BRISBANE: South African captain Faf du Plessis said on Friday the T20 World Cup in Australia in two years time will be his last. The 34-year-old, who has led his country in two World T20 campaigns, in 2014 and 2016, is keen to play a third but will then step aside. “The T20 World Cup in 2020 is something I’m...
ISLAMABAD: On Friday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan sought a detailed report on the appointment of Zulfi Bukhari as the prime minister’s special assistant on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development. Muhammad Adil Chattha from Lahore and Mirza Abdul Moiz Baig from Karachi had filed a petition against his appointment which was taken up by the top court at the...
ABU DHABI: On Friday, Pakistan struck early to remove both New Zealand openers, after the tourists won the toss and chose to bat in the first of three Test matches at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Pacer Mohammad Abbas had Jeet Raval out cheaply for 7, and spinner Yasir Shah removed Tom Latham for 13 in the first session of...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed anger over the absence of the attorney general of Pakistan and questioned the government's seriousness as it heard a suo motu case on the sit-in staged by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) at Faizabad Interchange in 2017. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa resumed hearing the...
WASHINGTON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was behind a massive dump of classified US documents in 2010, has been charged in the United States, WikiLeaks said Thursday. Prosecutors revealed the existence of the sealed indictment inadvertently in a court filing in an unrelated case, WikiLeaks said. The exact nature of the charges against Assange was not immediately known. “SCOOP: US...
