England Becomes the best team in Test ranking by beating India

Edgbaston : England demolished India here to usurp the tourists at the top of the world Test rankings.

James Anderson set England on the victory trail by removing Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman inside the first hour in a brilliant spell of swing bowling.

An American citizen kidnapped from Lahore

LAHORE: An American citizen was kidnapped from his residence in Lahore on Saturday, police said.

Police identified the man as “J.E. Warner”, who they said was working on a development project in the country’s tribal areas, where Pakistani troops have been battling insurgents for years.

Seven Convicted by Military court in GHQ attack

ISLAMABAD: A military court has found seven men guilty of involvement in an attack on army headquarters and sentenced one of them, a retired soldier, to death, a Pakistani official said.

The October 2009 siege in Rawalpindi lasted 22 hours, left nine militants and 14 others dead, and deeply embarrassed Pakistan’s security establishment.