September, 3 2010
LONDON: Three Pakistan players suspended over betting scam allegations have a "really arguable case to answer", the anti-corruption chief of cricket's world governing body said Friday.
"The conclusion that we have come to is that there is a really arguable case to answer," Ronnie Flanagan, chairman of the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) of the International Cricket Council (ICC), told a press conference at Lord's in London.
The ICC has charged Test captain Salman Butt, plus bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif, with "various offences" under its anti-corruption code and has suspended them pending a decision on those charges.
Flanagan said the players had been charged under Article 2 of the code and the trio knew the specific charges against them, but declined to go into the details.
Article 2 relates to offences under the code, including corruption, betting and misuse of inside information.
The former Northern Ireland police chief said the charges all relate to the fourth and final Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's, which finished
with an England win on Sunday.
Calling it a complex investigation, he said that if the players were found guilty, they could face a life ban.
"We will go where the evidence takes us," he said, adding that the ACSU was working very closely with the British police in their separate but parallel
investigation.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat expressed his "extreme disappointment and sadness" at the situation, ... details
September, 3 2010
QUETTA: At least 25 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a bomb attack targeting a Shia Muslim rally in of Quetta on Friday.
The bomb appeared to target a rally being held for Al-Quds day, an international annual event held by the Shia community opposing Israel's control of Jerusalem and showing solidarity with Palestinian Muslims.
Television ... details
September, 3 2010
QUETTA: A blast in Youm-al-Quds rally at Meezan chowk in Quetta has injured many while casualties were feared, Geo News reported.
Geo News cameraman Imran Mukhtar has also been injured, correspondent Salman Ashraf told anchorperson.
Correspondent also said that several casualties were feared because of high intensity blast. Rescue teams have ... details
September, 3 2010
LONDON: Mohammad Amir, one of three Pakistan cricketers embroiled in betting scam claims, reported to a British police station on Friday.
Fast bowler Aamir arrived at Kilburn Police Station, near Lord’s cricket ground in north London, where he is expected to be interviewed by detectives.
Police are also expected to question Pakistan’s ... details
September, 3 2010
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have agreed to jointly provide more aid to flood-hit Pakistan during the current fiscal year but both also insisted that the country needed to continue its economic reforms, officials said on Thursday.
“In response to this (flood), I will ask the IMF Board to approve $450 million in ... details
September, 3 2010
ISLAMABAD: The United States has apologised to Pakistan over “mistreatment” of a Pakistani military delegation at a US airport this week, the Pakistani defence ministry said Friday.
US undersecretary of state for defence Michelle Flournoy apologised during a telephone call to Pakistan's top defence ministry official, Syed Athar Ali, the ministry ... details
September, 3 2010
ISLAMABAD: Outbursts of grief and anger over natural and man-made disasters marked the opening of a session of the National Assembly requisitioned by the opposition on Thursday, but the main agenda for a debate on flood devastation was put off for a day to mourn a minister’s death.
The Pakistan Muslim League-N which has requisitioned the special ... details
September, 3 2010
LONDON: The International Cricket Council’s suspension of Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt on corruption charges is “unhelpful, premature and unnecessary,” Pakistan’s high commissioner in Britain said on Friday.
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan said cricket’s ruling body should not have acted until investigations by the ... details
September, 3 2010
ISLAMABAD: After warnings from IMF over subsidies in power sector, the government is expected to approve restructuring of electricity billing system to increase revenues but at the same time protect the low- and middle-income groups from the impact of enhanced tariff.
Sources in the ministry of water and power told Dawn that a proposal would be ... details
September, 3 2010
DADU: The district administration issued on Thursday night a final warning for residents of Khairpur Nathan Shah, a town of about 100,000 people, to immediately vacate it when floodwaters from breaches in Khuda Wah (canal) overtopped a two-kilometre portion of the Indus Highway and entered the town’s suburbs. About a quarter of the town was inundated ... details
September, 3 2010
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik urged the Shia community on Thursday not to hold mourning processions in open places to avoid more suicide attacks.
“How can police provide security to a gathering of 15,000 people,” the minister said while talking to reporters outside the Parliament House.
Over 30 people were killed in three suicide ... details
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