Tag: Wants

HAMBANTOTA - Victorious Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi said he took positives from his team's crushing win over Kenya on Wednesday but urged his batsmen to be more adventurous early in the innings. Pakistan scored an imposing 317 for 7 in their 50 overs with half centuries for Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal and were helped by an astonishing 46 extras from the hapless Kenyan bowlers. Afridi then took five wickets for 16 runs as the African minnows were

LAHORE - Israel's former chief of General Staff Lt-Gen Gabi Ashkenazi Monday called on the government to work towards making peace treaties with neighbouring countries, The Jerusalem Post reported.
According to the Israeli newspaper, he made these comments during a farewell appearance before the Knesset (Israel's unicameral legislature) Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee.
"Other countries [in the region] should be removed from the cycle of conflict with Israel and added

ISLAMABAD - The British Parliament is interested in finding a permanent solution to the dispute of Kashmir between India and Pakistan. All political parties of the United Kingdom are united over the issue and All Parties Parliamentary Group on Kashmir, a group of parliamentarians from the UK, said on Sunday.
The group, headed by Lord Nazir Ahmed currently on a visit to Pakistan, held meetings with various leaders and later in the evening, addressed a press conference along with

LAHORE - Punjabi Language Movement (PLM) staged a protest outside the Lahore Press Club on Sunday, and demanded that Punjabi language should not be discriminated and students should be given basic education in Punjabi.
Speaking on the occasion, PLM Convener Chaudhry Nazeer Kahut said, "Punjab wants its mother tongue back. The 150-year old undeclared and unofficial ban on basic education in Punjab should be abolished and systematic cleansing of the language must be stopped. We

CAIRO - The Arab League said on Saturday it was important that a March summit goes ahead in Baghdad due to what it described as "the grave, fateful developments" in the Arab world. Libya, which holds the rotating presidency of the Arab leaders' summit, said this week that the Baghdad meeting would be postponed because of the situation in the region, where protests are challenging leaders from Bahrain to Algeria.
The presidents of Egypt and Tunisia have been toppled by mass

COLOMBO - As a player, Waqar Younis had nothing but bad memories of the World Cup. Now as a coach, he has challenge of turning around Pakistan's talented yet unpredictable team. "Well, it's true that the World Cup hasn't been too kind to me, but that is motivation and challenge enough to fight on and take another chance as coach of a talented team which can win the tournament," Waqar told AFP.
Waqar, now 39, was regarded as one of the most potent fast bowlers in his prime,

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan coach Trevor Bayliss stressed the need for veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to be fresh for Sri Lanka's World Cup bid. The record-holding wicket-taker in both Test and one-day cricket was rested for Sri Lanka's opening warm up match against the Netherlands on Saturday, which the hosts won by a comfortable 156 runs.
"Murali is getting towards the end of his career and we want to make sure that he is mentally and physically fresh to play the game we

LAHORE - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has rejected criticism from former greats and has asked his players to keep their focus on the game. Addressing a press conference here at the Gaddafi Stadium ahead of their departure for the 2011 World Cup, Afridi said that the critics had ignored his overall performance as captain in 2010. He said the ex-cricketers should support the team at this juncture when all the players are performing well.
Coach Waqar Younis and manager Intikhab

LAHORE - The government should devote attention to real economic issues and come up with a comprehensive solution to the challenges that the business community is presently facing. These views were expressed by former LCCI President Mian Anjum Nisar while speaking at the Annual General Meeting of Lahore Township Industries Association.
MNA Naseer Bhutta, former LCCI presidents Mian Shafqat Ali, Mohammad Ali Mian and newly elected Lahore Township Industries Association Chairman

ISLAMABAD - Requesting the chief justice of Pakistan to take a suo moto notice of the rampant corruption in Balochistan government, opposition leader in the Balochistan Assembly Yar Muhammad Rind on Thursday demanded the right-sizing of provincial cabinet. Talking to Pakistan Today, Yar Muhammad Rind from the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid group demanded of the Pakistan People Party's central command to immediately implement 18th amendment's clause regarding the size of federal,

LAHORE - Lahore City University (LCU) President Mansoor Faisal called upon a meeting of a group of academicians at a local hotel on Wednesday. The agenda of the meeting was to jointly work towards making higher education affordable and accessible to those aspiring to excel in professional studies.
"Quality of education can be enhanced in private sectors only if they undertake serious research like public institutions", said Mansoor.

PARIS - Kim Clijsters hopes to regain the head of the WTA tennis rankings this week and the Belgian needs to make the semi-finals of the Paris-Coubertin tournamemt to overtake Denmark's incumbent Caroline Wozniacki.
"I won't say this does not interest me, it would be great to manage it again during this my second career," said Clijsters, who was top for 12 weeks in 2003 and seven in 2006 before her retirement and subsequent return to the game two years later.
"When I first

LAHORE - The politics of reconciliation worked once again in Punjab as the PPP has withdrawn its plans to stage sit-ins after PPP Senior Minister Raja Riaz's one-on-one meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday.
However, the PPP parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly cautioned Shahbaz that his government would have to face strong reaction if the PML-Q unification bloc was allotted an independent status in the assembly. The PPP sources said Riaz boldly conveyed

LAHORE - Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) urged the government to rescue the mired agriculture sector through different steps including immediately beginning work on mega dams for overcoming the water shortage in the country. It also urged the Punjab government to help sugarcane growers in recovering their payments from millers.
In an emergency meeting of Board of Directors of Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) under the Chairmanship of FAP Vice Chairman Syed Hussain Jahania

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday expressed its desire to have cordial and cooperative ties with India, a day after the two sides agreed to have constructive engagement aimed at restoring the stalled dialogue process. The sentiment was expressed by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir when he called on India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna in Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan.
"The Pakistan foreign secretary underlined the desire of Pakistan to have cordial and cooperative ties with

LAHORE - As Pakistan's cricket team gets back to winning ways, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has applied for their visas to Indian High Commission for this month's ICC Cricket World Cup.
The PCB doesn't want any hassles therefore it has applied for the visas in advance.
Pakistan are not scheduled to play any of their group stages matches in India but in case of qualifying for quarter-finals and semi-finals, they will have to travel to India.
Acting wisely, the top

LOS ANGELES - More than two weeks after Ricky Gervais ripped Hollywood's high and mighty while hosting the Golden Globes, the controversy refuses to go away. The English comedian said late Tuesday that an executive at the event's US broadcaster has approached him to consider returning for a third stint next year, clarifying an earlier comment that the request came from the event's organizers.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organises the awards show, earlier in the