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 Shoaib Malik’s family reaching home todayLAHORE: The family members of Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik are reaching home this evening while Shoaib may return up to April 21 after getting back his passport on Monday. Shoaib’s family members, after participating in his wedding with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza in Hyderabad Deccan, have reached Delhi this morning and from here they will arrive in Lahore at 6-00 pm today. Shoaib’s brother-in-law Imran Zafar Malik told Indian media before departure that Shoaib’s passport is expected to be received on Monday after which he can come to Pakistan up to April 21. The date of valima reception will be announced today or tomorrow. The ceremony will be held in Punjabi style which is expected to be attended also by people from India. |
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| Time for action! KARACHI: Haroon Lorgat’s visit of Pakistan this week was just a baby step in the right direction — nothing more, nothing less. Some may h ... more | |
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| Real Madrid win to keep title chase alive MADRID: Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Van der Vaart allowed Real Madrid to come back from a goal down to win 2-1 in Almeria, keepi ... more | |
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| Junaid named Pakistan’s new hockey coach KARACHI: Khawaja Junaid on Friday received the news that he has been appointed as Pakistan’s hockey coach for next month’s Sultan Azlan Shah ... more | |
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| Rizwan scores hat-trick as Army trample KESC KARACHI: Mohammad Rizwan knocked a brilliant hat-trick and played a pivotal role in Army’s impressive 8-0 win over KESC in the 57th National ... more | |
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| Bernabeau to have home-like feeling for Barca: Perez MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has declared that “if Barcelona reach the Champions League final, we will do everything possi ... more | |
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| Nadal, Djokovic closer to Monte Carlo showdown MONTE CARLO: Rafael Nadal survived a brief rain break before resuming his storied clay-court dominance with a 6-4, 6-2 quarter-final defeat ... more | |
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| Waqar report contributed in PCB action LAHORE: A Waqar Younis report, critical of the players’ behaviour during the Australia tour, had played a major role in PCB’s strong discipl ... more | |
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