President Asif Ali Zardari has called upon D-8 countries to work for development solutions for their one billion people with focus on encouraging the free flow of goods‚ free flow of peoples and free flow of finances. Addressing the opening of the 8th summit of the D-8 countries in Islamabad Thursday after assuming chairmanship […]
Mila Kunis forced herself out of the poverty and confesses it without shame Despite being Ashton Kutcher’s new lover and the ‘world’s sexiest woman’, Mila insists she has no ego after doing it the hard way following her family’s switch to LA from Ukraine when she was seven. ‘When you have nothing, everything else is […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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Thailand’s emerging player Busanan Ongbumrungpan showed a wonderful performance in Women’s Singles first round when she outplayed Singapore’s experienced shuttler Juan Gu at the Li Ning China Open 2012 on Wednesday, November 14, at Shanghai, China. The in-form Busanan, who has got elevated skills of the game, displayed a phenomenal show of top quality badminton […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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Alexianne Castel and Camille Muffat secure gold medals: French Short Course Nationals Alexianne Castel and Camille Muffat secured gold medals of the Women’s 200m backstroke and 200m freestyle respectively at the 2012 French Short Course Nationals. Castel stayed in a comfortable lead over her opponents and stepped on the victory stand for gold medal by […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that he wants turning tracks in the ongoing four-match Test series against England to keep toss out of the equation. Unfazed by criticism over his demand for the spin tracks, the skipper insisted that tracks which spin from the very first ball cut down role of the toss. […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said the United States and Pakistan share an interest in defeating terrorists and that Washington would pursue defense cooperation with Islamabad on that common basis despite challenges in the bilateral ties. Speaking at a Washington think tank, Panetta noted that in Afghanistan and Pakistan, prolonged military and intelligence […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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Iranian President Ahmadinejad on Thursday recommended a joint sitting of Ulema from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan to chalk out a combined strategy to combat terrorism in the region. While speaking to a private TV channel, Iranian president said we should not kill each other as we are Muslims and believe in one God. ‘We […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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Claiming responsibility of brutal assaults, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has said that it was responsible for the blasts carried out a day earlier near Imambargahs in Karachi and Rawalpindi. According to a private TV channel, TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan while giving details of the attacks said that the organization had carried out a suicide blast […]
Condemning blasts in Karachi and Rawalpindi, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned that militants were preparing to target more sites across Pakistan in order to sabotage the ongoing Developing Eight (D-8) Summit. The minister stated that miscreant elements are trying to destabilize the country, adding that they would not be able to succeed […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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At least 20 people were killed and 47 others injured when an attacker detonated his suicide vest at a Muharram procession near an Imambargah, Rawalpindi. The attack, in the Dhok Sayidan area of Rawalpindi, comes hours after two back-to-back bomb blasts –40 minutes apart– near an Imambargah in Karachi, which killed two people and […]
Following a deadly eight-day conflict, Israel and Gaza agreed to a ceasefire effective Wednesday evening, the Egyptian foreign minister announced at a press conference. The cease-fire agreement was later confirmed by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The cease-fire is set to start at 9 p.m. Cairo time, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr announced […]
Nov 22 2012 | Posted in
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At least four people were killed and eleven sustained injuries in twin blasts that occurred in Orangi Town, Karachi. The second blast took place right next to the gate of an Imambargah, while the first one occurred 50 feet away from the place. Some media and emergency rescue personnel were injured in the second blast along […]