John Mayer will gift a custom made guitar to Katy Perry on this Christmas The womanising rocker – who has previously dated stars including Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz and Jessica Simpson – wants to show his girlfriend of five months how serious he is about her so has been working hard on a special gift […]
Dec 24 2012 | Posted in
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Mexico’s talented player Luis Ramon Garrido proved his worth on court and grabbed Boy’s Singles U17 title after crushing USA’s Raymond Hsia in the final encounter at 2012 USBDF Winter Junior Internationals on Sunday, December 23, in USA. The aggressive Luis Ramon, who was an un-seeded shuttler in Men’s Singles main draw of the tournament, […]
Dec 24 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan’s left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir believes his side enjoys a clear advantage over India in the fast bowling department, saying that the Men in Blue don’t have a permanent pace attack. The Green Shirts have reached India for two Twenty20 Internationals plus three ODIs. The first T20 game will be played on December 25th. The […]
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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that election will be held on time and there is no possibility of delay in this regard. Speaking to media, he said no one could become Bhutto by just pushing mikes aside. For becoming Bhutto one has to render sacrifices. Criticizing Punjab Chief […]
Dec 24 2012 | Posted in
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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has filed two review petitions against the Supreme Court’s verdict on delimitations in Karachi. The review petitions are filed in the apex court’s Karachi registry against the orders issued on November 26 and 28. The party had earlier shunned challenging the apex court verdict on the subject and said […]
Dec 24 2012 | Posted in
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $245 million for the eight distribution companies to improve power distribution system in Pakistan, the bank said Monday. The investment is part of the ongoing $810 million Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program agreed n 2008. The multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) targets investment in […]
A debate has opened in Pakistan following the remarks by Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, chief of Minhaj-ul-Qura’an, at a mammoth public meeting in the shadow of ‘Minar-e-Pakistan’ that he wants to ‘save Pakistan’, asking the rulers to ‘introduce electoral reforms in three weeks or face a march on Islamabad of four million people on January 14’. Independent political […]
Sachin Tendulkar, one of the game’s all-time greats has announced his retirement from one-day cricket, bringing to an end a glorious 23-year-old career in the format during which he rewrote numerous batting records. BCCI quoting the legendary batsman said, “I have decided to retire from the one-day format of the game. I feel blessed […]
Dec 24 2012 | Posted in
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Muhammad Shahid Nazir, or commonly known as one-pound-fish man, will come to Pakistan on Christmas Day after it was found his visa has run out. Pakistani fishmonger whose song One Pound Fish attracted four million hits on YouTube and could become Christmas number one would come to Pakistan on December 27. While speaking to […]
Dec 24 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that Tahirul Qadri had supported his party’s agenda, adding that holding of general elections on time was the only way to get rid of this corrupt coterie. Expressing his thoughts on the Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran rally in Lahore, Imran said his party believed in electoral reforms. He […]
Dec 23 2012 | Posted in
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Tahirul Qadri, head of Minhajul Qur’an International (MQI), on Sunday asked the government to improve the current setup by January 10 or else he will lead a protest march to Islamabad on January 14. While addressing a mass gathering named “Siyasat nahi, Riyasat bachao” at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, he said the people of Pakistan must decide […]
Thousands Sunday attended funeral for a Pakistani provincial minister, who was killed in a Taliban attack in Peshawar yesterday. Bashir Ahmed Bilour, senior minister in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province, and seven other people were killed when a bomber blew himself up shortly after he spoke to his supporters. Taliban claimed responsibility for killing Bilour, who had […]