Former Pakistan players feel that the recent spot-fixing scandal has further tarnished the image of the game of cricket and has rocked the ongoing Indian Premier League.

Pakistan's Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) party has demanded fresh polls in the entire Karachi constituency, rejecting the Election Commission's decision to conduct re-polling only at 43 stations of the National Assembly (NA) seat.

An election candidate escaped unharmed Wednesday in a suicide bombing in southern Pakistan which left two people wounded, police said, after the latest in a wave of attacks to hit the campaign.

Former Pakistan captain and pace legend Wasim Akram has requested the Indian cricket board (BCCI) to allow Pakistani players to participate in the cash-rich Indian Premier League.

A Pakistani lawyer on Friday threw a shoe at ex-dictator Pervez Musharraf as he walked to a court room to extend his bail on charges of conspiracy to murder and sacking judges.

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf flew home on Sunday, landing at Karachi airport after more than four years in exile, defying a Taliban death threat to contest historic general elections.

Pakistan’s cricketers came under fire Monday after their series defeat in South Africa, with former players blaming the team’s timid approach for their loss in the second Test.

Shops, businesses and schools shut Friday across Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi, braced for further unrest after the murder of a politician and a night of sporadic shootings.

Shahid Afridi has been advised to ‘just relax and enjoy his game’ by the newly-appointed batting consultant Inzamam-ul-Haq who wants the flamboyant all-rounder to stop thinking about any outside pressures concerning his current form.

The naming of Pakistan’s Twenty20 and ODI squads for this month’s tour to India was not without disagreements as the selectors overruled captain Misbah-ul-Haq while axing experienced all-rounder Shahid Afridi for the series.