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Chanderpaul survives as Windies struggle
May 17th
England’s James Anderson (3rd L) celebrates taking the wicket of West Indies’ Kieran Powell. -Photo by AFP
LONDON: Shivnarine Chanderpaul rode his luck but the West Indies still found life difficult as they struggled to 146 for four at tea on the first day of the first Test against England at Lord’s here on Thursday.
Chanderpaul, officially rated the world’s best Test batsman, was 42 not out having seen an lbw appeal reversed in his favour when on 15.
Marlon Samuels was unbeaten on 14, having so far helped left-hander Chanderpaul add 46 for the fifth wicket against the world’s number one ranked More >
Motor racing-I was so scared for my team, says Maldonado
May 17th
BARCELONA: Pastor Maldonado spoke on Thursday of how he had feared a tragic ending to his astonishing Spanish Grand Prix success in Barcelona last weekend.
The Williams garage caught fire at the Circuit de Catalunya as members of the Formula One team, including wheelchair-bound principal and founder Frank Williams, had gathered for a victory photograph.
“At that moment I was so scared for all of us,” said Maldonado, the first Venezuelan to win a race and a 500-1 long-shot before sensationally putting his car on the front row in qualifying.
“I think we were so lucky because we had no big damage and More >
Iran vows never to renounce nuclear rights
May 17th
TEHRAN: Iran rejects Western pressures over its nuclear activities and will never give up its rights, Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator said Thursday ahead of crunch talks with world powers in Baghdad next week.
“If we participate in the negotiations… it is because of our resistance (to Western powers). Thanks to our resistance, we have defended the rights of the Iranian people,” Saeed Jalili said in a speech broadcast on local television.
“The Iranian people will never give up even an iota of their rights,” Jalili added, in reference to the Islamic republic’s nuclear drive which the West suspects is masking a weapons More >
HEC to grant 1000 scholarships to Balochistan students: Jamali
May 17th
Speaking to the Chief Secretary Balochistan in Quetta, the federal minister of science and technology, Mir Changez Khan Jamali said that 1000 scholarships for the Balochistan students will be provided by HEC. – File Photo
QUETTA: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali said on Thursday that Higher Education Commission would grant about 1000 scholarships to the talented students of Balochistan during the prevailing year while PCSIR and COMSAT would arrange training programs for about 100 teachers and students of the province.
He said this while talking to the Chief Secretary Balochistan Babar Yaqub Fateh Mohammad here.
Mr jamali said More >
Iran, Pakistan, Israel most negatively rated countries: BBC poll
May 17th
Pakistan is the only country which rated its own influence as negative, stated poll results. Pakistan is the only country which rated its own influence as negative, stated poll results. SOURCE: BBC POLL
Pakistan was ranked second in the list of most negatively rated countries in the world by a global poll for BBC World Service, which surveyed 24,090 people around the world.
Citizens of 22 countries were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone between December 6, 2011 and February 17, 2012. Polling was conducted by the international polling firm GlobeScan and its research partners in each country, together with the Program More >
No decision yet on Nato supply lines, says Gilani
May 17th
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.—File Photo
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani prime minister has said the country has yet to decide on the issue of restoring ground supply lines to Nato troops in Afghanistan; however, a decision would be announced as soon as talks between different ministries and officials conclude.
“We have directed the concerned ministries and departments to conclude the process as soon as possible,” Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani told reporters on Thursday after attending an event here in Islamabad.
The final decision would depend on the outcome of ongoing talks, said PM Gilani.
Moreover, the prime minister said that the invitation More >
I will show trust in Malik and Latif: Hafeez
May 17th
Hafeez also faces the challenge of leading a team which has two former captains in it. -Photo by AP
LAHORE: Pakistan’s newly appointed Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez on Thursday called for trust and a good environment in the dressing room ahead of next month’s tour of Sri Lanka.
The talented team often makes headlines over rows between the players and a volatile dressing room atmosphere, but Hafeez said he would continue the good example set by Misbah-ul Haq.
Misbah, dropped from the Twenty20 squad but retained as one-day and Test captain for the Sri Lankan tour, is credited with uniting the team after More >
Study suggests lower death risk for coffee lovers
May 17th
Coffee was tied to a lower risk of dying from heart disease, stroke and infections. – Reuters Photo
Older people who reported drinking a few daily cups of coffee were less likely to die over the subsequent 14 years than were those who abstained from the beverage or rarely drank it, according to a US study of 400,000 people.
In particular, coffee was tied to a lower risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, infections, injuries and accidents, the researchers said in a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
But they warned that the findings should be interpreted with caution More >
Cricket Classics: Before Chris, there was Lance Cairns
May 17th
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SC seeks notification on ISI’s political role
May 17th
Staff ReportISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday directed the Attorney General to produce a notification regarding assigning political responsibilities to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during era of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry issued the directives while a hearing the 1996 petition of Tehriq-i-Istiqlal’s chief and Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan about allegations of the ISI’s political funding in the 1990 election to prevent the Pakistan People’s Party from winning in the general elections.
Reacting to the rejoinder submitted by the former ISI Chief Asad Durrani regarding the political cell of the spy agency, Justice Jawwad S. More >
