--- title: "Former Pakistan spinners dispute Shadab Khan's selection" description: "Most outlets reported that former Pakistan spinners Tauseef Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq have exchanged allegations regarding the selection of all-rounder Shadab Khan. Both Daily Times and Geo News led with the conflict, using similar phrasing to describe the disagreement, though Daily Times included a brief reference to Tauseef's claims about Saqlain’s alleged support, while Geo News framed the issue as alleged favouritism. The framing remained consistent across the excerpts, with no significant variation in emphasis or detail." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9435-former-spinners-tauseef-saqlain-trade-barbs-over-shadab-khan site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Former Pakistan spinners dispute Shadab Khan's selection sports · updated 19 Sep 2026, 10:55 PM PKT · 19 Sep 2026 · 5 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that former Pakistan spinners Tauseef Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq have exchanged allegations regarding the selection of all-rounder Shadab Khan. Both Daily Times and Geo News led with the conflict, using similar phrasing to describe the disagreement, though Daily Times included a brief reference to Tauseef's claims about Saqlain’s alleged support, while Geo News framed the issue as alleged favouritism. The framing remained consistent across the excerpts, with no significant variation in emphasis or detail. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Pakistan Today** — [Tauseef, Saqlain clash over Shadab Khan’s Pakistan selection](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/19/tauseef-saqlain-clash-over-shadab-khans-pakistan-selection) · 19 Sep 2026, 10:55 PM PKT > The exchange began after Tauseef questioned Shadab’s inclusion and suggested his recent performances did not justify continued selection. - **Geo News** — [Former spinners Tauseef, Saqlain trade barbs over Shadab Khan's selection](https://www.geo.tv/latest/682784-former-spinners-tauseef-saqlain-trade-barbs-over-shadab-khans-selection) · 19 Sep 2026, 6:23 PM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing > Former Pakistan spinners Saqlain Mushtaq, Tauseef Ahmed and spin all-rounder Shadab Khan. — AFP/PCBFormer Pakistan spinners Tauseef Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq have traded barbs over alleged favouritism of all-rounder Shadab Khan for inclusion in Pakistan cricket. - **Daily Times** — [Tauseef, Saqlain clash over Shadab’s selection](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1555309/tauseef-saqlain-clash-over-shadabs-selection/) · 19 Sep 2026, 4:07 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > Former Pakistan chief selector Tauseef Ahmed has accused Saqlain Mushtaq of influencing Shadab Khan’s selection. Tauseef alleged that Saqlain arranged calls to support his son-in-law’s place in Pakistan’s team. He made the allegations while discussing Shadab’s selection and central contract. Saqlain later rejected the claims and challenged Tauseef to provide evidence. Tauseef claimed Saqlain fo... - **ARY News (English)** — [Saqlain Mushtaq challenges Tauseef Ahmed over Shadab Khan selection claim](https://arynews.tv/saqlain-mushtaq-challenges-tauseef-ahmed-over-shadab-khan-selection-claim) · 19 Sep 2026, 1:56 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > Tauseef, who served as Pakistan's interim chief selector in 2023, made the allegation during a recent podcast with Fawad Alam, while... 5 articles from 4 outlets, 19 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.