Pakistan manage to win just
Posted by admin on Mar 07, 2013 | Leave a Comment
KIMBERLEY: Pakistan scrambled to a one-wicket win with two balls to spare against a makeshift South African Invitation XI at the Diamond Oval on Wednesday.
Last wicket pair Abdur Rehman (35 not out) and Junaid Khan (nine not out) put on an unbeaten 28 to take their team to victory in their only warm-up match before a five-game one-day international series against South Africa, starting in Bloemfontein on Sunday. ...
Stocks at KSE maintain upward march close just below 18000 mark
Posted by admin on Feb 20, 2013 | Leave a Comment
KARACHI: The prices of local equities at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) closed higher on Wednesday with rising turnover.
The benchmark 100-share Index came close to 18,000 points due to continuous foreign buying. The main Index ended 0.73 percent, or 129.36 points, higher at 17,947.07.
Volume traded crossed Rs.9 billion with active role played by institutions and high-net-worth individuals. Engro Foods closed near its...
Karachi Five killed in just one hour
Posted by admin on Feb 11, 2013 | Leave a Comment
KARACHI: Five people including a police official and a trader were killed in various incidents of violence and firing in just one hour here on Monday, Geo news reported.
According to police, some unidentified assailants riding motorbike gunned down the trader, identified as Imran Yousuf, and injured his security guard in Bantwagali of Kharadar and Joria Bazar located in Old City Area.
In another incident of firing, ASI...
No talent needed for pop music just evolution study
Posted by admin on Jun 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON: No talent necessary: The perfect pop tune can be engineered by a computer program and refined with the input of listeners, according to a British study published in the United States Monday.
The experiment, known as DarwinTunes, aimed to test the importance of consumer choice in shaping the music that becomes a hit on modern airwaves.
The program used randomly generated synthesizer beats, tunes and noise ranging...
Rule of law not just to punish but rebuild societies CJ
Posted by admin on Apr 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Sunday said the rule of law should not just punish for wrong acts rather provide framework to rebuild societies.
He was addressing the launching ceremony of a book titled, “Counter-Terrorism: International Law and Practices” co-edited by Ana Maria Salinas de Frias, Katja Samuel and Nigel White and published by Oxford University Press....
Tax evasion just a tip of iceberg: SC – The Nation, Pakistan
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Tax evasion just a tip of iceberg: SCThe Nation, PakistanISLAMABAD – Tax evasion in Isaf containers scam is just a tip of the iceberg, said the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while hearing a suo moto action regarding International Security Assistance Force containers case on Tuesday. …Missing containers' case: SC directs FBR, NAB, FTO to make headway in recovery …Pakistan...
Diamer-Bhasha Dam: ADB asks govt to focus on people, not just water, power
Posted by admin on Dec 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD:
While Pakistan frets over megawatts generated and million acre feet of water stored, the lead financer of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam says the country should focus on social aspects of the affected population and address issues of environmental degradation and revenue sharing between contesting territories.
With an estimated price tag of $11.2 billion, the project is planned to be completed in...
Nato air raid: No Bonn-homie, just sympathy from Obama – The Express Tribune
Posted by admin on Dec 05, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Express Tribune
Nato air raid: No Bonn-homie, just sympathy from ObamaThe Express TribuneBy Agencies In a press release issued by the White House, President Obama "made clear that this regrettable incident was not a deliberate attack on Pakistan. WASHINGTON: A day before an international conference on the Afghan endgame kicked off in the …US-Iran row overshadows Afghan conferenceChicago TribuneA Counterinsurgency...
Why I Khan’t … just yet – DAWN.com
Posted by admin on Nov 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Express Tribune
Why I Khan't … just yetDAWN.comThere is nothing like success or even the prospects of it, which are now all too visible via the wide grin that Imran Khan has been sporting of late. He's speaking less of the drone …Imran Khan Started Tsunami in Pakistan Politics, Says DeputyDaijiworld.comLet PTI be clearPakistan ObserverQureshi will join, says PTIThe Express TribuneThe Nation, Pakistan -Pakistan...
Afghanistan-India pact doesn’t concern just Pakistanis; Afghans wonder, too – MiamiHerald.com
Posted by admin on Oct 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment
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Afghanistan-India pact doesn't concern just Pakistanis; Afghans wonder, tooMiamiHerald.comKABUL, Afghanistan — The wide-ranging "strategic partnership" that Afghanistan signed with India this month would seem only logical: South Asia's economic heavyweight cementing its longstanding political, cultural and trade ties …Afghan president backtracks on US-Pak statement: ReportHindustan...
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