KARACHI: Former captain of Pakistan Cricket team Wasim Akram said that it seemed difficult for national team to find a place in final of Asia Cup however the self-confidence could lead them into the finals.Talking to Geo News at National Stadium Karachi he said that Pakistan team would deeply need Umer Gul as he was in best of forms.Sohail Tanveer is a promising bowler however he must understand the difference between t20 and one-day international cricket both are the different forms of cricket, he further added.
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A top Taliban militant commander in Pakistan has suspended peace negotiations with the government. Baitullah Mehsud told reporters that the decision came due to the continued use of force against tribesmen by the Pakistani military.
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Pakistan’s newly elected government launched the first major assault against militants in Pakistan’s volatile northwest yesterday, destroying a militant leader’s headquarters and shelling suspected hide-outs of other fighters.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani forces pressed ahead with an anti-militant offensive near the Afghan border for a second day Sunday, in a move aimed at easing US fears over Islamabad’s talks with insurgents.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will be visiting US from July 28 on the special invitation of US President George W. Bush.PM Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani reaching Washington on July 28 will be meeting President Bush besides other US high officials.US President, George W. Bush had invited PM Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. Key-issues relating to global and regional matters besides the global war against terrorism will come under discussions during the PM visit to US.
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PESHAWAR: Science and technology exhibition was held at Peshawar University here on Saturday, which was organized by forest institute.Students belonging to different departments of Peshawar University placed stalls at exhibition.Exhibition intended to ignite understanding in students pertaining to the growing trends of the subject.
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LAHORE: Pre-monsoon showers continued to fall at scattered parts of Punjab here on Sunday.58.4-milliliter rain was recorded in Sialkot.Meanwhile in Kashmir, river Tori and Chinab were flooded due to rain over the mountains.
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KARACHI: World Health Organization has concerned over the fresh registered cases of polio in scattered parts of NWFP and Balochistan.It is sure that all claims regarding entire eradication of polio went in vain.
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KARACHI: Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Shoaib Suddle has been appointed the new director general of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), according to a notification issued on Saturday.Suddle, the former National Police Bureau (NPB) director general, was promoted to Grade-22 and appointed Sindh IGP on April 13. He will take charge of his new position on Sunday.Suddle joined the Police Department on April 17, 1973. He did his Masters in Physics and Bachelors of Law from the University of Punjab. He completed his Masters in Criminology from the University of Wales and proceeded to do his doctorate in Criminology in 1988.
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LAHOREJUSTICE Muhammad Akram Qureshi of the Lahore High Court while granting bail to a dacoity-accused expressed dissatisfaction over police i
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