Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior journalist in North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday, his family and journalists in the region said. Malik Mumtaz was working for Geo television and Jang group of newspapers in North Waziristan tribal region. He was also filing reports for Pashto-langue Khyber television. Geo TV reported that Mumtaz […]
Chinese Taipei’s talented shuttler Tien Chen Chou played with impressive control and overpowered Netherlands’ Erik Meijs in Men’s Singles first round of Yonex German Open 2013 in Germany, on Tuesday, February 26. The higher ranked Tien Chen, who is the ninth seeded shuttler in Men’s Singles category in the championship, played with tremendous speed and […]
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Fish and fish preparations exports from the country during the last seven months of current financial year (FY) recorded growth of 3.43 percent as compared to the same period of last FY. During the period from July-January, 2012-13 country earned US$ 180.20 million by exporting about 81,324 metric tons of fish and fish products which was […]
After Election Commission’s warning to parties to hold own elections otherwise they would not be allowed to take part in polls, the PML-Q held party elections on Wednesday and elected Pervez Elahi as Punjab chief. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Q, and Pakistan Awami Party were among the political parties, which have not conducted […]
Missy Franklin and Matt Grevers pocketed gold medals of the 200m backstroke in Women and Men’s category on second day of the 2013 Arena Grand Prix. Franklin stayed in a comfortable lead over her toughest challenger and surfaced on the wall for gold medal with a timing of 2 minutes and 07.31 seconds. The first […]
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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira Wednesday suggested in the Senate a debate on defining a code of conduct for airing of foreign content on TV channels. The Senate was informed on Wednesday that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has not received any orders from Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding banning on […]
Former captain of the Pakistan team, Aamer Sohail has come out in defence of Misbah-ul-Haq and feels that the criticism on the middle-order batsman is not justified. The former opening batsman is of the view that the disastrous result in the Test series against South Africa was very much expected. Graeme Smith and company […]
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India gave no chance to Australia, and won the first Test comprehensively by eight wickets. The Men in Blue were tip-toe after facing recent losses at home. After England crushed the Indian side in the Test series, the Green Shirts did the same thing. After suffering an unlucky defeat at the hands of Pakistan in […]
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England’s Rajiv Ouseph played flawless badminton in his opening match of Yonex German Open and secured a berth in second round of Men’s Singles event on February 26, 2013. He was up against Chen Yuekun of China and both contenders remained head-to-head for 35 minutes. This tussle ended with concluding figures of 21-15 and 21-19. […]
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Pakistan’s exports to Malaysia have risen by 6.15 per cent according to trade figures available for the period January-October 2012. Quoting statistics from January till October 2012, the statement says Pakistan has exported goods worth US$232.81 million to Malaysia, registering a growth of 6.15 per cent or US$13.48 million over the US$219.33 million exports […]
Major League Baseball Update/ News At-least Dodgers’ newest starter Zack Greinke is somewhat honest saying his latest stint with Los Angeles Dodgers was certainly a matter of money and if some other franchise would have offered him more, he certainly could have signed with them. “It’s obviously the No. 1 thing,” Greinke said. […]
Six employees of the Afghan Defence Ministry and one civilian were injured in the suicide attack on the vehicle of employees of the Defence Ministry in Kabul on Wednesday, Afghan media reported. The Defence Ministry said in a statement that a suicide attacker attacked the vehicle of the employees of the Defence Ministry by […]
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