ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has raised the prices of petroleum products by 9.9 percent, to be applicable from Monday midnight (March 1, 2011), Geo News reported According to OGRA spokesman Jawad Nasim, petrol price has been hiked by Rs7.23 per litre to Rs80.19; High Speed Diesel by Rs7.76 to Rs86.09 per litre; Light Speed Deisel made expensive by Rs.6.60; HOBC Rs8.58 to Rs95.25; and Kerosene Oil Rs7 to Rs77.95 per litre. The government had kept the price of petroleum products unchanged for the past two months as a result of pressure from all the mainstream political parties.
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F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday finally joined the long list of countries undertaking mass evacuations of their nationals from the strife-torn Libya by arranging two chartered …
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Pakistan's chief minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif should lodge a murder case against the US consul general residing in Lahore, said a Pakistani political leader, if the Americans refuse to give …
The first meeting of Pak-France Economic Council would be held next spring, French Ambassador Danieal Jounnaeou was quoted as having said in Pakistani media last week.The council is aimed at …
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???? Another journalist was killed in the volatile province of Balochistan, cementing Pakistan's position as one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists today, say the …
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NEW DELHI: West Indies pace bowler Kemar Roach recorded the first hat-trick of the 2011 World Cup against the Netherlands in a Group B match on Monday. He removed Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots and Berend Westdijk off the last three deliveries of the match to lead West Indies to a 215-run victory. Team mate Sulieman Benn praised Roach, who finished with figures of six for 27 as the Dutch were skittled for 115. “Brilliant man. His bowling tonight was exceptional, I”m really pleased for him,” said Benn. “I”m glad he got that hat-trick — I”m really proud of him.” (Reuters)
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NEW DELHI: Kemar Roach grabbed six wickets, including a hat-trick, while Kieron Pollard smashed 60 off 27 balls to help West Indies thrash the Netherlands by 215 runs in the World Cup on Monday. Kemar Roach recorded the first hat-trick of the 2011 World Cup against the Netherlands. He removed Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots and Berend Westdijk off the last three deliveries of the match to lead West Indies to a 215-run victory. Pollard built on the platform laid by Chris Gayle, who made 80, as the Caribbean side posted 330-8 before bowling out their hapless opponents for 115 off 31.3 overs in the Group B game at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. The West Indies” total was the highest at the ground, which is coming off a 12-month suspension over a dangerous playing surface. The Netherlands hardly posed any threat in the lop-sided encounter, crumbling to 36-5 by the 11th over after early strikes from Roach, who took 6-27, and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn (3-28). Roach, 22, returned to collect only the sixth World Cup hat-trick and the first of this tournament, sealing an emphatic win for the former world champions. Dutch hope Ryan ten Doeschate, who scored 119 against England, failed to repeat his magic this time, trapped leg before wicket for seven by Benn. Tom Cooper provided the only resistance with an unbeaten 55 off 72 balls. Earlier, Gayle put on 100 runs for the opening wicket with Devon Smith (53) after the West Indies were put in to bat on a placid wicket in the day-night clash. Pollard, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, hammered five fours and four sixes on his way to the third-fastest World Cup half-century before Ramnaresh Sarwan chipped in with a 42-ball 49. Gayle overcame a subdued start to unleash seven fours and two sixes in his 110-ball knock, which was cut short by ten Doeschate (1-77) during a batting powerplay. Smith scored at a quicker pace than his more famous partner, racing to his fourth one-day half-century off 45 balls with the help of nine fours. Just when Smith looked set to go on to a bigger score, he edged behind off medium-pacer Bernard Loots to give the Netherlands their first breakthrough in the 17th over. The promising