Hockey team management sacked
Mar 11th
Pakistan on Thursday sacked its manager, coach and selectors, while the entire squad offered to retire, after the four-time champions finished last at the men’s field hockey World Cup.
Pakistan, who won the World Cup in 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994, had finished 11th in the 1986 edition in London. They were sixth in the last tournament in Germany in 2006.
Supreme Court order closure of torture cells
Mar 11th
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the closure of police torture cells in private houses while a three-member bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal has directed the Punjab government to issue show cause notices to the concerned DIGs, SPs in the police brutality case.
IMF will not delay aid
Mar 11th
A delay in appointing a new Pakistani finance minister should not disrupt the delivery of assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), former finance ministry chief said on Thursday.
Former Finance Minster Shaukat Tarin announced on Feb. 23 he was resigning to focus on his private business interests.
No replacement has been announced amid media reports that President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani disagreed on who should be in charge of the portfolio.
Karzai seeking Pakistan’s support
Mar 11th
The Afghan president welcomed Islamabad’s offers of support for Afghanistan’s efforts at reconciliation, saying Pakistan “has a significantly important role to play in that and Afghanistan would welcome that role”.
NZ afraid to face Pakistani players on their home turf
Mar 10th
Pakistan has objected to New Zealand’s request that their Davis Cup tennis tie be moved to a neutral venue due to security concerns.
Pakistan is scheduled to meet New Zealand in an Asia-Oceania Group II semifinal from July 9-11, but New Zealand has asked the International Tennis Federation to move the tie to either New Zealand or a neutral venue.
ECC approves import of Urea
Mar 10th
The government has approved import of 400,000 tons of urea to meet its shortage in the remaining period of Rabi and Kharif season 2009-10 and sell it through government mechanism involving a subsidy of about Rs600 per bag.A decision to this effect was taken on Tuesday at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Pakistan and Afghanistan strengthen ties
Mar 10th
Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed on Wednesday to revive the joint grand jirga process for evolving a common strategy on furthering Kabul’s ‘reintegration and reconciliation’ plan.
The decision was taken at a meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
World Vision suspends operations
Mar 10th
World Vision, a U.S.-based aid agency, has suspended operations in Pakistan following an attack on its office in the country’s northwestern Manshera district on Wednesday.
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