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PCB keen to resume bilateral cricketing ties with India

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is more than willing to go and play in India in a bid to resume bilateral cricketing ties with the arch-rivals, which have been suspended since the Mumbai terror attacks in late 2008.

Karachi violence: Over 300 detained for questioning

In a house-to-house search operation here, Pakistani paramilitary troops detained over 300 people for questioning in the wake of a surge in ethnic and political violence in the city that claimed nearly 30 lives.

Eight people killed in Karachi violence

Killing of a senior MQM leader on Tuesday in a target killing sparked violence in Pakistan's commercial capital, sparking tension and riots in some parts of the city in which seven people lost their l

ICC likely to ban Pakistan's tainted trio

Pakistan's suspended trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer face an uphill task at next month's full hearing to be conducted by an independent tribunal appointed by the International Cr

Blast derails India-bound train in Pakistan

A blast on railway tracks near Karachi early Saturday derailed two bogies of the Thar Express, which was travelling from this southern port city of Pakistan to Rajasthan in India, Geo TV reported.

11 killed in cargo plane crash in Pak

A Russian cargo plane crashed in a fireball into a naval residential compound seconds after taking off from the airport of the southern Pakistani city on Sunday, killing at least 11 people — all eight

1,034 killed in Karachi in 2010: Report

At least 1,034 people were killed in Pakistan's commercial capital in the first 10 months of 2010, most of them victims of target killings, a government funded watchdog has said.

Taliban schools luring kids to become suicide bombers

The Taliban have set up “schools” on the outskirts of the city, where they deliver lectures and sermons in an attempt to brainwash innocent youngsters and convince them to join their ranks, revealed 1

30 more killed in Karachi target killings, toll rises to 73

Pakistan’s commercial capital, Karachi, continues to bleed as 30 more people from various ethnicities, including one dozen in a single incident, were killed on Tuesday, taking the death toll of the ta

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