From the unruly Hill stand to Warne’s first spell, the SCG, which hosts it’s 100th Test today, stirs a legion of memories says Malcolm Knox, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald. When I was eight, my grandfather took us to watch the English from the Bob Stand. I remember the SCG smell – a cocktail of tomato sauce, hot chips, beer, cigarettes, turf, soot, old concrete and metal. Even though they’ve replaced all but the Members and Ladies stands, the SCG smell lives on. There was a man that day…
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As South Africa attempt a huge chase in Durban, Neil Manthorp says, on SuperSport.com, that they need a hero. He points to Gary Kirsten’s 275 in Durban in 1999, which he says saved Kirsten’s career, and says perhaps one of the members of the current team who are under pressure should take the approach Kirsten did in that game: that it is better to accept one’s fate and just bat calmly in the hope of going out on a high. The difficulty for the likes of Jacques Rudolph, Ashwell Prince…
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BRUSSELS: A Belgian court on Monday sentenced four members of a Pakistani family to prison for the honour killing
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The Pakistan Cricket Board's Chief Operating Officer (COO) Subhan Ahmad is likely to continue in the post, as Chairman Zaka Asharaf and other members have expressed faith in him.
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ISLAMABAD: Members of Christian community weep as they condole with each other on the killing of former Minister for Minorities? Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti. …
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the judges, who had taken oath under the annulled Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) 2007 and now facing contempt proceedings, from passing any order against the sitting judges of the apex Court or the members of a bench that had passed an order on February 2 over their appeals. The SC reminded Justice Hasnat Ahmed Khan, Justice Syed Shabbar Rizvi, Justice Hamid Ali Shah and Justice Syed Sajjad Hussain Shah of Lahore High Court, Justice Mrs Yasmeen Abbasi of Sindh High Court, Justice Jehanzeb Rahim Khan of Peshawar High Court and Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain of the apex Court, that they “shall not pass any such order against the members of the bench or the judges of the Supreme Court and if any such order is passed by them, the same shall have no legal or binding effect upon this Court as well as any other functionaries in the country and shall be deemed to be an order which is not in existence at all.” The SC bench held that it was passing an order “to preserve and protect the dignity and respect of the judges of the bench seized with the matter as well as other judges of this court, and in order to ensure that system of administration of justice and honour of this institution including High Courts and District Courts are preserved.” The special bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmani and Justice Amir Hani Muslim issued the order after hearing the arguments of counsel for Justice Hasnat Ahmed Khan and Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi, two dysfunctional judges of the Lahore High Court. The bench order came in the backdrop of Thursday’’s unfolding events in which Justice Jehanzeb Rahim of PHC, issued notice to four judges of the apex Court including Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S. Khawja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez, who had rejected his appeal against contempt proceedings. The bench noted that according to a note put up by the Registrar, Justice Jehanzeb Rahim had passed an order on February 17 in his chambers to issue contempt notices to four judges of the Supreme Court hearing his plea, but the matter was taken up by the Chief Justice Peshawar High Court on administrative side and said that the order was passed in vacuum. Besides, a three-member bench of the PHC set that order aside. The bench observed in its order that certain persons whose cases were pending instead obeying orders of the Court started making attempts to undermine the authority of Supreme Court and its judges by issuing notice. The bench also directed counsel of other dysfunctional judges to submit fresh applications to be fixed before this bench on February 21. At the outset of proceedings, Dr Abdul Basit, counsel for two judges, said that February 21 was fixed by the four-Judge bench for framing of contempt charges against his client on the basis of a short order. He said unless there was a detailed judgement with reasons, the proceedings could not be conducted. He said “If such a trial is started under such circumstances, it will undermine their fundamental rights as enshrined in Article 10A which guarantees holding of fair trial.” He said that in absence of detailed reasons, the present proceedings would amount to ”holding of mistrial”.
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ISLAMABAD: First meeting of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani’’s reduced cabinet will be held here today. The prime minister will chair the meeting which will be participated by the members of his new cabinet. The cabinet will discuss various issues of national interest.
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LAHORE: Punjab Assembly on Friday witnessed uproar amid presence of students in the guest gallery over hooliganism in Gujrat, Geo News reported. According to details, the members of opposition and treasury benches began blaming each other resulting uproarious scene was created. The students present in the guest gallery were surprised over this. PML-N MPA Haji Imran Zaffar remarked that there is hooliganism in Gujrat, adding that he had been receiving death threats in the areas. He said Chaudhary brothers would be responsible if he or his family was harmed. Over the remarks, opposition women MPs chanted slogans and started desk-thumbing against this. Deputy speakers asked the women MPs for calm and expressed displeasure over this.
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WASHINGTON: Temporary Protection Status (TPS) Bill for illegal Pakistani immigrants in US has been tabled in US Congress on Sunday, Geo News reported. L. Green – the congressman of Democratic Party who hailed from state Texas – presented the TPS Bill in US Congress. An identical bill was also presented before US Congress in December 2010. The TPS Bill was prepared by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Congressman L. Green along with eight other members of US Congress. The bill seeks temporary protection status for illegal Pakistani immigrants in US as according to the US constitution, the illegal immigrants can be given temporary protection is US whose country is battling against the natural disaster. After the passage of the bill in US Congress, the illegal Pakistani immigrants would be able to enjoy temporary residence status is US while the bill will also benefit students and those staying is US on visit visa.
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ISLAMABAD: Members of the Parliament Saturday taking serious notice of the rise in Karachi target killings submitted separate adjournment motions in both the Houses of Parliament. The members who sub
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