QUETTA: The first Hajj flight of PIA carrying the pilgrims from Jeddah to Quetta has been delayed by two hours.The reason for delay of the flight has been stated a technical fault in scanning machine at the Jeddah terminal.
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KARACHI: Director-general Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Javed Miandad has announced a new proposed structure of domestic cricket.Javed Miandad said that he would make efforts to get the domestic cricket more and more attractive.Talking with media in Karachi, he said that now the domestic cricket would not be run on regions but on the basis of eight associations and 11 departments.The new proposed associations include North Punjab, South Punjab, Lahore, Federal Areas, NWFP, Balochistan, Karachi and Sindh cricket association while in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the matches between regional and departmental teams would be held simultaneously.Javed Miandad said that this system would be implemented from next year but some minor changes are likely to be made.He said that the players were not given monetary help in the past due to which not only cricket but every game saw debacle.
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PESHAWAR: A terminal supplying material to the NATO forces was hit by rockets in Peshawar and in result 12 containers were set on fire.Sources said that terrorists fired more than ten rockets at the terminal on Ring Road in Peshawar. This terminal supplies material to the NATO forces.Twelve containers caught fire after the terminal was attacked by rockets. However, fire brigade overcame the fire after struggling for one hour.After the rocket attack, firing was exchanged between the terrorists and the security forces.This was the fourth attack during this week on terminals supplying goods to the NATO forces.
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PESHAWAR: A terminal supplying material to the NATO forces caught fire after it was hit by rockets in Peshawar.Sources said that terrorists fired more than ten rockets at the terminal on Ring Road in Peshawar. This terminal supplies material to the NATO forces.The terminal caught fire after rockets attacked it and fire brigade is busy in extinguishing the fire.After the rocket attack, firing was exchanged between the terrorists and the security forces.This was the fourth attack during this week on terminals supplying goods to the NATO forces.
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DUNEDIN: The second day of the first Test between New Zealand and the West Indies was abandoned here Friday due to persistent rain.New Zealand were 226 for four overnight after winning the toss and deciding to bat.
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LAHORE: The crackdown against Jamaat-ud-Daawa continued in Punjab after ban imposed on the outfit by interior ministry.Chief of Daawa Hafiz Saeed and other key leaders put under house arrest as the police sealed Daawa offices and nabbed many of its activists in several cities.According to police sources, the central office of Dawa Jamia Alqadsia had been sealed in Lahore.In Pak Pattan, police arrested three persons after sealing two centers of Dawa Ayesha Siddiqua and Mubarak Masjid.Meanwhile, seventeen people were arrested during raids in Checha Watni, Vehari, Sahiwal, Bhawalpur, Bhawalnagar, Okara, Kasur, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Gujrat and other districts. The police also sealed the offices in these areas.
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KARACHI: Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain and now the Director General of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), plans to take national cricket b
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KARACHI: Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik believes his team can become a potent force in world cricket with the return of strike bowlers Shoaib Akhtar an
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KARACHI: After three months of unfruitful consultations with three bourses of the country, apex regulator SECP has unilaterally decided to remove floo
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LAHORECHIEF Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has announced a cash prize of Rs. one crore for ten thousand workers of Solid Waste Management
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