Archive for: January, 2012

Supreme Court gives memogate commission two more months to probe the case

The Supreme Court on Monday has granted the judicial commission, probing the memogate case, two more months to complete the investigation. The larger bench of the apex court, at the same time, permitted former ambassador to US, Hussain Haqqani, to travel abroad. The apex court, took up the application of the commission that sought extension in […]

Ryo Ishikawa to star at the big event

Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfing star and pin-up, is the latest addition to the Golf Championship in the Asian Tour’s season ending in Thailand, starting in December. Ishikawa is one of the most talented players to come out of Asia, and will be joining the likes of the new winner of the Major Champions Rory McIlroy […]

Women in Golf can be just as exciting

There has not been much of a balance in terms of equivalency when there is a comparison in sports between the two genders, although Women tennis is a popular enough for sports enthusiasts but other sports do not really match up. Still even in tennis women struggle to make an impression compared to the men’s […]

Paul McGinley

Paul McGinley captain of the Britain & Ireland team hailed the performance of his rookies at the Vivendi Seve Trophy which finished on Sunday with the sixth consecutive win in the seven year history of the event. The European team skippered by Jean van de Velde made a hard comeback on the final day at […]

Luke and his family

Luke Donald is going to bid to become the first man to win both the European and the PGA Tour money lists in the same season, and admits that he must try to reach a balance between his family commitments and golf. Rory McIlroy is second to Donald on the European Tour, and is well […]

Punjab rebuffs Gilani’s claim over formation of Drug Regulatory Authority

The federation and Punjab, apart from cooperating each other to reduce the loss of toxic drugs, are giving statements against each other. In the latest move, Punjab has rebuffed the statement of the Prime Minister that Punjab was a hurdle in formation of Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA). Media reports quoted PML-N’s senior leader, Ishaq Dar […]

Hunter Mahan let down by his putting

Hunter Mahan understands that if it had not been for his putting, the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup could very possibly have been his. Mahan lost to Bill Haas on the third playoff hole at East Lake on Sunday, but he believes that it is not the play from the tee to the green […]

Phil Mickelson and the Belly Putter

Phil Mickelson has been giving away shots on the short putts lately, and at the BMW Championship on Wednesday during the pro-am, he had the belly putter in his bag. He was talking to the media about it and said, “I’m enjoying it,” Mickelson said after shooting a 1-over 72 at Cog Hill. “The more […]

Prime Minister Gilani rejects reports of DG ISI’s extension

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected the impression that the incumbent was considering giving extension to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general (DG), Ahmed Shuja Pasha, in order to normalize civil-military relations. While speaking to the media after his return from World Economic Forum, he observed, “It’s disinformation that meetings with the military brass […]

Super Bowl advertisers seek buzz on social media

(Reuters) – In the age of Twitter and Facebook, many Super Bowl viewers will use the commercial breaks to go online and see what people are saying about the game. This year, advertisers want them to tweet about their favorite commercials as well. Having spent record-breaking sums to secure the most valuable television slots in […]

JUI’s Karachi rally

The Karachi rally organized by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F on Friday had every flavour that a political gathering requires to succeed, provided one grasps the nuances of politics. However, paradoxically, it did not get the kind of attention by the media that, say, other political rallies have lately got. By flavours of success, I do not mean […]

Civilian governments a boon rather than bane for Pakistan

Civilian governments a boon rather than bane for Pakistan There is no denying the fact that the people of Pakistan do not care really care about who comes into power, as long as the government is fulfilling its duty of providing them with food, clothes and shelter. The politicians continuously claim that the nation demands […]

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