Carey L BironOver the next decade and a half, a major global shift will result in the developing world controlling roughly half of the world’s capital, up from less than a third today.According to new scenarios released Thursday by the World Bank, developing countries could control some ...

TAIPEI - China's Olympic champion and world number one Li Xuerui and fellow Chinese players dominated the Badminton Asia Championships semi-finals on Saturday in Taipei. Li was locked in a tight fight with Japan's Sayaka Takahashi until she claimed a wider lead in the third game to win 21-18, ...

KARACHI – Big guns in the province, dominating vital positions in different political parties, are contesting on national and provincial seats like previous elections. Influential families, which have been dominating the country’s politics for a long period, are trying to keep their ...

KARACHI - ZAMIR[n1] SHEIKH - Since the inception of Pakistan, landlords, Sardars, Chaudhrys and Waderas are dominating the electoral politics of the country.Some one and a half dozen such families, having influence in local tribes through their land holdings, are dominating the Sindh politics. ...

RAWALPINDI - It is praiseworthy to sensitise our children on road safety at educational institutions and it is also commendable, indeed responsibility of the commoners, to follow the rules and signs while using road. However, when it comes to encroachment of road signboard, the worst offenders are ...

TEHRAN - Iran's new parliament will be largely dominated by conservatives who support supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to latest results Monday of last week's election.The parliament, also known as the Majlis, will have about half of its current members replaced by newcomers, many ...

LONDON - The Arctic Monkeys lead the field with seven nominations at the NME music awards, including best British band, best album and best track. The shortlists were decided by around eight million public votes, and the winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on February 29 at ...

DUBAI  - Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar reminded selectors he could still be good for Test cricket by grabbing five wickets to help England dominate the three-day match against Pakistan Cricket Board XI here on Thursday.The 29-year-old finished with 5-57 in a brilliant display of spin bowling ...

SYDNEY (Agencies) - Usman Khawajas initial eight balls in international cricket provided some of the rare flourishes Monday in the fifth Ashes Test before he was out for 37 on the last ball of a gloomy, rain-shortened opening day when Australias batsmen struggled again to get on top of ...

ROME (AFP) It has not been a great footballing year in Italy despite the world champions qualification for next years World Cup in South Africa. In fact, probably the greatest Italian successes have been by expats. Fabio Capello has turned England into genuine World Cup contenders and Giovanni ...

KARACHI - Three Pakistan Air Force boxers advanced into the semi finals in various weight categories of the KESC 33rd National boxing championships, which got underway here on Tuesday night at PNS Karsaz ring. Two boxers each of Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Rangers and one each from Pakistan Army, ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant and bluegrass singer Alison Krauss dominated the Grammy awards, grabbing five prizes for their groundbreaking rock-country collaboration "Raising Sand". On a night of drama in which pop singer Rihanna withdrew from a scheduled performance, other ...

LAHORE - The first day of the business week Monday witnessed Karachi bourse gained for a second straight trading session adding 2.14 percent while investors eagerly waiting for the launch of government bailout fund. The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark KSE-100 index gained 124.33 points to close ...

KARACHI - The international conference on Urdu which had started on Thursday is covering the criticism in the current changing environment of Urdu literature. The writers and the critics discussed different aspects of Urdu literature, especially the affect that has been observed in the creative and ...

LAHORE - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) skidded low the same value, yesterday it gained, as the KSE benchmark100 index witnessing a nominal decline of 3.18 points closed at 9,183 points on Wednesday. The KSE-100 bench mark opened today morning in the negative column and remained under pressure ...

GENEVA  - High-stakes brinkmanship took hold on day three of crucial WTO trade talks on Wednesday, with both advanced and developing countries demanding concessions to avert another failure. There were hopes that the late arrival of Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath, a leading emerging ...

PARIS (AFP) - Justine Henin's shock retirement brings down the curtain on a compelling career that saw the little Belgian scale the heights after overcoming her lack of physical power and a troubled family life. At just 1.67 metres and weighing in at a skimpy 57 kilogrammes she had no real right ...