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SALTA: New Zealand will meet Pakistan in the final of the Champions Challenge hockey tournament in Argentina after both teams won theirsemi-final matches.

New Zealand beat Argentina 3-2, while Pakistan thrashed archrivals India 6-3.

Sohail Abbas scored twice for Pakistan as India were thoroughly outplayed in the match played at Salta.

In the other semi-final, New Zealand’’s Andrew Hayward tucked home a penalty-corner in the second minute of play, setting the tone for the match.

Stung by the early goal, Argentina went in search of an equaliser and besieged the Black Sticks” goal but were kept at bay by some solid defence.

Their pressure finally paid off on their second penalty-corner as Pedro Ibarra scored the equaliser.

Phil Burrows scored in the 32nd minute to give the Black Sticks the lead at the end of first half.

The Black Sticks tightened their play in the midfield in the second half and it took a while Argentina got a look at their goal from a penalty-corner shot by Pedro Ibarra.

New Zealand were more efficient at the other end and scored on their first incursion into Argentinean territory through Shea McAleese.

Argentina narrowed the gap in the 66th minute through Lucas Vila after a counter-attack from deep inside their territory but the Black Sticks locked the game down in a tense finish to win the match.

The winners of the tournament will qualify for next year’’s six-nation Champions Trophy.

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ISLAMABAD: The export of onion from Pakistan has touched all time new record as at least 75,000 metric tons onion has been exported to Singapore, Sri Lanka, several countries in UAE, Malaysia and Bangladesh, Geo news reported on Monday.

The president of Whole Sale Vegetable Welfare Association (WSVWA) Haji Shujahuddin told Geo news we expect export up to 2,50,000 tones as late as 31st December before the end of this year.

He said the export of onion produced from Sindh province started from October this year that is still underway, adding, the sudden increase in onion production was caused by the decline in onion export from India.

A huge amount of foreign exchange has been earned through onion export this year, he revealed.

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ISLAMABAD: A whispering campaign has been unleashed by certain elements to malign Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, claiming that the car of t

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LONDON: The new Malaysian-backed Lotus team have dashed Takuma Sato?s hopes of a Formula One comeback with them next year, the Japanese driver?s manag

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that the promulgation of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) was imperative for restoring democracy and smooth transition from military dictatorship to a democratic setup.

In an Interview with media, he said, the elections of February 2008 could not be called as credible and complete without the participation of two main leaders - chief of PML-N Mian Nawaz Sharif and PPP?s leader Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.

The NRO made possible the re-entry of political stalwarts of PML-N and PPP in country?s political arena and helped in making elections as credible and authentic, he said.

The main thing before political leadership was to restore democracy as General retired Musharraf was not ready to even allow the entry of Nawaz Sharif,Shahbaz Sharif and Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in the country.

Outrightly rejecting that the NRO benefited Pervez Musharraf, he said that NRO did not consolidate the position of Musharraf as he was forced to resign from his coveted office later on.

Indeed, the NRO was a give and take formula as the main thing behind PPP?s visionary leadership was to make possible the safe return of exiled leaders as well as restoration of democracy in the country.

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KARACHI: Present democratic government is addressing the core issues of the country for sustainable, long-term development and provision of relief to the people.

This was stated by the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira, adding, the consensus reached by four provinces over distribution of National Finance Commission (NFC) awards is hardly short of a big and major success of PPP government.

He was talking to reporters during his visit to the Media Cell of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Clifton here on Sunday.Kaira said that the PPP Government is addressing the core issues which in the past rulers tried to put under the carpet.

The problems, he added, included those pertaining to the federation, war on terror, economy etc. as well as provision of relief to the poorest of the poors.

The Minister said that it was the manifesto of the PPP and it very much is that the working classes and the peasants are the stakeholders of their organizations as a worker is the real asset of an organization.

He pointed out that in accordance with the vision of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto as well as the manifest of the PPP, we have given the Benazir Stock Option Scheme for the employees.

This, Kaira added, has a very wide financial as well as the societal impact.
The Information Minister hailed the consensus decisions regarding the 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award.

As a representatives of the federal government, he felicitated the provincial government and the Federal Finance Minister, Shaukat Tareen, and his team for such a success.

Kaira said that the Federal Finance Minister and his team made bold decisions.

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SALTA: New Zealand hockey team defeated Pakistan by 4-2 in the final encounter of Champions Challenge field hockey tournament here on Monday, Geo news reported.

According to details, two teams were going equally balanced later in the second half by 2-2 goals but before five minutes of the end New Zealand attacked thrice on Pakistan goal post, managing successfully to score two more goals while 2 minutes were remaining to the end of the match.

Pakistan were rewarded six penalty corners, mostly which, went in vain as team could only score one goal on them meanwhile Kiwis scored goal on the only penalty corner they succeeded to achieve.

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