MONTE CARLORoger Federer will return to second in the ATP standings next week after Andy Murray collapsed to a 6-1, 6-2 third-round loss to StanislasWawrinka at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday.A shell-shocked Murray committed 24 unforced errors as he lost to Federer's Swiss compatriot, seeded ...

ISLAMABAD - A shocking disclosure about the issuance of directives by former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to initiate new gas development schemes worth Rs 48 billion for new towns and villages during his tenure surprised Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources on Thursday. ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has expressed his shock and grief over the Shahadat of Senior Provincial Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mr Bashir Ahmad Bilour who lost his life in a terrorist attack in Peshawar this evening.Paying rich tributes to the services of Mr Bashir Ahmad Bilour, the Prime ...

BEIJING - Disappointed Chinese tennis fans flooded the country’s top Twitter-style microblog site with 11 million messages Tuesday as they grappled with defending champion Li Na’s shock French Open defeat.Reactions ranged from sympathy to contempt after the combustible Li succumbed to a ...

LAHORE - The shock pads are being removed from the National Hockey Stadium (NHS) to fulfil a laid down condition in the tender and to resolve row between the installer and Sports Board Punjab to lay the blue turf for Pakistan team’s preparations for London Olympics. Labour removed plastic ...

ISLAMABAD - Making life further difficult for poverty-hit people of the country, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has increased power tariff by Rs 3.04 per unit, ostensibly under Discos fuel adjustments formula sought by the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA). Prior to ...

SPORTS DESK LAHORE Lahore Eagles defeated Abbottabad Falcon by 12 runs in the last match of the Faysal Bank National Twenty20 Cup at the National Stadium on Monday. Abbottabad needed 151 runs for victory were bowled out for 138 in the 19.3 overs. Junaid Zia 2/9, Mushtaq 2/24 and Taufiq Umar 2/16 ...

A pervading sense of awe seems to be engulfing Arab societies everywhere. What is underway in the Arab world is greater than simply revolution in a political or economic sense it is, in fact, shifting the very self-definition of what it means to be Arab, both individually and ...

VIENNA (AFP) - Banks should use profits generated recently to enhance their shock buffers, as the overstretched state is likely to be less willing to help them in case of further stress, a top regulator said on Friday. Public sector finances have been stretched and must be consolidated. There is no ...

LISBON (AFP) - After Spain cut public salaries, Portuguese ministers on Thursday took their turn to enforce a fiscal shock to stop the country becoming the next battleground in Europes debt crisis. While Australias central bank warned that Europes turmoil could hit Asian growth, international share ...

LAGOS (AFP) Holders TP Mazembe and six-time winners Al Ahly will be looking to overturn losses to minnows APR and Gunners respectively this weekend in return leg matches of the CAF Champions League. Mazembe were upset 1-0 by army team APR of Rwanda in Kigali, while Ahly fell by the same scoreline ...

LONDON (AFP) - The pound slumped against the dollar and euro on Friday after shock data showed that Britain was still shackled by deep recession in the third quarter, traders said. Sterling dropped to 1.6459 dollars from 1.6619 dollars in New York late on Thursday, in response to the figures ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - India's Somdev Devvarman took the greatest victory of his life by shocking sixth seed Marin Cilic while defending champion Juan Martin Del Potro struggled to advance Tuesday at the Washington Classic. Devvarman avenged a Chennai finals loss to Cilic by upsetting the Croatian ...

KELLY Osbourne is seeking help at a rehabilitation clinic in LA. The TV star, who was arrested last week for allegedly slapping a gossip columnist, will spend at least 30 days at the facility. 'Yeah, Kelly's in rehab,' her mum Sharon Osbourne, 56, tells Radar Online. 'She knew that it was the right ...

KARACHI - Hashamatullah of Afghanistan sprang a major early surprise when he won the second of the eleven stage 1655 kilometer Tour de Pakistan road cycle race which completed its second day at Moro (Sindh) which was the finishing point of the 155 kilometer second stage. The Afghan came from ...

LAHORE - Goodwill Foods stunned title favourites Sherwood in the final of the World Call Polo Championship at the Lahore Polo Club's Aibak ground here on Sunday. Asif Tiwana, following a drop of handicap this season, led his team Goodwill Foods to victory with six goals. His team enjoyed half a ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Dynamos of Zimbabwe scored six minutes into stoppage time to snatch a shock 2-1 African Champions League victory over ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast in Abidjan Saturday. A blunder by central defender Moussa Ouattara allowed Philip Marufu time and space and he gave goalkeeper ...

PESHAWAR (APP) - Nowshera shocked Peshawar by 169 runs in the Regional Senior Inter-District Cricket Championship here at Gymkhana ground on Sunday. Peshawar skipper won the toss and invited Nowshera to bat first. Nowshera while batting first setup only 197 runs target for the loss of all ...