Karishma ready for a comeback

 

MUMBAI: There is a reason why Karishma Kapoor is looking her best these days. Sources have revealed that the actress is busy meeting with the producers over the last few weeks.

A source has also informed that the actress-turned-homemaker has finally signed and decided on her comeback film.

While details are awaited, it is expected that these projects will have either Akshay or Salman as male lead.

Pakistan to take on Ireland in first ODI today

 

BELFAST: Pakistan will be facing Ireland in first One Day match here today with Misbah-ul-Haq as the captain of the team.

The weather could hardly be more different to that in the Caribbean as they arrived in Belfast here on Thursday amid cool, breezy conditions.

Meanwhile, the Stormont ground, the venue for both matches, on Saturday and Monday, was too wet on Thursday to allow Ireland to train.

If Pakistan can adapt to the drop in temperatures and not think too longingly of home after more than a month away, they should have enough all-round strength to see off the leading Associate nation. But anything less than a fully committed performance could see them struggling.

Since Ireland knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup, they have gone from strength to strength, defeating England at this year's edition. And even one victory against Pakistan will consolidate their 10th place ranking in the ODI table, just four places behind the tourists.

Ireland coach Phil Simmons, the former West Indies all-rounder, is hoping for a similar surface to the one served up at Stormint for the ODIs against Bangladesh in July last year.

While Pakistan have a 15-man squad at their disposal, including the return of Umar Gul and Younis Khan, both rested for the five one-dayers in the Caribbean, Ireland will be without the injured Niall O'Brien and George Dockrell.

Pakistan stands isolated on the world stage, says Nawaz

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. — Photo by APP/File

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani should apprise the nation over the status of parliament’s resolution which was passed in the wake of the Abbottabad operation, DawnNews reported.
The resolution called for a review of security and foreign policies and condemned the US raid on the Abbottabad compound in which al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed.
The resolution further stated that in the event of another US operation Pakistan would consider cutting off the supply route for US and allied troops in Afghanistan.
Nawaz Sharif further said that Pakistan stood isolated on the international stage, adding that Pakistan could not allow the world community to ridicule it.  — DawnNews

Bomb blast kills eight in Bajaur

The blast took place in the tribal agency's Salarzai area. — File photo

KHAR: A bomb blast targeting a pro-government tribe on Saturday killed at least eight people and wounded 11 others at a market in northwestern Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal area, officials said.
The remote-controlled bomb blast took place at Pasht bazaar in Salarzai region, some 35 kilometres northeast of Khar, the main town of the Bajaur tribal district, which borders Afghanistan.
“At least four people were killed and 15 others were wounded,” local government official Saad Mohammad told AFP.
“Another four people died on reaching the hospital,” health department official Khan Saeed told AFP.
Three of the wounded were in critical condition, Khan said.
“Two tribal elders, Malik Tehsil Khan and Malik Mayn Jan also died in the bomb blast,” local government official Irshad Khan told AFP.
“We think that they were the main targets because they were the senior members of local peace committee which has formed a lashkar (tribal force) against Taliban,” he added.
Another official said that bomb was triggered by a remote control.
Taliban militants, who have targeted members of the Salarzai tribe in the past because they raised a village force to drive them out of region, claimed responsibility for the attack.
“We carried out the bombing against the peace committee because they had joined the government and were maligning Taliban,” Tehreek-i-Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP.
“We had warned them before and warn them again that they should disband this anti-Taliban peace committee otherwise we will continue to attack them till they are totally eliminated,” Ehsan said.
In Pakistan’s first known female suicide attack, a woman wearing a bomb under her burqa struck near a UN food distribution point in Khar on December 25 killing 43 people. The pro-government Salarzai tribe was again the target.
Pakistani security forces have carried out a series of military operations against the Taliban and other militants in Bajaur since August 2008.
The military has claimed repeatedly to have eliminated the militant threat.
Bajaur is one of seven districts in Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border. The United States considers the area the global headquarters of Al Qaeda and the most dangerous place on earth.
More than 4,400 people have been killed across Pakistan in attacks blamed on Taliban and other extremist networks based in the tribal belt since 2007.

Gold and Silver Rates in Pakistan

Gold and Silver Rates in Pakistan: City Gold Silver   24K 10 Grams 24K Per Tola 22K 10 Grams  10 Grams Karachi Rs. 42,171.00 Rs. 49,200.00 Rs. 38,657.00 Rs. 1,080.00 Hyderabad Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Lahore Rs. 42,171.00 Rs. 49,200.00 Rs. 38,657.00 Rs. 1,080.00 Multan Rs. 42,171.00 Rs. 49,200.00 Rs. 38,657.00 Rs. 1,080.00 Islamabad Rs. 42,171.00 Rs. 49,200.00 Rs. 38,657.00 Rs. 1,080.00 Faisalabad Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Rawalpindi Rs. 42,171.00 Rs. 49,200.00 Rs. 38,657.00 Rs. 1,080.00 Quetta Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs. Last Updated: May 27,2011 (Source: Karachi Saraf Jewellers Association)

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