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Australia drop White for SL one-dayers

Cameron White was retained Wednesday as captain of Australia's Twenty20 team for their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka but dropped from the one-day squad...

West Indies drop Nash for second test

Brendan Nash’s career for West Indies appears to have reached a crossroads following his axing for the second Test against India, starting on Tuesday...

OGDCL output begins to drop

The country's largest exploration company, Oil and Gas Development Company Limited's (OGDCL) has witnessed declining production from its mature oil fields, necessitating tangible measures...

Pakistan may drop to ninth in world ranking

If Pakistan do not stage a comeback in the second Test, then they will slip down to the ninth place in the Test ranking,...

Majority of French want to drop nuclear energy

PARIS - A majority of French people want to get rid of nuclear power, a poll on Wednesday showed, underscoring the impact of the Fukushima disaster on public opinion around the world. The poll conducted by OpinionWay found that 57 percent of respondents were generally in favour of dropping nuclear energy, with 20 percent strongly in favour of the idea.
Only 27 percent were prepared to accept a corresponding rise in electricity tariffs, however, compared to 72 percent against,

Grammys drop more than 30 categories

NEW YORK - Men and women will compete head-to-head, some of the more exotic awards like best Native American album and best spoken-word children's record have been eliminated, and the number of categories has been reduced by more than 30 in the biggest overhaul in the 53-year history of the Grammys.
While no musical genres will be excluded from Grammy contention, the changes will make the awards a lot more competitive. "It ups the game in terms of what it takes to receive a

Exports to Iran drop by 37.5pc

KARACHI - Pakistan's export to Iran suffered a dent, dropping by 37.5 percent during 2009-2010 in comparison with the last financial year. This slump was a result of the increase in import duty from 25 percent to 50 percent by the Iranian government. Iranian government had increased the ad valorem safeguard duty on import of various goods by 100 percent during 2009-2010. Pakistan's export, recorded at $360 million in 2008-2009, dwindled to around $225 million, sources said.

‘Transportation dearth causing 70pc of students to drop out’

ISLAMABAD - The Standing Committee of National Assembly on Inter-Provincial Coordination was told Wednesday that around 70 percent children drop out after primary education in Balochistan owing to unavailability of transport facility and 600 scholarships meant exclusively for the Baloch students have not been given by the government so far.
"Middle or high schools are located at a distance that cannot be accessed without transport facilities, which results in drops-out," Chief

Pre-midnight petrol sales drop as prices fall

LAHORE - As soon as the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani announced the decrease in petroleum prices, people stopped purchasing petrol on Thursday night. New petroleum prices were implemented from last midnight, thus people waited for the date to change before they buy petrol. Petrol pump owners said their sales dropped sharply as soon the announcement was made.
Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) Chairman Abdul Sami Khan, while talking to Pakistan Today, said every

India says Pakistan must drop ‘terror’

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that friendly ties with Pakistan could only come when Islamabad ensured its soil was not used for "terrorist" activities against Indian targets. Relations have been strained between the nuclear-armed neighbours since 166 people were killed in 2008 attacks in Mumbai blamed on the outlawed Laskhar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), which is based in Pakistan.
"We want friendly relations with Pakistan. But we know this will be possible only

KESC to drop production due to low quality fuel supply

KARACHI: Karachites would face further load shedding as a power generating unit of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has been closed for, what the sources said, burning of furnace oil of "below specification", supplied by a private oil company.
KESC is relying on a private oil supplying company 'Byco' to meet its additional fuel needs. The furnace oil supplied by the company, sources claimed, was not up to standard, causing the closure of a unit of KESC at Korangi. Due to