Tag: Row

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The United States on Thursday asked for an expeditious resolution of the row with Pakistan over the detention of Raymond Davis, an American national detained for killing two Pakistanis in Lahore, saying responsibility for his safety rests with the federal and Punjab governments.
Meanwhile in Lahore, Cantonment Judicial Magistrate Zafar Iqbal Sial granted bail to Davis for carrying an illegal handgun but extended his physical remand until February 11 in the

TORONTO - Miss Pakistan Annie Rupani came out in support of Pakistani actress Veena Malik who is under fire from the Muslim clergy for getting too close with Indian actor Ashmit Patel during her participation in "Bigg Boss 4" in India.
Slamming Mufti Abdul Qawi who said in a TV interview Friday that the actor has 'insulted Pakistan and Islam' by her behaviour, the Houston-based Miss Pakistan said the mullahs have no right to pass judgment on Veena Malik. "I fully support Veena

MELBOURNE - Indian doubles stars Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes Saturday shrugged off a furious on-court row after officials were forced to intervene to calm their seething opponents.
Bhupathi said the ugly row, which brought play to a halt on Court 2 as the players argued at the net, was "good for the game", adding that the "crowd loved it". Losing pair Juan Monaco and Feliciano Lopez were apparently so incensed over the Indians' use of the Spanish word "vamos" ("let's go")

Charlotte Church is "deeply sorry" for her derogatory remarks about the Queen in a recent interview - insisting she can't even remember making the comments. The former classical singer revealed in a recent chat with men's magazine Esquire that she "felt sorry" for the royal because she is an old woman who has "no idea what's going on". She added that she had met the ruler on several occasions, and the 84 year old had never remembered her. The comments hit the headlines this month and

ISLAMABAD - A row between the top judiciary and the executive continued throughout the year 2010, but the latter continued exercising judicialism as well as judicial restraint while the executive did not implement even a single verdict in letter and spirit in high-profile constitutional cases. Although the superior judiciary emerged as an independent organ of the state after the incumbent government came into power in the 2008 general elections, its decisions irked the executive after

DUBAI - Canadian nationals will have to pay as much as $1,000 in visa fees to travel to the United Arab Emirates from next month, the latest development in a diplomatic row over landing rights.
Tensions have risen between the two countries since Canada denied expanded landing rights for UAE airlines flying to Canada. That triggered a UAE government decision to end access to a military base used by the Canadian military to support troops in Afghanistan.
The UAE embassy in

MELBOURNE - Australia captain Ricky Ponting was fined 40 percent of his match fee after his frustration over a TV referral decision boiled over into an ugly row with umpire Aleem Dar on the second day of the fourth Ashes test on Monday.
Ponting, whose team face a huge task to save the test and keep alive their hopes of winning back the Ashes, spent more than a minute remonstrating with Dar after demanding a review of a not out decision against England batsman Kevin Pietersen.