Tanveer stars in Pakistan win over Hong Kong in Asia Cup (AFP via Yahoo! News)

All-rounder Sohail Tanveer shone with both bat and ball to steer Pakistan to a 155-run win over Hong Kong in their Group B match in the Asia Cup at National Stadium here on Tuesday.

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Tanvir’s effort guides Pakistan to 155-run victory over Hong Kong (International Herald Tribune)

Sohail Tanvir helped rescue Pakistan’s innings with a half century and then took two for 20 to complete a 155-run victory over Hong Kong on Tuesday in their opening group B match at the Asia Cup. In group A Bangladesh beats UAE by 96 runs

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Taliban kill six in Orakzai

HANGU: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Orakzai chapter, shot dead six alleged miscreants and threw their bodies in Ghiljo Bazaar on Monday night.b

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OPEC says no crude oil crisis in world market

BRUSSELS: OPEC said world market has not witnessed any crisis of crude oil and termed the dollar devaluation real cause behind soaring oil prices.OPEC officials held a meeting with EU delegation in Brussels today in which rising oil prices came under discussion.Speaking on the occasion, OPEC President Shakib Khalil said there was no crisis of crude oil in world market and said continued financial crisis in America is the major cause of rising oil prices.Difference in demand and supply was not the reason for increasing prices, he said, adding market has excessive quantity of crude oil.Real factor behind soaring oil prices was the devaluation of dollar, he observed.

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Pakistan and Bangladesh ease home (BBC News)

Pakistan thrash Hong Kong by 155 runs in Karachi and Bangladesh beat United Arab Emirates by 96 runs in Lahore on the first day of the Asia Cup.

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KWSB seeks monetary help from Sindh govt, CDGK

KarachiThe Karachi Water Sewerage Board (KWSB) has cited severe financial constraints, and has once again sought monetary assistance from th

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Audit questions oversight of aid to Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)

The U.S. has given Pakistan nearly $6 billion to pursue terrorists since the Sept. 11 attacks, but with little to no proof that the money has been used for that purpose, an independent audit has found.

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Taliban attacks up 40 percent on Afghan-Pakistan border: general (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Attacks by Taliban militants on Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan were up 40 percent in the first five months of 2008 compared with the same period last year, the US commander in the region told reporters here Tuesday.

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Shahbaz competent to hold PA seat, says speaker

LAHOREPUNJAB Assembly Deputy Speaker Rana Mashud has ruled that Mian Shahbaz Sharif was constitutionally competent to hold his provincial asse

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Wheat procurement target missed by one million tonnes

ISLAMABAD: Despite using all administrative tools and other available means for procuring the targeted wheat quantity the government departments faile

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