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With lessons from the country’s history of journalism, the future of media should be refined; this was established at a seminar titled ‘21st century...

KARACHI - While showing extraordinary consensus in passing resolutions, the Sindh Assembly could not show the same spirit in carrying out legislation during the past three years - ostensibly due to disagreements between the two major partners in the coalition government, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), reveal official figures released by Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Thursday.
Briefing journalists about the Sindh Assembly's three-year

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 - A n important figure in American Pakistan art circles, Lubna Agha's work involves discourse with her personal history. While the revival of miniature paintings and calligraphy characterise much of modern Pakistani art and contemporary Islamic paintings, Agha's work draws inspiration from the rich tradition of the past where the meditative and ornamental qualities of the original media take on new meaning and intimacy.
Her art invokes a dialogue between the modern

KARACHI - An art exhibition titled 'Amnesia: The Loss of Cultural Memory' opens today (Wednesday) at ArtChowk-the Gallery where it would run until March 22. The show is curated by Aasim Akhtar, and features the works of Abeerah Zahid, Ayesha Kamal, Rabeya Jalil, Sana Ali and Zara Mahmood. According to a press release issued by ArtChowk's Bushra Hussain, this exhibition studies the loss of cultural memory in Pakistan today.
"By refusing to critically examine our past, we are in a

ROTTERDAM - The 2008 Rotterdam Open champion Michael Llodra of France cantered through his first round match here on Monday handing Russia's former top 10 player Nikolay Davydenko his second successive first round exit. Llodra, who won the title at the Ahoy stadium in 2008 over Swede Robin Soderling - the two-time Roland Garros finalist and top seed at this edition - beat Davydenko 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).
The 34th-ranked Russian, who had beaten Llodra four times in their prior six

TOULOUSE - European planemaker Airbus scored a surprise victory in the annual orders race against Boeing and celebrated the 10,000th plane sale in its 40-year history with a $5.0 billion order from Virgin America. A last-minute surge pushed Airbus past its US rival for a third year as it held onto a net order market share of 52 percent in the face of a resurgent Boeing, which was hit by cancellations in 2009 due to delays to its 787 Dreamliner.
EADS subsidiary Airbus said it had

HOBART - French top seed Marion Bartoli dropped only one game in dumping former world number one Dinara Safina out of the Hobart International on Monday. Bartoli was in commanding form to put out the 2009 Australian Open runner-up, 6-0, 6-1 in one hour and 31 minutes in a night match. "She (Safina) was a very tough opponent tonight. If you look at the rallies we played I think it was a really great match," the world number 16 said. "Some days we are really tight and the result goes my

MADRID - French striker Karim Benzema, who has struggled to hold down a first-team place at Real Madrid, says he did not try hard enough in the past to earn time on the pitch in an interview published Monday.
"I know when I play well and when I do it badly and if at any moment I have played less it is because I did not make enough of an effort to deserve it. Today I know that I make an effort and that is why I am playing," he told sports daily AS.
"What is key is that I have

KARACHI - Investors were energised by rumors of a discovery at Tulang well, which would mainly benefit POL and PPL, pushing the benchmark index beyond the 12,000 level as intense buying activity, volumes however failed to match the pace.
The KSE-100 crossed the 12,000 level, last witnessed on July 3, 2008, to close at 12031.46 with the gain of 145.44 points. Total volumes stood at 114,708,415 along with the total value 6,909,202,192.
Induction of the new board of directors

SOFIA: Prime Minister Boiko Borisov called on Wednesday for the sacking of 45 top diplomats identified by an historical commission as having been secret police agents under pre-1990 communist rule.
The commission said diplomats including the current Bulgarian ambassadors in London, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo and Moscow collaborated with the feared former Darzhavna Sigurnost security service when the Balkan country was a Soviet satellite.
Half of Bulgaria's ambassadors to European

Robert Pattinson is hiding an embarrassing past - he previously pursued a rap career, forming a band and recording hundreds of demos. The Twilight star admits he didn't always dream of becoming an actor and his goal at the age of 13 was to become a hip-hop artist.
Pattinson and his friends became a "crew" and called themselves Big Tub and the Tappy Cats and he hoped to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Eminem. He told a British magazine, "I've got a whole collection of tapes

LAHORE: Holders KRL and WAPDA recorded wins to claim three points each in the Pakistan Premier Football League. Muhammad Qasim landed the only goal in the ninth minute as KRL worked overtime to beat Afghan FC 1-0 at the Govt High School, Chaman. It was sweet revenge over the Balochistan-based outfit as KRL lost to them by an identical scoreline in October's first leg at Rawalpindi.
Afghan FC have mustered 42 points from 26 matches while KRL have 39 in 24 matches. Despite the

GUWAHATI: A century from Virat Kohli helped India secure a convincing 40-run victory in the first one-day international against New Zealand on Sunday. India's total of 276 looked enough, and New Zealand were out of contention at 169 for 8 after 36 overs before a quick ninth-wicket partnership of 67 between Nathan McCullum and Kyle Mills offered them a glimmer of hope.
But McCullum's dismissal in the 45th over allowed India to bowl the tourists out for 236 and finish as easy

GUANGZHOU: Sandeep Singh scored two goals as India stormed into the Asian Games men's hockey semi-finals with a 3-2 win over Pakistan Saturday, their fourth success over their arch-rivals this year.
The penalty corner specialist slammed one in each half and Dharamvir Singh chipped in with the third goal as India recorded their third consecutive win in group B after an action-packed encounter.
India have nine points ahead of Sunday's last league match against Japan, who are

LAHORE
Pakistan's former captain Younis Khan said Thursday he wanted to move on from bitter troubles this year and rebuild his career, after winning back a place in the national team.
The 32-year-old resolved a long-running battle with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday and was immediately picked to play for Pakistan's limited over series against South Africa starting next week.
"I am happy to be back and eager to play for my country," Younis told reporters. "I

A much changed Brazil from the one that disappointed at the World Cup finals cruised to a 3-0 victory over Iran in an international friendly here on Thursday.
Goals by Daniel Alves, Alexandre Pato and Nilmar were enough to see the Brazilians to an easy win on what was their second appearance in the United Arab Emirates - they walloped the UAE 8-0 in 2005.
Brazil - now under the management of Mano Menezes after Dunga was sacked following their exit in the World Cup