Archive for: March, 2013

Election Commission in session to decide caretaker PM

The election commission will name a caretaker Prime Minister within its specified two days after the country’s former ruling party and the major opposition group failed to reach on a consensus name in six days, a senior official said Saturday.   The matter was then referred to the Election Commission late Friday which has time […]

PPP, PML-N fail to name caretaker PM

Deadlock over the nomination of a caretaker Prime Minister persisted Friday night despite six days of consultations.   A parliamentary committee, tasked to name Prime Minister for the caretaker set up, failed to reach consensus on a name in the list of four proposed names for the post of the interim Prime Minister, members of […]

Election Commission issues polls schedule

The Election Commission on Friday issued schedule for the May 11 polls. The candidates will submit nomination papers from March 24 until March 29.   The scrutiny will be held on March 30-April 5. Appeals against the acceptance and rejection of nomination papers will be filed on April 9. Decisions on appeals will be announced […]

Polish Open 2013: Michal Rogalski brushes aside Pavel Florian in Men’s Singles first round

Poland’s Michal Rogalski cheered his home fans with his aggressive approach in the arena as he outplayed Czech Republic’s Pavel Florian in Men’s Singles first round at the Polish International 2013 on Friday, March 22, in Warsaw. The local shuttler, who has been playing remarkable badminton for the last few months, played with smashing speed […]

Musharraf gets protective bail ahead of his return

  Sindh High Court on Friday granted protective bail to former exiled military ruler Pervez Musharraf, facing arrests in the country, just two days ahead of his return to the country after nearly five years, his lawyers said.   Musharraf, 70, has been living in exile in Britain and the United Arab Emirate since he resigned […]

‘Horror films are now respected, thanks to Bipasha’

Suparn Verma, who has directed Bollywood’s latest horror film “Aaatma”, says the genre has found a new lease of life in Hindi cinema thanks to popular actresses like Bipasha Basu. He believes horror genre was once considered B-grade cinema in Bollywood. That, he said, has changed. “I think horror has always had a huge audience […]

Robben set his sights on the Champions League

The Netherlands international is looking forward to win the Champions League this time around after failing to win the competition a number of times in the past Bayern Munich right winger Arjen Robben is eager for UEFA Champions League glory following his tragic in the final of the competition twice in the last three years. […]

Digital advertising declines around 3%

The digital advertising investment in Spain fell 3% last year, according to the annual survey of the IAB, association representing companies advertising and digital marketing. The advertising industry in general had another bad year in Spain, with an investment of 4635 Euros, 15.8% less than the previous year. Since 2005, the newspapers are the medium that have […]

Tilly Gray and Femke Heemskerk pocket gold medals – British International

Tilly Gray and Femke Heemskerk pocketed gold medals of the Women’s 200m butterfly and 200m freestyle respectively at the 2013 British International. Gray enjoyed a lead of two arm strokes over her closest competitor and surfaced on the finishing end for gold medal by posting a time of 2 minutes and 10.78 seconds. The first […]

Jakub Bitman, Alzbeta Basova move into second round of 2013 Polish Open

Mixed Doubles partners Jakub Bitman and Alzbeta Basova forged a fruitful chemistry and marched into second round of Polish Open on Friday, March 21, 2013. They locked horns with Matthew Nottingham-Alexandra Langley of England and this encounter lasted for 31 minutes before ending with decisive figures 21-17 and 21-19. Initially, the Czech duo played with […]

Captaining Australia is ultimate honour, says Shane Watson

Things change pretty quickly in cricket. Just a couple of weeks ago, Shane Watson was hurled out of the side due to disciplinary issues. He did not comply with the team orders, when not preparing a presentation as asked by coach Mickey Arthur. Watson and three other players were slapped with a one-game ban. And […]

Adam Wainwright’s agent meets with St. Louis Cardinal’s senior executives

Major League Baseball Update/ News   The St. Louis Cardinals senior management is trying hard to convince their starting pitcher Adam Wainwright’s agent for a possible extension on his current contract.   “We want to get something done before spring training ends, and that’s our goal, they have communicated clearly that they want to keep […]

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