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  • SMOKERS' CORNER: THE HORDE'S BANQUET

    So much so that in 1919, Muslim leader (and future founder of Pakistan), Muhammad Ali Jinnah wrote a letter to his Hindu counterpart, Mahatma Gandhi, in which he warned that the Muslim and Hindu communities should be kept away from religious movements because such movements would unleash untapped violent emotions that could destroy them both...

    ’This violence continues to haunt India — now more than ever — despite the creation of...

  • Bomb goes off near banquet hall in Peshawar

    PESHAWAR: An explosive device went off near a banquet hall in Nishtar Abad area of the provincial capital on Friday, but there were no casualties, police said...

    30am near Haleem Banquet Hall located along GT Road, smashing its windowpanes and the buildings nearby, a police official at the Gulbahar police station told Dawn...

  • The beggar's banquet

    He seemed to be in his early 30s; his parents hailed from Swat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, but he was born and raised in Karachi...

  • Saqlain the answer to Pakistan’s off-spin crisis, says Yousuf

    Former captain Mohammad Yousuf has backed Saqlain Mushtaq to head the spin bowling department at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), terming the inventor of the 'doosra' the 'best' spinner to have ever played for Pakistan...

    “Saqlain is the best off spinner to have played for Pakistan and should be appointed as spin bowling head at the NCA,” Yousuf said while talking to a private news channel...

  • Razzaq, Yousuf, Saqlain headline all-star Pakistan cast at MCL

    Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Yousuf and Saqlain Mushtaq topped the list of eleven Pakistani players who were snapped up at the Masters Champions League (MCL) auction on Monday...

    Pakistan's former pace ace Shoaib Akhtar, who was expected to be a star attraction at the MCL, pulled out from the league on Saturday...

  • Yousuf lauds Pakistan for hard-earned win at Galle

    KARACHI: Pakistan batting coach Mohammad Yousuf has praised the national team for their match-winning performance in the first Test against Sri Lanka in tough conditions at Galle...

    “As the [team’s] batting coach, I feel proud the way the team played in Galle under difficult [batting] conditions,” Yousuf said in a video released by the Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday...

  • Pressure-free Pakistan can chase mammoth 508, says Yousuf

    GALLE: Pakistan batting coach Mohammad Yousuf said Wednesday he was confident his team could still play for victory against Sri Lanka in the second Test, despite needing an unprecedented 508-run chase to win...

    “Babar and Imam are playing to their strength and I feel if they play in the same manner we will try to go for the target,” said Yousuf...

  • Yousuf withdraws as Pakistan squad leaves for Sharjah

    LAHORE: The Pakis­tan cricket squad left on Wednesday for Sharjah, without batting coach Mohammad Yousuf, to play a three-match T20 International series agai­nst Afghanistan...

    According to a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official, the 48-year-old Yousuf cited some personal reasons for not going to Sharjah for the March 24-27 series...

  • Yousuf interested in coaching Afghanistan

    LAHORE: Former Test middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf is interested in coaching the Afghanistan cricket team in place of Inzamam-ul-Haq, if he is offered suitable terms and conditions by the Afghanistan Cricket Association (ACA)...

    The post has been lying vacant since Inzamam left it last month and took charge of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s national selection committee...

  • Yousuf Gilani holds telephonic conversation with abducted son

    MULTAN: Former prime minister of Pakistan and veteran Pakistan Peoples Party leader Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday held an eight-minute long telephonic conversation with his abducted son Ali Haider Gilani, DawnNews reported...

    "The veteran PPP leader was attending a Qul Khawani in Multan's Jalalpur Pirwala area, along with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, when his son's abductors sent a text message to former...

  • Review: In Mera Naam Yousuf Hai, even a kidnapping can't hide sexism

    Proposals, meetings, rejections, confessions and a kidnapping — the last few action-packed episodes of Mera Naam Yousuf Hai had it all, complete with a love-soaked soundtrack, the terrifying innards of a police thaana and well-timed comic relief...

    For those who came in late, we left off with Yousuf (Imran Abbas) confessing his love for Zulaikha (Maya Ali) and though she makes all the appropriate noises that any ‘good’ girl would, she...

  • Yousuf defends Sharjeel's dot balls in PSL fixing scandal

    Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf on Monday told a tribunal hearing spot-fixing charges against Sharjeel Khan that the batsman did not deliberately play two dot balls during a Pakistan Super League match...

    The Pakistan Cricket Board has accused him of agreeing to a spot-fixing plan and of failing to report an approach, charges punishable by a ban ranging from five years to life...

  • Ibrahim, Yousuf and Hania win ranking tennis titles

    KARACHI: Ibrahim Iltifat outplayed Fahad Khan 6-4, 6-1 to win the mens singles title while Hania Naved beat Eraj Batool to lift ladies singles crown in the 4th Indus Pharma Open national ranking tennis championship which concluded at Karachi Club on Sunday...

    Meanwhile, talented lad Yousuf Khan who hails from Nawakhali, Peshawar won the U-18 and U-16 singles crowns by beating Noor-e-Mustafa and Parbat Kumar respectively...

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