We will give tough time to India: Afridi
The captain of Pakistan cricket team Shahid Khan Afridi has said the morale is team is very high and they will give tough time to their traditional rival India. Green shirts will play the semi-final of ICC World Cup 2011 against blue shirts on Wednesday, 30 March in Mohali. 
He said that every player has the realization of his responsibility and his side is reached in the semi-final with the prayers of nation. He was talking to a Pakistani news channel on airport before going to New Delhi.
Afridi said that Pakistan has always given the tough time to blue shirts on Indian surface. All players are very confident and the team is ready to face the challenge of any team. He said that the strategy of the game will be finalized after looking the wicket. He added that the team has fulfilled the promise of reaching in the semi-final and with the prayers of nation, will give positive results in the semi-final. He further said that it is not essential that India always defeat Pakistan in the World Cup. This is cricket and any thing could be happened in this.
Greenshirts have reached from Dhaka to New Delhi where they will stay for some hours. After that they will fly for Mohali.
Shahid Afridi in T20 – Trend Pk VIDEO
October 30, 2010 by Trend PK
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Ubaid Awan from Karachi reports on the performance of Pakistan captain for Twenty20, Shahid Khan Afridi. (October 30, 2010)
Shahid Afridi in T20 – Trend Pk VIDEO
October 30, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Ubaid Awan from Karachi reports on the performance of Pakistan captain for Twenty20, Shahid Khan Afridi. (October 30, 2010)
Shahid Afridi in T20 – Trend Pk VIDEO
October 30, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Ubaid Awan from Karachi reports on the performance of Pakistan captain for Twenty20, Shahid Khan Afridi. (October 30, 2010)
World Cup is near so no experiments should be done: Afridi
Captain of Pakistan cricket team Shahid Khan Afridi has said that World Cup is approaching and matches to be played before World Cup are important so no experiments should be done.
Talking to a news conference in Lahore, Afirdi said that the committee should make a pool of 20 to 22 players for the World Cup so that I can give them a proper run during the series against South Africa and New Zealand. He also said that National T20 tournament will be helpful for series to be played against South Africa and the success of this tournament will give world a message that International cricket can return to Pakistan. Boom Boom Afridi also told that Pakistani team will give its best performance in the series against South Africa.
Butt accepts Afridi’s resignation as Test captain
LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ejaz Butt, accepting resignation of Test captain Pakistan cricket team Shahid Khan Afridi, has said the new captain will be decided after meeting to be held between players and PCB officials, Geo news reported.
After the dismal performance of Pakistan cricket team, which ended in 150-run defeat against Australia on Friday, the Test captain Shahid Afridi announced his retirement saying that 5-day format of cricket was not his game type.
Besides, he was also carrying side strain injury, said Afridi, “So, I do not want to play Test cricket.”
“I may not play second Test”, he feared adding that, if fit, the second Test of this series will be my last one.
Later, taking to Geo news, Chairman PCB Ejaz Butt rebuffing Salman Butt being automatic choice of captainship following Afridi’s retirement, said new captain will be decided in board meeting.
Case registered against Dasti on manhandling doctors
A case has been registered against 20 people including MNA Jamshed Dasti for torturing doctors and nurses in a hospital of Muzaffargarh.
Enraged relatives of a patient, who died today over alleged doctors negligence, staged a protest demonstration in front of the Muzaffargarh Hospital and pelted stones. On the other hand, doctors complained that protesters subjected them to torture on order of PPP MNA Jamshed Dasti.
The application was filed by MS of the hospital in which it was maintained that on Dastis orders, protesters tortured doctors and nurses. Police after consultation with district administration registered a case against 20 people including Jamshed Dasti.
Jamshed Dasti was sent to the hospital by district administration to hold talks with doctors. When he reached hospital, protesters pelted stones and injured his guards.
US counter terrorism team arriving next week
A US delegation headed by Daniel Benjamin, State Departments coordinator for counter terrorism for Pakistan and Afghanistan, will arrive in Pakistan next week for talks on joint efforts for combating terrorism. This will be Benjamins second trip to Islamabad in three months.
The US delegation would discuss how to better use non-military capabilities to fight extremism in the region. They said Benjamin would discuss the Faisal Shahzad case, as US authorities had alleged that the recent bomb attempt had originated from Pakistan.
According to diplomats, the delegations visit will be a follow-up of a high-level visit to Pakistan last week by US National Security Advisor General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta. The US delegation will hold talks with the officials of the Interior Ministry in the context of the broader Al-Qaeda threat.Meanwhile, a US newspaper claimed that investigators in Pakistan had detained at least 13 people with alleged ties to Faisal Shahzad, the man accused of trying to bomb Times Square in New York City.
Man-eunuch remanded in one-day police custody
A man and a eunuch have given in police custody on one-day physical remand on Tuesday. Police arrested Malik Iqbal for marrying a eunuch Kashif in Peshawar along with 40 wedding guests.
Following complaints from locals we raided the place and found that the wedding party was in full swing, police officer Shahid Khan told.
They were dancing, dinner was ready to be served, and a special wedding bed was prepared for the couple. We also recovered some pictures of the couple.
Among the arrested were 15 eunuchs and 35 male friends and family members of Iqbal, who according to police is already married to a woman.
Under Pakistani law gay marriage or a man’s marriage to a eunuch is a criminal offence and carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence.
We have charged the couple with adultery and 40 participants with collaboration in the offence, Khan said.
A Pakistani court in December ordered the government to accept hijras’ identity as a distinct gender to ensure their rights, in a verdict that has been hailed by activists as a landmark development. Some 30,000 eunuchs were previously denied national identity cards since the applicant was allowed to pronounce their gender only as male or female.
Younis Khan wants captaincy until World Cup 2011
Lahore, Pakistan : Younis Khan wants guarantees he will be Pakistan skipper until the 2011 World Cup.
Younis Kha quit the captaincy Tuesday, in protest at match-fixing allegations that saw him brought before a parliamentary standing committee on sports. The committee exonerated Pakistan of match-fixing during the recent Champions Trophy. “Younis Khan has placed a demand of captaining the side until World Cup 2011 if the PCB wants him to take back the resignation,” news reports said.
PCB chairman Ijaz Butt confirmed meeting Khan in the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, but said there was no immediate resolution of Khan’s concerns. “Yes I met him today, but wait for couple of days,” Butt told newsmen, while making no comment on reports of Khan’s 2011 World Cup condition.
Younis Khan wants captaincy until World Cup 2011 was first posted on October 15, 2009 at 6:41 pm.
