September 7, 2012
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DUBAI: Pakistan cricket team on Friday batted well against the strong Australian pace attack and set a target of 152 runs in the second T20 played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez won the toss and elected to bat in the second Twenty20 match against Australia on [...]
September 7, 2012
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TORONTO: Canada’s Conservative government said Friday it is shutting its embassy in Tehran and severing diplomatic relations with Iran, which Canada says is providing military assistance to Syria. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Friday that the Canadian embassy in Tehran will close immediately and Iranian diplomats in Canada have been given five days to leave. Baird, who serves in a government that is [...]
September 7, 2012
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September is right around the corner and you all know what that means: The MTV Video Music Awards are back and bigger than ever. This year, the Moonman will take over the Staples Center in sunny Los Angeles for the live show on Thursday, Sept 6th at 8/7c. As if the lineup wasn’t knock-your-socks-off good already, superstar Rihanna and [...]
September 7, 2012
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Six blasts targeting Shi’ite mosques in the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk killed at least eight people and wounded 67 during prayers on Friday, police and hospital sources said. The attacks were the latest in a wave of attacks apparently launched to stoke sectarian tensions and challenge the country’s Shi’ite Muslim Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. [...]
September 7, 2012
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CAMP BASTION: Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, began a four-month combat tour Friday in Afghanistan as a gunner on an Apache attack helicopter, fresh from a vacation that included strip billiards in a Las Vegas hotel. It was the second tour in Afghanistan for Harry, 27, who will start flying missions within 10 [...]
September 7, 2012
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Talking to the Indian news agency Times Now, ahead of the Indo-Pak talks, Pakistan’s foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that India should conduct the Mumbai terror trial from a realistic point of view, rather than an emotional one. Speaking to the media ahead of her meeting with her Indian counterpart, SM Krishna, she said [...]
September 7, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have agreed to relax the terms with respect to issuing visas within the two countries. According to sources, the visa relaxation terms would be formally be attested by the relevant authorities on Saturday, 8 Sep, 2012 and that the visas would be issued under 8 different categories. The terms of the [...]
September 7, 2012
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“British boy band beat Justin Bieber and Rihanna to bag three prizes, crowning their arrival on the US pop scene”. British boy band One Direction were the big winners at the MTV video music awards, edging out Rihanna and taking home three prizes to crown their arrival on the US pop scene six months ago. The five [...]
September 7, 2012
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Pakistan Government has reportedly declined to renew visas of six members of the foreign aid agency called Save the Children, arguably the largest foreign aid agency currently working in Pakistan. Save the Children issued a statement from it’s London office early Thursday, claiming that the Pakistani Interior Ministry had ordered that visas for our six [...]
September 7, 2012
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BEIJING: At least 20 people were killed when a series of earthquakes, one of them measuring magnitude 5.6, struck southwest China on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV reported. As per the government sources, the earthquake has also damaged numerous buildings. The official Xinhua News Agency said the quake destroyed or damaged 20,000 homes. Television footage showed hundreds of people [...]
September 7, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: The government has implemented 89 per cent decisions taken by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet during the last four and a half years. Out of total, 744 decisions taken by the ECC in its 81 meetings, 665 decisions have been implemented by the various ministries and division, which reflect an average [...]
September 7, 2012
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YANGON: All nine judges on Myanmar’s presidentially appointed Constitution Tribunal abruptly resigned Thursday after the lower house of parliament voted to impeach them in a standoff within Myanmar’s nascent government. The resignations were announced by President Thein Sein’s office, state television reported Thursday night, after two-thirds of the lower house had voted earlier in the day [...]
September 7, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: The Awami National Party (ANP) decided to boycott the National Assembly (NA) and Senate sessions on Friday; showing dissent over the new Local Government (LG) ordinance. ANP has shown discontent over not being informed with respect to the formation of the ordinance. Talking to reporters outside the Parliament, Bushra Gohar stated that her party [...]
September 7, 2012
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DUBAI: After winning the first T20 match with remarkable seven wickets against Australia Pakistan is ready to face second T20 match in Dubai here on Friday (today). Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez said he is confident his team will beat Australia in the Twenty20 series and go on to prosper at the World Twenty20 championship in Sri Lanka. Pakistan trounced [...]
September 7, 2012
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RAWALPINDI: The Islamabad Session Court granted bail to the Blasphemy accused girl Rimsha Masih on Friday. An Additional Sessions Judge court announced to grant bail to the Christian girl accused of blasphemy; a case that has sparked an international outcry. Rimsha was arrested in a poor Islamabad suburb on August 16 and accused of burning papers containing [...]
September 7, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: Indian Ex-ternal Affairs Minister S M Krishna arrives here Friday on a three-day visit to participate in Pakistan-India foreign minister level talks, reported Aaj News. The talks will be held from September 8-9 in Islamabad. However, the Issues between Pakistan and India that divide opinion will not be easy to solve. According to the sources, [...]
September 7, 2012
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WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has decided to blacklist the Pakistan-based Haqqani network as a terror group and is expected to announce the decision as early as Friday, the New York Times reported. US officials have been debating the move for a month, with opponents fearing that it could pour more salt on the wounded alliance [...]
September 7, 2012
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QUETTA: Some unknown on Friday assailants shot dead Quetta’s Superintendent Police (SP) Investigation Jamil Kakar, Aaj news reported. He died on the spot, while his guard sustained injuries in the incident. SP Kakar’s body has been shifted to Combined Military Hospital in Quetta. “Jamil Kakar died on the spot. We are investigating the motives of [...]