COOLUM (AFP) - Former Australian amateur champion Marcus Fraser skipped two shots clear of a strong field after carding a flawless seven-under 65 in the second round of the Australian PGA on Friday. US Presidents Cup player Bubba Watson, who led for much of the day after a second-round 68, was ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - PPP AJK leader and former AJK prime minister Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has asserted that the Pakistan Peoples Party will emerge as the single largest victorious party in the scheduled June 26 AJK Legislative Assembly elections and form the next government in the liberated ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - PPP AJK leader and former AJK prime minister Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has asserted that the Pakistan Peoples Party will emerge as the single largest victorious party in the scheduled June 26 AJK Legislative Assembly elections and form the next government in the liberated ...

MADRID (AFP) - Argentine superstar Lionel Messi on Saturday became the first player to score 50 goals in a Spanish season as Barcelona and arch-rivals Real Madrid both triumphed ahead of their mouth-watering Champions League duel. Messi reached his latest landmark when he found the target three ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday directed the Ministry of Interior to clear the backlog of Machine Readable Passports and National Identity Cards for local and overseas Pakistanis. Talking to Jamil Ahmad Khan, Pakistan's Ambassador to UAE who called on him at the PM ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday directed the Ministry of Interior, to clear the backlog of Machine Readable Passports and National Identity Cards for local and overseas Pakistanis. Talking to Jamil Ahmad Khan, Pakistans Ambassador to UAE who called on him at the PM House, the Prime ...

ISLAMABAD - Besides discussing other development projects in the Ministry of Communication, there was a heated discussion over the wordings of NHA chairmans extension order in the meeting of National Highway Council (NHC) and it demanded clear time frame on it from the authorities concerned, The ...

ROME (AFP) A touch of brilliance from Zlatan Ibrahimovic earned AC Milan a 1-0 win over Fiorentina on Saturday to lift them four points clear at the top of Serie A. One week after he had sunk his former teammates at Inter Milan Ibrahimovic once again proved the match winner. On 45 minutes, with ...

LONDON (AFP) Chelsea opened up a five-point gap at the top of the English Premier League here Saturday, goals from Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou goal wrapping up a 2-0 victory over Wolves. With Manchester City facing Arsenal on Sunday and Manchester United traveling to Stoke, the champions ...

Reaffirming its support to the U.N.s flagship activitypeacekeepingPakistan has called for clear, realistic and achievable mandates for peacekeeping operations with adequate resources.For suffering humanity in a conflict zone, the sight of a blue helmet becomes a beacon of hope, Ambassador Abdullah ...

MADRID (AFP) Barcelona followed up their impressive win over Real Madrid five nights ago with a convincing 3-0 home win over Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday to go six points clear of Real at La Liga summit. After scoring against Real, winger Pedro Rodriguez was on the scoresheet again with a ...

MADRID (AFP) Barcelona and their new Ballon DOr victor Lionel Messi moved five points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the Spanish league with goals from Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic sealing a 2-0 win at Xerez on Wednesday. Barca built on their 1-0 win over foes Real in Sundays 'Clasico ...

HOLLYWOOD actress Scarlett Johanssons home is cluttered with comic books and she is now planning a superhero clear-out. The 24-year-old actress and her husband Ryan who are playing superheroes in upcoming films have been researching for their roles by reading up on comics, resulting in a mess all ...

ERUM ZAIDI and RAMZAN CHANDIO KARACHI - Giving the concession to sugar millers, the State Bank of Pakistan has set the new deadline of repayment of Rs 30b worth loans obtained by the sugar mills from the domestic banks. Earlier, the SBP has directed the banks and DFIs that all existing loans or ...

ISLAMABAD - The government is entering into an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to settle once for all the troubling circular debt of energy sector that is one of the major causes of unending loadshedding in the country. Sources in the Ministry of Water and Power and Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) would release Rs 12 billion in a couple of days to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to clear the circular debt, the Managing Director (MD) PEPCO, Tahir Basharat Cheema said during a press conference here on Saturday. Out of Rs 180 billion ...

LAHORE-As Punjab Assembly debated on Monday the issue of DHA blocking certain pathways for residents of its adjoining localities, apparently in a move to punish them for their refusal to sell out their land to the authority, Punjab govt has expressed its inability to get the controversial routes ...

KARACHI - Institute of Bankers Pakistan said that only 381 candidates belonging to banks and other financial institutions cleared the IBA Superior Qualification examination in which a huge number of 2,621 candidates participated. The Institute of Bankers Pakistan Superior Qualification (ISQ) ...

KARACHI - The National Clearing Company of Pakistan (NCCPL) has given 48 hours deadline to 32 suspended members to clear their dues in accordance with the NCCPL regulations, reliable sources told The Nation. The NCCPL suspended 32 clearing members (KSE brokers) on December 23, who failed to fulfil ...

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PARIS (AFP) - Lyon defeated title contenders Bordeaux 2-1 on Sunday to surge seven points clear at the top of the French league table in what may very well turn out to be the pivotal weekend of the 2007/08 season. First half goals from Karim Benzema and Kim Kallstrom gave Claude Le Puel's side ...

KARACHI - Saudi Pak Bank is creating a buzz over its recently launched "Salana Munafa" term deposit scheme. The scheme gives depositors 14.5 per cent return in just one year of investment of Rs 1 lakh or more. The market for term deposits is currently very competitive with almost all the big ...

BEIJING (AFP) - Oscar "Blade Runner" Pistorius Saturday won his second gold of the Paralympic Games as China stretched its lead at the top of the medals table. And there was controversy as Iran abruptly withdrew from their men's wheelchair basketball quarter-final with the United ...

Pakistani cricketers picked in the preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy have cleared their dop tests. The tests were conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board on 26 players including fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. According to PCB spokesman, Anti doping agency's dop control officer, Dr. Lubna ...

LAHORE - With boyish good looks and moving commitment to a cause Shehzad Roy has worked his magic once again. His sixth 'Kismat Apne Haath Mein' launched the other day at a juvenile jail is creating ripples in the music industry. One of the most exciting singers Shehzad this time around has a ...

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday rejected allegations from a former White House spokesman who says the Bush administration misled the American public into going to war with Iraq. Rice would not comment specifically on charges made by ex-press secretary Scott McClellan in a new ...