ISLAMABADVice-captain of Pakistan cricket team M Hafeez has believed that the success rate of team over the last few years after being forced to play away from home, makes it a strong contender for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy in England. Talking to a private news channel, Hafeez said that ...

LAHORE – Pakistan T20 captain M Hafeez has become the fourth international 'franchise player' to join the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 tournament. The other international cricketers who have committed to playing in the league - and have been assigned icon or 'franchise player' status as ...

KARACHI  - Former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt on Wednesday said he stands by his statement that there was a rift in the Pakistan cricket team even as M Hafeez and Misbahul Haq have dismissed such comments publicly.Butt had said T20 captain Hafeez and coach Whatmore were trying to side-line Misbah, ...

LAHORE - Following the poor results in South Africa, Pakistan Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez has called for improvements in country's domestic circuit, which will help produce complete players who can cope with any conditions anywhere in the world. He was speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing ...

CENTURION - M Hafeez and Umar Gul turned their tour around to take Pakistan to an emphatic victory and leapfrog three places on the ICC rankings to No 3. With the Durban match rained out, Pakistan also claimed the series and a piece of silverware to go along with the bragging rights.Hafeez hammered ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh here on Thursday invited the General Electric Company to invest in Pakistan particularly in sectors where it has global expertise like aviation, transport, railways, energy and alternate energy.A delegation led by John Rice, Vice ...

BANGALORE - Pakistan captain M Hafeez is not wary of his experienced Indian counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni and said as a skipper his main aim would be to motivate his team not to buckle under pressure in the limited over series against the hosts which starts here on Tuesday.The much-anticipated ...

LAHORE - Hafeez-led Lahore Lions stunned Misbah’s Faisalabad Wolves in the Faysalbank Twenty20 Cricket final here at the jampacked Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday. Batting first, Lahore Lions openers Ahmed Shahzad and Nasir Jamshed collected 44 runs for the opening stand but Ahmed Shahzad (18) was ...

Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh has appreciated the US economic partnership with Pakistan and said it would be vital for bilateral relations on long term basis.Speaking at a think tank in Washington‚ he outlined some of the gains the country made amidst regional and global challenges.He ...

WASHINGTON  - Pakistan is likely to record an economic growth of around 4 percent in the 2012-13 financial year, Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Friday as he outlined some of the gains the country had made in reforming the economy amid challenges.Speaking at a Washington think tank, ...

ISLAMABAD - Coming down hard on officials of Finance and Information Technology Ministries over the delay in Third Generation (3G) technology licences, Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has directed these two ministries to complete the process by March ...

LAHORE – Pakistan Twenty20 captain M Hafeez has decided to represent Lahore Lions in the upcoming National Twenty20 Cup 2012 which will start from December 2 to 10. The source on Tuesday disclosed that M Hafeez who led Faisalabad Wolves in the previous editions of National Twenty20 was forced ...

ISLAMABAD  - Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh here on Wednesday discussed various matters of science and technology division in a meeting with Federal Minister for Science and Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali here and agreed to provide supplementary ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s liberal investment policies and growth potential offers tremendous strategic opportunities to Japanese investors in different sectors of economy.This was stated by Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Sheikh, while speaking at a lunch hosted in his honour by Ms Izumi Kobayashi, ...

ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan fast bowling legend Sarfraz Nawaz came down hard on Pakistan cricket team skipper M Hafeez and questioned his blunders during the recently concluded World Twenty20 Cup in Sri Lanka. In an exclusive interview with TheNation on Monday, Sarfraz termed Hafeez the so-called ...

LAHORE  - All-rounder Abdul Razzaq said that the decision to play him in the semi-final was made by captain M Hafeez and not by the management.He was quoted as saying by a private TV channel here on Saturday.  "I wanted to play the semi-final and was very excited to display good ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Twenty20 team skipper M Hafeez, who is also known as professor, has so far proved to be lucky for Pakistan team as he managed to win T20 series against Australia 2-1 thought their batting exposed in the last match. Hafeez should bat at No 3 instead of opening the innings as ...

COLOMBO, Sept 12  - Pakistan captain M Hafeez expects Shahid Afridi to recover from injury in time to play a decisive role in his country's attempt to win another ICC World Twenty20. Afridi is hoping to overcome a thumb injury before the tournament, which runs from Sept. 18 to Oct. 7 in Sri ...

ISLAMABAD  - Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh Monday categorically denied reports about him being a dual national.Speaking on point of order in National Assembly, the minister said; “I state unequivocally that I have only one nationality and that is ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Thursday pinpointed security situation, heavy floods and soaring oil prices as major factors that inhabited the achievement of key economic targets during the outgoing financial year 2011-2012.However, terming it the highest in the past ...

LAHORE – Pakistan Twenty20 team captain M Hafeez Thursday says his young and energetic squad hasn’t played enough international cricket recently ahead of the start of Sri Lanka tour but the practice matches at the home ground will prove blessing for them in this regard. “My ...

WASHINGTON  - Emphasizing the importance of private sectors’ role towards full realization of Pakistan-US relations potential, Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has asked the American entrepreneurs to benefit from tremendous investment opportunities in Pakistan.Speaking to members of ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Saturday during Economic Advisory Council meeting that he was not optimistic that Pakistan would get due amount from the US under Coalition Support Fund (CSF) and Etisalat for privatising Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has constituted nine committees comprising business community of Pakistan and government officials to take suggestions for the upcoming budget 2012-13.Finance Minister constituted these committees while chairing a ...

ISLAMABAD-Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Thursday demanded the payment of outstanding dues payable under Coalition Support Fund (CSF) from the United States, as Pakistan’s financial woes would increase if the same were not paid in the current ...

LAHORE – Pakistan openers Nasir Jamshed and M Hafeez, who both scored centuries in the Asia cup match against India on Sunday set new partnership records. When the Pakistan’s opening partnership of Nasir-Hafeez was broken in 36th over on 224, it was the highest partnership in the event. ...

LAHORE – Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has appointed Dr Muhammad Hafeez as a new Principal of Aitchison College Lahore. The decision was made in the meeting of BoGs of Aitchison College held at Governor House. Dr Muhammad Hafeez was working presently at Punjab University as Dean ...

ISLAMABAD - Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, on Monday said that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) would have to generate Rs 50 billion through administrative measures in five months (Feb-June) to reach the annual tax target of Rs 1952 billion.He said this ...

ISLAMABAD - A delegation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, led by Senator Ilyas Ahmed Bilour, met Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh to discuss tax exemption matters for some KPK areas. The delegation from KP Chamber of Commerce and Industry argued ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Monday claimed that economic fundamentals seem to be on the right track during the first six months (July-December) of the current financial year 2011-12. He stated this while addressing the 8th session of ...