Board chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf told a news conference yesterday the suspension was imposed on the recommendation of the PCB disciplinary committee and the paceman had the right to appeal.
The 32-year-old Akhtars international career will almost certainly be over unless he gets the ban overturned.
He described the punishment as harsh and unjustified and said he [...]

I am not a hiker. Until a week ago, I didn’t even own a pair of walking boots, and the ones I’ve got still have that delicious new-leather smell that makes me want to press them to my face rather than stamp them down in a puddle. My decision to walk the Thames Path was [...]

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Researchers for Merck/Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals, who were conducting a clinical trial of the blockbuster cholesterol drug Vytorin, wanted him to look at ultrasound images of the carotid arteries of a few people in the trial, which had just finished enrolling patients.
Stein, an expert on the use of carotid ultrasound to detect heart [...]

Golf
Vaughan McCall helped Gore High School to a victory at the Southland secondary schools championship played in Winton yesterday.
Gore High ended up level on 238 shots apiece with Wakatipu High but won on a countback.
Four players lined up for each team with the three best scores taken.
McCall won the boys individual gross section of the [...]

The internet came to Bhutan along with television just nine years ago. In a country where open criticism of the elite is almost unheard of, the anonymity of the Web is giving a few people the chance to speak their minds without fear.
We shiver in front of the Lyonpos (ministers) or the other High Ups [...]

The cricketer surprised the blonde swimsuit model on Friday night, proposing, not in their hometown Sutherland Shire, but in New Yorks Central Park.
%26quot;Lara and Michael have rung in to family and friends over the Easter weekend extending the great news,%26quot; said the couples representative, Chris White, of International Quarterback.
Bingle, 20, the most famous G of [...]

While Flemings 111th test will be his last, Southee, 15 years the former captains junior, contemplated the start of his test career after being confirmed as one of two debutants for the third and deciding test at McLean Park.
Southee replaces Kyle Mills while Jacob Orams withdrawal with a hip injury provided Johannesburg-born allrounder Grant Elliott [...]

THIMPU (Reuters) - As the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous.
The Internet came to Bhutan along with television just nine years ago. In a country where open criticism of the elite is almost unheard [...]

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The bottom of Emmilou’s menu thoughtfully advises that “not all
ingredients are mentioned, please alert your waiter if you have any
religious or dietary requirements”. What the menu does mention is
pig. A lot of it. Jamon, pork hock, chorizo, wild boar, pork belly.
You’ll find it in some form in many of [...]

The rise of fashion’s new It girl has broken all the rules.
She is a Time magazine covergirl and already has been
on the cover of pretty much everything else and last week she was
named as Tatler’s most stylish woman of the year.
She is the face of this, the body of that and the spirit of the
other. [...]