Tag: Holds

Punjab holds Centre responsible for sugar crisis

LAHORE: The Punjab government informed the Lahore High Court on Tuesday that the federal government was responsible for the sugar crisis as it did not import sugar when its shortage started in 2009.
The Punjab government submitted a detailed report in the court of Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, taking a plea that there was shortage of 1.1 million metric ton sugar in the country in 2009, out of which the Punjab required 0.75 million metric ton sugar.
The court was hearing a

Weather holds the key to SL-Windies Test

PALLEKELE: Sri Lanka and the West Indies hope for clear weather as they seek to clinch the series with a win in the third and final Test starting at a new venue on Wednesday.
The series is tied at 0-0 after rain-hit drawn matches in Colombo and Galle and the weather is likely to curtail play at the Pallekele International Stadium.
The West Indies, seeking their first Test victory in Sri Lanka, surprised the hosts with their impressive performance in Galle where they enforced

KSE holds its ground

KARACHI: The KESC has maintained a heightened level of trading, continuing its winning streak. The main board stocks faced off-loading mainly by the local corporate participants, resultantly KSE 100 index gained 28 points.
The 100 index closed at 10437.58, while all shares index closed at 7294.31 with the gain of 20.86 points. The activity by off-shore participants in the index heavy weight kept the positive numbers alive on the benchmark.
High turnover in below par

Australia strengthens hold, India holds off England

Australia complete Games glory with scratch one-two
Cameron Meyer celebrated a third gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Friday as Australia's formidable endurance riders took gold and silver in the men's 25km scratch race.
Meyer, who looked comfortable and in charge from the starting hooter, punched the air as he caught teammate Michael Freiberg, who won silver, on the last lap. Zach Bell of Canada took third spot on the podium.
Australia looked odds-on bets to