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LAHORE - Pakistan's coach Waqar Younis has become the latest to join the growing list of people who have expressed their surprise over Pakistan Cricket Board's decision to delay naming of the captain for the 2011 World Cup while announcing the 15-member squad.
"This is also surprising to me. I don't know what reasons the board could have for delaying naming the captain but personally I feel it would have been better to announce the captain along with the World Cup team," Waqar

PESHAWAR - The administration of Peshawar University has requested the government to stop political intervention at Azakhel Botanical Garden by a specific lobby who want to disturb the academic and recreation environment at the garden.
Through a press release on Wednesday, the administration informed the reporters that the university has started exclusive BS degree program in which hundreds of students were enrolled and more than ten PhD students were doing their research at the

ISLAMABAD - The investigation into the Haj scam is unlikely to reach its logical end as the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team has not been able to obtain any concrete evidence since the government of Saudi Arabia has disallowed the FIA team to record statements of Saudi nationals.
A source in the FIA told Pakistan Today that the Saudi government had asked its citizens not to record any statement with the Pakistani officials.
The source also said the FIA team,

NEW DELHI - India on Friday urged Pakistan to allow onion exports after its regional rival and estranged neighbour cut off trade in the vegetable by land because of spiraling prices at home. The cost of the humble onion, which provides the pungent foundation for a thousand different curries and other dishes in the subcontinent, has shot up in both countries, leaving their governments grappling for solutions.
Onion prices have more than doubled in Pakistan as the country has

LAHORE - Former skipper Salman Butt may be banned for life in the ICC hearing scheduled to be held in Doha from January 6, it was learnt on Monday. It was learnt that evidence against Butt was strong and the officials have scripted the possible penalties for the tainted trio of Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt.
According to sources, Salman faces life ban and other two may get away with two to three year bans. Though the ICC denies any such move, but the source says a

LAHORE - Football teams of Palestine and Malaysia will tour Pakistan in February and March for home and away series, the Pakistan Football Federation announced on Sunday. The PFF has done what the country's major sports like cricket and hockey have failed to do - bring international teams to the country.
Although the PHF has announced a series against Egypt but dates of it are yet to be finalised. Palestine footballer will visit Pakistan from February 27 to play two matches at

Lahore - Citizens are bracing the New Year with a mixed feeling of enthusiasm and pessimism. While some are hoping for the fulfillment of many social and personal desires, other express a more practical approach towards the New Year and argue that all that is desirable may not exactly be attainable.
Citizens quarreled that 2010 was not the best of the years for them as they had to cope with multiple problems during the year. They said that the preceding year was not able to

KABUL - A top official in the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) said the government has not been able to open the way for Afghan trade convoys stuck in Iran and Karachi. It has been four months since food containers bound for Afghanistan have been stopped at Karachi port, the official said. He said despite Pakistan's premier's promise to resolve Afghan trade convoy problems in the country, conditions for Afghan traders have become even worse. ACCI said fines imposed by

BRUSSELS - A European Union arms embargo clamped on China in 1989 following the Tiananmen crackdown could be lifted in early 2011, Brussels sources told Thursday's edition of France's Le Figaro daily.
The lifting of the embargo on all lethal weapons "could happen very quickly," a source close to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told the paper.
An EU diplomat in Brussels refused to confirm the claim, but acknowledged that Ashton recommended as much in a report

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board's Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmed said Sunday that the International Cricket Council's Future Tour programme was troublesome for Pakistan.
He said because of lack of slots, it was difficult to bring international teams to Pakistan. He, however, said that plans to invite junior teams from Bangladesh and Zimbabwe were under consideration for 2011
Meanwhile, he said Pakistan-Afghanistan match in XVI Asian Games held in Guangzhou (China) in

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI urged an end Saturday to conflict in the Middle East and support for the region's Christians, saying those living in Iraq needed comfort from their pain after deadly attacks.
In his traditional Christmas Day address delivered at the Vatican, the pope also called for human rights to be respected in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as for an end to the turmoil in African troublespots. And there was a plea for reconciliation on the Korean peninsula

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday warned the United States that it would stop cooperating in the war against terrorism if the US-led NATO troops carried out cross border raids in the Tribal Areas.
US military officials told The New York Times that the commanders in Afghanistan had drawn up plans to attack Taliban and Al Qaeda sanctuaries in Pakistani tribal regions.
According to this report, the US military reportedly pressed for permission to open a second front against

KARACHI - Under the watchful eye of thousands of law enforcement agencies' personnel, the commemoration of Ashura in Karachi concluded on a peaceful note.
Several small processions from various parts of the city convened at the Nishtar Park to join the main Ashura procession, and around 10 am, the procession started moving forward along its designated route, and ended peacefully at the Imambargah Hussainian Iranian in Kharadar Police and other law enforcement agencies provided

ISLAMABAD: The government's plan to implement a uniform education system in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) is likely end in fiasco owing to educational managers' inability to win approval of the required funds.
The uniform education system as well as upgrade of the teachers of the capital territory was announced by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on the international teachers' day two months back. Gilani, while addressing a function to mark the day, announced a

ISLAMABAD: The government is considering on a plan which, if finalised, would end the domination of Japanese players in the local automobile sector and pave the way for entry of leading European, Korean and Chinese auto manufacturers into the country. According to official sources, the plan devised by the Engineering Development Board, a subsidiary organisation of Ministry of Industries, is held up due to the pressure exerted by Japan, which is one of the major donors to the country.

BARCELONA: A second string Barcelona side proved too strong for Rubin Kazan Tuesday as the Russians fell 2-0 at the Nou Camp to miss out on a berth in the Champions League knockout phase. Last season, Rubin, unbeaten in 15 in their domestic league, briefly caused a sensation with a 2-1 pool phase win.
The return was a draw, as was this campaign's opener in Russia - hence leaving the Catalan club winless in three previous meetings.
But they put the record straight as they

KARACHI: Flood survivors, particularly pregnant women are forced to return in camps instead of staying in their flood-ravaged villages in Sindh, according to the data collected by Pakistan Today.
"The floods have destroyed Basic Health Units (BHUs) in rural areas, leaving people with no option but to go back to camps near bigger cities. Hospitals, those left standing, are unable to handle the sheer number of cases that have descended upon them," said Azra Memon, president of the