Pakistan great Imran Khan has confirmed that banned Test captain Salman Butt used to call him up from England to discuss strategies on the 2010 cricket tour.

Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has not ruled out the possibility of a unilateral US military strike against militants in the North Waziristan tribal region, but warned that Washington will have to think "ten times" before launching such an attack, a media report said here on Wednesday.

Within five months of quitting cricket due to a spat with his Board, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Tuesday announced his availability for the national team following a change of guard in the PCB and claimed that he had never retired.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the country’s industrial and services sectors to focus on conforming to international standards to achieve high exports and economic growth.

At least five noted underworld criminals have been arrested in connection with the killing of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, President Mahinda Rajapaksa's advisor on trade union affairs, police spokesman Maxi Procter said on Tuesday .

Pakistan's controversial stumper, Zulqarnain Haider's return to first-class cricket has been marked with controversy after he lashed out at some seniors including former captain Shahid Afridi and retired pacer Shoaib Akhtar for their comments on Pakistan cricket and PCB.

Pakistan and the US appeared headed for a fresh collision course as foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday lashed out at America for accusing the country’s powerful spy agency ISI of ties with terror groups, warning it risked losing Islamabad as its ally.

The ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat here on Wednesday shot down Sachin Tendulkar’s proposed changes in the ODI format making it a four innings 25-over-affair rather than current 50-over format.

Mandarin Chinese will be taught as a compulsory subject in Pakistani schools in Karachi city and other areas of Sindh province, officials said.

After claiming to be innocent for long, banned Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has reportedly confessed to his involvement in the spot-fixing scandal that shook the core of international cricket in 2010.