Tag: Slam

ISLAMABAD - Exposing Interior Minister Rehman Malik's attempt to dupe the Upper House, senators ridiculed him on Monday, saying the letter of the government against US priest Terry Jones was a mockery of the sentiments of the Muslims. Immediately after commenting on the unanimous resolution against the burning of the holy Quran by US pastor Terry Jones, Malik circulated a letter which the government had written to Interpol against the priest, among the members of the House.
After

QUETTA - Members of the Balochistan Assembly have expressed serious concern over the non-availability of fuel for trains and high fares of PIA flights for Balochistan, while condemning US drone attacks on a gathering of tribal elders in North Waziristan Agency.
The assembly session started with Speaker Muhammad Aslam Bhootani in the chair on Friday evening and the House offered fateha for the people killed in Thursday's drone attack in Datta Khel, soon after recitation from the

LAHORE - Film director Syed Noor of an upcoming film lauding extra-judicial killing in the name of Islam denies any similarity between his film and last month's killing of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer.
For Pakistanis, the scene may evoke memories of the moment Taseer was killed by his own security guard last month for speaking out against the blasphemy laws, which have long been used to carry out personal vendettas and persecute minorities. Instead, it's a poster for upcoming

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.

MELBOURNE - Newly crowned Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic Sunday said he was sure Andy Murray will break through and win a Grand Slam after his latest heartbreak. The Serbian world number three never gave Murray a chance, winning 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 for his second Australian title.
It was more misery for Murray, 23, who crashed to his second straight sets loss in the last two Australian finals. Murray was bidding to become the first British man to win a Grand Slam since Fred

MELBOURNE - David Ferrer dumped injury-hit Rafael Nadal out of the Australian Open in straight sets Wednesday, ending the world number one's bid for a historic sweep of the Grand Slam titles. The grimacing Nadal was in trouble right from the 18-minute second game, but despite repeated medical attention and a strapped left thigh he grimly battled to a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 quarter-final defeat.
Nadal's shock loss comes on the exact anniversary of last year's injury pull-out in the

LAHORE - Former Test players believe that Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is not serious in his attitude and is not giving his hundred percent to the team. The criticism came after the humiliating loss to New Zealand, which won its first ODI after 11 straight losses, including a series against Bangladesh.
Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail and legendary leg-spinner Abdul Qadir Saturday lashed out at Afridi for his highly irresponsible behavior in the first ODI. "How a captain can ask

QUETTA - A number of provincial ministers belonging to different political parties in a point of order in the assembly session strongly protested the restoring of anti-smuggling powers of Frontier Corps Balochistan and said that the people living close to the borders had been deprived of their bread and butter.
The session was presided by Speaker Mohammad Aslam Bhootani on Saturday. Parliamentary leader of Balochistan National Party (Awami) and Agriculture Minister Mir Asad

MELBOURNE - Rafael Nadal said Tuesday he avoids reading reports about his quest for a 'Rafa Slam' and was not obsessed about winning a fourth consecutive major. The world number one was gifted passage into the Australian Open second round Tuesday when Marcos Daniel retired hurt, putting him a step closer to a non-calendar year Grand Slam.
The French Open, Wimbledon and US Open champion was leading 6-0, 5-0 when Brazilian journeyman Daniel, 32, conceded defeat after being

MELBOURNE - Like a queen without a crown, new world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki is grabbing more attention entering the Australian Open for what she is missing than her lofty status. The 20-year-old Dane won more matches (62) and titles (six) than any other women's singles player last year. But Wozniacki will walk onto Rod Laver Arena to play Argentina's Gisela Dulko on Monday with a glaring gap in her otherwise impressive resume - no grand slam trophy.
Not that Wozniacki, the fifth

MELBOURNE - World number one Caroline Wozniacki faces a likely early test against seven-time majors champion Justine Henin if she is to go on to break her Grand Slam drought at the Australian Open. In the official draw made on Friday, Wozniacki is projected to meet the former world number one and last year's finalist in the quarter-finals.
The 20-year-old Dane reached the top ranking in October last year with the consistency of her performances outweighing her failure to win a

MELBOURNE - While the giants of men's tennis flexed their muscles in practice at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, the game's dark horses gathered at the gentile Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in the build-up to next week's Australian Open.
Once a launching pad to grand slam glory for past champions, the invitational Kooyong Classic held in Melbourne's leafy eastern suburbs will host a rather more modest lineup when it starts on Wednesday.
Shock Wimbledon finalist and world number six

NEW YORK - NASA scientists have named John Cusack's blockbuster 2012 as the most "absurd" sci-fi film of all time. Experts at America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Science and Entertainment Exchange have put together a list of the least plausible science fiction movies ever made, and the big budget 2009 picture came top.
The film, which depicted earth besieged by natural disasters, featured ahead of two more 'end-of-the-world' movies - 2003's 'The

ISLAMABAD - Calling drone strikes an assault on Pakistan's sovereignty, parliamentarians from both the treasury and opposition benches on Tuesday asked the government to call an all-parties' conference (APC) over the issue.
Speaking on a point of order, PPP-Sherpao President Aftab Ahmed Sherpao said the drone attacks were fueling militancy and terrorism across the country. "In 2010, a record number of drone attacks were carried out inside Pakistan. The government should clarify

LAHORE: Punjab ministers Raja Riaz and Ashraf Sohna from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) said on Monday during the 21st session of the Punjab Assembly that the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has always created hurdles in serving the masses.
It was a routine start of proceeding but just before the question hour session PPP legislator Hassan Murtaza drew the attention of the house over the issue of the exploitation of sugarcane growers by the sugar mill owners. e said that the mill