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LAHORE: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) while welcoming the new small federal cabinet expressed the hope that the government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani would take all possible steps for the welfare of poor people and save precious national exchequer.
They termed PPP Co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari's move to downsize the cabinet as a wise decision and said it would have positive impacts on the economy.
PPP Punjab President Imtiaz

SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Division Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Ashfaq has urged the public servants in the division to provide maximum relief to the general public and take steps to eradicate corruption and mismanagement from all government offices. "The government servants should dedicate themselves to the welfare agenda of the Punjab government and redress public complaints," he added.
He was addressing the government officers of all provincial and district government departments in his

LAHORE - United Nation's Fund for Population Affairs (UNFPA) will cooperate for improving health facilities in Punjab's rural areas and will provide financial assistance for making the rural health centres functional. These views were expressed by the members of a delegation of UNFPA while talking to the Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad in a meeting on Wednesday.
The delegation comprised of UNFPA representatives; Rabbi Royan, Provincial Head Dr Jameel and Project

SYDNEY - Legendary Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan is to take a guest coaching role at Australia's top cricket academy in a bid to revamp the nation's spin hopes, reports said Tuesday. Muralitharan, the world's leading wicket-taker in both Tests and one-dayers, would spend several weeks at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence for intensive training with the nation's rising spinners, the Daily Telegraph said.
"This is a wonderful opportunity ... Murali has probably

ISLAMABAD - The trust developed through small barter trade taking place between Indian held Kashmir and Azad Kashmir has provided some former militants peaceful, non-violent role and alternative vision for change and conflict transformation despite considerable obstacles being faced by traders living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC).
"The cross border relationships of trust developed through trade have proved to have resilience to political turmoil and have begun to

ISLAMABAD - Speakers including legislators have assured pharmaceutical manufacturers that a solution to resolve industry issues after the 18th Amendment would be worked out. "If there is a will there is a way," said Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Dr Farooq Sattar, while speaking at a seminar on devolution of health sector organised by Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) here on Friday.
He said that politics is an art of finding out possibilities.

MUMBAI - The form and experience of returning fast bowler Brett Lee can lead Australia to a fourth successive World Cup title, former captain Steve Waugh told Reuters on Thursday. One of the fastest bowlers in contemporary cricket, Lee was forced to retire from tests in February last year because of injuries but he has looked back to his best in the ongoing one-day series against England.
Lee, 34, is the leading wicket-taker in the series with 11 as Australia have taken an

WASHINGTON - NATO-led forces can still win the war in Afghanistan even if Pakistan fails to move against militant havens on the border, a top US general said on Tuesday. "That's not a mission stopper in my mind," General David Rodriguez, deputy US commander in Afghanistan, told a Pentagon news conference.
US officials have long pressed Islamabad to crack down on the Haqqani network and other militants based in North Waziristan, saying the insurgents exploit the area as a

LAHORE - British Deputy High Commissioner Dr Peter Tibber called on Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaqat Baloch at his residence on Tuesday and discussed the international political situation and regional matters. Tibber's Political Secretary Alistair K Smith accompanied him. During the meeting which lasted for around one and a half hour, the British diplomat was informed about the JI's policy on important issues.
Baloch told the visiting diplomat that the UK, as an

KARACHI - The Sindh government has sought the Centre's help to take action against the bhatta (extortion) mafia which is harassing the business community of Karachi. The development came at a meeting held at the Sindh Chief Minister's House. Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and Interior Minister Rehman Malik jointly chaired the meeting.
According to an official handout, the chief minister ordered the law enforcement agencies to ensure that extortionists do not harass the business

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani leadership on Monday asked the US congressional delegation to play their role in delivery of drone technology to Pakistan and fast-tracking the passage for the reconstruction opportunity zones (RoZs) and Enterprise Fund legislation for the creation of higher employment and bringing down economic hardships of the people living in terrorism-hit areas of Pakistan.
Moreover, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, in their separate

LAHORE - The Punjab government has dispatched an official letter to the federal government to play its role for the immediate custody of the US Consulate driver and car which ran over and killed Ubaidur Rehman in a bid to help Raymond Davis, Pakistan Today learnt on Sunday.
According to sources, the letter sought federal government's help to unearth mystery behind the movement and the killing spree of Davis and his accomplices, who managed to escape from the scene. The letter

LAHORE - Former captain Moin Khan, who was in the forefront in the defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL), has appealed to the owners of the league to clear outstanding payments of the players.
Moin said that he had also spoken to the FICA chief executive Tim May on this issue but the Pakistani players could do nothing except waiting for the ICL organisers to fulfill their promises at some stage. Moin launched an appeal to the owner of the league, Subash Chandra and said he had also

ISLAMABAD - Russia on Monday sought Pakistan's help in tracking down anti-Moscow militants from the Central Asian states, who have taken refuge in the country's Tribal Areas.
The Foreign Ministry officials from Pakistan and Russia held crucial talks on ways to increase cooperation in counter-terrorism and nuclear non-proliferation during the sixth meeting of the Pakistan-Russia Consultative Group on Strategic Stability.
The Pakistan delegation was headed by Additional

KARACHI - The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) will cooperate completely with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Punjab, in the hopes that the MQM will cooperate with the PML-Q in Sindh, PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Friday during a visit to MQM headquarters, Nine-Zero.
Over a conversation via telephone, MQM chief Altaf Hussain concurred and said that the two parties have and will work together for the sake of the country.
"As long as patriotism is

LEEDS - Samir Nasri helped Arsenal overcome a potentially tricky FA Cup third round replay as Arsene Wenger's side defeated Leeds 3-1 on Wednesday to book a fourth round date with Huddersfield. After being held 1-1 by Simon Grayson's Championship team at the Emirates 11 days earlier and losing to Ipswich in the League Cup semi-final first leg, the pressure was on Arsenal to avoid another embarrassing slip-up.
Nasri eased any nerves before Bacary Sagna doubled their lead at Elland

KARACHI - The federal government has rebuffed the Sindh government's pleas to release funds for the federally-funded Rs 29.20 billion scheme - the Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) - and asked the province to arrange the money on its own due to the prevailing financial crunch.
Well-placed sources in the Irrigation Department told Pakistan Today that the project, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2008, was extended for two years until June 30, 2010, but the lack of funds from