ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was cautious, as news trickled in that Ajmal Kasab had been handed down a death sentence by an Indian court, in response to the te

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A workshop on cervical cancer was organised at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) here on Thursday. The purpose of the conference was to hig

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NEW YORK: Questions on the role of Pakistani militant groups in a failed New York bomb plot swirled Thursday as US President Barack Obama was to meet

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Islamabad

The annual book exhibition being arranged by the National Book Foundation (NBF) continues to attract readers across the country.

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WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday defended Pakistan?s anti-terrorism performance over the last two years, with the hope of close cooperation f

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RAIWIND: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Friday said no action is being taken on Supreme Court?s verdicts while corruption is at peak as new scandals are making headlines every day.

A PML-N delegation from Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa called on Nawaz Sharif here.

He said the central government had squandered two precious years in the restoration of judiciary and the Constitution. The inefficient steps of the government are adding to the difficulties of the people, he added.

?Had the government repealed the 17th amendment in the light of Chater of Democracy (CoD) and resolved the rest of the issues by introducing 19th amendment, the political parties would not have to write dissenting notes nor would there have been protests in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa,? the PML-N Chief observed.

PML-N, he said, would make every possible effort for fulfilment of legitimate demands of Hazara brethren.

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against Australia in the teams” opening Super Eights match of the World Twenty20 at the Kensington Oval here on Friday.
Australia made one change to the team that beat Bangladesh by 27 runs here on Wednesday with left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson, passed fit after an elbow infection, replacing stand-in Ryan Harris.
India made three changes from the side that beat South Africa by 14 runs last time out with opening batsman Gautam Gambhir returning from a stomach illness in place of Dinesh Karthik.
Batsman Rohit Sharma replaced leg-spinner Piyush Chawla and left-arm quick Zaheer Khan came in for fellow paceman Praveen Kumar, out of this tournament with an abdominal injury.
Australia and India have each won both of their opening two matches at this tournament.
Teams
Australia: David Warner, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Michael Clarke (captain), David Hussey, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait, Dirk Nannes
India: Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain, wk), Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra.
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI), Billy Bowden (NZ), TV umpire: Ian Gould (ENG)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL).

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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly?s Standing Committee on Commerce on Thursday directed ministries of defence and commerce to submit the details of an agreement secured with allied forces for delivery of Nato supplies to Afghanistan via Pakistan.

Briefing the media after the meeting, Chairman committee Khurram Dastgir said the commerce ministry failed to give a satisfactory response on the query. Therefore, trade ministry has been directed to submit the particulars of agreement in the next meeting.

The committee asked the FBR officials to ensure checking of NATO supplies at the Karachi port. However, the officials told the committee that they were not authorized to do so under the international law.

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ISLAMABAD: China will grant US$180 million aid to Pakistan for enhancing the capacity of its law enforcement agency.

Interior Minister Rehman A. Malik Friday held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Meng Chiang in Chinese capital, said a message from Beijing.

The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere in which matters of mutual interest came under discussion.

In addition, Beijing also offered training facilities for Pakistani LEAs personnel and RMB (Chinese currency) 2 million for police equipments.

Malik signed donation confirmation with his Chinese counterpart.

Chinese Minister for Public Safety Meng Chiang appreciated Pakistan?s efforts in the war against terrorism.

Earlier addressing the Pakistani community at Pakistan embassy, Rehman Malik said that when PPP-led government came to power two years back, it was confronted with a number of challenges including terrorism but with the support of masses and wise decisions of the political leadership, most of the challenges were either solved or reduced to some degree.

In this regard, he especially referred to the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award which remained dormant for many years,but the government with consensus of all political forces got it implemented.

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LAHORE: Blaming Musharraf regime for energy crisis Labour Manpower Minister Syed Khurshid Shah said Pakistan People’’s Party government was striving hard to overcome the problem.

He was addressing a seminar organized by National Chicago Labour Confederation here today.

He pointed out that power and supply demand gap of electricity was bridging and soon we would overcome it.

Black laws were removed and sacked employees were reinstated, Khurshid shah added.

The minister said grant for labour’’s daughter has been increased to seventy thousand.

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