Several blasts and gunshots were heard late on Sunday inside a Pakistan Air Force base in Karachi, the country's largest city, the police said as interior minister Rahman Malik confirmed it as a terrorist attack.

The overnight siege by terrorists at Pakistan's key naval base here has ended, BBC reported on Monday.

The rebels, who stormed PNS Mehran on Sunday, had put up stiff resistance as they destroyed two

Fifteen hours after brazenly storming into Pakistan Navy's key Mehran airbase in the heart of the port city of Karachi, heavily-armed Taliban militants were still holding onto parts of the base after destroying two US-made surveillance aircraft and killing 13 security personnel.

Troops recaptured Pakistan's naval air force headquarters on Monday after a 16-hour battle with Taliban gunmen who had stormed the facility in the most brazen attack since the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Just months after he led Pakistan to its first Asian Games gold medal in 20 years, seasoned fullback Zeeshan Ashraf has been sidelined by Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF).

Pakistan's runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has accused batsman Umar Akmal of harassment and mental torture.

A well-informed source in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told PTI that Zulqarnain,

A Saudi diplomat was killed in a drive-by shooting near the consulate in Karachi on Monday, the second attack on Saudi interests in Pakistan's biggest city in less than a week, officials said.

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It took just 55 seconds for armed robbers to loot Rs.3.7 million from a bank here, a police official said.

Daily Times reported that the robbers struck at the bank located at Chamra Chowrangi.

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After staging the final of its premier domestic tournament under lights early in 2011, the Pakistan Cricket Board is now backing the ICC's idea to introduce day/night Test matches.

Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan feels there needs to be a "revolution" in the country's cricket to rid it of corruption, favoritism and nepotism.