CENTURION: Pakistan will face Australia in key match in the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to begin at 1.30 P.M. (PST) today.

The national team, which has already qualified for the semi-final, this match is more of ceremonial for them, but for the rival Australia, it is of vital importance for their reaching in the semi final, while India?s hope of emerging back into the game hinges on Australian defeat in the match, as it might get into the final four.

Pakistan and Australia would be facing each other at 1.30 P.M. (PST) today.

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Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) Vice Chancellor Dr Masood Hameed has expressed concern over the lack of awareness about heart

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CENTURION: Australia have won the toss and put Pakistan into bat in their last group match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 here at the SuperSport Stadium on Wednesday.

Defending his decision to bowl first, Ricky Ponting said that with the rain over the past couple of days there would be plenty of moisture in the pitch which he hoped his bowlers would exploit.

Pakistan captain Younis Khan said he is not too bothered about losing the toss, saying it would be good to get some practice in conditions that could prove testing early on.

Pakistan have made two changes while Australia are unchanged.

The big news is that fast bowler Mohammad Asif is in the team, playing his first One-day International in about 18 months. He replaced young fast bowler Mohammad Aamer who gets a rest. Imran Nazir has also been left out for Misbah-ul-Haq. Shahid Afridi is likely to open the innings.

Teams:
Pakistan: Kamran Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan (captain), Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal

Australia: SR Watson, TD Paine (wk), RT Ponting (captain), MEK Hussey, CL White, CJ Ferguson, JR Hopes, MG Johnson, B Lee, NM Hauritz, PM Siddle

This match is more of ceremonial for Pakistan who have already qualified for the semi-finals but for the rivals Australia, it is of vital importance for their reaching the semi finals, while India?s hope of emerging back into the game hinges on Australian defeat in the match, as it might get into the final four.

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ISLAMABAD: Government Wednesday approved the raise in electricity tariff by 6 percent.

NEPRA will release a formal notification in this regard tonight.

Sources said, the raise in tariff will not be applicable to the consumers of up to 50 units of electricity.

The power tariff raise will raise government revenue by Rs35 to 37 billion in three months.

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Senior Vice Chairman, Private Schools Management Association (PSMA), Sharaf-uz Zaman has alleged that the chairman of the Board of Sec

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JOHANNESBURG: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to field after winning the toss against the West Indies in the Champions Trophy here on Wednesday.
India, who have just one point from two games, suffered a major blow when ace batsman Sachin Tendulkar was ruled out due to a stomach infection.
They made two changes from the side that shared points with Australia in a rain-hit match at Centurion on Monday, bringing in Dinesh Karthik and Abhishek Nayar in place of Tendulkar and paceman Ishant Sharma.
Pakistan have already made it to the semi-finals after securing four points from two wins in the four-team Group A, while defending champions Australia are strongly placed to join them with three points from two games.
The West Indies are already out of the competition with no points after two matches. The top two sides advance to the semi-finals.
India’’s slim hopes rest first on a Pakistan victory over formidable Australia in the ongoing day match at Centurion on Wednesday and then beating the West Indies in a day-night game here.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Abhishek Nayar, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra.
West Indies: Floyd Reifer (captain), Andre Fletcher, Kieran Powell, Devon Smith, Travis Dowlin, David Bernard, Darren Sammy, Royston Crandon, Nikita Miller, Kemar Roach, Gavin Tonge.

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ROME: Italy?s ENI is expanding in Pakistan with a new onshore gas concession and is in longer-term talks to bring gas from the Caspian Sea region to P

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JAKARTA: A massive earthquake wreaked havoc on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, with officials saying it could have killed more than 1,0

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KARACHI: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is producing only 34 percent of its productive capacity owing to no purchase of furnace oil, Geo News reported Tuesday.

According to KESC sources, the total productive capacity of the institution is 1770 Megawatts daily; of this, 1200MW from Bin Qasim, 250MW from old power plants, 220MW from new power plants in Korangi and 100MW is the capacity of Site Area power plant.

The KESC could not buy the furnace oil, accordingly, 6000MW are being produced in total from all the power plants.

The private power sectors including Gul Ahmed, Tapal, CANUPP, Haroonabad Rental and West Wharf Rental Power plants are daily producing 1100MW.

The KESC is meeting the power shortage through increased load shedding.

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PESHAWAR: The artificial jewelry is vogue of the day in Peshawar like other cities of the country, as the burgeoning gold prices pushed the metal out of people?s reach, Geo News reported Wednesday.

The bullion markets in the city are less crowded and even on the wedding occasions, the gold purchase is less witnessed. The increasing gold prices spurred the business of artificial jewelry.

The women buying the artificial jewelry said going for the artificial jewelry has been necessitated by not only the gold prices but also the street crimes that forced them to wear artificial jewelry.

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