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Australian selector says players in it for love, not money

Australian selector says players in it for love, not money

April 10, 2008

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian cricketers play for love, not money, the country's chief selector said Wednesday after a survey found ...

Rebuilding Australia looks to new generation

Rebuilding Australia looks to new generation

April 10, 2008

SYDNEY (AFP) - Cricket Australia opened the door for a new generation of cricketers Wednesday when it named the 25 players ...

South Africa eye hat-trick in sub-continent

South Africa eye hat-trick in sub-continent

April 10, 2008

KANPUR (AFP) - A buoyant South Africa will be keen to capitalise on India's form and fitness worries ahead of Friday's third and ...

Next US President faces Iraq quagmire: Democrats

April 10, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Anti-war Democrats Wednesday accused the White House of plotting to saddle the next president with a ...

Iran to defy West on nuclear plan: Nejad

April 10, 2008

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday vowed that his country would not halt its nuclear drive in the ...

Obama gaining on Hillary in Penn.: visited Pak in 1981

April 10, 2008

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Barrack Obama is gaining ground on rival Hillary Clinton in the key Pennsylvania ...

EX-CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry set to return: NYT

April 10, 2008

NEW YORK - Former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's penchant for popular causes that have rankled Pakistan's political ...

Deadly fighting as Iraq marks Saddam ouster

April 10, 2008

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq marked the fifth anniversary Wednesday of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein with the nation still in turmoil, ...

Business
Worsening law & order derails stock market

Worsening law & order derails stock market

April 10, 2008

LAHORE - The stock market on Wednesday, reacting to the incident of thrashing of ex-minister followed by worsening law and order, ...

Worsening law & order derails stock market

Worsening law & order derails stock market

April 10, 2008

LAHORE - The stock market on Wednesday, reacting to the incident of thrashing of ex-minister followed by worsening law and order, ...

Inflation will soar to 10pc

Inflation will soar to 10pc

April 10, 2008

ISLAMABAD- Contrary to what the previous rulers claimed, the government Wednesday issued a bare factsheet on economic front, ...

Pakistan lags behind in poverty reduction: WB

April 10, 2008

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is falling behind the target of reducing extreme poverty under Millennium Development Goals (MDGs 2015) and ...

CPI set to hit 11-year record

April 10, 2008

KARACHI - Analysts see the March 2008 consumer price index (CPI) to stay in the range of 12.9-13.7 percent Year on Year basis, ...

WB warns higher food prices to persist

April 10, 2008

WASHINGTON - Rising food prices worldwide are not a temporary phenomenon and prices are likely to stay above 2004 levels through ...

US economy to tip into 'mild recession' in 2008: IMF

April 10, 2008

WASHINGTON - US economy will slide into "mild recession" in 2008 in the face of a major financial crisis as the global economy is ...

Sindh suffers Rs14 billion shortfalls in federal receipts

April 10, 2008

KARACHI - Sindh government has suffered more than Rs 14 billion shortfall in federal receipts during 9 months (July 2007 to March ...

National
Sri Lanka blood youngsters in ODI series against Windies

Sri Lanka blood youngsters in ODI series against Windies

April 10, 2008

PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - Sri Lanka will use the three-match one-day international series against West Indies which opens here on ...

BA for release of all political prisoners

BA for release of all political prisoners

April 10, 2008

QUETTA - Nawab Aslam Khan Raisani on Wednesday took oath as 13th Chief Minister Balochistan. Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfikar ...

Bill against Pemra Ord to be tabled today

Bill against Pemra Ord to be tabled today

April 10, 2008

ISLAMABAD - The ruling alliance is tabling a bill in the National Assembly today (Thursday) for the abolition of amendments ...

Zardari cleared of involvement

April 10, 2008

KARACHI-Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday cleared PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari in the murder case of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, ...

A meek, useless Opposition

April 10, 2008

LAHORE - Speaker Afzal Sahi turned out to be an odd man out, trying to throw spanner in the works of fully charged and spirited ...

Assembly demands UN probe into BB murder

April 10, 2008

LAHORE-The newly-elected Punjab Assembly which was sworn in here Wednesday amid unprecedented tight security, passed two ...

Six lawyers burnt to death: chambers set ablaze: vandals torch 50 vehicles

April 10, 2008

KARACHI - At least nine people were killed including a woman and eighteen others injured in clashes between rival political ...

Niazi gets reward of his own mistakes: Asma

April 10, 2008

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Bar Association Wednesday formed a high level committee comprising former presidents of LHCBA to ...

Flour crisis deepens in City

April 10, 2008

LAHORE - The flour crises has further depended here in the Punjab Capital as the government has badly failed to overcome the ...

Aitzaz to decide resignation today

April 10, 2008

LAHORE - Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan would make announcement about his resignation or otherwise as President Supreme Court Bar ...

PA session held amid tight security

April 10, 2008

LAHORE - The 14th session of Punjab Assembly called after the delay of one month and 24 days was held in peaceful manner amid ...

PPP to probe into misbehaviour with Arbab

April 10, 2008

KARACHI-PPP Parliamentary leader in Sindh Assembly Pir Mazharul Haq in an emotional charged speech in the House on Wednesday said ...

Sindh PA slams Karachi violence

April 10, 2008

KARACHI - Sindh Assembly on Wednesday through a unanimous resolution offered its deepest condolences on the brutal assassination ...

6 Monitoring Committees formed

April 10, 2008

ISLAMABAD - Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan Wednesday constituted six monitoring and vigilance committees consisting of ...

CDA yet to execute 27 projects

April 10, 2008

ISLAMABAD - The time when the formation of new democratic government in the country has stirred up the rusty spirits of various ...

Power breakdowns create problems for patients

April 10, 2008

ISLAMABAD - Ever increasing power breakdowns in the capital city are creating numerous problems for the citizens and especially ...

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