A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai Tuesday downplayed the Afghan leader’s threat to attack militants in Pakistan, saying that there was no intention to start a war with the neighbouring country.
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ISLAMABAD: President Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said that he did not resign as president PHF nor he has any such intention whereas Khalid Mahmood is still the secretary of the Pakistan Hockey Federation.Zafarullah Jamali said that he himself asked Khalid Mahmood not to give the charge of secretary to Asif Bajwa.He expressed these views while talking with media at the Islamabad airport.
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KARACHI: The foreign investment has witnessed 37 percent decrease during 11 months of the current fiscal year.Pakistan received a total foreign investment of 3.94 billion dollars during July 2007 to May 2008 which was 6.28 billion dollars last year in the period under review, according to State Bank of Pakistan.Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) stood at 3.88 billion dollars, showing a decline of 14 percent.Portfolio investment in the stock market registered pegged at 62.2 million dollars after a fall of 96 percent.
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Pakistan was given a vote of confidence Tuesday by international cricket bosses as it gears up to host the Champions Trophy later this year.
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Pakistan has sacked its hockey federation secretary just two months before the Beijing Olympics following a series of poor performances by the team, officials said.
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Four Shia Muslims are killed in a gun attack in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying four Shiite Muslims in northwestern Pakistan Tuesday, killing them all, officials said. It was unclear whether the attack was sectarian.
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Suspected pro-Taliban militants shot and killed four Shi’ite Muslims in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday in what appeared to be the second deadly sectarian attack in two days.
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BASEL: Italy and France, who have met in the final of the European Championship and the World Cup in the last eight years, clash again on Tuesday with self-preservation at stake rather than a trophy.The teams do not even have their fate in their own hands and could both be eliminated from Euro 2008 no matter the outcome of their final Group C match.Unfancied Romania will advance to the quarter-finals ahead of world champions Italy and France if they beat group winners Netherlands in Berne.Netherlands have six points, Romania two while Italy and France are on one point apiece.World Cup runners-up France will progress only if they overcome Italy in Zurich and Romania do not beat the Dutch.France’’s chances were dealt a blow on Monday when captain Patrick Vieira was ruled out by a thigh injury.On Monday, Germany joined Group B winners Croatia in the last eight after a thunderbolt strike from skipper Michael Ballack earned a 1-0 win over co-hosts Austria.Croatia made it three wins from three games by defeating Poland 1-0 in Klagenfurt with a goal by Ivan Klasnic.
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Police say gunmen have killed four Shiite Muslims in northwestern Pakistan.
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