PARIS: Frenchman Brice Feillu won the seventh stage of the Tour de France, a 224-km trek from Barcelona to Arcalis.
Compatriot Christophe Kern was second and German Johannes Froelinger came home third. Italy?s Rinaldo Nocentini took the overall leader?s yellow jersey.
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has urged for the use of latest technology coupled with growth of skilled manpower for the economic stability and for the multiplication of export volume.
Addressing a task force constituted for the development of private sector, president Zardari said here on Saturday that the surprised results could be achieved through use of latest technology together with accommodation of skilled manpower for attaining a progressive model of public-private partnership.
He urged for the ways to review dependence on imported fuel in order to slash import expenditures.
The use of ethanol fuel will surely help cut fuel import expenses therefore government has commenced Ethanol Fuel Project (EFP), president revealed.
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LAHORE
THE Lahore High Court on Thursday disposed of a constitutional petition challenging appointments of 54 new law officers in the office of
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LAHORE: A Punjab woman MPA went on shopping spree using a stolen credit card.
Punjab Government spokesman has said that action will be taken against the MPA in case it is proved she had committed the crime.
According to sources, a woman named Zaira Malik has filed an application in a police station against Punjab MPA Shumaila Anjum Rana. Zaira Malik said payment of Rs80,000 was made from her credit card for the shopping.
It may be mentioned here that the MPA belongs to Pakistan Muslim Leagu-N.
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Pakistan News
KARACHI: Pakistan football team coach George Kottan is not happy with the way the national footballers lose their fitness level after they are relieve
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KARACHI: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry?s address to senior Civil Judges of Sindh High Court is underway here in Karachi late on Saturday, Geo news reported.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday directed Pakistan Railways to use the grand saloon used by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for tourism and generate revenue to improve its services.
Handing over the saloon at a ceremony at the Margalla Railway Station, Prime Minister Gilani said the saloon was used by the late leader for election campaign and now he was handing it over to the Railways to be used for getting more funds.
?Those who can afford to use it may utilize it,? Gilani said and added that these cannot be used anymore by the heads of government or state because of security concerns.
The Prime Minister said his government was committed to improving the Railways and revolutionize the service to turn it from an organization going in deficit to a profit bearing one.
He recalled his tenure as the minister for railways and said the organization made remarkable progress and thousands of new jobs were created.
Gilani said Pakistan Railway was an empire with its own budget and people desired to be a part of the prestigious organization. He also recalled how the big transporters were made part of the Pakistan Railways Board that led to the eventual closure of many profitable trains.
The Prime Minister said there was a need to double the railway track and his government would try to do something in this regard.
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Islamabad
An institution which believes in equal implementation of law is in a quandary when a lawmaker says ?no? to accept the rule of law and
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After relative success against Islamic extremists elsewhere, Pakistan’s military faces its toughest test yet — a surgical operation against the country’s most dangerous militant in a region of harsh terrain and fierce tribal rivalries.
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ROME: Tyson Gay has scorched to victory in the 100m here in 9.77sec, leaving fierce rival Asafa Powell in his wake as he set the fastest time of the year at the Rome Golden League meeting.
Gay’’s run was his first over the distance this season and proved that the 2007 world champion over 100m and 200m is in scintillating form ahead of the defence of his titles next month.
Powell, who had been suffering from an ankle problem recently, ran his best time of the year to come home second in 9.88sec.
But it was Gay’’s race that really set the pulses racing, equalling his own personal best and American record and running 0.09sec faster than Olympic champion Usain Bolt’’s best time this year.
But with just a month to go to the World Championships in Berlin, this race proved that there should be a mouth-watering clash between the three fastest men on the planet.
Set alongside Bolt’’s 9.86sec in Kingston, Jamaica, last month, the times ran by both Gay and Powell here suggest that Bolt’’s 9.69sec world record could come under serious threat in Germany.
Gay’’s time came despite Daniel Bailey false starting, but he said he wasn”t reading too much into it.
“I”ve been learning how to refocus at the start (after false starts) and that’’s what I”ve done,” said the American.
“I don”t know if it is a message to Bolt, it’’s not 9.69, but I”m pretty sure he knows I”m training and working hard.”
The men’’s 100m didn”t provide the only fireworks of the night as Jamaican Kerron Stewart also set a world leading time in the women’’s event, beating Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser into second.
Stewart’’s 10.75sec run was not only a personal best but was only 0.01sec off the Jamaican record and equalled the meeting record set by Marion Jones back in 1998.
Fraser finished second in 10.91sec, just outside her previous best of the season of 10.88sec at the Jamaican trials.
Stewart’’s victory kept her on course for a share of the Golden League jackpot of one million dollars.
American Sanya Richards is another athlete still in jackpot contention having equalled the record of 36 sub-50sec 400m runs in winning her event in a time of 49.46sec.
That matched the achievement set by former East German athlete Marita Koch, although Richards took just five years to reach the mark compared to Koch’’s nine.
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele also stayed on course for a share of the jackpot after a third successive Golden League victory as he strolled home in the men’’s 5,000m in a world leading time of 12min 56.23sec.
What was so impressive about Bekele’’s run, a full 19sec off his own world record, was that the next six finishers all set personal bests.
Russian golden girl Yelena Isinbayeva was another to keep her jackpot hopes alive, easily winning the women’’s pole vault.
She cleared her first height of 4.75m, which proved enough to claim the victory. She also cleared 4.85m but then failed with her three attempts at 4.95m.
Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway put an end to world champion Tero Pitkamaki of Finland’’s jackpot hopes with a huge last throw in the javelin of 87.46m to snatch victory.
Another notable performance was set by Bahrain’’s Maryam Yusuf Jamal, formerly Zenebech Tola of Ethiopia, who set a world leading 3min 56.55sec in the women’’s 1,500m.
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