Azlan Shah hockey cup: Pakistan beat Argentina 4-2
Thu, 24. May
Staff Report IPOH, Malaysia: In their opening match, Pakistan beat Argentina 2-4 in hockey’s seven-nation Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. Sohail Abbas is leading Pakistan’s 18-man squad as a captain and Waqas Sharif as vice captain in the tournament.
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Utovar ...India dissatisfied over Pakistan’s Mumbai investigation
Thu, 24. May
Osoblje Izvješće Islamabad: Pakistan and India on Thursday began their two-day talks here in Islamabad, focusing on visa relaxation and progress on the Mumbai terror attack investigations, SAMAA izvješća. The Indian delegation led by Home Secretary R K Singh and the Pakistani team led by Interior Secretary Khwaja Siddique Akbar gathered at a hotel in the heart of Islamabad for the talks.
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Australia fume over Olympics field hockey draw
Thu, 24. May
SYDNEY: Australian men’s field hockey team head coach Ric Charlesworth says his world number one side have been disadvantaged by an unfair draw at the London Olympics. Charlesworth said the 2004 Athens Olympic champions had been disadvantaged by the scheduling, while key competitors would benefit.
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...CNG supply suspended in 8 districts of Faisalabad region
Thu, 24. May
Staff Report FAISALABAD: Under government’s load-management plan, the CNG gas supply to filing stations in eight districts of Faisalabad region has been suspended for three days, SAMAA izvješća. The fuel supply to more than 350 filing stations was stopped in Faisalabad, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh,
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Amnesty criticizes US for Osama raid, Guantanamo and human rights violation
Thu, 24. May
WASHINGTON: Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the “unlawful” killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May. “The US administration made clear that the operation had been conducted under the USA’s theory of a global armed conflict between the USA and Al-Qaeda in which the USA does not recognize the applicability of international human rights law,” it said in its annual report.
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Egypt votes on 2nd day of presidential election
Thu, 24. May
KAIRO: Polls opened for a second day across Egypt on Thursday in a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Small queues began to form outside schools when polling stations opened at 8:00 na (0600 GMT). Turnout is expected to be higher Thursday than on Wednesday’s opening day, after authorities declared it a public holiday to allow public sector employees to cast their ballots
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Two missile attacks in 24 hours, 10 killed
Thu, 24. May
MIR ALI: A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles that killed 10 alleged militants in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, officials said.
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Bid to kidnap private bank’s CEO foils in Karachi
Thu, 24. May
Osoblje Izvješće KARACHI: The attempt to kidnap a chief of a private bank has been was foiled late yesterday night, SAMAA reports Thursday. Prema detaljima, Hussain Lawai, head of a private bank and a high-profile figure came out of his residence to offer Isha (late night) prayers when miscreants ambushed and caught hold of him.
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Divided Syrian opposition to choose new leader
Thu, 24. May
AMMAN: The main Syrian National Council opposition group said it had accepted the resignation of its president, setting the stage for a showdown between the powerful Muslim Brotherhood and its political rivals over who will be the new leader. The internal conflicts have come to a head over the position held by Burhan Ghalioun, a secular sociologist backed by the Brotherhood, who offered to step down as leader of the 313-member council last week if a replacement could be found. Squabbling in the council has undermined international support for the opposition, as a military crackdown against the 14-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, now coupled with an armed insurgency against his rule, shows no signs of relenting.
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Doha, Baku out of running for 2020 Games
Thu, 24. May
QUEBEC CITY: The race to host the 2020 Summer Games is now a three-way battle between Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo after Qatar’s Doha and Azerbaijan’s Baku were dumped as candidates, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday. The shortlist of candidates to host the world’s biggest multi-sports event was announced at the IOC’s executive board meetings in Quebec City. Baku, which invested more than a billion dollars in sports venues in the past 10 years, was bidding for a second successive time after falling at the first hurdle for the 2016 Games
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Top Gun, Star Trek coming to Amazon Prime
Thu, 24. May
LOS ANGELES: “Star Trek,” “Top Gun,” “Braveheart” i “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” are among the Paramount Pictures titles coming to Amazon Prime
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Cinema great Rangeela being remembered today
Thu, 24. May
Osoblje Izvješće KARACHI: Great juggernaut force behind Pakistan’s cinema with multiple fortes and flairs, Rangeela is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Thursday). Rangeela was born as Mohammad Saeed Khan in 1937, in Parachinar, Pakistan
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Famous modern Urdu poet, Majrooh Sultanpuri’s anniversary today
Thu, 24. May
Osoblje Izvješće KARACHI: One of the foremost lyricists of sub-continent and the modern and great names in Urdu poetry, Majrooh Sultanpuri is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Thursday).
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Oprah Winfrey teams up with Huffington Post
Thu, 24. May
LOS ANGELES: Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expanding her online empire by teaming up with the Huffington Post for a section dedicated to the chat show host that will engage her audience, the Oprah Winfrey Network said on Wednesday. The Huffington Post Oprah section will launch in August, and will curate content from Oprah.com, which features the motto “Live Your Best Life” and accompanies Winfrey’s OWN TV programming with videos, articles and advice on health, fashion and culture
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Karači: Four more dead in Liaquatabad gunfire
Thu, 24. May
Osoblje Izvješće KARACHI: At least four people were overnight gunned down in the city area of Liaquatabad, SAMAA reports Thursday. Meantime, the Rangers contingent arrested a target-killer from an area of Jamshed Quarters in an operation conducted overnight.
(No Ratings Ipak,) Utovar ...Toyota to sell $6k cars in India: prijaviti
Thu, 24. May
TOKYO: Toyota is to begin selling cars in India priced at around $6,000, a report said, as the Japanese auto giant looks to boost its share of the country’s growing affordable car market. The company will seek to avoid devaluing the Toyota name by creating a new brand for the sector, which it hopes to enter in 2016, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on Thursday without citing sources. Japan’s biggest automaker began selling its low-cost sedan Etios in India in 2010, but with a price tag of $10,000 it is still expensive compared with cars made by rivals such as Tata Motors, whose Nano sells for as little as $2,900
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