Pakistan vs World XI, 2nd T20I: As it happened...
Amla, who was unbeaten on 72 off 55, got just the perfect partner in Thisara Perera as the asking rate continued to climb with eash passing over. But the Sri Lankan all-rounder made sure the visiting team win the match keep the series. He played a blazing 19-ball 47 with five sixes.
Sep 13, 2017, 18:16 PM IST
Focus is on cricket being played in Pakistan, not who's in World XI squad: Harsha Bhogle
The second and third matches are also in Lahore on Wednesday and Friday.
Sep 13, 2017, 13:05 PM IST
Watch: Darren Sammy falls flat after being yorked by Hassan Ali, still claps for the bowler
After the first ball went for six, Hassan bowled just the most perfect yorker to Sammy, making the latter lose his balance and fall flat on the pitch.
Sep 13, 2017, 11:18 AM IST
Twitter gets flooded with reactions as World XI gets set to play cricket in Pakistan
Officials have said there will be "foolproof" security for the three-match Twenty20 series starting Tuesday in Lahore.
Sep 12, 2017, 09:56 AM IST
Will look back in a few years and say I played my part in bringing cricket back to Pakistan: Faf du Plesis
The World XI squad reached Lahore in the early hours of Monday from Dubai and were received at the Allama Iqbal International Airport by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Najam Sethi and other high ranking officials amidst tight security.
Sep 11, 2017, 15:31 PM IST
World XI squad lands in Lahore amid tight security ahead of series opener on September 12
Since the 2009 attack Pakistan have been forced to play most of their "home" games in the United Arab Emirates -- with the Pakistan Cricket Board complaining they have incurred losses of around $120 million.
Sep 11, 2017, 09:05 AM IST
Sri Lanka Cricket president keen to visit Pakistan for T20I cricket clash in September
The announcement was made after the conclusion of ACC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Colombo on August 12.
Aug 14, 2017, 11:53 AM IST
Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif launches defiant procession
Pakistan`s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif led a defiant procession on Wednesday to his party`s stronghold in the eastern city of Lahore as thousands rallied along the route, weeks after he was deposed by the Supreme Court.
Aug 09, 2017, 18:08 PM IST
Hafiz Saeed's new political outfit MML to contest 2018 general elections
Milli Muslim League President Saifullah Khalid has announced that Hafiz Saeed Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)'s new political outfit MML will contest the 2018 general elections and vowed to implement the ideology of Pakistan in accordance with the 1973 Constitution and the vision of Quaid-i-Azam and Allama Iqbal by joining hands with like-minded parties.
Aug 08, 2017, 18:21 PM IST
1 killed, 45 injured in truck blast in Lahore
At least one person was killed and 45 others were injured when an explosives-laden fruit truck exploded here in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday.
Aug 08, 2017, 12:28 PM IST
20 injured in blast in Lahore
On July 24, a Taliban suicide bomber struck a police team near residence-cum-office of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here, killing 27 people.
Aug 07, 2017, 23:13 PM IST
Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif to hold massive road show for political mileage
Since the party rules in Punjab, the opposition Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf has alleged use of state machinery in a bid to make Nawaz Sharif's return to Lahore a 'historic' event.
Aug 06, 2017, 15:19 PM IST
Suicide bomber in Lahore kills 25, mostly cops; Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility
A powerful suicide blast took place on Monday near residence-cum-office of Pakistan's Punjab province Chief Minister in Lahore.
Jul 24, 2017, 17:40 PM IST
Banners favouring Sharif's brother as PM appear in Lahore
Banners in favour of Punjab Chief Minister and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's brother Shahbaz Sharif have appeared in Lahore asking Sharif to let his younger brother become premier of the country.
Jul 24, 2017, 13:03 PM IST
Pakistan treats US as a limitless ATM: Raymond Davis
Raymond Davis was arrested in Lahore in 2011 on charges of killing two Pakistani citizens and thus kicked off a huge diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
Jul 21, 2017, 00:25 AM IST
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh extends legal help to two 1981 hijackers
The Srinagar-bound Indian Airlines plane with 107 passengers and six crew members was hijacked and taken to Lahore in September 1981.
Jul 20, 2017, 22:39 PM IST
Sikh militants who hijacked plane to Lahore in 1981 granted bail
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jyoti Kler granted bail to Tajinder Pal Singh and Satnam Singh and asked them to furnish a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh and two sureties of like amount each.
Jul 20, 2017, 18:14 PM IST
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's daughter forged documents with Calibri font: JIT
The JIT, which is probing allegations of money laundering against Sharif and his family, said Maryam Nawaz, her brothers Hussain and Hassan Nawaz as well as her husband Captain Mohammad Safdar (retd), had signed false documents to mislead the Supreme Court.
Jul 11, 2017, 19:10 PM IST
Pakistani boy kills sister over his ''poor handwriting''
Police have arrested an 11-year-old boy in Pakistan`s Lahore city for killing his minor sister for teasing him over his "poor handwriting", the media reported on Tuesday.
Jul 04, 2017, 13:14 PM IST
Pakistan marks grim Eid after oil tanker inferno kills 153
The explosion ignited early on Sunday as crowds ignored warnings to stay away from the tanker which had overturned on a main highway from Karachi to Lahore, spilling some 40,000 litres of fuel.
Jun 26, 2017, 11:53 AM IST
