No Blackwater in Pakistan, says interior minister (Press TV)
The Pakistani Interior Minister has once again ruled out the existence of Blackwater in Pakistan, saying there is no evidence showing its presence in the country.
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Zardari?s assets in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: Within 48 hours of issuing its initial order to freeze the Islamabad property of President in line with the Supreme Court judgment on NRO,
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Pepco?s slow recovery of dues irks WB
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has expressed its dismay over the sluggish recovery of dues by the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco), which has a
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Pakistan News
Officials: Suspected US drone crashes in Pakistan (Boston Herald)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Intelligence officials and a local resident say a suspected U.S. drone has crashed in Pakistan’s…
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Missing persons? families observe hunger strike
Karachi
Family members of the missing persons observed a token hunger strike in front of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Friday, demanding rele
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US drone brought down in N Waziristan: Sources
MIRAMSHAH: A suspected US drone has been shot down in North Waziristan, sources said Sunday.
The local tribesmen have claimed that they fired down the unmanned aircraft in Hamzoni area.
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Kaymer wins Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
ABU DHABI: Germany’’s Martin Kaymer won the 1.5 million euro Abu Dhabi Golf Championship for the second time in three years Sunday when he prevailed over Ian Poulter by one shot.
Kaymer, who started the day one ahead of Poulter and Rory McIlroy, shot a six-under par 66 to finish with a four-day tally of 21-under-par 267.
Poulter matched him with a 66 of his own, but Kaymer edged ahead with a birdie on the final hole.
McIlroy, who had a slow start and was only one-under at the turn, made four birdies on the back nine of the Abu Dhabi Golf Club to finish at 19-under par 269 for sole third place.
It was Kaymer’’s fifth win on the European Tour and he is expected to go up to sixth place when the new world rankings are released tomorrow.
Such has been his dominance in Abu Dhabi since 2008 that his worst finish was a second place last year.
In all, he has won 603,162 euros in his last three appearances here, and is a combined 56-under par for his last 12 rounds. In 2008, his winning total was 15-under par.
It was an exhilarating performance from the leading trio, who made 18 birdies between them, for a solitary bogey by McIlroy.
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Pakistan News
Foreign tour not linked to Zardari?s arrival: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that his visit to Turkey was scheduled months ago and it had no link with the visit of President
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?Islamic banking system requires improvements?
Rawalpindi
The present Islamic banking system requires improvements to bring it with full conformity with the Shariah, said Muhammad Ayub, a gl
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Pakistan?s 140-run loss gives Aussies 2-0 lead
SYDNEY: Pakistan again displayed a poor show in the five-match series against Australia as they were beaten by 140 runs in the second One-day International here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Chasing the target of 268 runs, Pakistan collapsed for a meagre total of 127 runs in 37.3 overs.
However, Australia?s victory was delayed by Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan who resisted with a 46-run eighth wicket valuable partnership from 46 balls.
Yousuf batted with calm and patience to show his team that there is nothing wrong in the wicket nor the Aussies bowlers were unplayable.
Yousuf occupied the crease for 134 minutes and faced 94 balls to make 58 with three fours and a six. This was his 64th half-century in One-day International career.
Naved-ul-Hasan contributed 27 from 22 balls with two fours and a six.
Among others, only Kamran Akmal (16) could enter into double figures. Two of the main batsmen, Younis Khan and Umar Akmal, were dismissed for a nought.
Pace bowler Clint McKay bagged three wickets for15 runs while Doug Bollinger and spinner Nathan Hauritz claimed two wickets each.
Earlier, Australia made 267 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 50 overs after put into bat by Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf.
Openers Shane Watson and Shaun Marsh provided their team a solid start of exact 100 runs in 19.5 overs before Pakistani spinners stopped the Australian batting firwork and got three more wickets for 66 runs.
Watson hammered 69 from 71 balls with nine fours and a six while Marsh made 41 off 60 balls and both were dismissed by leg-spinner Shahid Afridi.
Captain Ponting could make 13 and his deputy Michael Clarke 25 before Cameron White and Michael Hussey added 55 runs for the fifth wicket stand.
Hussey departed for 29 when Australia reached 221 but White, who hit a century to help Australia win the first match of the series, again displayed fine stroke-play and made 55 off 58 balls with four boundaries and a six.
For Pakistan, fast bowler Mohammad Aamer captured three wickets for 53 and Afridi claimed two for 35 while Umar Gul took one wicket.
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