The Supreme Court directed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) to submit a detailed report on the security situation of Balochistan by March 7, expressing concerns over the mounting lawlessness in the province. A three-member bench with Justice Shakirullah Jan in the chair heard two cases, a petition filed by Balochistan High Court […]
China dominates diving events at the 2012 FINA Visa Diving World Cup The Chinese divers have continued their supremacy on the third day of the continued 18th Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA) Visa Diving World Cup, taking place in Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park in London. The FINA Diving World Cup is of utmost importance […]
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Azhar Mahmood wants Pakistani players in IPL After getting British passport, Azhar Mahmood gets an entry to Indian Premier League (IPL). The doors of the Twenty20 league are still shut for Pakistani players but Mahmood is keen to see cricketers from his native land playing in the championship. Pakistani cricketers took part in the inaugural […]
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Wladimir Klitschko, the current WBA (Super)/IBF/WBO/IBO and Ring Magazine Heavyweight Champion, and Vitali Klitschko, the reigning WBC Heavyweight Champion, have blasted Dereck Chisora for embarrassing the sport. Former British heavyweight champion, Chisora, slapped Vitali in his face at their Friday’s weigh-in and then spat water at Wladimir’s face moments before his WBC world heavyweight title […]
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Arjan Brussee has left Guerrilla games and joined Visceral Games in a move that could require grown men to play in diapers! There is one thing that the Killzone games were known for and that was the atmospheric environments in the game. Whether it was the industrial, desolate setting of Helghan with its bleak buildings […]
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The recent blasts in Peshawar are a terrible reminder, yet again; of how unsettled the militancy crisis is in the country. The preachers of the complacency argue that the war on terror needs not be prioritized above anything else for the state to fight, citing gradually decreased numbers of terror cases. It is quite a […]
Tribes insist on renaming the Munda Dam project in Mohmand Agency The controversial Munda Dam has shot back into limelight yet again after the representatives of Swat revoked their long stand over the issue. KPK assembly representatives from Swat renewed their call for serious consultations regarding the issue and welcomed the move of […]
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The strings have been getting tight around former president Pervez Musharraf, as the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued a notice summoning him in the May 12, 2007, Karachi bloodshed case. The court ordered the authorities concerned that the summon notice be printed in London’s newspapers, adjourning the hearing of the case by April […]
Farah Khan Ali, the daughter of veteran actor Sanjay Khan, has jumped in to support Bollywood heart-throb Saif Ali Khan since she believes Saif is not a person who would ever start a brawl with someone. Farah thinks there is something missing in the whole scene but it will come out soon. Though Iqbal Sharma, […]
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In yet another brazen militant attack, four policemen including an SHO were killed and another seven sustained injuries on Friday when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in an attack on a police station in Peshawar. The three assailants, armed with hand grenades, barged into the Kotwali Police Station, situated in the heart of Peshawar […]
Former Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar has said that the decision to quit One Day international cricket should be made only by Sachin Tendulkar himself and nobody should force him to quit. His comments came in the wake of Kapil Dev’s views that he made on Wednesday. Kapil stated that the time has come for the Master […]
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In what appeared to be a good-will gesture, the government quashed all the cases against Brahamdagh Bugti and other Baloch leaders in line with its policy of reconciliation. Despite heightened urgency, the incumbent seems to have taken some frantic steps to break a crippling standoff on Balochistan. Federal Interior Minister on Thursday observed, “All cases […]