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LAHORE - Pakistan's former World Cup winning captain Imran Khan has said that the national team's flawed batting order led to its fall in the semi-final against India in the recently-concluded Cricket World Cup.
"I kept on saying that you need to send your best batsmen at the top so that they can save wickets. When you preserve your wickets, the pressure transfers to the fielding side and if you have a couple of hard hitters in the team, you can always score quick runs in the

KARACHI - The Port Qasim Authority (PQA) has suffered a loss of almost Rs 2 million in litigation over - what the sources say - useless issues at the hands of the authority's former deputed employee, Abdul Jabbar Memon.
Despite the fact that Memon is a government employee, he is also a member of the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) in clear violation of government rules.
He has been constantly involved in litigation with the PQA after his repatriation, thereby causing the authority

NEW DELHI - India's MS Dhoni, a star of countless TV commercials, and Kumar Sangakkara, the well-heeled son of a Sri Lankan lawyer, will be at the heart of Saturday's World Cup final action. For the first time in the history of tournament finals, the two captains are also the wicketkeepers. Sangakkara is relishing the challenge that his triple role as captain, batsman and keeper brings.
"Wicketkeepers, sometimes everyone says they are over-burdened and it's not the easiest job.

LAHORE - Results of the match between India and Pakistan claimed the life of a 40-year-old barber, who died of a heart attack on late Wednesday night, locals of the area told Pakistan Today on Thursday.
Muhammad Khaleel, resident of Abu-Bakar Saddique Colony located on Bund Road in the Sanda Police precincts, had placed thousands of rupees on Pakistan Cricket Team's win and when the team lost the match against his expectation, he started moaning and later felt severe chest pain,

MOHALI - Pakistan are considering playing their controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who will retire after the World Cup, in Wednesday's semi-final against arch-rivals India provided he is fit.
Shoaib, 35, has not played since Pakistan's loss to New Zealand in the group stages and his international career appeared to be all but over. Media reports said he had fallen out of favour after an argument with wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who dropped Ross Taylor twice in one over.

HONG KONG - The world's highest hotel opened its doors in Hong Kong on Tuesday, housed in the city's tallest skyscraper and offering unrivalled panoramic views of the world famous Victoria Harbour.
Towering some 490 metres (1,600 feet) above the bustling, chaotic streets of the Southern Chinese city, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.
Visitors peered out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the 118th floor of the International

KARACHI - Pakistan are considering playing their controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against India after his international career appeared to be over.
Shoaib, 35, who will retire after the tournament, has not played since Pakistan's loss to New Zealand in the group stages.
Media reports said he had fallen out of favour after an argument with wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, who dropped Ross Taylor twice in one over. Taylor went on to score a

KARACHI - The idea of 'one nation' cannot take root unless people belonging to all nationalities, ethnicities and cultures are treated equally, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said while talking to a delegation of students from various universities of the Punjab at MQM headquarters Nine Zero.
Addressing the delegation, which is on an inter-provincial study tour of various cities of Sindh on the invitation of Provincial Youth Affairs Minister Faisal Sabzwari,

LAHORE - Muhammad Ikhlaq, 20, died while his cousin, Suhail sustained injuries when a cylinder filled with ammonia gas exploded in an ice manufacturing factory in the Barki Police precincts on Sunday. The deceased was a resident of Hadyara village and a cousin of factory owner, Suhail, who also was injured.
Edhi officials said the two were alone at the factory when a cylinder filled with ammonia blew up. The blast was so intense that it damaged all chillers and cylinders

GENEVA - Up to one million Ivorians have now fled fighting in the main city Abidjan alone, with others uprooted across the country, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday in a sharp upwards revision of previous estimates.
"The massive displacement in Abidjan and elsewhere is being fuelled by fears of all-out war," UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told a news briefing in Geneva. "Available estimates are that between 700,000 and one million could now be displaced," Fleming

PESHAWAR - Mine and bomb attacks targeting police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday killed one person and wounded 11, including nine officers, police said. In the first attack, a donkey cart went over a mine buried by the roadside on the outskirts of Peshawar. "Both the donkey cart owner and donkey were killed. Basically the mine was planted to target police," Kalam Khan, a senior police official, told AFP. In the second incident, a remote control bomb hit a police patrol pick-up,

PESHAWAR - Mine and bomb attacks targeting police in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday killed one person and injured 11, including nine officers, police reported.
In the first attack a donkey cart went over a mine buried by the roadside on the outskirts of Peshawar, police said.
"Both the donkey cart owner and donkey were killed. Basically the mine was planted to target police," Kalam Khan, said a senior police official.
In the second incident a remote control bomb hit a

NEW DELHI - England batting coach Graham Gooch believes Andrew Strauss's men can succeed where he failed as a player and win the World Cup. The former England captain enjoyed a distinguished and lengthy career as an opening batsman, helping win a couple of Ashes series and posting the Test record score at Lord's of 333 against India in 1990.
But he also became the answer to a somewhat unkind quiz question: name the one England player who appeared in all three of their losing

LAHORE - A spokesman of the Punjab government Sunday said all government offices, including the Civil Secretariat Lahore and at the district level, would remain open as per routine.
The spokesman made it clear that if any one tried to interfere in the official work or stop any official to do the work, he would be dealt according to law.
He said that ensuring attendance in the offices and provision of services to the people for addressing their problems was the top priority

LAHORE - Hotel One by Pearl Continental is expanding its network to Sahiwal, a city that boasts of nearness to the historical Harappa Sites. This initiative on the part of Hotel One pinpointed Sahiwal as the biggest city between Lahore and Multan with strong economic activity generated by crops and industries including cotton ginning, tanning, textile spinning, weaving, leather products, pharmaceuticals, food processing, chip board and biscuits.
A formal Memorandum of

KARACHI - Differences among various factions of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-backed People's Unity of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Employees have reached a breaking point, with one of the factions mulling whether to quit the mother party altogether, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The People's Unity is currently divided into two main factions: one is led by Kamran Chaudhry and the other by Syed Ahmer Ali alias Amir Shah. Chaudhry's group is the one that led protests

KARACHI -The nations who forget their language and culture are nowhere to be found on the planet, said Sindh Katchi Abadis and Spatial Development Minister Rafique Engineer. He said this while addressing the closing session of the two-day national literary conference on 'Analysis of promotion of Sindhi language and literature' organised by the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Sindhi Department in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC)