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LAHORE - The US has been very clear on the need to support Pakistan's energy development at the Nuclear Suppliers Group forum, Robert O Blake, Jr, the assistant US secretary on Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, said late on Friday. He was speaking at a press conference in Beijing after the conclusion of discussions with counterparts from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Asked about US concerns over the China-Pakistan nuclear agreement, Blake said the US expected

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif believes that Pakistan will face South Africa or England in its next round encounter. "Pakistan may play South Africa or England in quarter-finals," said Rashid Latif, current coach of the Afghanistan team. "We can now say India and Pakistan are the clear favourites of this World Cup, but Pakistan will be the team to beat."
Latif has coached some of the players in the present Pakistan team after hanging up his boots as the country's

WASHINGTON - Two US amphibious assault ships have reached the Mediterranean Sea, a US official said on Wednesday, as Washington intensifies pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to end his four-decade rule.
The USS Ponce and the USS Kearsarge, assault ships that typically carry Marines, cleared the Suez Canal from the Red Sea and entered the Mediterranean, the official said on condition of anonymity. The US also has an aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, in the Red Sea but

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Latif Khosa is likely to clear the chief minister's summary seeking removal of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) ministers from the provincial cabinet soon, PPP sources told Pakistan Today on Sunday.
The governor told reporters at an official engagement that he would follow the constitution while responding to the summary. The PPP sources said that the governor was scheduled to meet President Asif Ali Zardari in Karachi on Sunday evening to discuss the

LONDON - Striker Javier Hernandez's double helped move Manchester United four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic on Saturday. Hernandez justified his selection with his eighth and nine league goals of the season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers moved off the foot of the table and out of the bottom three by thrashing 10-man Blackpool 4-0 at Molineux. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake scored twice for Wolves, who made their extra man count after Blackpool's

KARACHI - Disgraced Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif Wednesday vowed to clear his name in an attempt to revive his career after being banned for seven years on charges of corruption. The 28-year-old paceman, along with Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir, received lengthy bans on charges of corruption relating to last year's Lord's Test against England. Butt was banned for ten years and Amir for five years. Asif's ban includes a two-year suspended ban, meaning if he does not commit

LAHORE - The government should devote attention to real economic issues and come up with a comprehensive solution to the challenges that the business community is presently facing. These views were expressed by former LCCI President Mian Anjum Nisar while speaking at the Annual General Meeting of Lahore Township Industries Association.
MNA Naseer Bhutta, former LCCI presidents Mian Shafqat Ali, Mohammad Ali Mian and newly elected Lahore Township Industries Association Chairman

ISLAMABAD - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has advised the government to abstain from the wheat procurement drive during the current financial year, without selling off its current stock of 6.5 million tonnes of wheat, against which government departments still owe Rs 250 billion.
A Finance Ministry official said the SBP had asked the government to take urgent steps to reduce the commodity loan of Rs 351 billion. The federal and provincial departments had taken loans of Rs 250

MADRID - Lionel Messi struck twice as Barcelona beat Hercules 3-0 on Saturday to clinch a record-equalling 15th consecutive Spanish league win as the champions moved seven points clear of Real Madrid.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said he was honoured to match the long-standing record of the great 1960-1961 Real Madrid side which was captained by Alfredo di Stefano. "It is a tremendous honour to win 15 consecutive league games and equal the record of (Alfredo) di Stefano's Real

ROME - Inter Milan gave new coach Leonardo a flying start to his San Siro career with a 3-1 win at home to Napoli on Thursday as neighbours AC Milan moved five points clear at the top with a 1-0 win at Cagliari. Former Milan boss Leonardo, who replaced Rafael Benitez, saw Thiago Motta grab a brace while Esteban Cambiasso added the other to sink Napoli, who replied through Michele Pazienza.
Inter are still 13 points behind Milan in seventh but they do have two games in hand.

ISLAMABAD - A majority of PML-Q lawmakers in the joint parliamentary party meeting on Thursday called the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Fazlur Rehman "unreliable" and advised the Chaudhrys to avoid striking any power-sharing deal with the JUI-F in Balochistan.
A source in the PML-Q told Pakistan Today that the party parliamentarians were sceptical about Fazl's departure from the coalition, saying he would rejoin the government soon. He said a number of party lawmakers also

ISLAMABAD: The claims of champions of good governance seldom turn out to be realistic, as is evident from the outstanding utility dues against Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's son, Hamza Shahbaz, who is a member of the National Assembly.
Hamza has so far not cleared utility bills amounting to Rs 452,278 of the parliamentary suite that he had been occupying until last month.
Per details, Hamza was allotted suite No C-107 in the Parliament Lodges, which was transferred

GARDEZ: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 18 Afghan deminers on Thursday in southeastern Khost province, the provincial police chief said, the second abduction of a mine clearing team this month.
The group from the Kabul-based Mine Detection Centre were travelling in Musa Khel district when they were stopped by a group of gunmen and then seized, said Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai. "They had gone to the area on the request of the elders to clear mines from their village," Ishaqzai told

SHANGHAI: Francesco Molinari held off a dogged Lee Westwood on Saturday to maintain a one-stroke lead over the new world number one and set up an enticing final-round battle at the HSBC Champions in China.
The Italian, ranked 30th in the world, answered every challenge from his English playing partner and Ryder Cup teammate on day three in Shanghai with a smart, conservative game to card a five-under 67.
The Italian, who stands just 1.72 cm (five feet eight inches) tall,

LAHORE: Pakistani batsman Salman Butt and bowler Mohammad Aamer vowed Friday to prove their innocence as they left for Dubai to appeal against their suspension over a spot-fixing scandal. The International Cricket Council provisionally suspended Salman, who was Pakistan's Test captain, Aamer and bowler Mohammad Asif after they were charged with offences under the anti-corruption code of conduct last month.
They all appealed, although Asif later withdrew his application. An ICC

ISLAMABAD: Frustrated with the dark in which they have been kept by the party's central command over the possible unification of the Muslim Leagues and the party's parleys with the Pakistan People's Party, the PML-Q parliamentarians have asked the Chaudhrys to convene a party CEC meeting and devise a clear policy.
"When we are asked to comment by someone on the PML unification move or our party's growing proximity with the PPP, we having nothing to talk about, as details on these

LONDON
Chelsea opened up a five-point gap at the top of the English Premier League here Saturday, with goals from Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou goal wrapping up a 2-0 victory over Wolves.
Malouda's goal came on 23 minutes, the French international providing the finish after neat interplay between Yuri Zhirkov and Nicolas Anelka. Salomon Kalou bagged Chelsea's second after a scintillating sequence of one-touch play opened up the Wolves defence on 81 minutes.
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