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KARACHI - All public transport vehicles including mini buses and large passenger buses will be converted to pollution free and economical fuel compressed natural gas (CNG).
This was stated by Sindh Minister for Transport Akhtar Husain Jadoon, while speaking at the seventh CNG Conference and Exhibition CONEX 2011 at a local hotel. The conference was organised by the national forum for environment and health. The All Pakistan CNG Association Minister said that President Asif Ali

PESHAWAR - Pakistan has put on hold a likely military operation in North Waziristan Agency in reaction to unnecessary pressure tactics by the US administration, sources said. In background interviews, sources privy to the development told Pakistan Today that military strategists had been giving a serious thought to launch the much-awaited military offensive in North Waziristan, which is considered a hotbed for Al Qaeda and its affiliated local Taliban. A senior security official said,

TOKYO - Movie bosses behind Hugh Jackman's upcoming 'Wolverine' sequel and James Cameron's 'Avatar 2' have reportedly put the projects on hold in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan.
The Australian actor is due to reprise his role as the clawed superhero for a sequel to 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which will see much of the action set in Japan. The project suffered a blow with the recent departure of director Darren Aronofsky, and now plans to film

TOKYO - Japan put its top priority on Wednesday on efforts to cool down a plutonium-fuelled nuclear reactor, attempting at one stage to water-bomb the facility without success amid fears that authorities were running out of options to avert disaster. The No.3 reactor is the only one of the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant's six reactor units to be powered with plutonium, which is far more hazardous to health than uranium, which is used to power the other five reactors.
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LAHORE - Fawad Alam, with a fine century, and Khalid Latif, displaying equally brilliant batting brought Sindh to a winning position against Federal Areas on day two of the fifth round match of the Pentangular Cup 2010-2011, here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.
Sindh made 359 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their second innings by the close of play, while Federal Areas team gathered 240 runs after Sindh made 202 runs in their first innings. Meanwhile at LCCA, Khyber

ISLAMABAD - It seems that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has shifted its focus from the 10-point reforms agenda and put it on the backburner as it has now proposed a national conference surprisingly with the judiciary and the army also to be invited as major stakeholders. Being the third proposal in sequence, after the Charter of Pakistan and the 10-point reforms agenda, the national conference is being seen as an attempt to buy time just like President Asif Ali Zardari's

KARACHI - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are at loggerheads once again - courtesy Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza. The home minister on Sunday finally accepted the People's Amn Committee of Lyari as one of the PPP's sub-organisation, sparking a retort from MQM leaders that they wanted to leave the Sindh government. The situation has prompted President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Rehman Malik to take notice of Mirza's statement, but

LAHORE - The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) is fast heading to bankruptcy as its budgetary deficit is about to surge from Rs 3 billion to 3.5 billion with the increase in petroleum prices. Out of Rs 3 billion, deficit attributable to electricity bills is Rs 2.5 billion. After the increase in petroleum prices, under the new fuel adjustment charges, electricity bills are bound to jack up, inflating WASA's bills by Rs 500 million annually. Sources in WASA told Pakistan Today that the

LONDON - The political future of Jack Straw, former British Foreign Secretary, is at stake after his refusal to apologise over his remarks about British Pakistani men.
Straw, a member of the parliament from the Blackburn constituency, which is largely dominated by Pakistanis from the Gujrat district, spoiled his relations with the electorate last month by telling a local channel that there was a specific problem in some areas, including his constituency, where men of Pakistani

LAHORE - The number of customers and stalls decreased at the Sunday Bazaars, as the massive hailstorm hitting the city on Saturday forced people to stay indoors. Vegetable and fruit prices increased around Rs 5 to 20 per kilogramme making it the second consecutive Sunday on which prices have hiked.
The massive hailstorm affected the bazaars in many ways, as water was present at the Model Town, Green Town, Johar Town and Wahdat Road Sunday Bazaars. Vendors said that people

LONDON - Injured batsman Eoin Morgan has said he will be back to fitness sooner than expected, boosting his chances of playing some part in England's World Cup campaign.
The England and Wales Cricket Board last week replaced Morgan with Ravi Bopara in their 15-man squad when the finger injury suffered by the Irishman during the one-day series in Australia was confirmed as a break.
But an upbeat Morgan tweeted that he was confident of making a quicker than expected return to

JERUSALEM - Israel has put its embassies on high alert, fearing they could come under attack, after identifying suspicious activities around some of them, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. "Unusual occurrences have been identified recently around a few Israeli missions abroad. Our assessment, at this point, is that these sites are under threat, and this is being taken care of," it said in a statement.
"The relevant Israeli authorities are in touch with relevant authorities

MELBOURNE - Li Na's memorable achievement in becoming Asia's first Grand Slam finalist put Chinese tennis firmly on the map at the Australian Open, and made her a big winner despite defeat to Kim Clijsters. Li led Saturday's final against the world number three, before Clijsters switched tactics to close out a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory for her fourth Grand Slam title, and her first outside the US Open.
Mother-of-one Clijsters, 27, had gone into the tournament as the firm favourite in

MELBOURNE - Britain's Andy Murray put a brave face on his devastating Australian Open defeat to Novak Djokovic Sunday after seeing his best chance yet to win a major slip away in straight sets.
The out-of-sorts Murray said the 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 loss was easier to swallow than last year's reverse against Roger Federer, when he broke down in tears at the presentation ceremony and took months to recover his form.

LAHORE - Swiss Ambassador to Pakistan Christoph Bubb has said that his government is committed to further strengthen Pakistan-Switzerland trade relations. The Swiss ambassador was speaking at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday. LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik, Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad and Vice President Sohail Azhar also spoke on the occasion.
The ambassador was of the view that the Swiss business community was quite impressed by the potential

RIFFA - It's a new tournament and a new week for Padraig Harrington and the European Tour, and the Irishman revealed he has already erased his disqualification nightmare from his memory. The triple Major champion was disqualified from the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship after a TV viewer e-mailed the Tour about his ball moving on the green in the process of marking it.
The genial Irishman has the chance to turn attention away from that as he is one of the star attractions of the 1.7

LAHORE - Punjab government's Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) has started an inquiry against Punjab Text Book Board (PTB) Curriculum Wing Director Chiragh Din Arif for committing corruption and financial irregularities and making millions through favouring private publishers.
Sources in ACE disclosed that Chirgah Din Arif misused his powers and favoured private publishers to amass million and ACE in this connection had received an application which revealed Curriculum Wing