Tag: Woes

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn inched closer on Tuesday to having US sex assault charges against him dropped although a complaint of assault in...

Greece would likely be in default if it follows a debt rollover plan pushed by French banks, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) warned on Monday,...

Deutsche Bank's CEO has described the situation in Greece as critical and warned contagion to other euro zone members could lead to a crisis...

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday got its 2011-12 budget approved from the governing board for the new financial year but did not give...

Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland failed to inspire yet again on Thursday, losing 1-0 to France in a friendly that underlined their defensive woes. Defender Tomasz...

Lahore Transport Company (LTC) has come up with a scheme to provide ‘Student Discount Card’ for traveling through public transport in the city, Pakistan...

Lack of insurance cover and low salaries are contributing to the hardships of private security guards as security companies are just making money instead...

Zero rated exemption on commercial vehicles (trucks, buses and CNG buses) will have a strong inflationary impact for consumers while commuters will also suffer...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said Pakistan had been in a critical phase for the past 63 years and blamed politicians and the army...

Indian star Sania Mirza made a winning return to the French Open on Monday and said she was simply happy to be playing again...

The prolonged hours of unscheduled load shedding can be brought to an end with just a small investment of $1.5 billion. “Currently, the country...

ST JOHN'S - West Indies have been able to persuade Desmond Haynes, one of their legends, to become a batting consultant for the current side.
The West Indies Cricket Board announced on Monday that Haynes will work with Darren Sammy's side for the duration of the home series against Pakistan and India before it undertakes a search for a long-term batting coach.
Haynes' arrival comes on the heels of a disappointing World Cup, following which coach Ottis Gibson placed heavy

ISLAMABAD - It is seems that Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar is completely out of touch with the affairs of his ministry, as he thinks that mere enhancement of fuel supplies alone would not resolve the generation woes of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO). Talking to the media at the conclusion of Pakistan Energy Conference 2011 in Islamabad on Tuesday, he warned that the electricity demand would shoot up in summer, resulting in increased load shedding. When

ISLAMABAD - Traders in Karachi suffered around Rs 3 billion loss as all the markets remained closed on Tuesday as a result of the strike call given against extortion while the members of the two of their representative bodies clashed at the Polo Ground.
In response to the All Karachi Tajir Ittihad (AKTI)'s strike call, all businesses were shut in Clifton, Defence, Tariq Road, Bahadurabad, Saddar and MA Jinnah. "The closure of business was aimed to warn the government that the

ROME - One minister tells parliament's speaker to "go screw yourself", another hurls his electronic ID card at opposition benches and a coalition legislator calls a wheelchair-bound colleague "stupid cripple". Even by Italian standards, such angry scenes have raised fresh questions about how long Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government can survive and whether the only solution to a parliamentary paralysis is early elections.
"Parliament is in chaos. The president is

AHMEDABAD - India would be fairly justified in believing that in Suresh Raina, they have finally found the missing piece of the middle order puzzle that vexed them in the group stage of the World Cup.
Raina's activity was confined to the nets and carrying drinks before he was finally drafted in for India's last Group B match against West Indies, thanks to the policy of giving each player at least one game before the knockout stage.
Raina did not help his cause with just four

MOHALI - Injury-plagued West Indies were dealt a major blow on Friday when hard-hitting opener Chris Gayle was ruled out of the key World Cup clash against Ireland with an abdominal strain. Gayle, 31, has struggled with the injury ever since the team landed in Mohali on Sunday but he is likely to be fit in time for the game against England on March 17. "Gayle has been struggling with it (injury) ever since we got here," West Indies spokesman Philip Spooner told AFP. "The decision not