Archive for: February, 2013

Gov’t misses assemblies’ dissolution, polls dates agreed with Qadri

The government has failed to announce dates for assemblies and parliamentary elections in a timeframe agreed with Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri.   A government negotiation team and Chief of Pakistan Awami Tahreek, Dr Qadri, had agreed to announce the dates of dissolution of national and provincial assemblies and date for general elections during seven to 10 days […]

Shoaib Akhtar labels Pakistani cricketers as ‘chicken-hearted’

Shoaib Akhtar, the former Pakistan speedster, is extremely disappointed with the national team’s performance in the first Test of the three-match series against South Africa and has labeled the Pakistani cricketers as ‘chicken-hearted’.   The Proteas defeated the Green Shirts by a massive margin of 211 runs in the Johannesburg Test, taking an important lead […]

Benoit Paire and Gael Monfils advance; Paul-Henri Mathieu exits from Montpellier – Open Sud de France 2013

Benoit Paire and Gael Monfils advance; Paul-Henri Mathieu exits from Montpellier – Open Sud de France 2013 Eighth seeded Benoit Paire and Gael Monfils progressed into the second round at the Open Sud de France 2013, an ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour 250 series event taking place in Vina Del Mar, Chile. Paul-Henri […]

Sherry terms drones strikes illegal as US justifies operation

Pakistan has reiterated its stand that strikes by U.S. spy aircraft in the country’s tribal regions are violation of international laws, Washington has justified the CIA-controlled operation.   The issue of U.S drone strikes in Pakistan has been a major irritant in bilateral relationship for years and the latest different stance shows the problem remains […]

Rallies across Pakistan reiterate support to Kashmiris

Rallies were held across Pakistan and Azad Kashmir on Tuesday to show solidarity with the people of Kashmiri fight India rule.   Political and religious parties as well as the government organized demonstrations to reiterate support for the people in the Indian-held Kashmir.   President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in […]

Pakistan, Afghanistan, UK support Taliban office in Qatar

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Monday supported Taliban office in Qatar for talks with the Afghan authorities.   Cameron hosted the Pakistani and Afghan leaders at Chequers for the two-day summit, who affirmed that they supported the opening of an office in Doha for […]

Canadian National Championships: Top seed Michelle Li grabs Women’s Singles title in style

Canada’s top shuttler Michelle Li proved her worth in front of her home fans as she played with remarkable precision and managed to claim Women’s Singles title at the Canadian National Championships 2013. In the final battle, the top seeded Michelle played terrific badminton and remained successful in beating her lower ranked challenger Christin Tsai […]

Bezos satisfied with Amazon sales in 2012

Amazon continues with their very own policy ‘to increase sales at the expense of profit’. Last year their turnover grew 27% to over 61,000 million (45,000 million Euros), but suffered a loss of 39 million dollars (29 million Euros), whereas a year ago was $ 631 million (€ 466 million) profit. In their defence, it should […]

PM Asharf says Pakistan, India stand at history’s cross-roads

Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Monday that Pakistan and India stand at the cross-roads of the history.   “The Kashmiri people are looking up to the two countries to fulfill their obligations by allowing them to exercise their right to determine their future”, he said while speaking at the 48th Session of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Council at […]

Misbah-ul-Haq expects better result in next Test against South Africa

Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has shown disappointment over his team’s loss in the opening Test against South Africa, but expects better result in the upcoming games. Talking at the presentation ceremony, he said that his team has learnt a few good lessons from a terrible 211-run loss. He, meanwhile, didn’t forget to give credit to the […]

Regan Leong and Masato Sakai secure gold medals – Australian Youth Olympic Festival

Regan Leong and Masato Sakai secured gold medals of the Men’s 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly respectively at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. His exhausting effort stayed only a touch ahead of his closest competitor and tapped the wall with the timing of 1 minute and 48.97 seconds. The champion was chased by Alexander […]

India prepares for Palestine friendly

The Blue Tigers are set for the upcoming game against Palestine, with the majority of their players joining training in Kerala. “It’s a wonderful feeling for any Coach to see his boys assembling again. They head into Kochi straight from the I-League and we intend to make use of the next few days ahead of […]

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