Lahore

Awami Muslim League chief Shaikh Rashid has alleged that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani?s statement regarding by-polls in Punjab is b

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Karachi

Residents of Madina Colony in Baldia town Thursday captured one of the three robbers, who had entered the house of a local person for c

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La Paz: Bolivia has planned purchase of six Karakoram VIII planes from Pakistan while its government has allocated 57.8 million US dollars for the purpose, Geo news reported on Friday.

Bolivia government made this decision following a long span of consultation within government officials and allocated $57.8 million.

The Karakoram VIII planes were produced by Pak-China joint cooperation, which Bolivian government intends to use for anti-drugs operation while those planes could also offer air defense services besides use for air training purposes.

Bolivian president will make formal announcement on planes? purchase from government of Pakistan as early as October 10.

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MULTAN: Central Information Secretary of Pakistan People?s Party, Fauzia Wahab Friday said that NRO will not be presented the next session of National Assembly for approval, and that all the allies of the party are on same page in this regard.

She said this while addressing the party workers at Multan Press Club and talking to media.

Fauzia Wahab said nuclear weapons are our assets and ?we take pride in them?. However, we don?t believe in nuclear proliferation, she added.

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Islamabad

The Education Ministry has decided to challenge the jacked-up marks of Farah Hameed Dogar, daughter of ex-chief justice of Pakistan A

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CENTURION: Australia have qualified for the final of the sixth ICC Champions Trophy defeating England by nine wickets here here at the Super Sport Park on Friday.

Chasing a moderate target of 258, Australia lost opener Tim Paine at only four runs on the board but captain Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson took their team to victory with 49 balls remaining.

Both cracked centuries and remained not out ? Ponting 111 off 115 balls with 12 fours and a six and Watson 136 from 132 balls with seven sixes and ten fours.

Ponting during his 28 th ODI hundred became only the third batsman after Sachin Tendulkar of India and Sanath Jayasriya of Sri Lanka to reach 12,000 runs in this form of cricket.

Earlier, England made remarkable recovery from 101-6 to 257 all out, thanks to a marvelous seventh wicket partnership between Luke Wright and Tim Bresnan, against Australia in the first semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy.

Bresnan, playing his first match in the tournament, made 80 from 76 balls with eleven fours while Wright scored 48 with two fours and two sixes. Both added 107 runs for the seventh wicket which enabled England to give Australia a fighting target of 258.

Paul Collingwood also played an impressive innings, striking five fours and a six in a brisk 34 before being caught behind by Paine off the bowling of Mitchell Johnson.

For Australia, Peter Siddle claimed three wickets for 55 while Shane Watson and Brett Lee grabbed two each and Johnson took one wicket.

Earlier, England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat.

England, rebounding from a 6-1 series loss at home to Australia last month, made three changes to their team.

Fast bowler Stuart Broad has a sprained buttock and his place has been taken by Tim Bresnan.

England chose a specialist wicketkeeper in Steve Davies, making his one-day international debut, with Eoin Morgan returning to the outfield after standing in for the injured Matt Prior in their two previous matches.

Batsman Ravi Bopara was dropped, along with left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom, who was replaced by Graham Onions while Australia named an unchanged starting eleven.

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CENTURION: England made remarkable recovery from 101-6 to 257 all out, thanks to a marvelous seventh wicket partnership between Luke Wright and Tim Bresnan, against Australia in the first semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy here at the Super Sport Park on Friday.

Bresnan, playing his first match in the tournament, made 80 from 76 balls with eleven fours while Wright scored 48 with two fours and two sixes. Both added 107 runs for the seventh wicket which enabled England to give Australia a fighting target of 258.

For Australia, Peter Siddle claimed three wickets for 55 while Shane Watson and Brett Lee grabbed two each and Mitchell Johnson took one wicket.

Earlier, England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to bat.

England, rebounding from a 6-1 series loss at home to Australia last month, made three changes to their team.

Fast bowler Stuart Broad has a sprained buttock and his place has been taken by Tim Bresnan.

England have chosen a specialist wicketkeeper in Steve Davies, making his one-day international debut, with Eoin Morgan returning to the outfield after standing in for the injured Matt Prior in their two previous matches.

Batsman Ravi Bopara has been dropped, along with left-arm seamer Ryan Sidebottom, who has been replaced by Graham Onions.

Australia, who are unbeaten in the competition, named an unchanged starting eleven.

Teams
England - Andrew Strauss, Joe Denly, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Steve Davies, Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Graham Onions.

Australia - Shane Watson, Tim Paine, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Callum Ferguson, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle.

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Rawalpindi

The Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench, Thursday adjourned hearing till October 8 in the case of Dr. Iqbal Saifullah Khan who

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Islamabad

The Education Ministry has decided to challenge the jacked-up marks of Farah Hameed Dogar, daughter of ex-chief justice of Pakistan A

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Lahore

Awami Muslim League chief Shaikh Rashid has alleged that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani?s statement regarding by-polls in Punjab is b

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