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Staff Report KARACHI: An important art educationist, a painter, art connoisseur, art critic, gallery owner and a teacher to many art lovers, Ali Imam is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Wednesday).
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LONDON: Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners confirmed on Tuesday that investors Waddell & Reed , Norges Bank and BlackRock had paid $1.6 billion in cash for a 21 percent stake in the Formula One motor racing business. “We look forward to working with our new partners over the coming years,” said Donald Mackenzie, a managing partner at CVC, calling the investment great news for Formula 1. CVC, which had owned 63.4 percent of the business, said it would continue to be Formula 1′s largest and controlling shareholder.
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Staff Report LONDON: PTI leader Imran Khan on Sunday said his party would declare all the assets of ministers and members of assembly on internet after coming into power.
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Bayern Munich and Chelsea were gearing for their Champions League final showdown here Saturday as the Bavarian capital buzzed with anticipation ahead of the biggest game in club football. A worldwide television audience estimated in the hundreds of millions is expected to tune in for Saturday s clash between the German and English Premier League giants, which kicks off at 8:45 pm (1845 GMT). The eagerly awaited final — which is taking place at Bayern s home ground, the Allianz Arena — is a 70,000 sell-out
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Talking to MQM PIA unit workers in London, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said that all the conspiracies by the opponents the message of the MQM is spreading across the country. Altaf Hussain said that the masses have realized that the MQM is the true political party which represents them. He said that the people from all nationalities are gathering under the banner of MQM to change the outdated political system in the country
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Staff Report LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain said on Friday that his party’s message cannot be stopped even after all conspiracies and terrorism. The message of love, harmony and change is flourishing all over the country, Altaf said in his statement. While talking with MQM PIA Unit workers at International Secretariat he said that lower class is coming closer to the party.
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The flame for the London Olympics, which start on July 27 after a 70-day torch relay around Britain, was formally handed over at a ceremony in a damp Athens on Thursday. The flame, lit from the sun s rays at the home of the ancient Games in Olympia a week ago, was handed over under grey and rainy skies to Britain s Princess Anne by the president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Capralos. London Games chairman and twice Olympic 1,500-metre champion Sebastian Coe paid tribute to Greece for their hospitality and even thanked the hosts for providing "British weather" for the ceremony
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ISLAMABAD: Several Western embassies in Islamabad on Wednesday received letters containing suspicious powder and threats to poison NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, Pakistan officials said.
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Kings XI Punjab acting captain David Hussey on Wednesday defended his team s integrity amid allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League. Amit Yadav and Shalabh Srivastava, two of the five players suspended by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) following a television sting, are the Punjab IPL team, but have not played in the ongoing tournament. Hussey, leading the team in the absence of injured fellow Australian Adam Gilchrist, said he would be disappointed if fingers were pointed at any of his players.
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The taekwondo star who became Afghanistan s first ever Olympic medallist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London — in the hope of bringing peace to his troubled homeland.
