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Mirza optimistic no mishap this Ashura

KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zufiqar Mirza is optimistic that the 10th of Muharram would pass peacefully this year, as the provincial government has made foolproof security arrangements.
He informed this to a delegation of the Awami National Party (ANP), which called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the Chief Minister's House on Saturday. The Awami National Party delegation discussed different issues including working relationships among coalition partners and the

Peng on treble path, Mirza loses marathon

GUANGZHOU: China's Peng Shuai shattered 40-year-old Kimiko Date Krumm's dream of a second Asian Games title on Sunday to keep her triple gold bid on course.
Peng clinched a 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 6-2 win over the veteran Japanese, who won her first singles gold at the Hiroshima Asiad in 1994, and now faces Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova, who put out Indian golden girl Sania Mirza.
Peng, 16 years Date Krumm's junior, made the most of her opponent's inconsistency where an impressive

Krumm, Mirza ease into quarter-finals

GUANGZHOU: Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm, the 40-year-old top seed, and Indian golden girl Sania Mirza both reached the Asian Games women's singles quarter-finals on Friday.
Date Krumm, who was the gold medallist at the 1994 Games in Hiroshima, brushed past Hong Kong's Zhang Ling 6-3, 6-3 while Mirza knocked out Chinese hope Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-2. The unseeded Mirza's world ranking has slumped to 166 following a series of injuries and she was forced to miss the women's team

Struggling Mirza blames sickness for defeat

GUANGZHOU: Indian glamour girl Sania Mirza blamed four days of sickness for withdrawing from the Asian Games women's team tournament, a decision which she blamed for her country's defeat on Saturday.
Mirza, who said she had been suffering from a sore throat and an ear infection, was forced to watch from the sidelines as India lost 3-0 to Indonesia in the first round.
"I was sick for four days and a lot of things changed because of that," said the Indian star. "We didn't

Government will maintain free market stance, says Mirza Ikhtiar

LAHORE
There is unanimous accord among the major decision-makers that the fundamental principles of the free market must not be disrupted, and the government would not attempt to intervene in setting the domestic price of raw cotton, given prices prevailing on the world stage.
This was stated by Federal Adviser on Textiles Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, while addressing a joint press conference with All Pakistan Textile Mills Association Chairman Ejaz Gohar at the APTMA House on

Star To Watch : Sania Mirza

All eyes will be on Indian tennis star Sania Mirza when she plays in the final of women's singles against Australian opponent at R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex on Saturday, October 9. The 24-year-old from Hyderabad staged a grand recovery after losing the first set to get the better of Australia's Olivia Rogowska 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first of the semi-finals.
"That was a fantastic win. My heart is beating really fast. It hasn't sunk in," said a delighted Sania Mirza. "I'm happy with