Archive for: January, 2013

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif rejects Tahirul Qadri’s demands

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has rejected demands put forth by Dr Tahirul Qadri, chief of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), terming them unconstitutional.   A consultative meeting of the PML-N was held at Raiwand on Tuesday with the party chief, Nawaz Sharif in the chair. The meeting discussed the situation after the long march and the […]

India sends back Pakistani hockey players amidst tensions at LoC

In the wake of protests following border tension between the arch-rivals, nine Pakistani players were on Tuesday withdrawn from a new field hockey league in India and asked to return home.     Shiv Sena protests in Mumbai forced the team to shift training base to Delhi, Hockey India decided to play safe and send […]

Political parties reject Tahirul Qadri’s demands

Leaders of different political parties have rejected the demands of Chief of Minhajul Quran Tahirul Qadri as unconstitutional and undemocratic.   Begum Naseem Akhtar of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) while speaking to Radio Pakistan said that assemblies cannot be dissolved on the dictation one person. 180 million people have given mandate to the present government […]

Supreme Court’s decision: Karachi Stock Exchange crashes

The stocks at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took a nosedive Tuesday and fell by three percent after the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister over possible corruption charges.   The Karachi Stock Exchange’s (KSE) benchmark100-share index ended 3.16 percent, or 525.29 points, lower at 16,107.89.   Investors, who were already trading cautiously […]

Imran Khan demands resignation of President Zardari

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan demanded an immediate resignation of President Asif Ali Zardari, ruling out the possibility of free and fair elections under the former.   The above is one of the seven demands that the PTI Chairman Imran Khan made while talking to media persons here. He also demanded immediate announcement of general […]

Gao Huan gains access to main round of 2013 Malaysia Open

China’s young but talented player Gao Huan played flawless badminton in the qualifying round of Maybank Malaysia Open and secured a main round berth on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. He was up against a compatriot shuttler Chen Yuekun and their meeting took place in the local badminton arena of Kuala Lumpur. Gao Huan employed all […]

Mohammad Hafeez wants more Tests for team

Mohammad Hafeez wants more Tests for team Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez has requested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to schedule more Test matches in the future, as the longest version of the game helps in producing better cricketers. “It’s unfortunate that we get less Test matches,” Hafeez said in Karachi. “We played three Tests […]

Maybank Malaysia Open: Sun Yu crushes Chie Sien Lim in Women’s Singles qualifying round

China’s upcoming player Sun Yu found a wonderful start as she outplayed Malaysia’s Chiew Sien Lim in Women’s Singles qualifying round at the Maybank Malaysia Open Super Series 2013 on Tuesday, January 15, in Kuala Lumpur. The impressive Sun, who has been impressive in her court coverage and attacking play, showed her remarkable skills in […]

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka breezed past their rivals to enter the second round at Australian Open 2013 – Tennis News

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka breezed past their rivals to enter the second round at Australian Open 2013 – Tennis News American number one Serena Williams and the world number one Victoria Azarenka displayed flawless tennis to outclass their opponents and progressed into the second round at the Australian Open 2013, first of the four […]

Rebecca Zeiger and Kevin Doo win gold medals – 2012 CeraVe Invitational

Rebecca Zeiger and Kevin Doo won gold medal of the 200m freestyle in Women and Men’s 13-14 year olds category on first day of the 2012 CeraVe Invitational at Berkeley Aquatic Club. Zeiger stayed considerably ahead of her following swimmer and surfaced on the finishing end for gold medal by producing an effort of 2 […]

PM Ashraf convenes emergency meet to seek legal opinion on arrest warrant

Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, on Tuesday convened an emergency meeting in Islamabad to seek legal opinion on the Supreme Court’s order of his arrest in a corruption case.   The apex court issued Ashraf’s arrest warrant at a time when the country was in the grip of political uncertainty in view of the long-march […]

SC orders to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in rental power plant case.   A three member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of rental power case. During the hearing, the bench ordered to arrest the PM and directed […]

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