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KARACHI - Shah Faisal Town Administrator Kamal Mustafa has appealed to the residents of the town to cooperate with the housing census teams, according to a statement issued on Monday.
The census will be conducted from April 5 to 19. He called upon residents to provide their complete details for registration to the teams, which will visit every house. He said that the development of the city as well as the planning and distribution of resources depends on the results of the

LAHORE - The ICC Executive Board on Monday confirmed that the next two World Cups will be 10-team events and also announced that teams will be relegated and promoted on the basis of performance in the ODI league after the 2019 World Cup in England.
The Board had decided in October 2010 to reduce the number of participating teams in the flagship event of the game, which means that small nations, mostly Associate members will not get the chance to play at the big stage. The 2015

LAHORE - Engr. Shaukat Ullah, Federal Minister for Sports, has said that the exit of the national team from the cricket World Cup at the semi-final stage should not dampen the hopes and spirits of the nation, as victory and defeat are part of the game. The minister was of the view that the team showed a commendable performance during the past one and half month and won accolades from the analysts and spectators from all over the world.
He said that Pakistani team topped its

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has appealed to the nation to offer special prayers for the Pakistani cricket team's victory in the Cricket World Cup semi final in Mohali, India.
In a statement issued from London on Monday, he appealed to the Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis and the followers of other religions to pray for the victory of their national team in their respective places of worship.
He hoped that the Pakistani flag will fly

COLOMBO - Kumar Sangakkara refuses to believe Sri Lanka will be the only side under pressure before a packed home crowd in their quarter-final on Saturday, saying England will also feel the intensity.
The 1996 winners go into the last of four quarter-finals with huge expectations, but Sangakkara was confident his players were capable of handling the situation. "What you lose is a semi-final berth, so I don't think any side is going to want to lose that. So wherever you play that

NEW DELHI - After four gruelling weeks, thousands of air miles clocked up and 42 matches played, the World Cup quarter-finals will still feature the world's eight top-ranked teams. The first round, as expected, saw Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya fall by the wayside with some hitting the ground more painfully than others. But, in general, it was business as usual for the sport's elite sides and fuel for the International Cricket Council who will slash the

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board held a reception at the National Cricket Academy late Wednesday night to recognise the success of the Lahore City Cricket Association teams at various levels in the ongoing domestic season.
Ex-Chairman PCB Shahryar Khan was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed cash prizes to Lahore Lions, Lahore Eagles and the Lahore U19 Women's team. President LCCA Khawaja Nadeem Ahmed received the cheques on behalf of LCCA.
In addition,

GENEVA - The international community started to send disaster relief teams on Saturday to help Japan after it suffered a massive earthquake and tsunami, with the United Nations sending a group to help co-ordinate work. "We are in the process of deploying 9 experts who are among the most experienced we have for dealing with catastrophes.
They will help evaluate needs and coordinate assistance with Japanese authorities," Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman of the UN Office for the

LAHORE - Recent reports that terrorists could create trouble and put the cricket World Cup in jeopardy have forced the Pakistan government to ask India to provide fool-proof security to its cricketers. The World Cup is being jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and recent intelligence reports have suggested that terrorists are planning to strike match venues in India to jeopardize the mega-event. Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson, Tehmina Janjua, while responding to

LAHORE - Punjab Food Minister Abdul Ghafoor announced formation of supervisory teams at district, tehsil and union council levels to monitor wheat procurement campaign in the province. He said that payment of Rs 950 per 40 kg of wheat will be ensured to cultivators. The minister further said that an officer of BPS 17 will be appointed to resolve farmers' problems regarding procurement of each purchase centre of wheat.

KARACHI - The elected representatives should facilitate and help out the poverty survey teams in their respective constituencies to achieve the desired results under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), said Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo on Monday. She said this during a meeting with BISP Sindh Director General Akbar Aleem Shamim at her office. MPAs Amanullah Mehsood, Shama Arif Mithani, Farzana Baloch and Najma Saeed Chawla attended the meeting. Palijo - also the BISP

LAHORE - Heavy rain in the city on Saturday has given some hope to the weakest teams of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup some hope of drawing their matches. On day three of the four-day matches, Khyber PK scored 266 runs and saw Balochistan make 145 for three in 36 overs in their second innings. And on the final day, the possibility of the match ending in a stalemate is bright at the Gaddafi Stadium.
On the other hand at the LCCA ground, Punjab were at 222 for five at the close

WASHINGTON - The United States sent a search and rescue team to New Zealand on Tuesday to help in the aftermath of a powerful, deadly earthquake that hit the country's second city, the State Department said. Spokesman Philip Crowley said in a twitter message that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had phoned her counterpart to "express sorrow" over the disaster, which killed at least 65 people in Christchurch.
Clinton phoned New Zealand FM McCully to express sorrow over the

CHRISTCHURCH - Hundreds of foreign rescuers will join exhausted New Zealand teams on Thursday in an increasingly desperate search of quake-shattered buildings in central Christchurch as time runs out to find survivors buried under rubble.
Officials have abandoned hope of finding anyone alive in the collapsed Canterbury Television (CTV) building in the city centre, including foreign students at a third-floor language school, with a grader moving in to clear debris. Police warned

MUMBAI - In a bid to ensure a corruption-free World Cup following the spot-fixing scandal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned players and team officials from tweeting during matches. The decision, an initiative of ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, was intended to restrain the players and officials from any possible approach by people with links to illegal betting during World Cup matches.
The move from the ICC came in response to Australian team manager

LAHORE - LG Electronics is making a statement in Smartphone design with collaboration with the Keith Haring Foundation. The partnership will see artwork from the legendary American pop artist featured on LG's Optimus Black, which at just six milimetres (at its thinnest point) and 109 grams, emerging the world's slimmest and lightest Android-powered Smartphone.
"Keith Haring inspired the art world with his energetic, colorful images which are recognised by millions of people

LAHORE - Cricket World Cup tournament director Ratnakar Shetty has said the early exit of cricket's financial powerhouses, India and Pakistan, in the 2007 World Cup forced the International Cricket Council to change the format in the upcoming edition. Shetty was quoted as saying that the ICC went back to the 1996 World Cup format after India and Pakistan crashed out in the first round in the Caribbean in 2007.
Asked whether current format has been tweaked to favour the hosts,