Tag: Lands

Heavy kitty lands Malik in trouble

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik failed to earn a place in Pakistan's preliminary World Cup squad announced on January 4 due to his failure to explain heavy bank account. Although the PCB didn't give any reasons for non-selection of Shoaib Malik and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria but it has been learnt that during the meeting of integrity committee, Malik failed to give answer regarding the presence of 90,000 British pounds in his bank account.
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Gaza projectile lands in Israel

JERUSALEM - A projectile fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area in southern Israel, the military said on Wednesday.
No-one was hurt and it did not cause any injuries when it landed in the Eshkol region, which flanks the northeastern sector of the Israel-Gaza border, the army said. It was not immediately clear if it was a mortar or a Qassam rocket, which takes its name from the armed wing of the Islamist movement Hamas. Gaza militants have fired dozens of rockets and

Cheryl lands $10 million deal

Popstar Cheryl Cole is set to double her fortune after signing a USD 10 million deal with recording label Universal. The British singer's latest album 'Messy Little Raindrops' will be retailed in the US by the music giant.
Top brass at Universal summoned the `Girls Aloud` star out of the blue on Sunday after new single `Promise This` hit number one in the UK charts. The deal will also include at least two more albums. The `X Factor` judge was squired around LA by good friend

ECC tells TCP to sell imported sugar as it lands

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Thursday directed the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to expedite sugar imports, sell the imported stocks at the port and immediately exhaust all other stocks to deflate the artificial price hike across the country.
The ECC met with Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the chair.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Additional Finance Secretary Rana Asad Amin said that the Trading