Tag: Play

NEW DELHI - South Africa will bank on their recent form and fitness of key player Jacques Kallis when they take on an upredictable West Indies in their opening World Cup clash on Thursday. The South Africans enter this Group B match on the back of 11 consecutive one-day wins against Ottis Gibson's side and a 3-2 series victory over India at home. With Kallis declaring himself fully fit and ready to resume his all-round duties, South Africa appear a formidable side.
But what Grame

BAGHDAD - A play whose plot took actors and audience alike across Iraq's Kurdish capital of Arbil this week delivered a stinging portrait of the northern region's leaders as power-mad and greedy.
When Karukh Ibrahim's 90-minute production climaxed outside the Kurdistan region's parliament building, it was the 28-year-old director's way of adding his voice to protests that have raged against entrenched rulers throughout the Middle East.
"Qabristan", or "The Cemetery" in

PESHAWAR - After terminating contractual officers on the orders of Supreme Court, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government will now have to deal with senior police officers who have decided to approach apex court over its decision to post junior officers on senior positions.
From DIG to SHO level, important slots are occupied by the corps while Senior PSP officers have been made officers on Special Duty (OSD), sources informed the Pakistan Today. DSP's (BS 17) are heading the

LAHORE - Pakistan aim to get another good result when they play their fourth warm up match against Thai Division One League team Air Force United on Friday, February 18. "The team completed three warm up matches and is improving with the passage of time and I am hopeful that a fully prepared lot will be fielded against Malaysia Olympians in Olympic clash on February 23," said coach Tariq Lutfi.
"We played the three matches beautifully and the players feel confident. I am

ISLAMABAD - Reacting to the outburst by Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani advised him to observe party discipline and be loyal to the party rather than "playing to the galleries". Addressing the new cabinet members, Gilani said, "Our doors are open to anyone who believes in the party policy and discipline. It is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto's party, of which we are proud members. The party has made us what we are today. Let's be guided by

LOS ANGELES - Veteran US actor Al Pacino is to play Henri Matisse in an upcoming film about the French artist and his relationship with his nurse and model. 'Masterpiece,' about the pioneering painter's relationship with his nurse and model Monique Bourgeois, will be directed by Deepa Mehta, whose previous work includes 2003's 'Bollywood Hollywood' and 'Water' in 2006.
No start date has yet been fixed for the project, which will be made by production company Escape Artists from a

Bryan Adams is to thrill cricket fans by performing at the opening of the World Cup in Bangladesh later this month - and he'll celebrate by following up with his first ever gig in the country's capital, Dhaka.
The Canadian rocker is due to tour India in the days before the ICC Cricket World Cup and he's agreed to travel to neighbouring Bangladesh to play three songs at the event's opening ceremony on 17 February.
He will then stay overnight in Dhaka before performing his

LAHORE - Around 400 families with children uptill age 5 were present at the launch of Gymboree Play and Music in Pakistan. Gymboree Play and Music is considered world leader in Early Childhood Development. It has more than 700 centres in 46 countries around the world. "97% children who attend Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDs) beginning birth to three years of age perform better during the early years of their life and in Preschool as compared to children who don't attend such

Julia Roberts is in talks to take on Charlize Theron as Snow White's evil stepmother in a rival adaptation of the popular fairy tale. 'Monster' star Theron has been cast as the villainous queen in upcoming fantasy film, 'Snow White and the Huntsman', while 'Twilight' actress Kristen Stewart was linked to the title role - although her representative has denied movie bosses have approached her about the part.
It has now emerged that Roberts is in talks to play the queen in a

ANTWERP - Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters plans to play on for a maximum two years following her remarkable run of success since returning to the tour in 2009 after taking time out to have a baby. Clijsters, 27, has proved unstoppable force at the majors after a 2-1/2 year maternity break, winning three of her four grand slam titles after the birth of her daughter Jada.
While many now hold her up as a torchbearer for working mothers -- at the 2009 US Open she became the

LAHORE - The much awaited ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is just a couple of away and Team Pakistan will open its campaign with a warm-up match on February 15 at the Mirpur ground against Bangladesh. Pakistan will also play England on February 18.
Fourteen nations including 10 test playing countries will clash in the event which will be played from February 19 to April 2. All the teams have been divided into two groups. Before the official beginning of the World Cup, the ICC has

KARACHI - Anila Qayyum Agha's artwork is made up of series of collaged drawings that explore how social and gender-based issues result from the concepts constructed by history, traditions and the contemporary society.
"My usage of textile processes is inspired by the complicated social issues inherent in the fibre field. The addition of dyes, wax, coffee or tea stains invoke the history and residual memory of the feminine - of the domestic - and add to the depth of meaning

LAHORE - Gas pressure in the city remained low on Saturday causing problems for consumers while in some areas, supply was completely suspended. Consumers criticised the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) saying that the company has failed to provide gas to domestic, industrial and commercial users.
They said that there is no problem in availability of gas but the company has failed to manage the situation. The weather has changed in recent weeks declining usage of gas but

LAHORE - Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh recently visited the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) to discuss the issues faced by foreign investors in Pakistan. The meeting was attended by the OICCI members representing all major sectors including pharmaceutical industry, financial institutions and the energy sector.
OICCI President Ameena Saiyid presented an overview of OICCI and shared the results of the OICCI Business Confidence Survey, an

LAHORE - Pakistan's Aisamul Qureshi and India's Rohan Bopanna have found their names in list of final nominees for the 2010 Willi Daume World Fair Play Trophy.
The awards to be organised by AIPS will be presented at a gala ceremony in Olympic City Lausanne's Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel on January 27. AIPS as a founding member of the Committee for International fair Play (CIFP) will organise the 2010 World Fair Play Awards with the support of the World Lottery Association and

NEW YORK - 'Borat' and 'Bruno' actor Sacha Baron Cohen is to star in a comedy inspired by a book thought to have been written by the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
The 'Dictator' is a loose adaptation of the novel 'Zabibah and the King', which was a best-seller in Iraq in 2000. Paramount Pictures said the film would tell "the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed". It will be

ISLAMABAD - Serious reservations of Capital Development Authority (CDA)'s financial experts did not deter their bosses from approving a 37 percent over the Note of Inviting Tender cost bid for the construction of additional family suites at parliament lodges, sources said.
After the approval of this project, the cost which was originally Rs 2.5 billion, has now reached Rs 4 billion, the sources said, adding that the bid was not approved by the Tender Acceptance Committee (ATC)