Islamabad saw four terror attacks last year

Capital city saw four terrorist attacks in 2011 in which four persons were killed, including two high profile, and the same number of people injured, according to Security Report 2011 of Pakistan …

Written on January 6, 2012 | Posted in 2011, Pakistan, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Economic challenges 2012

Yet another year has been lost and another opportunity to reform and stabilise Pakistan’s economy has been wasted. The year 2011 has ended on a note of real disappointment. Pakistan has entered 2012, laden with an accumulated baggage of problems and challenges.

Written on January 6, 2012 | Posted in 2011, Economy, Pakistan, UN, ad, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Pakistani Christians remember Salman Taseer as extremists celebrate his assasin

Lahore – The assassination of Salman Taseer, shot to death by a bodyguard January 4, 2011 in Islamabad, is a “milestone” in the history of confessional murders says Mgr. Rufin Anthony, …

Written on January 5, 2012 | Posted in 2011, ad, islam, islamabad, lahore, unlmitie | Leave a comment

US drone strikes in Pak declined by 50% in 2011 as compared to 2010

Drone strikes in Pakistan have dropped by almost 50 percent from 118 in 2010 to 67 in 2011, a new analysis by the Express Tribune has shown.

Written on January 5, 2012 | Posted in 2010, 2011, Pakistan, UN, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Taliban kills all 15 abducted Pak Frontier Corps personnel

All the 15 Pakistan security personnel who were kidnapped by the Taliban from northwest Tank district in December 2011 have been killed, a Pakistan Taliban spokesperson has confirmed.

Written on January 5, 2012 | Posted in 2011, Pakistan, ban, taliban, unlmitie | Leave a comment

China trade surplus narrows to $160 bn in 2011

SHANGHAI: China s trade surplus narrowed to around $160 billion in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Co

Written on January 5, 2012 | Posted in 2011, International, News, UN, US, ad, china, cia, trade | Leave a comment

The Surfer: Test batsmen need to step up

In 2011, only two batsmen scored more than 1000 runs in Tests, and there were several batting collapses. Ben Dorries, writing in the Courier Mail, says there is no excuse as things are still in favour of batsmen in modern cricket. They have more powerful bats, smaller boundaries and are favoured by bad light calls often when fans still have their sunglasses on in the stands. Batsmen get every advantage. Surely it is not too much to ask for them for put their head down and bat with the same…

Written on January 4, 2012 | Posted in 2011, Cricket, Sports, UN, US, ad, batting, call, fans, tests | Leave a comment

The Surfer: 2012 cricket wishlist

In the Herald on Sunday, Paul Lewis lists the ten things he’d like to see in international cricket in 2011, from Tendulkar’s 100th ton to Tarun Nethula’s debut. 2. Jesse Ryder loses weight and gets fit We could award Ryder the Shane Bond Trophy for Most Injuries (previous holder: Jacob Oram) but what we’d really like to see is the big Wellington bloke shed some more kilos and do a Shane Warne. Ryder’s comfortable upholstery does him no good when fans cast jaundiced eyes over it after his latest injury….

Written on January 1, 2012 | Posted in 2011, Cricket, International, Sports, UN, US, War, fans | Leave a comment

The Confectionery Stall: New blood. Yum

Graeme Smith reveals how the wicked witch was to blame for South Africa’s loss to Sri Lanka in Durban

Written on December 30, 2011 | Posted in 2011, Cricket, ISI, Sports, Sri Lanka, UN, US, ad, africa, ban, cia, import, technology, uth | Leave a comment

The Surfer: The best of 2011

The last twelve months have seen some spectacular highs, both on and off the field. There was Virender Sehwag’s ODI double-hundred, England’s ruthlessness in retaining the Ashes Down Under and Kumar Sangakkara’s stirring ‘Spirit of Cowdrey’ lecture. In the Guardian’s The Sport Blog, Mike Selvey recounts these and others in his XI highlights of 2011. We shall never see Dravid bat again in a Test match in England, but what a legacy he left. None of India’s travails last summer could be laid at his door, and to score at…

Written on December 29, 2011 | Posted in 2011, Cricket, Sehwag, Sports, UN, aid, ashes, england, guardian, india, uth | Leave a comment

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