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31

Pakistan – 3 Pakistan players to meet with PCB officials

3 Pakistan players to meet with PCB officials
Pakistan captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif will travel to London on Wednesday to meet with Pakistan officials in the wake of match-fixing allegations. Team manager Yawar Saeed made the announcement in the team hotel on Tuesday, saying the meeting will be held Thursday and will be attended by Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt and the country’s high…

Pakistan says no suspensions over betting probe
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Tuesday it would not suspend players embroiled in betting scam allegations while the claims are investigated, though they are set to miss the next match.

Pakistan authorities close ranks around accused
Pakistan authorities on Tuesday closed ranks around the country’s top cricketers accused of match-fixing, as British police continued to probe the sensational newspaper allegations.

Pakistani cricketers ordered to meet top officials over scandal
The three Pakistani cricket players at the center of a betting scandal have been summoned to meet their country’s top cricket authorities in London, England, where the alleged fixing took place, team manager Yawar Saeed told CNN on Tuesday.

Pakistani airstrikes said to have killed civilians
Pakistani military officials and a local political official gave conflicting accounts Tuesday of attacks by Pakistani jet fighters targeting suspected militants in Pakistan’s tribal region, with a politician saying that at least some of the dead were civilians.

Pakistan: Military jets kill 8 militants
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – A Pakistani official says government airstrikes have killed eight suspected insurgents in the Khyber tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

Pakistan board will not suspend accused players
Pakistan’s cricket board will not suspend its national players while investigations into spot-fixing allegations in England are probed, spokesman for the board told AFP Tuesday.