much hyped match with India.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “Pakistan ranks seventh in the T20 format. So the country should not pin much hope on the team,” he said speaking to a British news agency.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> He said that in the match against India the team failed to grasp wickets.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Criticizing the decision to include Mohammad Sami in the squad he said, “If three fast bowlers could not help the team win, a fourth would not make things better. There should have been a spinner in the team.”</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> In a statement which surprised many, he openly criticized team captain Shahid Afridi. “His future is evident. After the World Twenty20 ends, we will begin looking for another captain.”</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> About Coach Waqar Younis he said, “His contract ends in June. We will rethink our decision over him.”</div> </div> </div>

Afridi told me he will retire after WT20: Shahryar

LAHORE: Expressing disappointment over team’s dismal performance against India, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan...

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