BASEL: Pakistan?s tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi and his doubles partner James Cerritani beat tennis great and world number one, Roger Federer and his Swiss compatriot Marco Chiudinelli in straight sets at the Basel Open.
Qureshi was at his serve-and-volleying best in the round-of-32 match as he and Cerritani cruised to victory against Federer and Chidudinelli 6-4, 6-3 to book their place in the quarter-finals of the $2.6 million ATP tournament.
Playing in Federer?s hometown, Aisam and his partner were in control of the match from the first game and although Federer and Chiudinelli produced moments of brilliance, the grit and powerful serve-and-volley game of Aisamul Haq and Cerritani saw them through to the end.
The pair will now play tournament first-seeds Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) in the quarter-finals.
Talking with Geo News, Aisamul haq said that he long struggle has paid off as defeating Federer is the greatest achievement of his career.
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ISLAMABAD: United Nations Inquiry commission (UNIC) has requested Pakistan Government to record the statement of ex-president General (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf.
The chairman of UNIC has written a letter to Pakistan government.
The chairman of Benazir investigation commission has asked the Pakistani government to take fool-proof security measures.
In his letter, he termed the Pervaiz Musharraf?s statement as crucial.
The chairman of UNIC has insisted the Pakistani government for arranging meetings with army, ISI leadership and their representatives.
Sources said that Pakistani officials have requested the UN commission to delay the visit due to prevailing security conditions in the country.
UNIC is likely to postpone its visit to Pakistan once again.
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Tehran is right to blame Britain and United States for the terrorist bombing that killed five senior Iranian Guards commanders and 37 others. There is
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ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman on Thursday proceeded to China on the invitation of Commander People?s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
The Chief of Pakistan Air Force would attend the ceremonies being organised to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of PLAAF. He will also attend the Forum for Peace and Development, being held on the occasion. The Forum would be attended by Air Chiefs of more than 30 air forces from across the globe.
Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman would be a keynote speaker at the Forum and present his vision of the role of air forces in future warfare, as well as their supportive role in augmenting peace efforts viz à viz relief operations during natural calamities and disasters.
He would also be leading the Air Chiefs? delegation, making courtesy call on President and Vice President of the People?s Republic of China.
Additionally, Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman would hold in depth talks with the heads and CEOs of Chinese Defence Industries.
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Rawalpindi
A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Wednesday said that the government cannot dictate Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan on
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Pakistan’s parliament approves a bill strengthening the penalty for the sexual harassment of women.
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LILLE: Pakistan outclassed Japan 6-1 in an important match of the World Cup Qualifying Round here on Thursday.
Thus, they have qualified for playing the final of the tournament after this big success.
Pakistan dominated the match throughout as Japan could not match them.
They were leading the first half 2-0 and maintaining their pressure in the second half they added four goals while Japan could make only one goal.
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HYDERABAD DECCAN: India?s master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has achieved the honour of becoming the first player to make 17,000 runs in One-day International cricket.
He reached the coveted milestone in his 435th one-dayer.
Besides making the most runs in one-day internationals, Tendulkar also holds several other world records in cricket.
He is the highest run-getter in Test cricket also by scoring 12,773 runs in 159 Test matches.
Tendulkar holds the records of making the most centuries in both Test and ODI cricket. He made 42 Test and 44 ODI hundreds. He has also made the highest number of one-day international appearances.
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Karachi
Speakers have said that the Hajj pilgrims returning to Pakistan could be contracted to swine flu and may spread the virus.
Spea
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Karachi
With the power shortfall in the city exceeding 250 megawatts, a delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) led by Sindh Health Mi
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