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ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum on Wednesday directed the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) not to renew the contract its LPG extraction contract with the Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) despite the Sindh High Court's Tuesday orders that allowed SSGC to do so.
The committee said the contract should not be renewed without a fresh bidding process; however, it permitted gas supplies during the interim period. Committee chairman Shaikh

BIRMINGHAM - Simon Jones, a fast bowler whose England test career was halted in its prime by one debilitating injury after another, wakes to a daily routine of strengthening exercises and icing his battle-weary limbs. He is the virtually forgotten spearhead of his country's glorious 2005 Ashes triumph over a previously dominant Australian team but at 32 refuses to believe his days representing England are over.
True, Jones has accepted that the rigours of five-day test cricket

ISLAMABAD - The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) was informed that there would be no negative impact of the recent decision on the manufacture of local cars permitting the import of vehicles up to five years old.
The Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired the meeting of the committee. An official source informed that the details provided to the committee said that the import of vehicles up to five years old was allowed in fiscal year 2007-08 in which

KARACHI - The high-ups of the authorities concerned are continuously interfering in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probing the National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam as some bitter facts have come to light. Recently, the FIA joint interrogation team was not permitted to search the house of an important personality of the business community as he is an in-law of Amin Qasim Dada, the main culprit of NICL scam.
"The FIA wanted a search warrant for the house of

MOSCOW - Strongman leader Vladimir Putin has sat down for an interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell, telling her Russia had tougher guys than him and praising Moscow students who undressed for his birthday for their courage.
Putin, known for his adrenaline-fuelled antics, told the British supermodel of experiences including swimming butterfly in a cold Siberian river and coming face to face with a tiger but added Russia had braver men than him. "I'm not the tough guy," the

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has once again expressed dissatisfaction over the efforts being taken by the government in the implementation of the 10-points agenda by the government.
Nawaz voiced disappointment on Monday while presiding over a high-profile meeting called to review the current political situation, the implementation of its 10-point agenda and the reorganisation of the party. He said the proposed 10-points were in fact the real solution to all the prevailing

ISLAMABAD - Fueling the controversy whether Salmaan Taseer should be called a 'shaheed' or not, Senator Humayun Mandokhel said on the floor of the House on Monday that the slain governor had blasphemed and those who call him a martyr also commit blasphemy.
He said this while speaking on a motion that he had moved for breach of his privilege by a UNDP staffer for misquoting him in media on this issue. "A woman, Marvi Sirmad of the UNDP, invited me to the chelum of Salmaan Taseer

LAHORE - American Raymond Davis is not cooperating with Investigators said Superintendent of Police Civil Lines (Operations) while talking to media during a press briefing on Monday. He said Lahore Police has added an illegal weapons (13/20/65) section in the murder case registered in Lytton Road Police Station against Raymond Davis for killing two young men (Faizan Haider and Faheem).
He said Raymond Davis has failed to provide the license or permission letter for carrying Glock

KARACHI - Over 1700 police personnel and officers were illegally promoted during the last 15 years in violation of all rules and regulations. Sources said that a severe divide exists within the Sindh police because these illegal promotions have allowed some officers to monopolize the institution.
On the other hand, many officers despite serving 25 years in the police are working as junior officers under the officer appointed in the last decade. Many officers and personnel got

LAHORE - The federal government should not increase fuel prices otherwise a "tsunami of inflation" will hit the country, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Pervaiz Malik said on Sunday.
In a press statement, he said that the federal government would not be allowed to increase fuel prices on the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) pressure and if people come on the roads following protests in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, rulers would have to

LAHORE - Politics of revenge has never been the Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) policy while the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) history is full of retribution and victimisation of political opponents, PPP Punjab chapter office bearers said on Saturday reacting to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif's statement that the federal government wanted to implicate him and Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif in former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer's assassination case, said the PML-N that persecuted

COMMENT - Pakistan have won just one and lost seven in eight limited overs international matches played at AMI Stadium, Christchurch, where they will play third match of the six-match series against New Zealand on Saturday (January 29). New Zealand, on the other hand, have a good record at this ground. They have won 26, lost 19 in 45 matches played here. Since 2000, they have won 13 and lost four. New Zealand average 30.59 runs per wicket at this venue, while Pakistan average 22.85