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PARIS - Both are heading for domestic glory - but it is dreams of continental crowns which are intruding on the minds of Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola as they bid to steer their teams into the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday. Both Manchester United and Barcelona have one foot in the last four after contrasting first legs - yet both coaches are warning their teams they must take nothing for granted after drawing first blood. Barca, eight points clear in La Liga, thrashed

KARACHI - A t least 54 vacancies in the Sindh Tourism Department are unoccupied for over a year now due to disagreements between PPP and its coalition partner MQM over job quotas in government departments.
Reliable sources told Pakistan Today that applications were invited by the Tourism Department last year and a large number of youth had applied for the vacancies, however, the department could not conduct the interviews of the short-listed candidates due to political

LOS ANGELES - Critics skewered James Franco for a poor job co-hosting the Oscars with some saying he looked stoned onstage, but on Thursday, the actor said it was likely low energy, not dope, that was to blame. Franco, who hosted the world's top film awards in February alongside actress Anne Hathaway, told David Letterman on his talk show that he had thought about his poor reviews and speculation he was under the influence of marijuana and he thought he knew why. "I love her, but Anne

KARACHI - A blacklisted automobile workshop - allegedly having strong backing from the city's major political party - is charging excessive amounts from the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) for the repair and maintenance of its official vehicles, causing a loss of millions of rupees to the national exchequer. Reliable sources told Pakistan Today that in many cases, the bills issued by the workshop even cross the actual price of a brand new vehicle and the practice has been continuing for

LAHORE - The International Cricket Council is not happy that a Pakistani television channel has employed banned cricketer Salman Butt as an expert for the coverage of the World Cup. The ICC said although it had no relationship with the channel, the decision to employ Butt was disappointing. "We are not satisfied with this appointment and we have written to the Tribunal chairman, Michael Beloff to enquire whether this could be viewed as a breach of the terms of his suspended sentence,"

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday dismissed a petition moved by applicants seeking issuance of appointment letters in the Port Qasim Authority (PQA).
The division bench comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa had earlier reserved the judgment on the petition moved by 42 applicants after hearing final arguments from both sides.
The petition was filed by Saleh Muhammad and others through their counsel Abdul Salam Memon pleading the court

ATHENS - Greek police clashed with protesters on Wednesday as around 100,000 workers, pensioners and students marched to parliament in protest at austerity policies aimed at helping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis. Riot police fired scores of rounds of teargas and flash bombs at protesters hurling petrol bombs, choking the main Syndagma square with smoke and sending crowds of striking protesters running for cover.
Public and private sector employees' 24-hour strike grounded

LAHORE - Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt, banned for 10 years this week by an anti-corruption tribunal, said on Wednesday that he had signed up to give expert TV commentary at the World Cup.
Butt was banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) along with pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer following spot-fixing charges related to the Lord's Test against England last August. The 26-year-old Butt will give expert views for Pakistan's Channel 5 station at

ISLAMABAD - The Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) will make an all-out effort for the treatment of Zeshan Zahid, a patient who needs heart transplantation, Farooq Sattar, Deputy Convener of the party, said on Wednesday.
Zeshan, 22, currently under treatment at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, is the only son of Neelum Baji, a worker of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N). "Acting on the direction of our leader Altaf Hussain, I am here to assure that MQM will contribute to