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Craig Kieswetter top-scored with a rapid-fire 61 as England made 229 for eight in a rain-affected first one-day international here at The Oval on...

A security check post and 12 shops were destroyed in a bomb blast in Miranshah on Tuesday. According to a private television channel, the bomb...

Sony Corporation will post its third straight annual net loss for the year that ended in March after writing off tax credits in the...

FAISALABAD - Dozens of women recipients of government aid under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) gathered outside Kanjwani Post Office Samundary to protest against the embezzlement of funds by the post office staff.
Reportedly, they said that they had been coming to the post office daily for many days but the authorities were turning them away on lame excuses to force them to offer bribes to get their money. They added that the post office staff had started deducting Rs

JAIPUR - Jacques Kallis and Gautam Gambhir hit impressive half-centuries to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to a nine-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League on Friday. South African Kallis top-scored with a 65-ball 80 not out while skipper Gambhir made an unbeaten 75 off just 44 balls as Kolkata achieved a 160-run target with nine deliveries to spare for their second win in three matches.
The pair added 152 for the unfinished second-wicket stand to ensure an

LAHORE - The post of senior registrar has been lying vacant in Lady Willingdon Hospital (LWH) for more than 30 years thanks to the negligence of the Health Department. LWH is one of those hospitals in Punjab where only mother and child care is being facilitated. More than 90 deliveries take place daily in the hospital and about 300 female patients visit the outpatient department.
Sources said that 24 seats of assistant professor, associate professor, senior registrar

ISLAMABAD - One in every 10 sanctioned teaching posts in monitored government girls high schools is lying vacant nationwide, where one teacher has to teach, on an average, 33 girls. Among the monitored schools, 55 percent did not have a library and 43 percent had no playgrounds.
The government needs to ensure the availability of staff and facilities for the education of female students in the country, says FAFEN Education Institution Monitor released here Monday. FAFEN Governance

ISLAMABAD - Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Farzana Raja Tuesday asked the Pakistan Postal Services to resolve the problems faced by the beneficiaries of the programme because of the postmen and other lower staff.
Talking to a delegation headed by Sardar Muhammad Umer Gorgaje, Federal Minister for Pakistan Postal Services, at the BISP Secretariat in Islamabad, she said the BISP was striving hard to ensure timely provision of monthly cash grants and other

AHMEDABAD - Ricky Ponting smashed his 30th ODI century to return to form and power Australia to 260-6 against India in the second World Cup quarter-final on Thursday.
Ponting (104) won a good toss on a slow, turning track at the Sardar Patel Stadium where he reckoned 250 would be a good total.
He and Brad Haddin (53) then ensured the total exceeded his expectations.
Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin and Zaheer Khan claimed two wickets apiece as India used seven

LAHORE - Balochistan crawled to 299 runs in 74.3 overs on the opening day of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup (First Class) 2010-2011 final against Sindh here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday.
Rizwan Haider, with his patient 81, kept the scoreboard ticking for Balochistan, and was duly supported by Saeed Anwar Jr (47) and later in the innings by Abdul Rauf (45).
Sindh's Mohammad Sami, with three wickets, was the pick of the bowlers and by the close of the play, Sindh were at

PESHAWAR - Amidst tall claims on the part of authorities regarding a military action against militants, terror acts are being still reported from across Mohmand Agency, which borders Afghanistan.
According the official account, one security personnel was killed and four others injured on the night between Thursday and Friday when dozens of extremists encircled a check post at Ghanamshah and opened indiscriminate fire. However, the attack was repulsed after the security forces

PARIS - Andrea Petkovic defeated Angelique Kerber 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 at the GDF Suez Open in Paris on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Yanina Wickmayer beat Elena Vesnina 7-6 (7/1), 6-2. Jelena Dokic posted a rare WTA tour victory as she renewed her bid to break back into the top echelon this year.
Dokic overcame Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and fired down 11 aces but lost her serve twice as she advanced to the second round. Dokic, who made the second round of the

WASHINGTON - AOL Inc has agreed to purchase The Huffington Post, the influential and rapidly growing news, analysis and lifestyle website, for $315 million, the U.S. internet company announced on Monday. The move will create a media group that will have a combined base of 117 million visitors a month in the US, and reach 270 million people globally, AOL said in a statement.
Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post, will lead a newly formed The

LAHORE - A play by Hazaar Daastan was acted out at the Alhamra Hall 2. The play titled Sabz, was produced by Umer Hameed and written and directed by Abdullah Farhatullah. Farhatullah told Pakistan Today that the play revolved around the youth and its take on the current social situation.
Although it is about a play within a play, the theme runs around young people and their take on society especially after the 9/11 scenarios. The play is a musical and has a witty script.

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - Desperate to muster support for himself, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani spent the entire day on Monday locked in talks with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leaders Shujaat Hussain and Pervaiz Elahi.
Though the meeting between Shahbaz and Gilani was prescheduled, the prime minister could not touch any other issue except seeking the PML-N's support for the survival of his government. Sources privy to the meeting

LAHORE - The Punjab government led by Shahbaz Sharif is likely to "gift" an important post to former Lahore High Court chief justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif for his unshaken loyalty and time-tested friendship with the Sharifs.
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif visited Justice (r) Sharif at his residence and discussed with him the basics of the new task and other related issues. A member of the PML-N Central Organising Committee told Pakistan Today that the parleys between Nawaz and

LAHORE: Peshawar, Islamabad and Lahore registered big wins on day six of the National Women Under19 T20 Cricket Championship 2010-11 at the Lahore Country Club, Muridke on Monday.
Peshawar stunned Faisalabad by four wickets. Peshawar reached the target in the final over after Faisalabad had made 100 runs for the loss of six wickets. Wajiha took Peshawar to a hard-fought win with her unbeaten knock of 37.
In another match Islamabad beat Quetta by 92 runs. Islamabad hammered