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LAHORE, Friday, March 13, 2020 (WNP): The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday said that all players participating in HBL PSL 2020 have been given the option to pull out of the tournament amid growing fears of the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier in the day, Sindh confirmed its first “secondary contact case”, taking Pakistan’s coronavirus tally to 21. According […]

LAHORE, Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (WNP): Lahore Qalandars bagged their third straight victory of the 2020 Pakistan Super League on Tuesday, defeating Peshawar Zalmi by five wickets at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. The Qalandars, who were chasing a 188-run target set by Zalmi, finished at 189-5 with just one ball remaining — a visual that made […]

LAHORE, Friday, March 07, 2020 (WNP): Pakistan Super League (PSL)-2020 is holding a breast cancer awareness day to help Pink Ribbon in the fight against breast cancer. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is supporting Pink Ribbon for the last three years in the cause of breast cancer. The Breast Cancer Awareness Day will be marked […]

LAUSANNE, Friday, February 28, 2020 (AFP/WNP): The International Olympic Committee is “fully committed” to holding the 2020 Games in Tokyo as planned despite the widening new coronavirus outbreak, the body’s president has pledged. The IOC “is fully committed to a successful Olympic Games in Tokyo starting July 24”, Thomas Bach told Japanese media in a […]

CANBERRA, Wednesday, February 26, 2020 (AFP/WNP): Pakistan women’s cricket team began their journey at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Wednesday with a splendid eight-wicket win over the West Indies in Canberra. Faced with a target of 125 runs, Pakistan finished with a score of 127-2 with 10 balls to spare in their allotted […]

LAHORE, Thursday, February 20, 2020 (WNP): The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday suspended Umar Akmal with immediate effect. This means Akmal cannot take part in any cricket-related activity until the PCB Anti-corruption Unit (ACU) is investigating him. Akmal is being investigated under Article 4.7.1 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code. The article in question suggests that before a […]

KARACHI, Thursday, February 20, 2020 (WNP): Film star Mehwish Hayat, who is very active to promote  Pakistan’s  soft image to the world, rejoiced the  historical opening ceremony of Pakistan Super League  (PSL) 2020  at the National Stadium in Karachi on Thursday. Brimming with the patriotism after attending the  PSL opener, the Punjab Nahi Jaoungi actress urged  […]

KARACHI, Monday, February 17, 2020 (WNP): To celebrate Pakistan Super League seas 5 being played in Pakistan, Naya Nazimabad hosted a send-off lunch in honour of the PSL Teams Karachi Kings’ and Quetta Gladiators. The ceremony was attended by Governor Sindh, Imran Ismail; provincial minister Saeed Ghani; Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar; Commissioner Karachi, Iftikhar Shallwani; along […]

RAWALPINDI, Saturday, February 08, 2020 (AP/WNP): Babar Azam and Shan Masood continued to prosper in home conditions with fluent centuries as Pakistan took firm control of the first test against Bangladesh on Saturday. Pakistan moved to a solid 342-3 on day two for an overall lead of 109 runs with seven wickets still in hand […]

RAWALPINDI, Friday, February 07, 2020 (AFP/AP/WNP): Bangladesh were unable to recover from the early shocks of losing debutant Saif Hassan and Tamim Iqbal and were all out for 233 runs in their first innings of the first Test at the Pindi Stadium on Friday. Pakistan’s pace bowlers had struck early to leave Bangladesh struggling at […]

RAWALPINDI, Thursday, February 06, 2020 (WNP): Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali has said that the team “is not taking [Bangladesh] lightly”, a day before the start of the two-Test series between both sides. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday in Rawalpindi — where the first Test will be held from February 7-11 — Ali […]