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RINGSIDE VIEW - Kamran Akmal is a one-man demolition team - for his own side. No Pakistan team has suffered such misery for so long at the hands of a wicket-keeper so grossly incompetent (ask the lay man in the street anywhere in Pakistan, and he would tell you in chaste local dialect laced with few invectives of what he thinks of his antics behind the stumps, with an insinuation or three). The mystery is that after being ceaselessly dented by the elder Akmal, how the Pakistani

LAHORE - Former Test cricketer, Sarfaraz Nawaz Monday predicted that Pakistan had fifty-fifty chances in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup. He said that there was a need to make comprehensive planning for the rest of the competitions. He said Pakistan performed well in the first three matches against minnows Kenya and Canada. "However, victory against Sri Lanka was not impressive. Pakistan committed too many mistakes which should have overcome them in the next game but unfortunately

KARACHI - Contrary to the presumption of the media, both domestic and international, the education gap in Pakistan is not actually being addressed by madressahs - only six percent of students attend Madressah, according to the 'Education Emergency Pakistan Report' released on Tuesday by the Pakistan Education Task Force (PETF) as part of its March for Education Campaign. As far as the results of State-sponsored education are concerned, only 35 percent of school children in Pakistan,

KARACHI - The army should not be consulted on political matters, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional leader Pir Pagara said at a reception thrown by former provincial minister Imtiaz Shaikh at his residence. "There will be no general elections in Pakistan for the next 20 to 25 years," he added. Pagara said that new criteria of eligibility for vote-casting would be formulated, according to which the right to vote would be given to taxpayers, the affluent and those who are at least

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday underscored the importance that Islamabad and the US must "candidly" share views on significant issues to deepen the mutual understanding, saying that "isolated incidents must not be allowed to impact the bilateral relations".
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani conveyed this message to US Special Representative on Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman in their separate meetings.
Grossman spent a busy day in the

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He said the nation had paid heavily in the war against terrorism, losing thousands of men and suffering colossal economic toll. He said Pakistan was fighting its war against terrorism in a manner which was most suitable in the particular context and no one should question our commitment or intentions. "Where our soldiers took on the militants head on, we pursued policies and actions to wean away our youth falling into the traps of militants. The world can't

KARACHI - "Peace can be achieved through books, not bombs," Hamdard University Chancellor Senator SM Zafar said on the occasion of the university's 15th convocation.
Zafar said some people think that terrorism could be controlled by strengthening the law, the secret agencies and the judicial system. In his view, however, terrorism could be curbed by spreading education in the country. He said that there is a shortage of funds and knowledge in the country, and that the nation is

KARACHI - In addition to receiving hefty salaries, perks and privileges, senior officers in the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) are being reimbursed heavy medical bills almost every month without the mandatory doctor's prescription, causing annual losses worth millions of rupees to the national exchequer, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The chairman, director generals and those who are appointed on deputation are entitled medical treatment on the basis of terms and conditions approved by

KARACHI - "Peace can be achieved through books, not bombs," Hamdard University Chancellor Senator SM Zafar said on the occasion of the university's 15th convocation. Zafar said some people think that terrorism could be controlled by strengthening the law, the secret agencies and the judicial system. In his view, however, terrorism could be curbed by spreading education in the country. He said that there is a shortage of funds and knowledge in the country, and that the nation is

FAISALABAD - All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA) divisional chairman Ali Abbas Awan has clarified that their association will not support any call of strike to press for the demand for increase in the cargo transportation rates. "We condemn any such demand for increase in shipping charges," he said. He was speaking at a meeting chaired by APOTOA Central Chairman Haji Akram Khan Durrani in Faisalabad. The meeting was held to discuss the current issues. "We have no plan

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday reiterated the government's resolve to bring to book those behind the assassination of Minorities' Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti. At the eve of funeral prayers held for the late Bhatti at a local church, Gilani said, "It is a sad day. I was totally shocked (on the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti), because he was not only a great leader, was not only allied with the PPP, but was a friend and worker of Benazir Bhutto."
The prime

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters at a press conference on Friday that slain minister Shahbaz Bhatti did not adhere to the prescribed security procedure, which provided the gunmen an opportunity to attack him. Malik stated categorically however that he never said Bhatti was responsible for his own assassination. He said though that had Bhatti not ordered his security staff to abandon him, the attackers could not have killed him.
He also said that Bhatti's

LAHORE - Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir has said lawyers should not indulge in politics at the cost of their own well being and welfare and solidarity of the lawyers' community. Addressing the members of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on the occasion of a reception she hosted in honour of the newly elected office bearers of the LHCBA here on Thursday, Asma reiterated that the legal fraternity must take a united stand for the welfare and

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) criticised the statement of a veteran politician predicting army rule for 30 years and asked the army leadership to snub such voices. PML-N senior leader Ahsan Iqbal said, "Those who predict and support military rule in Pakistan are trying to prove that Pakistan is a failed concept because military rule is an illegitimate exception and proves that a particular country is unable to run its affairs according to law and constitution. It also

KARACHI - "SAARC Mela" scheduled in first week of April by a group of women entrepreneurs in Karachi is not an event of SAARC Chamber's Women Entrepreneurs Council (SCWEC), which is the sole representative of the Women Entrepreneurs of South Asian Countries. This was stated by Muhammad Iqbal Tabish, Secretary General of SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry adding that the organisers of SAARC Mela is a non accredited body of SAARC and refrained the organisers to cannot use the brand

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss was trying on Monday not to think about the mouth-watering World Cup clash against his Australian compatriots, opting to concentrate on Kenya instead. The 1996 champions went down to Pakistan by a narrow 11-run margin in their Group A match on Saturday and Bayliss is more concerned about not slipping up against Kenya on Tuesday. "Our thoughts are on the Kenya match tomorrow," said Bayliss. "But looking forward to Australia (March 5), our guys

LAHORE - An expert who previously worked in a key US State Department diplomatic affairs position was questioning the Obama administration's claim that Raymond Davis, the American currently imprisoned in Pakistan after killing two men, had diplomatic immunity, news website Salon.com reported.
The website said that Ron Mlotek, who was a specialist in diplomatic law, had served for 25 years as legal counsel at the State Department Office of Foreign Missions, which regulates foreign