Luke Wood and Mathew Johnson dominate swimming events – 2012 British GAS ASA Nationals Luke Wood and Matthew Johnson pocketed gold medals of the Men’s 50m backstroke and 200m butterfly respectively on first day of the 2012 British GAS ASA Nationals in Sheffield, England. Firstly, Wood outsmarted his opponents in the 50m discipline by winning […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be another blow for the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for nominee of the prime minister’s post, Makhdoom Shahabuddin for his alleged involvement in the drug quota case. Judge Shafqatullah Khan acting on a request from the Anti-Narcotics Force issued arrest warrants for […]
The Arab League has asked Russia to stop supplying weapons to Bashar Al-Assad’s forces who are using arms against civilians While talking to Russian news agency Interfax, Ahmed Ben Helli, the number 2 of the League has asked Russians to stop helping the current Syrian regime. “Any aid to violence must stop, because when you […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha recently said that she is happy with her curves and doesn’t care for being size zero and she was indirectly slammed by Kareena Kapoor, who is back to her size-zero look with her new item song ‘Halkat Jawani’ in Madhur Bhandarkar’s film ‘Heroine’. Along with Sonakshi, Vidya Balan also stated the […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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England batsman Ian Bell has put his weight behind Coach Andy Flower’s policy to rotate his bowlers in order to avoid fitness issues in a gruelling international schedule. English team management has decided to rest three main bowlers – Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Graeme Swann – for Friday’s final encounter against West Indies. The […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday granted Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, a period of seven days to find a lawyer to defend him, directing the twin-cities’ bar associations to not stop anyone from taking his case. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Court Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan resumed hearing […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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Izuki Tanaka and Connor O’Leary advance to semi-finals at Murasaki Quiksilver Jeju Open of Surfing Japan’s Izuki Tanaka and Australia’s Connor O’Leary made their way into the semi-finals at the inaugural Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Murasaki Quiksilver Jeju Open of Surfing after claiming top honours in their respective quarter-final heats that went down at […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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Timothy Bradley, who currently holds the WBO Welterweight and Light Welterweight championship belts, has finally called out Amir Khan for a potential fight because he knows a rematch with Manny Pacquiao is not likely to happen now. The Bolton’s finest, also known as King Khan, desperately wanted to fight Bradley last year but he was […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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In order to convince insurgents in the tribal areas to lift a ban on polio vaccination campaigns imposed in protest at US drone attacks, Pakistani officials decided to hold talks with the Taliban. Last week, local militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur put a ban on the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan. An official while speaking […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is the talk of the town at this point in time since he has finally recorded his first solo blockbuster. As per the reports, ‘Rowdy Rathore’, which was released on June 1, has earned over Rs. 120 crore at the box office and it is still pulling a lot of people […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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Co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday finalized the name of Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the candidate for the post of premiership. Former minister for water and power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will be covering candidate of former health and textile minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin. The interesting thing is that the two candidates […]
Pakistan’s National Assembly to elect new Prime Minister on Friday The National Assembly of Pakistan has been summoned by the country’s President Asif Ali Zardari in order to elect the newly nominated candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan in place of the dismissed former Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani. Shahabuddin will […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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