IUCN Pakistan organised a provincial consultative workshop for Punjab on ‘Pakistan Water Programme’ inLahoreon January 29, 2013 in collaboration with Oxfam-Novib. The objective of the consultative workshop was to discuss priority issues thatPunjabis facing with respect to water resources. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Shahid Ahmad, an eminent expert on the subject. The […]
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President of Pakistan’s Special Envoy and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan visited the Republic of Kosovo from 27-29 January and held meetings with the Kosovan leadership including the President, Prime Minister, President of the Parliament, Foreign Minister, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Trade & Industry, and President of Chamber […]
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Ryo Fujimoto and Jenna Strauch grabbed gold medals of the Men’s 200m Individual Medley (IM) and Women’s 200m breaststroke at the 2012 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. Fujimoto remained full body length ahead of his following swimmer and touched the wall for gold medal by producing a time of 2 minutes and 03.29 seconds. The champion […]
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The recently acquitted and released Ajmal Pahari, the alleged killer of more than 100 people, has been arrested again by the Karachi Police over twelve new charges, including four murder cases, say media reports. According to media reports, after being released from the Karachi jail on Jan 18, 2013, Ajmal Pahari was arrested again on […]
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A meeting of the coalition partners of the PPP led government was held at the Aiwan-e-sadr late on Tuesday night in which the leaders agreed to dissolve the National Assembly before March 15 followed by the general elections in the month of May. Munir Khan Orakzai suggested that the National Assembly should be dissolved […]
Stuart Broad not ready to take New Zealand lightly England T20 skipper Stuart Broad is not ready to take things lightly in the upcoming T20 series against New Zealand. The two teams are due to meet in three-match T20 series, scheduled to be held on February 9th, 12th and 15th. The Black Caps are surely […]
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Women’s Singles expert Evgenia Dimova thrashed Natalia Rogov in the second round of Russian National Championships and trod into quarter-finals on January 29, 2013. This hard fought battle took place in local badminton arena of Saratov and it kept the audience glued to their chairs for 31 minutes. Though, Evgenia locked the honour in a […]
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The Indian Football Authority had planned a premier football league based on the IPL model, but were forced to abandon their plans due to the overwhelming logistical problems. “The main reasons for not pursuing the project further were logistics like the unavailability of stadia and the backing out of some of the franchises for commercial […]
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The Turkey international is happy to be back at the Bundesliga champions following a difficult 18 months while he insisted that he did not disappoint the Spanish giants during his time at the Santiago Bernabeu. Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin has stressed that he was unhappy at Liverpool FC and Real Madrid, and that […]
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Israel has boycotted the UN human rights forum over fears of scrutiny of its treatment of residents of the occupied territories, Russia Today has reported. Israel is now the first state in history to win a deferment of the periodical review of its human rights record. Tel Aviv has refused to send a delegation […]
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Renowned Indian filmstar Shah Rukh Khan has described a controversy centered around him as “nonsense” and said an article he wrote recently titled ‘Being a Khan’ was being misquoted. “I implore you all that please read the article. Nowhere does it say that I feel unsafe in my country,” he said. “I wrote this article to […]
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South Africa’s premier all-rounder, Jacques Kallis, is not too fazed by the prospect of facing Mohammad Irfan in the upcoming Test series against Pakistan and claims that the hosts are used to facing bowlers of tremendous height. The three-match Test series begins from Friday at Johannesburg and will be followed by two T20s and […]
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