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Pakistan eyeing ICC World Test Championship final with win over England: Babar Azam

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Wednesday said the upcoming Test series against England at home will give his team its best shot to grab a final spot in the 2nd edition of the ICC World Test Championship.

The Times of India

Decision on Pakistan v England series opener delayed until morning of Test

England and Pakistan will wait until the morning of Thursday’s historic first Test in Rawalpindi before deciding whether it will begin as scheduled after a “viral infection” broke out among the touring party

The Guardian - UK

Five memorable Pakistan-England Tests

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan play England for the first time since 2005, with the home Test series starting Thursday.

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Pakistan asks former PM Khan to delay sit-in citing attack threat

Imran Khan and his supporters are to rally in Rawalpindi on Saturday after Khan was hurt in an attack on a party march.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan interior minister asks former PM Khan to postpone march, cites militant threat

Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that former prime minister Imran Khan should postpone the resumption of his protest march to Islamabad from Rawalpindi, stating that there had been threats of attacks from militant groups.

Reuters

Imran Khan denied permission to land at Parade Ground on Saturday, says party

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Friday said the Islamabad administration has denied permission to the former Prime Minister's helicopter to land at the Parade Ground in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Saturday to address a protest rally against the Shehbaz Sharif government.

The Times of India

Pakistan vs England first Test to go ahead as scheduled from Dec 1 in Rawalpindi: Sources

KARACHI: The first Test between Pakistan and England in Rawalpindi from December 1 to 5 will go ahead as scheduled despite the expected political unrest in that city and adjoining Islamabad, according to sources.

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Rehan Ahmed: England add teenage leg-spinner to squad for Pakistan Test tour

The 18-year-old could become England’s youngest ever male Test cricketer if selected in Rawalpindi, Multan or Karachi

The Independent UK

Teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed added to England squad for Pakistan Test tour

The 18-year-old could become England’s youngest ever men’s Test cricketer if selected in Rawalpindi, Multan or Karachi.

The Independent UK

England’s historic Test return to Pakistan to start as planned in Rawalpindi

Ben Stokes’ side are set to play a three-match series in the country next month

The Independent UK

PCB could be forced to move first Test against England from Rawalpindi

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) might be forced to move the first Test against England from Rawalpindi to another venue because of the prevailing political uncertainty due to the long march by opposition leader, Imran Khan.

The Times of India

England’s first Test with Pakistan could move to Karachi due to political unrest

England’s first Test match in Pakistan for 17 years could be set for a late move from Rawalpindi to Karachi in response to political unrest in the country

The Guardian - UK

Imran Khan supporters take to streets as shooting fuels Pakistan tensions

Stakes raised on Friday as clashes erupt between police and protesters in cities across Pakistan

The Guardian - UK

British gran facing death penalty for murdering her husband says she was 'framed'

Yasmin Kausar, from Leeds, was detained after the charred remains of her husband of 23 years were found in a car at a rubbish dump in Rawalpindi in the Punjab region on April 1

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‘We must forget about divisions’: one woman’s journey home 75 years after India’s partition

Chance encounter on Facebook led Reena Varma, 90, to visit family home she was forced to abandon in 1947

Al Jazeera

Displaced by partition, she visited Pakistan home after 75 years

Reena Chhibber Varma, undeterred by age and ailments, embarked on a journey that many thought was impossible.

Reuters

'My dream came true': Indian woman to revisit Pakistan home after 75 years

(This July 18 story corrects age in first paragraph to 90, and in paragraph 2 to 14)

The Times of India

The pitch wasn't an excuse for us not being able to get over the line in the second Test vs Pakistan: Australia coach Andrew McDonald

NEW DELHI: Australia could have been 1-0 up in the ongoing three-match Test series against Pakistan. After settling for a draw in the opening Test in Rawalpindi, they created a few chances to seal the deal in the second Test in Karachi, but failed to grab them. One big potential…

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Pak vs Aus, 3rd Test | Rival captains expect another slow wicket in series decider

After receiving criticism on the Rawalpindi wicket, PCB flew in ICC Academy curator Toby Lumsden, who has assisted the local ground staff to prepare the Lahore Test wicket

The Times of India

Pakistan-Australia limited overs series shifted to Lahore from Pindi on government's advice

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has shifted the white ball series against Australia from Rawalpindi to here on the advice of the government.

The Times of India

Pakistan vs Australia: David Warner wants a better pitch for 2nd Test against Pakistan

KARACHI: Australia opener David Warner said he hopes for an improved pitch for the second Test in Karachi after the visitors could claim only four Pakistan wickets in the series-opening draw on Rawalpindi's docile wicket.

AAP

Swepson favoured for emotional Test debut

Australia could pick a frontline legspinner for the first in more than a decade in the second Test against Pakistan, with Mitchell Swepson favoured to debut.

The Times of India

ICC won't rate Rawalpindi pitch poor: PCB source

RAWALPINDI: The pitch at the Rawalpindi stadium has been receiving negative reactions from all corners but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) does not think that the ICC will rate it 'poor' or 'not up to the mark' for Test cricket.

The Guardian - UK

Security and sound the abiding memories of docile Rawalpindi draw

A flat pitch generated a run-fest but high security and incessant noise made the first Pakistan v Australia Test memorable

ABC News

Toothless Australia outplayed by Pakistan in dismal drawn first Test in Rawalpindi

Pakistan's openers run up 0-252 against a toothless Australia on day five of the first Test in Rawalpindi, which ends in a dull and inevitable draw.

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