Tag: Reach

ISLAMABAD - After a fortnight of confrontation, both the PPP and the PML-N have reached a quiet understanding under which both parties would end the path of confrontation and adopt a softened stance to ensure safe sailing for both parties.
A well-placed source informed Pakistan Today that the deal had been given a nod by the top leadership of both political parties and the telephonic conversation between President Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif had taken place

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani expatriates, in various foreign counties, have sent home remittances of over $7.0 billion during the six months of the current Fiscal Year and the figure is likely to reach $11 billion by year end. Bureau of Emigration Director Rana Matloob Ahmed said this at a seminar on 'Socio-economic development and labour emigration', here on Tuesday.
He stated that the government is sending an annual 4,00,000 labourers to different countries of the world. According to

MUMBAI - New Zealand's in-form Ross Taylor and opener Brendon McCullum blitzed Canada Sunday, helping to fire the Black Caps into the World Cup quarter-finals with a thumping 97-run win in Mumbai. New Zealand scored a mammoth 358 for 6 in their 50 overs and it proved too much for the minnows, who never looked remotely like challenging the target and ended on 261-9 after their 50 overs.
Canada were in a perilous position at 4-2 before captain Ashish Bagai (84) and Jimmy Hansra (70

PARIS - Barcelona and Shakhtar Donetsk reached the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday after seeing off Arsenal and AS Roma respectively with both the losing sides finishing with 10 men. Barcelona dominated Arsenal to win 3-1 on the night - 4-3 on aggregate - though the losers were left seething at the second-half dismissal of Dutch star Robin van Persie for a second bookable offence when he shot at goal after the referee had already blown his whistle.
Barca's goals came

LAHORE - Customs, WAPDA, NBP and SSGC reached the semi-finals of the 30th U19 Junior National Hockey Championship, which is in progress at Bahawalpur Hockey Stadium.
Customs will take on WAPDA in the first semi-final, while NPB meet SSGC in the second semi-final after a day's rest on Sunday.
On Saturday, four matches were played; Punjab, PAF Academy and Customs won their matches, while NBP and WAPDA played a one-all draw. Punjab earned a big 9-1 win against Sindh, while PAF

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari directed the PPP MPAs of Sindh on Wednesday to reach out to people in their respective constituencies and address their problems.
"You may not be able to give a job to every jobless youth, but you can assuage their hurt feelings by reaching out to them, listening to their grievances and addressing them as much as you can," he said while presiding over a meeting of the MPAs held at the Bilawal House.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah,

KARACHI - Board of Director's of National Bank of Pakistan in their meeting held on March 01, 2011 approved the financial statements of the bank for the year ended December 31, 2010 and announced 25 percent bonus and 75 percent (Rs 7.5 per share ) cash dividend payout to the share holder's for the year 2010. In an already challenging environment, historic floods in the country intensified the effects on already fragile economy.
The floods affected around 20 million people,

ROTTERDAM: Ivan Ljubicic needed 18 aces and two tiebreaks to post a win over Marcos Baghdatis Friday, advancing 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/4) against the Cypriot into the semi-finals of the ATP Rotterdam tournament.
Ljubicic renewed his long-ago promise to buy every fan in the stands a drink should he reach another Dutch title match and claim the victory.
"It's a long way but I'm sticking to my promise," said the 15th-ranked Croatian, owner of ten career trophys and loser in

LAHORE - PICIC Insurance strolled into the final of the high goal Pakistan State Oil Aibak Polo Cup 2011, to be played on Sunday here at the LPC ground. PICIC Insurance on Thursday trampled Warid Polo team with a big margin of nine goals to one. Raul LaPlacette made mockery of the Warid quartet with six goals, while the other three, Saqib Khan Khakwani, Naveed M Sheikh and Shah Qubilai Alam shared one goal each.
Warid'd Manual Crespo scored a consolation goal, and that too

MILAN - The UN's food price index hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East.
Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food and Agriculture Oganisation Food Price Index on Thursday touched its highest since records began in 1990, and topped the peak of 224.1 in June 2008, during the food crisis of 2007/08.
"The new

ISLAMABAD -The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs could not reach a consensus over the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2011. The bill was introduced by Senator Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari on behalf of the law minister to the committee that met here under the chairmanship of Senator Kazim Khan.
Senator Jehangir Badar, Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan, Senator Raza Rabbani and officials of the law ministry attended the meeting. Senator Raza

LAHORE - Akhter Abdul Rehman Club marched to the semi-final of the M Yaseen Akhter Memorial Cricket Tournament by beating Apollo Club by seven wickets in the quarter-final at Iqbal Park Gound on Saturday. All-round performance by Tajamal was the main feature of the match.
Scores: Apollo Club 112 all out in 19.2 overs. Aleem 35, Salman 15, Tajamal Ch 4/19, Mehran 3/18, Ateeq 1/6. Akhter Abdul Rehman Club 116/3 in 16.2 overs. Tajamal Ch 27, imran Butt 52, HAfiz Aamir 20(no). Naveed

LAHORE - Kinnaird Club and Garrison reached the final of the 5th Regional Inter-district Senior Women's Cricket Tournament here on Saturday. The final will be played on Monday at the Kinnaird College ground. Ms Bushra Aitzaz, chairperson PCB women wing will be the chief guest of the prize distribution ceremony.
On the last day of the league matches, Garrison College defeated Barki Club by 118 runs. Mahlaqa Mansoor (108) led Garrison College to a big win over Barki. Garrison made

DOHA - Three-time champions Japan reached the Asian Cup final after defeating arch-rivals South Korea 3-0 in a nail-biting penalty shootout in the semi-finals on Tuesday. Centre-back Yasuyuki Konno netted the decisive penalty, placing the ball into the right-hand side of the goal, after Koo Ja-Cheol, Lee Yong-Rae and Hong Jeong-Ho had all failed from 12 yards for South Korea.
Japan led going into the final minute of extra-time but Hwang Jae-Won slammed in a sensational equaliser

LOS ANGLES - A ballet psycho-thriller isn't the typical boxoffice juggernaut, but as Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" hit the $75 million mark during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Women (big surprise!). About 55 percent of the audience is female (17-34 is the sweet spot), and many bring their boyfriends and husbands along.
Women are giving the film a B+ on CinemaScore; men are a bit less enthusiastic with a B, but that is considered great for a horror/thriller.

KARACHI - A painting exhibition titled 'Tales from the Desert-4 - Voices from Jamshoro' opened at the IVS gallery on Wednesday, showcasing the works of four young artists from Jamshoro.
The art pieces of Shafique Ahmed Tunio, displayed as the 'Teeli Series', depicted his childhood memories of playing with matchsticks and making toys with them.
He then found those matchsticks very close to his self and started expressing his inner self through these tiny, fragile and

DOHA - Japan routed Saudi Arabia 5-0 on Monday to set up an Asian Cup quarter-final clash with hosts Qatar, while Jordan joined them in the last eight by coming from behind to defeat neighbours Syria 2-1.
A hat-trick from striker Shinji Okazaki was the centrepiece of a comfortable Japan victory that consigned traditional powerhouses Saudi Arabia to one of the most abject and humiliating defeats in their history. "I'm very satisfied with today's result. We've cleared the first