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Match officials for Champions Trophy semis announced

KARACHI, June 18 (APP): The International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday announced the match officials for the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy. England will take on South Africa in the first semi-final on Wednesday at The Oval.The on-field umpires appointed will be Kumar Dharmasena and Rod Tucker, with Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis third and fourth umpires, respectively.
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Pakistan hockey training camp commences

KARACHI, June 18 (APP): Training camp of Pakistan probables in preparations for Hockey World League began here at Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) Stadium on Tuesday.Former Pakistan captain and Olympic half back Waseem Ahmed did not report for training as he was getting treatement after an accident, Manager/Chief coach Akhtar Rasool told APP during team’s afternoon training session.
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CNS Open set new mark with Rs 5.1 mln prize money

KARACHI, June 18 (APP): The 18th edition of Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Golf Championship will be staged at Karachi Golf Club from June 27 to 30, Pakistan Golf Federation (PGF) announced on Tuesday.“CNS will surpass Pakistan Open Golf prize money of Rs five million by one lakh”, Vice President of PGF Taimur Hassan Amin told APP.This is richest-ever prize money ever offered in a domestic golf event”, he added.

ISLAMABAD, Jun 18 (APP): Former skipper Rameez Raja has proposed to immediately form a committee, comprising erstwhile cricketers to suggest and recommend ways to put the national outfit back on winning track. Rameez, who has also been critical after the team’s poor showing in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2013 where they failed to win a single match, said that the first step that needed to be taken to get Pakistan cricket out of a crisis was to form a committee of respected former cricketers.

ISLAMABAD, June 18 (APP): The Election Commission of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) on Tuesday approved the election schedule of POA.
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Highlights of Economic Survey 2009-10

ISLAMABAD, June 4 (APP): Following are the highlights of Economic Survey 2009-10 launched by Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr. Hafeez Shaikh on Friday. HTML clipboard
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Overall exports posts growth of 8.0 pc : Economic Survey

ISLAMABAD, June 4 (APP): The country’s overall exports recorded a positive growth of 8.0 percent during the first ten months (July-April) of the current fiscal year while in the same period last year, the export witnessed decline of 3.0 percent. In absolute terms, exports have increased from $14,703.3 million to $15,884.1 million in the period, says Economic Survey 2009-10 released by Fiance Division here on Friday. The document says imports during the same period fiscal year declined by 2.8 percent compared with the same period of last year, reaching to $28.1 billion. HTML clipboard

ISLAMABAD June 4 (APP): Current account deficit is expected to decline to below three per cent of Gross Domestic Product during the outgoing fiscal year, according to Economic Survey 2009-10 - a pre-budget document. The external current account deficit was contained to 5.6 per cent of GDP (US dollars 9.3 billion) in fiscal 2008-09, from a high of 8.3 per cent of GDP in 2007-08 (US dollars 13.9 billion), added the Survey released here today at a press conference addressed by Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Senator Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh. HTML clipboard

ISLAMABAD, June 4 (APP): Manufacturing sector, the second largest sector of the economy has performed well in the outgoing year with growth rate of 5.2 percent. According to Economic Survey of Pakistan 2009-10 released by the Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr. Hafeez Shaikh, overall manufacturing posted a positive growth of 5.2 percent during the current fiscal year. HTML clipboard
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Rapid urbanization, imbalanced socio-economic development compound environmental issues

ISLAMABAD, June 4 (APP): The environment challenges and issues of Pakistan are primarily associated with an imbalanced social and economic development and compounded with rapid urbanization due to a shift of population from rural to urban areas in recent decades, says the Economic Survey issued here Friday. According to the Survey, giving a thorough picture of national economy during the outgoing fiscal year 2009-10, all major cities of Pakistan face haphazard, unplanned expansion leading to increase in pollution. HTML clipboard

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