Governor?s security ?insufficient?: Home Dept
LAHORE
TERMING the security arrangements at the private residence of the Punjab governor insufficient, the Punjab Home department has warned of
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Rashid Latif to coach Afghanistan
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has accepted the job of batting coach for the Afghanistan national team.
Latif, who played 37 Tests and 166 one-day internationals, will work alongside former Pakistan fast bowler Kabir Khan.
“I am a cricketer and I see great potential in this Afghanistan team,” Latif told reporters. “There is great potential in Afghanistan for cricket to become a major sport and
I want to help them out.
“I think Afghani players have the talent and can compete with other Asian nations.”
Afghanistan qualified for the World Twenty20 this year and are trying to gain full one-day international status.
They are due to tour Scotland next month where they play one four-day match and two one-day internationals.
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Pakistan News
Cricketers spared ?whereabouts? rigours
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has tabled an anti-doping code it says satisfies WADA?s ?whereabouts? rule but will not force many elit
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Pakistan News
Shahbaz terms Jalib?s killing national tragedy
LAHORE
PUNJAB Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has expressed deep sense of sorrow and grief over the brutal murder of Secretary General B
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Partly cloudy weather expected
KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast a partly cloudy/ cloudy weather in the metropolis for the next 24 hours.
The maximum temperature will remain in the range between 34 and 36 degrees centigrade.
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President urges world donors to extend optimal support to Pak
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday called upon the international donor agencies, world community and friends of Pakistan to extend optimal support and assistance to the democratic government of Pakistan.
He said the assistance would not only rescue our war ravaged economy, but also create vistas of opportunities for the people affected by the war against militancy and terrorism. This, he said, during a meeting with Vice President World Bank Ms. Isabel Guerrero who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. She was accompanied by Rachid Benmessaoud, Country Director, World Bank.
Those who attended the meeting included: Dr.Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Finance Minister, M. Salman Faruqui, Secretary General to the President, Ms Farzana Raja, Chairperson BISP, Malik Asif Hayat, Secretary to the President, Salman Sidique, Secretary Finance, Sabtain Fazal Halim, Secretary Economic Affair Division and spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar.
The President while referring to the human and material losses, Pakistan has incurred as a result of prolonged fight against militancy said that Pakistan has suffered immensely in the global fight against militancy and finds its economy gravely damaged by the war against militancy.
He said that the war would continue against militants till the complete elimination of this menace.
The President said that the government was looking forward to international donor agencies and other partners for support in facing numerous challenges.
He also called for trade and market access for Pakistani products into the US and European Markets to put our economy on the path of stability and prosperity and also to address issues of poverty and unemployment in the war affected areas.
The President appreciated the working relationship of Pakistan with the World Bank and emphasized the Bank to consider financing energy and water resource projects in Pakistan as the country was facing acute energy shortage and water crises which were adversely affecting the economy.
President Zardari also appreciated the World Bank loan amounting to US$ 145.6 million for Punjab Barrages improvement project.
Ms.Isabel Guerrero briefed the President about the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) of US$ 6 billion of the World Bank with Pakistan and also about various projects of the Bank and thematic areas of financing by the Bank in Pakistan.
She also showed interest in the Benazir Income Support Programme for empowering women in Pakistan. She said that World Bank was ready to invest in energy sector in Pakistan.
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Court?s final notice to MPA over ?fake degree?
LAHORE: Justice Mamoon-ur-Rashid of the Lahore High Court on Thursday issued a final notice to PML-N MPA Muhammad Safdar Gill for September 29 as he w
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?Sindh?s water requirements fulfilled?
Karachi
Sindh?s water requirements had now been fulfilled, as the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) had released water for Sindh?s barrages,
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Crack down on terrorists launched in Raiwind
RAIWIND: Intelligence agencies have launched a crack down on terrorists in Lakhowal area near Jaati Umra here on the leads provided by previously arrested criminals.
A ?Walk-eye? Operation was carried out in the above area with the help of sniffer dogs.
The personnel of intelligence agencies made door to door visits to obtain information and also conducted search with the help of sniffer dogs.
The officials told Geo News that they had information those coming to execute acts of terrorism in Lahore reside in rural areas while some suspects are living in Lakhowal near Jaati Umra.
The ?Walk-eye? operation is being carried out to round up the suspects, they added.
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HEC chief?s brother re-arrested in corruption case
HYDERABAD: Judge Special Anti-Corruption Court, Hyderabad, Faiz Rasool Rashidi, accepted the bail of Dr Farooq Leghari, the brother of the chairman Hi
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