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Ramdin urges Windies to keep up progress
23. May
NOTTINGHAM: West Indies wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin has said it would be “amazing” for a youthful side if they were to beat world number ones England during their ongoing Test series. The tourists showed plenty of heart in taking England into the fifth day of the first Test at Lord’s before going down to a five-wicket defeat concluded Monday to fall 1-0 behind in the three-match series.
US sees no reason for Dr. Afridi to be charged
23. May
WASHINGTON: Die U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it saw no reason for Pakistan to detain or charge a Pakistani doctor who has been accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden.
Fee Pakistan demanded for NATO supply is extortion: US Senator
23. May
WASHINGTON: US Senators John McCain and Carl Levin, the chair and ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the US should not pay up to $5,000 per truck which John McCain called “extortion” to Pakistan to allow NATO Supply lines to pass through its territory into Afghanistan. Speaking to US news outlet ‘The Cable’ Senator McCain said: “We can’t look at aid in that light.
President Zardari has ruined Sindh: Palejo
23. May
Staff Report NAUSHERO FEROZE: Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Palejo has said that President Asif Ali Zardari has ruined Sindh. Speaking to newsmen here on Wednesday, AT leader said his party is not satisfied with the investigations being conducted regarding yesterday’s firing on a political rally in Karachi. He said Interior Minister Rehman Malik himself is a big terrorist
Iran presents new proposals to world powers
23. May
DUBAI: Iran has proposed a “new and comprehensive” package of proposals to six world powers during talks on Wednesday in Baghdad over its disputed nuclear programme, Iranian media reported.
World powers offer new N package to Iran
23. May
BAGDAD: World powers sought Wednesday to pave the way to ending the decade-old and escalating Iran nuclear crisis by laying out a new package of proposals they said would be “of interest” to Tehran. The P5+1 — the United States, Russland, China, Britain, France and Germany — were however expected to tell Iran that its demand for sanctions relief is out of the question until it has taken concrete steps to ease their suspicions. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton laid out at the start of the talks a new package of P5+1 proposals that were thought to include Iran suspending the enrichment of uranium to 20 percent in return for various sweeteners
Sindh ministers express concerns on Karachi rally attack
23. May
Staff Report KARACHI: PPP Sindh ministers held a consultative meeting at Chief Minister House in Karachi to review the city’s law and order situation on Wednesday. Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah presided over the meeting.
Present govt has not come from back door: PM Gilani
23. May
Beurteilung ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that the present government has not come from the back door. He said that the opposition is afraid of our second consecutive term.
No role in Zardari’s election as President: Nawaz
23. May
Staff Report ATTOCK: PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif says his party has no role in election of Asif Ali Zardari as the country’s President. Addressing a public gathering here on Wednesday, Nawaz Sharif said the present government has not done anything over the last four years. The US President even refused to meet with President Asif Ali Zardari, he said, adding that the then US President Bill Clinton would call him five times a day, but he did not listen.
Obama’s ruthless streak targets Romney
23. May
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama may have made his name peddling hope and change, but his aspirational politics concealed a ruthless streak now being turned on the man who wants his job: Mitt Romney. President Obama and his hard-eyed political consultants have unleashed a long-planned attack on the Republican’s corporate past, seeking to turn November’s election on Romney’s character rather than his own economic record.
PM Gilani for stern action against killers in Karachi
23. May
Beurteilung ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered strict action against those involved in the killings of innocent people in Karachi, SAMAA reported on Wednesday. Gilani said this during a meeting with Interior Minister Rehman Malik here.
Military helicopter crashes into Chenab River; pilots missing
23. May
Staff Report GUJRANWALA: A military helicopter with two pilots aboard crashed into River Chenab near Gujranwala on Wednesday.
3 more killed as tension continues to grip Karachi
23. May
Staff Report KARACHI: Three people were killed and seven more were wounded as tension continued to grip Karachi on Wednesday.
Federal Cabinet forms committee on Balochistan issue
23. May
Beurteilung ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday set up two committees to look into security matters of Balochistan and Sindh. It has also approved amendments in Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance Act 1973. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani presided over the meeting
Forming policy to help widows is govt’s responsibility: Fiza Gilani
23. May
Beurteilung ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Goodwill Ambassador for Women Empowerment Fiza Batool Gilani said on Wednesday that forming a policy to help widows is the responsibility of government. While addressing in a two day workshop organized by an NGO on ‘Single women’s rights’, she said that problems of the widows cannot be ignored. ‘They will feel safe if they get a good job’, Fiza said during her address.
Big powers, Iran meet in Baghdad to ease nuclear standoff
23. May
BAGDAD: World powers began talks with Iran on Wednesday to test its readiness under pressure of sanctions to scale back its nuclear programme, seeking to ease a decade-old standoff and avert the threat of a Middle East war.


















































