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Shah set to join bio-secure bubble for Pakistan Super League

Rizwan Ali May. 28, 2021 03:35 AM EDT
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistan Cricket Board has apparently compromised on its COVID-19 protocols and allowed fast bowler Naseem Shah to re-enter the bio-secure...

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan, a radical Islamist political party, chant slogans during a sit-in protest against the arrest of their party leader Saad Rizvi and demanding to expel the French envoy from the country, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 16, 2021. Pakistan briefly blocked access to all social media on Friday, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally

By Babar Dogar And Munir Ahmed Apr. 16, 2021 03:39 AM EDT

Police officers take into custody a supporter of Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan, a radical Islamist political party, at a protest against the arrest of their leader Saad Rizvi, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, April 12, 2021. Pakistan police arrested Rizvi a day after he threatened the government with protests if it did not expel France's ambassador over depictions of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan police arrest radical Islamist party head in Lahore

By Babar Dogar And Munir Ahmed Apr. 12, 2021 11:23 AM EDT

Africa-bound Pakistan cricketer tests positive for COVID-19

Mar. 17, 2021 11:32 AM EDT
ISLAMABAD (AP) — One player selected for the cricket tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe has tested positive for COVID-19, the Pakistan Cricket Board said...

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2021, file photo, people receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Las Vegas. Nevada's top coronavirus official didn't guarantee the state can meet President Joe Biden's goal of offering a vaccination to every adult who wants a shot by May 1, but said it gives everyone something to work toward. COVID-19 Task Force chief Caleb Cage said everything depends on vaccine allocations. Seventeen new COVID-19 deaths were reported statewide Friday, March 12, 2021, bringing the pandemic total in Nevada to almost 5,100. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

The Latest: All Duke University undergrads must quarantine

By The Associated Press Mar. 13, 2021 03:48 PM EST

Cricket fans hold National flags while they arrive at the National Stadium to watch Pakistan Super League T20 cricket opening match between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators at National Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 20 2021. Spectators returned to cricket stadiums in Pakistan for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began when the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League begins in the southern port city of Karachi. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Cricket crowds in Karachi increased to 50% for PSL games

Feb. 25, 2021 08:26 AM EST

Karachi starts PSL title defense with easy win vs Quetta

Feb. 20, 2021 02:17 PM EST

Players of South Africa and Pakistan cricket team attend practice session at the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Pakistan and South Africa will play second cricket test match in Rawalpindi, starting on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan T20 tournament marks return of fans in stadiums

Rizwan Ali Feb. 18, 2021 09:02 PM EST

South Africa Twenty20 team's skipper Heinrich Klaasen, second right, with teammates warm up during a practice session for upcoming Twenty20 match against Pakistan, at the Gaddafi Stadium, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. South Africa will play three Twenty20 matches against Pakistan, starting from Feb. 11. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

South Africa captain Klaasen says virus 'hit me quite hard'

Feb. 09, 2021 09:40 AM EST

Pakistan Super League allowed 20% capacity crowds

By Rizwan Ali Feb. 04, 2021 06:16 AM EST
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Spectators will be allowed inside cricket stadiums in Pakistan this month for the first time in the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Waqar Younis granted early leave to spend time with family

Dec. 22, 2020 02:12 AM EST
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis will leave New Zealand after the first cricket test ends at Mount Maunganui on Dec. 30 to spend time with...

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, Khadim Hussein Rizvi, center on wheelchair, head of 'Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan, a religious political party, leads an anti France rally in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizvi, a radical religious cleric, who led tens of thousands in anti-France around the country, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. His spokesman and a doctor at the hospital where Rizvi died said he was suffering from COVID-like symptoms but was not tested for the virus. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

Radical Pakistani religious cleric dies after leading sit-in

By Babar Dogar And Asim Tanveer Nov. 19, 2020 02:13 PM EST

Lahore Qalandars opening batsman Fakhar Zaman is clean bowled during a Pakistan Super League match against Karachi Kings at the National Stadium, Thursday, March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan Super League playoffs resume after 8-month delay

Nov. 13, 2020 11:34 AM EST

Vehicles drive on a highway as smog envelops the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. People in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore were at risk of respiratory diseases and eye-related problems Wednesday after the air quality deteriorated to hazardous levels due to a quilt of smog over the city, prompting doctors to urge people to stay at home. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan's Lahore sees peak pollution as coronavirus surges

By Babar Dogar And Munir Ahmed Nov. 11, 2020 06:04 AM EST

South Africa's Faf du Plessis runs during a practice session in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. India and South Africa are scheduled to play their first one-day international cricket match on Thursday in Dharmsala. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Faf du Plessis to play in PSL for Peshawar Zalmi

Nov. 02, 2020 09:54 AM EST

Chigumbura downplays Indian coach's absence on Pakistan tour

Rizwan Ali Oct. 21, 2020 02:51 PM EDT
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Senior Zimbabwe batsman Elton Chigumbura on Wednesday downplayed the absence of his team’s Indian coach Lalchand Rajput, who was...

A member of a social media rights group displays pictures of actress Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed's music video meant to depict a young bride’s joy that as shot in a mosque and went viral on the internet, at his office in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. The video infuriated religious radicals who inundated social media with claims that Qamar’s dancing sullied the historic Wazir Khan Mosque. The uproar was the latest example of how trolling has exploded online in Pakistan since a lockdown, imposed in March over coronavirus concerns, confined tens of millions to their homes. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Trolls flood social media in Pakistan amid virus lockdown

By Kathy Gannon Aug. 27, 2020 02:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, Pakistan allrounder Shoaib Malik gestures addresses a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan. Malik, who will be playing in the Twenty20s, has been given special dispensation by the PCB to join the team in England on July 24 after spending time with his family. The Pakistan cricket squad will leave for England on June 28 to play three tests and three Twenty20s internationals, the PCB confirmed on Saturday, June 20, 2020. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

3 Pakistan cricketers have virus before 'risky' England tour

Rizwan Ali Jun. 22, 2020 06:08 AM EDT

Volunteers look for survivors of a plane that crashed in a residential area of Karachi, Pakistan, May 22, 2020. An aviation official says a passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines crashed near Karachi's airport. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani girl dies of her injuries from Karachi plane crash

Jun. 02, 2020 05:55 AM EDT

Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighborhood

By Adil Jawad May. 22, 2020 08:59 AM EDT