Darren Bravo, with 30, then joined in the party briefly, dispatching Australian-born Cooper to the stands before hitting another six off left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar who finished with 3-45. But Seelaar took his revenge in his very next over, tempting Bravo to charge down the pitch and offer a simple catch to Alexei Kervezee at long-on. Kervezee also took two more catches which accounted for Gayle and captain Darren Sammy, who made just six, in an otherwise sloppy performance in the field by the non-Test playing nation. The win put life back into the West Indies campaign after they lost to South Africa in their opener. For Netherlands, it was the second defeat on the trot after the six-wicket reversal against England in Nagpur last week. Complete scoreboard of the World Cup Group B match between the West Indies and the Netherlands at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Monday: West Indies: D. Smith c Barresi b Loots 53 C. Gayle c Kervezee b ten Doeschate 80 D. Bravo c Kervezee b Seelaar 30 R. Sarwan lbw b Westdijk 49 K. Pollard c ten Doeschate b Bukhari 60 D. Sammy c Kervezee b Seelaar 6 S. Chanderpaul b Seelaar 4 D. Thomas lbw b Bukhari 13 N. Miller not out 11 S. Benn not out 3 Extras (b3, lb3, w14, nb1) 21 Total (for eight wickets; 50 overs) 330 Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Smith), 2-168 (Bravo), 3-196 (Gayle), 4-261 (Sarwan), 5-278 (Sammy), 6-290 (Chanderpaul), 7-312 (Pollard), 8-326 (Thomas). Bowling: Bukhari 10-1-65-2 (w1), Westdijk 7-0-56-1 (w4), ten Doeschate 10-0-77-1 (nb1, w4), Loots 7-0-44-1 (w1), Cooper 6-0-37-0 (w4), Seelaar 10-1-45-3. Netherlands: A. Kervezee st Thomas b Benn 14 W. Barresi c Gayle b Roach 0 T. Cooper not out 55 R. ten Doeschate lbw b Benn 7 B. Zuiderent b Roach 1 T. de Grooth lbw b Benn 1 P. Borren c Pollard b Sammy 10 Mudassar Bukhari b Roach 24 P. Seelar lbw b Roach 1 B. Loots lbw b Roach 0 B. Westdijk b Roach 0 Extras (lb2) 2 Total (all out; 31.3 overs) 115 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Barresi), 2-26 (Kervezee), 3-34 (ten Doeschate), 4-35 (Zuiderent), 5-36 (de Grooth), 6-56 (Borren), 7-113 (Bukhari), 8-115 (Seelaar), 9-115 (Loots), 10-115 (Westdijk) Bowling: Benn 8-1-28-3, Roach 8.3-0-27-6, Miller 7-0-23-0, Sammy 7-0-33-1, Pollard 1-0-2-0. Result: West Indies won by 215 runs Toss: The Netherlands Umpires: Amish Saheba (IND) and Simon Taufel (AUS) TV Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (ENG) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL) (AFP)
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A seminar on interfaith harmony was held by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) in Pakistan on February 27, where different religious scholars outlined the need of mending and …
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COLOMBO: Pakistan will be without left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman in their World Cup match against Canada on Thursday after suffering a left leg muscle injury in the 11-run over Sri Lanka. Team manager Intikhab Alam said Rehman’’s injury will take five days to heal. “Rehman sprained his leg while fielding in the match against Sri Lanka and had to put on a strapping in order to bowl. It’’s an adductor muscle rupture,” Alam said. Rehman, who will be 31 on Tuesday, took one wicket in Pakistan’’s win against the 1996 champions in Colombo on Saturday. “We don”t want to risk Rehman and will wait for him to recover,” said Alam, of the spinner who has 13 wickets in 17 one-day internationals. Alam said Rehman’’s place is likely to be taken by off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who has yet to play in the tournament. Senior batsman Misbah-ul-Haq, who hurt his hamstring, may be rested, said Alam. (AFP)
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ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has directed the concerned DPSs to take action after filing cases on charges of fake degrees against 3 members of National Assembly and one each of Punjab Assembly and Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Assembly, Geo News reported Monday. The three NA members are: Hayatullah Tarin, Ghulam Dastagir Rajar and Mudasir Qayoom Nasir while Nasim Nasir Khwaja and Khalifa Abdul Qayum are from Punjab Assembly and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. Earlier, in the same case of fake degrees, the CEC had ordered action against 14 members of National and Provincial assemblies.
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