LAHORE — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi Tuesday met with recently appointed white-ball captain Muhammad Rizwan and vice-captain Salman Agha, ahead of their departure for the Australia tour today. The chairman also conveyed good wishes for both Rizwan and Salman, who will be leading the team in the one day internationals (ODIs) and […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are likely to be indicted in the new Toshakhana case on Tuesday (today), days after the latter was released on bail in the reference. Special Judge (central) Shahrukh Arjumand will conduct hearing of the said case at the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi. […]
KARACHI — Opener Fakhar Zaman is “upset” after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) omitted him from the list of centrally contracted players, but is not thinking of retiring from international cricket. Apart from getting dropped from the contract list on Sunday, Zaman, the only Pakistan batter with a double hundred in ODIs, was also not included […]
KARACHI — Pakistan’s white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten has resigned from his position, sources told Geo News on Monday, following the South African’s disagreements with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Kirsten’s resignation comes as a blow to the Green Shirts who are set to tour Australia for a three-match ODI series commencing on November 4, […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday appointed wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan as white-ball captain while all-rounder Salman Ali Agha has been named his deputy. Rizwan will succeed Babar Azam who had left the role earlier this month after being reappointed before the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA. Notably, Rizwan […]
LAHORE — The Pakistan cricket selectors have announced 15-member squads for the tours of Australia and Zimbabwe, where the national side will play three ODIs and three T20Is each. The Australia tour will run from 4-18 November, while the matches in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, will be played from 24 November to 5 December. Pakistan’s white-ball captain […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly decided to appoint wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan as the captain of Pakistan’s white-ball cricket teams, Geo News learned on Saturday. Sources have told Geo News that Rizwan’s meeting with PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has ended and the chief has decided to name the keeper as captain of […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 15 security personnel have been killed in attacks spread across Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in the past 48 hours, sending the law enforcement agencies into a tizzy in a region plagued by unrest. The deadliest attack occurred in province’s Dera Ismail (DI) Khan, where at least 10 Frontier Constabulary (FC) […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s Punjab government on Saturday lifted a ban on the meetings of former prime minister Imran Khan who has been incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for more than a year. “The Punjab government lifted the ban on the meetings of prisoners in Adiala Jail,” a senior officer said. The ban on meetings of […]
ISLAMABAD — The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2024 has ranked Pakistan as the world’s third worst nation among 142 countries, when it comes to maintaining the law and order situation. According to the report, Pakistan was ranked 140th along with Mali (141) and Nigeria (142) in terms of order and security. […]