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BARCELONA - Five-time champion Rafael Nadal was barely troubled in a 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of Spanish compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver as the top-seeded king of clay returned victorious to the Barcelona Open on Wednesday. Nadal polished his record for the season to 25-4 just 72 hours after defeating compatriot David Ferrer for an historic seventh straight trophy in Monte Carlo. The world number one owns 30 titles on clay and is aiming to pick up where he left off in 2009 here when he won

PESHAWAR - After living in makeshift tents and rented houses for months, some 24 families have returned to the comparatively safer parts of the troubled Mohmand and Bajaur agencies, where thousands are still taking shelter in the camps established for the internally displaced persons (IDPs). The government has offered free transportation facilities, food for few months and voluntary registration for those who have been living outside the government-run camps. "They will be provided

ISLAMABAD - The Met Office has forecasted on Saturday that a fresh spell of rains will start in several parts of the country during the next 24 hours.
According to a private news channel, a thunder storm was followed by rains in Peshawar on Saturday early morning.
The Meteorological Department has predicted of rain in the next 24 hours in Islamabad and Rawalpindi along with several other parts of the country.
"Strong winds and thunder storms followed by rain is expected

GENEVA - UN investigators said on Friday they would start next week to probe alleged human rights violations committed in Libya by both forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and rebels trying to topple him.
The independent three-member commission of inquiry, headed by American war crimes expert Cherif Bassiouni, declined to reveal their exact travel schedule but said that it would stop first in Egypt and also would visit Tunisia and Libya.
He said the team would gather testimony

ISLAMABAD - Learning its lesson from the young doctors' strike and on the special directive of the presidency, the Ministry of Health has moved a summary to the prime minister office for starting evening classes in all medical colleges to raise the number doctors.
Officials from the health ministry said this here at the meeting of National Assembly Standing Committee on Health on Thursday. Secretary Incharge Health Nargis Sethi while briefing the meeting said that in first phase

LAHORE - Given the greater availability of water, both of the main units of Khan Khwar Hydropower Station have started generating 68 megawatt (MW) electricity in line with its cumulative installed capacity, delivering over 1.1 million units of electricity to the national electricity grid daily, which is equivalent to a revenue of over Rs 10 million. The third auxiliary unit of four MW will also go into operation soon.
It is pertinent to mention that Khan Khwar Hydropower Station

ISLAMABAD - British Prime Minister David Cameron called for a new start in relations with Pakistan on Tuesday, eight months after sparking a diplomatic row by saying Pakistan should not be allowed to "look both ways" on terrorism.
Cameron, who made those controversial comments on a trip to India in July 2010, will meet Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad, seeking to improve co-operation on counter-terrorism operations and

LAHORE - British Council and Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved University of Health Sciences for "inspire grant" for which grant would be offered to start combined educational and research based programmes both to UHS and Liverpool University United Kingdom.
International Strategic Partnership in Research and Education (INSPIRE) is basically programme introduced by British Council to enhance the cooperation in higher educational institutions between UK, Middle East

GUJRANWALA - District Coordination Officer Barrister Nabil Ahmad Awan has said that City District Government (CDG) is ready to chalk out a comprehensive plan of uplift works worth Rs 50 million in collaboration with Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). He said this while presiding over a meeting in which Member National Assembly (MNA) Khurram Dastgir Khan, GCCI President Sheikh Sarwat Ikram, Sheikh Muhammad Nasim, Zarrar Kaleem and CDG officers participated. District

LAHORE - Transplantation of human organs including liver, kidney and heart will start in Lahore very soon and Lahore General Hospital will be the main centre for organ harvesting, Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) Chairman Professor Tariq Salahuddin said on Sunday.
He said this after attending a meeting of doctors of various hospitals. Under the programme, heart transplantation will be carried out at Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) whereas liver and kidney

LAHORE - The "fresh" demand of salary raise for professors and other senior ranks by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) is a "masterstroke", laying bare the so far implicit "support" of senior doctors for the ongoing strike, Pakistan Today has learnt. The YDA had initially demanded salary raise only for house officers, medical officers (MO) and PG trainees. But after talks with Zulfiqar Khosa to resolve the issue, the YDA initially announced calling-off the strike, but later took

LAHORE - Pakistan will open their campaign for qualification into the 20th World Football Cup when they take on Bangladesh in the Asian qualifiers on June 29 this year. Pakistan will face Bangladesh in a two-legged encounter on June 29 and July 3. It will be first meeting between two nations since 2009, when a goal-less draw was recorded during the 8th SAFF Championship on December 6, 2009 at Dhaka.
The FIFA World Cup 2014 will feature 32 teams. One place has been allocated to

KARACHI - A career counselling project worth Rs 15 million for youths is being initiated, said Sindh Youths Affairs Minister Faisal Ali Subzwari on Tuesday. He was presiding over a meeting held in his office.
The minister said that the Department of Youth Affairs is initiating a career counselling programme for youngsters at a cost of Rs 15 million. He said that this will help guide the youths to adopt a career that is in accordance with their aptitude and abilities. Sindh Youth

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia plans to begin municipal elections next month, the first political concession from the conservative US ally since protests sweeping the region hit the kingdom, a government website said on Wednesday. The announcement on the website of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs did not say if women would be able to take part or give more details. "The first phase of the elections will start on Saturday, 19/5/1432," it said, a date in the Islamic calendar that is

KABUL - Afghanistan's leader announced on Tuesday seven areas would be included in the first phase of a gradual transition of security from NATO troops to Afghan forces in July, including volatile cities in the south and north. The announcement was the first tentative step in a long process that will end with the withdrawal of all foreign combat troops from Afghanistan by 2014, a process agreed by US and NATO leaders last year. "Transition is the right of the Afghan people and,

LAHORE - Danyal Ahsan and Akbar-ur-Rehman cracked centuries to steer KESC to a solid start on the opening day of the three-day Patron's Trophy Grade-II- 2010-2011 match against KPT here at the LCCA ground on Monday.
KESC were at 428 for seven in 83 overs at the close of play. Ahsan Ali contributed 80 runs, while Adeel Malik with six wickets was the pick of bowlers. Meanwhile at the Railways Stadium, Mohammad Ahmed scored 120 runs to take Railways total to 395 all out against PEB,

LAHORE - Final examinations of class nine started from Monday but students continued to face problems including load shedding of 10 hours, Pakistan Today has learnt. Students are still facing problems because of the online system and parents and students are still visiting the offices of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) to rectify the problems in the roll number slips. Students claim that with advent of summers, they will face extreme problems during the exams.