Sugar at Rs40kg challenged
LAHORE
THE Macca Sugar Mills has challenged the suo motu action of the Lahore High Court in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, fixing the price of
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NWFP ignored in relief package, says senator
PESHAWAR: Senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour has expressed concern over the federal government?s ignorance of the NWFP in the relief package.
In a stat
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Pakistan News
?President must come clean on Musharraf deal?
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday demanded of President Asif Ali Zardari to apprise parliament and the nation of the deal
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Six Ugandans go missing in Canada
TORONTO: Uganda?s sporting authorities have confirmed rumours that six of the Under-19 side which participated in the World Cup Qualifier in Toronto a
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Boy killed even after ransom paid
LAHORE: Kidnappers killed an 11-yeas-old boy, who was abducted from the Shadbagh police area seven days back, even after receiving Rs 1.5 million rans
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Faisal Iqbal to lead Pakistan in HK Sixes
KARACHI: Test batsman Faisal Iqbal will lead Pakistan in the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament 2009 getting underway from October 31.
A nephew of form
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Heart wrenching tales of the surviors…
Karachi
Lying on a bed the surgical ward of the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK), seven-year-old Samreen, a resident of Machchar Colony, recalls ho
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Taliban commander, sons, supporters surrender in Swat
MINGORA: A militant commander, along with his two sons and other supporters, surrendered to security forces in the Charbagh area of the Swat Valley, w
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Afridi, Gul nominated for ?best performance of the year?
DUBAI: The ICC has short listed the nominations for the annual awards here on Tuesday.
From Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal and Sana Mir have been dropped from the list while Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul has been included in the list for Twenty20 cricket only whereas he was dropped from the ODI list.
The selection panel of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has short listed the long list which was earlier announced for the ICC Awards 2008 and 2009.
Name of any Pakistani cricketer was already not included in the lists of ?Player of the Year? and ?Test Player of the Year? while the name of fast bowler Umar Gul was excluded from the One-day list and Saeed Ajmal from the list of Twenty20 cricket.
Pakistan?s Sana Mir has also been excluded from the list of ?Women?s Player of the Year?.
However, names of Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul remained included in the Twenty20 list along with Tillekaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka and Chris Gayle of the West Indies.
Umpires list has also been short listed and only four umpires were nominated. This list also includes two umpires from Pakistan ? Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf.
The ICC Award ceremony will be held on October 1 during the Champions Trophy in South Africa.
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Over 4,800 Pakistanis detained in jails abroad
ISLAMABAD: As many as 4,865 Pakistanis, out of a total 5.6 million living abroad, are detained in different jails in various counties across the world
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