Wasim and Rashid move on in Milan, Aamir out
KARACHI: Muhammad Wasim won his opening bout in flyweight after beating Oraz Avzalshoev of Tajikistan in the AIBA World Boxing Championships being in
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US cuts Pak aid to a trickle
ISLAMABAD: The Obama administration has conveyed to Islamabad that it will provide only $174 million for the budgetary support during 2009-10 out of $
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IPL tries to mediate dispute with IMG
MUMBAI: The president of India’’s cricket board will attempt to resolve a split with sports management company IMG over its running of the lucrative In
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1.6bn face water, food threat in Asia: study
KATMANDU, Nepal: Effects of climate change including the melting of Himalayan glaciers threaten water and food security for more than 1.6 billion peop
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Pakistan buys 75,000T sugar in Aug 29 tender
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan bought 75,000 tons of sugar at $638 a ton in a tender that closed on August 29, the state-run Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP
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Local council system should stay: seminar
LAHORE: There is a strong consensus among the participants of a consultation orgainsed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) that local go
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Pakistan News
Sugar lobby too powerful to be held liable: Tarin
ISLAMABAD: The sugar lobby in both the treasury and the opposition benches is so powerful that a probe against the swindlers, who created the artifici
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Nielsen deserts Australia
MANCHESTER: Troy Cooley will become acting coach of the Australia side for the final three games of their England tour because Tim Nielsen is returnin
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Ecnec to approve PR?s new passenger coaches plan
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) in its scheduled meeting on Thursday (tomorrow) with Finance Minister Shau
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PM to attend Sindh cabinet meeting tomorrow
KARACHI: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani will attend a special meeting of the Sindh cabinet here on Thursday.
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah has convened a special meeting of the Sindh cabinet here at Chief Minister House for tomorrow.
The meeting will take stock of the overall performance of the Sindh Government besides steps being taken to control prices in the holy month of Ramazan, Atta scheme, load-shedding, law and order and ongoing development works.
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