March 11, 2012
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Mohammad Hafeez and Umar Gul put in impressive all-round performances as Pakistan posted an exciting 21-run victory over Bangladesh in the opening match of the Asia Cup tournament on Sunday. Opener Hafeez top-scored with a solid 89 and then grabbed two wickets, while Gul made a crucial 39 and took three wickets before Pakistan bowled [...]
March 11, 2012
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Prominent Pakistani television artist Tahira Wasti has died in Karachi on Sunday, She was 68. She was a wife of Syed Rizwan Wasti, a famous Pakistani television and film actor and presenter, who died last year. Tahira was under treatment since last couple of weeks. She has played a key roles in many dramas serials [...]
March 11, 2012
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Contrary to news that stated that Katrina Kaif had bagged a whopping Rs 1 crore to make an appearance on the ramp in Kochi for ten minutes on 25th March, a source close to the actress has come out clean on the “false” reports. The lass is busy shooting with Shah Rukh Khan and has [...]
March 11, 2012
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If inflation is a dragon that must be slain, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao has shown he is willing to sacrifice a part of the country’s most vital asset to do so — growth. Cutting China’s 2012 economic growth target to 7.5 percent at the start of the annual meeting of parliament last week says clearly [...]
March 11, 2012
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U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said it would be hard to reach a deal to halt bloodshed in Syria, but expressed optimism after meeting President Bashar al-Assad for a second day on Sunday. “It’s going to be tough. It’s going to be difficult but we have to have hope,” he told reporters in Damascus. “I [...]
March 11, 2012
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Pakistan were 262 for eight in their 50 overs in the opening match of the Asia Cup against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Scores: Pakistan 262-8 in 50 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 89, Nasir Jamshed 54; Shahadat Hossain 3-53)
March 11, 2012
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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani asserted on Sunday that any inquiry into the Swiss bank issue should have been referred to the Parliament which was also the supreme body to re-write the Constitution. Talking to the media at State Guest House Sunday afternoon,the Prime Minister said that all over the world President, Prime Minister, [...]
March 11, 2012
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Belgium’s government agreed early on Sunday to extend austerity measures by 1.82 billion euros ($2.39 billion) to keep its 2012 budget deficit within EU limits. After a full week of talks, ministers from the six-party coalition also decided to freeze a further 650 million euros of spending in case a weak economy meant further savings [...]
March 11, 2012
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A U.S. soldier has been detained in Afghanistan for shooting and wounding several civilians in southern province Kandahar, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) coalition said on Sunday. “It was a shooting incident involving multiple civilians wounded,” said the spokesman, Captain Justin Brockhoff, adding that there were no initial reports of [...]
March 11, 2012
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Up to 16 Afghans were killed or wounded by a rogue American soldier who opened fire on civilians in southern Kandahar province, an Afghan official said on Sunday. “Today a US soldier walked off his base and started shooting at civilians. Ten to 16 people are killed and injured,” Ahmad Jawed Faysal, a spokesman for [...]
March 11, 2012
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A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in Badaber area on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 30 others, police and hospital officials said. The blast went off near a graveyard where people had just offered funeral prayers in the Badaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, senior police officer [...]
March 11, 2012
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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday said President Asif Ali Zardari will make history by addressing the joint session of the Parliament as an elected president for the fifth time on March 17. He was talking to mediapersons outside the residence of State Minister for Minorities Akram Gill, with whom he had condoled the [...]
March 11, 2012
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Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and sent Pakistan in to bat first in the opening match of the Asia Cup limited-overs tournament Sunday at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The Asia Cup also involves India and Sri Lanka. India has won the Asia Cup five times while Sri Lanka won it four times. Pakistan has [...]
March 11, 2012
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The Bangladesh government are expected to rule this week whether it is safe for their national cricket team to become the first side to tour Pakistan in three years. A senior Pakistan cricket Board (PCB) official told Reuters on Sunday they had agreed with their Bangladesh counterparts to play three one-day internationals next month but [...]
March 11, 2012
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Chief Justice of PakistanIftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has constituted two benches at the principal seat to hear a number of important cases in the next week starting from March 12. According to cause lists, the first bench includes the Chief Justice, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez while the second bench comprises Justice Mian Shakirullah [...]
March 11, 2012
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Two years ago, Afghanistan was the surprise package of the Twenty20 World Cup cricket qualifying tournament. Now it is the team to beat. The defending champion is the top seed at the 16-team tournament which begins Tuesday. But it is likely to face a stiff challenge from Ireland, which it beat by eight wickets in [...]
March 11, 2012
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Five senior Taliban fighters held at Guantanamo Bay have agreed to be moved to custody in Qatar as part of a peace plan, Afghan government officials say. The US administration has not approved the transfer but is considering it as an incentive for the militants to enter negotiations in Afghanistan. None of the five inmates [...]
March 11, 2012
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Four soldiers and at least 39 militants were killed Saturday in a day-long gun battle in troubled northwestern tribal region, officials said. The fighting took place as troops, backed by helicopter gunships, carried out a search operation around the town of Bara in the lawless Khyber tribal district bordering Afghanistan. “Four paramilitary soldiers were martyred [...]
March 11, 2012
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating claims that Indian bookmakers are fixing the results of England county games and international fixtures, Britain’s Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said it had uncovered evidence that tens of thousands of pounds (dollars) was on offer to players to throw part or all of international matches, including last [...]
March 11, 2012
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Bollywood actor Imran Khan, known for his chocolate boy looks, will turn baddie for the sequel of the 2010 film ‘Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai’. He will play a don in parallel lead with Akshay Kumar. The movie was to feature Shahid Kapoor earlier but now Imran has been finalised for it. “Talks were [...]
March 11, 2012
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A previously announced $25 billion settlement between five major banks accused of abusive mortgage practices and government officials will be filed in federal court on Monday, people familiar with the matter said late Friday. The pact unveiled February 9 is expected to result in payments and other mortgage relief for about one million borrowers, but [...]
March 11, 2012
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President Bashar al-Assad told U.N./Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Saturday no political solution was possible in Syria while “terrorist” groups were destabilizing the country. “Syria is ready to make a success of any honest effort to find a solution for the events it is witnessing,” state news agency SANA quoted Assad as telling his [...]
March 11, 2012
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National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has so far disbursed Rs.17.81 billion among 711,120 flood-affected families across the country under Phase-II of Citizen Damage Compensation Programme (CDCP), said its Deputy Director Tariq Malik on Saturday. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani had inaugurated the second phase few months ago and since then “NADRA has so [...]
March 11, 2012
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In a high-level meeting held under the chair of President Asif Ali Zardari PPP’s Nayyar Bukhari and Sabir Baloch were nominated as Chairman and Deputy Chairman Senate respectively on Saturday. According to presidency spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, senior leaders of the ruling alliance Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain, Mushahid Hussain (PML-Q), Asfandyar Wali Khan, Afrasiyab Khattak (ANP), Senator [...]
March 11, 2012
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Pakistan will face Bangladesh in their first one day international of Asia Cup today (Sunday) in Dhaka. The biennial four-nation Asia Cup begins in Dhaka with Pakistan and Bangladesh vying for the top spot in the continent along with India and Sri Lanka. Misbah said they want to forget the poor showing in the one-day [...]