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LAHOREb - The Agriculture Department Punjab has established facilitation centres for the farmer in the Potohar region as the wheat crop is reported to be attacked by pests' infestation (rust/aphid) because of the prolonged wet spell and cloudy weather. According to a spokesman of the department, regular monitoring by Extension and Pest Warning staff is under way to avoid any eventuality.
The condition of Wheat crop, cultivated on an area of 16.5 million acres, is satisfactory as

KARACHI - While critics foresee possible abuse of the leveraged products about to hit the country's stock exchanges next week, the National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL) begs to differ.
"This has been taken care of. Unlike previous leveraged products, cash and not securities will be acceptable in the new margin trading system," NCCPL Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Lukman, told Pakistan Today. The NCCPL chief said 'robust' risk management measures had been taken

CAIRO - Egyptian military has set a vote on constitutional change provisionally for March 19 as a prelude to a parliamentary election in June followed by a presidential poll to usher in full democracy, army sources said on Tuesday.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, running the Arab world's most populous nation since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak on February 11, is sticking to a short timetable to open a new chapter in modern Egyptian history.
"The timeframe the

FAISALABAD - DCO Nasim Sadiq expressed his displeasure over the slow pace of development schemes in education and health sectors and directed the city government officials to take disciplinary action against the contractors responsible for the delay. The action should include imposition of penalties and exclusion of their names from the government contractors' list, he said.
He was presiding over a meeting to review the progress of work on various development schemes. He gave a

HAMBANTOTA - Mahela Jayawardene smashed an 81-ball century, the fastest by a Sri Lankan in the World Cup to set up a 210-run victory over Canada on Sunday in Group A. Jayawardene blasted a six and nine fours in his 100 to set up a hefty 332-7 after Sri Lanka won the toss and batted first.
He was joined for a 179-run third-wicket partnership by Kumar Sangakkara who was out eight runs short of his century. In response, Canada lost wickets steadily although some lusty hitting by

KARACHI - Pakistan, which has imported over nine million cell phones from China out of a total import of over 11 million handsets during 2009-10, is likely to impose custom duty on those imported from countries with which it has signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to generate revenue.
Under the existing FTA with China and zero-rated duty on the import of cell phones, Pakistan has potentially lost great revenue which could have been generated, if the Rs 500 per set duty was imposed

LAHORE - Four Brothers Group (4B) Pakistan Biologic AG has started its new franchise network "Bio Traders". The inauguration ceremony of Bio Traders Franchise was organised in a local hotel on Tuesday, on the eve of Four Brothers Group Pakistan Biologic AG's second annual conference. Former President Senator Zafar Ali Iqbal Chaudhry was the chief guest at the opening ceremony and he cut the ribbon.
Speaking to media, Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry stressed it was an impressive achievement

KHARTOUM - A 25-year-old Sudanese man was being treated in hospital for second-degree burns, medics said on Saturday, in the latest instance of self-immolation in the Arab world.
Al-Amin Musa Al-Amin, a labourer from Darfur, poured petrol over himself shortly after Friday prayers and lit it as he stood in Suq al-Shaabi, a market in Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city, eye-witnesses told AFP.
They could not speculate on the man's motive. The man was rushed to Omdurman hospital's

MELBOURNE - Defending champion Roger Federer got back on track with a record 57th win at the Australian Open Friday as Justine Henin crashed and Venus Williams was forced out with a painful muscle injury.Men's third seed Novak Djokovic, women's number one Caroline Wozniacki and Russian Maria Sharapova also reached the last 16 as temperatures soared at Melbourne Park. But Williams departed in dramatic circumstances as she screamed in pain and limped to her chair after just one game of

DASKA - Technology Upgrade and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC) has established five National Institute of Design and Analysis centres in Sialkot, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta. According to details, Ceramics Development Centre Eminabad costing Rs 321 million would be operational soon while three engineering centres in Hyderabad, Peshawar and Hub costing Rs 600 million are being set up with the financial support of Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The purpose behind the

BARCELONA - Barcelona star Lionel Messi vindicated his selection as the World Player of the Year by netting a hat-trick in the 5-0 Spanish Cup destruction of Real Betis and now he has his sights set firmly on struggling Malaga.
Relegation-threatened Malaga face the ominous task of pitting themselves against Barca who will be seeking a record 28th straight game without defeat - they equalled their previous record tally set in the 1974-75 season with the win over Real Betis.