We will not tolerate any corruption in cricket: Lorgat
ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said that the suspension of the trio Pakistani players is part of the investigation process of the betting scam. ‘Police are grilling the trio’, Lorgat told mediamen during a press briefing. During a press conference, Lorgat said ‘we should ensure integrity of the sports and…
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Timber smuggling goes unchecked
ISLAMABAD – For the first time since its inception, the PPP-led Government is in serious trouble due to an ostensibly mega scam with regard to the inter-provincial timber smuggling that could jolt ruling coalition, TheNation has reliably learnt.
According to reliable sources, hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of precious…
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Pakistani stars ‘set up’: envoy
LONDON (AFP) – The three Pakistan cricketers embroiled in a betting scandal may have been the victims of a set-up, the country’s ambassador to Britain said Thursday.
In an interview with the BBC, Wajid Shamsul Hasan questioned the authenticity of video footage appearing to show a middleman accepting cash on…
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Veena hands over proof of Asif-bookies links to ICC
Cricketer Mohammad Asif’s ex-girlfriend, actress-model Veena Malik, has handed over “proof” of his alleged links with Indian bookies to an official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit.
Hasan Raza, who is a top official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit for South Asia, met Veena Malik at her residence here Wednesday evening…
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Veena hands over proof of Asif-bookies links to ICC
Cricketer Mohammad Asif’s ex-girlfriend, actress-model Veena Malik, has handed over “proof” of his alleged links with Indian bookies to an official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit.
Hasan Raza, who is a top official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit for South Asia, met Veena Malik at her residence here Wednesday evening…
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Veena hands over proof of Asif-bookies links to ICC
Cricketer Mohammad Asif’s ex-girlfriend, actress-model Veena Malik, has handed over “proof” of his alleged links with Indian bookies to an official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit.
Hasan Raza, who is a top official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit for South Asia, met Veena Malik at her residence here Wednesday evening…
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Karzai in vortex of corruptions
The CIA is making secret payments to multiple top-level officials of Karzai administration despite the fact that the agency knew it is backing widening corruption and corrupt officials to maintain source of information within government as Karzai does not have grasp of development and because Karzai is not ware of…
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Footage itself an evidence: CJ
ISLAMABAD – Contrary to the prevailing rumours and misconceptions, the report of the inquiry commission, which was headed by Justice (R) Kazim Malik, unearthed that Mughees and Munib, two brothers who were brutally beaten to death and later lynched with the water tank, were not robbers.
Not even a…
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Thatta flood survivors living in miserable condition
KARACHI – To wait for food and sleep empty stomach, have no option but to drink contaminated water and lack of medical facilities have plagued hundreds of thousands people of District Thatta, who have migrated temporarily towards Makli graveyard under fear of floodwater.
Moreover, almost 90 per cent of the…
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Country on threshold of revolution: Altaf
KARACHI – MQM Leader Altaf Hussain has said that the country is on the threshold of a revolution that will overthrow the rule of injustice, deception and treachery.
He said this, while talking to the MQM office-bearers of Lahore zone on the telephone here on Monday. On the occasion, Altaf…
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Militants destroy bridge, disrupting communication in Khyber agency
Militants destroyed a link- bridge early Monday morning by detonating explosive materials in Khyber tribal agency, local sources told media.
The expensive bridge was built on Bara-Terah road in Nalakhor area to facilitate land communication in the rugged area, said the local sources, adding that due to the subversion people…
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Karzai fires top anti-corruption prosecutor
Afghanistan’s senior-most prosecutor who has complained that the attorney general and others are blocking corruption cases against high-ranking government officials says that he was fired by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, The New York Times reported Sunday.
Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar, a former deputy attorney general, told the Times in an interview…
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Flood-hit Pakistan to import 4.5m cotton bales
ISLAMABAD – In order to fulfil the domestic shortage of cotton caused by devastating floods, the Government would have to import additional three million bales of cotton in the current fiscal year 2010-11, sources informed TheNation on Saturday.
According to the figures available with TheNation, total consumption of the local…
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President wants NESPAK to lead reconstruction
ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari called for innovation in both housing and irrigation sectors for constructing flood resistant houses and channelling floodwaters away from the populated areas to make deserts productive.
Chairing a high-level meeting here at the Presidency, the President urged upon adoption of innovative approaches in term…
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IMF exploring ‘all options’ to help flood-hit Pakistan
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) – The IMF said Thursday it was exploring all avenues to help flood-battered Pakistan as the country sought to ease terms of a nearly 11-billion-dollar loan.
“We’re looking at all options in terms of how we can assist Pakistan in the midst of this tragedy,” said International Monetary…
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Effort to block mly action in Karachi
ISLAMABAD – Although the military establishment continues it’s mum over MQM Chief Altaf Hussain’s statement seeking imposition of martial law in the country, many believed it was pre-emptive move by the political party having its headquarter in Karachi to counter the looming threat of military action in the port city.<br…
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Karzai aide in corruption probe is CIA agent
NEW YORK – An aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the centre of a corruption probe is on the CIA payroll, The New York Times reported Thursday, bringing to fore deep contradictions in American policy and its devious nature there.
Mohammed Zia Salehi, an Afghan National Security Council official,…
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