KARACHI, Pakistan News : President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has assured the nation that Local Government elections will be held within 90 days reported on Thursday.
The President said that shifting local government system towards provinces is a new year’s gift, adding that local government polls will be held within three months.
Regarding Karachi Ashura [...]

Crude Oil at $80 Per Barrel, Oil rose toward $80 in international market on final day of year, due to betterment in US economy. US crude for January delivery rose 50 cents, to $79.78 a barrel. London Brent crude rose 22 cents to $78.25. The decline in crude stocks of the world’s top energy user [...]

MELBOURNE: Mohammad Yousuf has issued a stark warning to Pakistan cricket of the impending dangers of too much Twenty20 cricket, insisting that it is “necessary” that Pakistan plays as little of the format as possible.
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Otherwise, the Pakistan captain believes, the format will “finish Pakistan’s cricket.”
Yousuf’s counsel comes in the wake of Pakistan’s defeat [...]

KABUL: At least 8 American civilian workers were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack on a US military base, officials said.
Pentagon spokeswoman Lt Col Almarah Belk said the eight died when an attacker detonated a vest packed with explosives on Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost province — a key Taliban stronghold.
“Eight Americans [...]

MINGORA/WANA, Pakistan News: Four Militants killed in Wana, In Barikot division of Swat, 4 extremists were killed during a clash with the security forces; where as 4 other got killed in the private hospital of Wana bazar during the commando action of security forces, where as 27 got arrested.
Four Militants killed in Wana was first [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Oil prices fell slightly Wednesday in Asia amid a surprise rise in U.S. weekly crude inventory ahead of the release of government data.
Benchmark crude for February delivery was down 10 cents to $78.77 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract added 10 cents [...]

DURBAN: Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad bowled South Africa out for just 133 as England completed victory by an innings and 98 runs on the fifth day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday.
The pair of Nottinghamshire bowlers took nine wickets between them as South Africa, who began the day on 76 for six, [...]

GWADAR, Pakistan News: The Chief Ministers of four provinces on Wednesday signed the historic 7th National Finance Commission Award.
The ceremony at the picturesque Gwadar, in Balochistan province, was witnessed by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and members of his cabinet.
The venue was specially chosen to reflect the desire of all the provinces to end [...]

BAGHDAD: Staggered explosions killed 23 people Wednesday including the governor of Anbar, Iraqi officials said, in the latest violence to roil a turbulent province that is still struggling to stamp out the remnants of the al-Qaida insurgency.
The western province of Anbar is strategically important because it was once the heartland of support for al-Qaida linked [...]

WASHINGTON: What can Washington do to face down a growing threat posed to US national security by al-Qaeda’s affiliates in Yemen? After a failed bomb attack on a US airliner last week, this question is soaring up the national security agenda.
Barack Obama, the president, has pledged to use “every element” of US national power to [...]